Some retirees move to smaller towns or the countryside to cut costs in retirement and escape the rat race. But small-town life isn’t for everyone.
“One of the best decisions we’ve made during retirement is to stay in San Francisco,” writes Karen Kreider Yoder, 69, in a column for The Wall Street Journal, which she co-wrote with her husband, former WSJ editor Stephen Kreider Yoder, 68 (1).
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The two retired in San Francisco three years ago and thought they would “move after a few years to the Midwest” to save money and live near family.
Instead, like many retirees, they’re discovering the benefits of retiring in a major urban center. As Karen writes, “Each new month here leaves us more sure that this is the place for us to be during what some retirees call the ‘go-go years.'”…