In article >,
"Dimitri" > wrote:

> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> ...

> > On 5/21/2010 11:43 AM, Dimitri wrote:
> >> FWIW.
> >>
> >>
> >> Many people like to vacation in a specific area. We found such an area
> >> along the central coast of California. for 20 years we would take a
> >> vacation rental & move in for a week or 2.
> >>
> >> At vacation time many people notice a shift in mental attitude.
> >> Mistakenly they can equate the shift in attitude to the area. They think
> >> "If I could only live there I would feel like this all the time." An
> >> obvious trap. If they sell their primary home and move to the area and
> >> ultimately find out they've made a mistake and move back to their
> >> original area all they have accomplished is to support the Real Estate
> >> sales profession and the movers.

Yup, I've seen that. We go to a church camp every summer (25 years).
Everything is so wonderful. Why is that? Because people are on
vacation and doing what they want. I'll bet these same people aren't
the same when they aren't on vacation.

> >> Yep we like the area
> >> very much but we're away from our children & grandkids. We're in the
> >> process of moving back into our home & then we'll decide what is the
> >> right decision for our retirement. Deciding to rent was one of my better
> >> decisions. I don't make many wise decisions.

Best wishes on that.

> > We're in the same boat, it's a three-hour drive to where the descendants
> > all live. DW retires from teaching in May 2011. Even though we have lived
> > here for 22 years home is till where the kids, grands, and great grands
> > are. We're expecting to move to within at least an hour drive of them.
> > Looking around the Livingston, TX area right now, time will tell.

Best wishes to you, also.

> Interestingly when we lived in their area they would come up for an
> afternoon or several hours but the traffic fight back to their homes was
> always on their minds. While living up here we would see then for 2+ days -
> come up on a Friday go back on Sunday or Monday. I think we had more
> "quality time'

Well, I've seen that, too. Since you are retired now, maybe things will
work out better.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA