On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 13:55:12 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 9/3/2018 6:23 AM, JBurns wrote:
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>>
>> We will be moving in the next 3 to 4 months too. We are not moving as
>> far as you, only about 4 hours north by car.
>>
>> We are doing it because we are sick of living in a city of 1.6 million
>> and also because we will free up large chunk of money to use for
>> travelling.
>>
>> Our property here will sell for upwards of 600k, property here is
>> expensive. We are moving to a seaside town and port of 37k people. It
>> still has all the services we want, and opportunities in fishing,
>> mining and logistics for our grandsons who will be moving with us. We
>> will replace our property for a comparable one within walking distance
>> of the beach for about $250k.
>>
>> My husband is not that interested in travelling but I am, and so is my
>> Besty ;-). I travelled a lot for work and the bug hasn't gone yet.
>>
>> JB
>>
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>Sounds like a good move, as long as you have a basement. Now is the
>time to start hauling the excess stuff to Salvation Army or Goodwill
>stores if you have not already. We got rid of quite a bit of
>accumulation that we just don't use any more.

No basement, and a concrete slab!

I have been downsizing stuff for the last year. I started packing
stuff in boxes to take, after about six months I realised that if it
had been in boxes for six months and I didn't use it I probably did
not need it.

We are relocating the chickens to a neighbour and the last of our aged
pets has gone now, so we will not have the stress of moving animals.
My husband is interested in fostering for a dog shelter once we are
settled.

>
>Seaside town sounds nice, so does travel. Our days of travel are pretty
>much over so keep it up while you can. We can still do some domestic
>but have to haul some medical stuff. International nearly impossible so
>I'm glad we did when we did.

We are planning on a New Zealand driving holiday first.

JB