We're nearing retirement, too, and we have everything here in VA. I absolutely refuse to go further north, I cannot tolerate the cold, so weather is definitely a factor. Our DD, SIL & DGS live about 40 minutes away from us, but our SIL is in the Navy and will be here for a couple more years, until he retires or gets promoted. I don't want to be more than an hour's drive from the family, so we're kind of stuck until they decide what they're going to do. My DH is going crazy because he wants to retire, sell the house, buy a travel trailer and drive around the country. While I wouldn't mind doing that once and a while, I still want to have a real home to go to. We're in a quandary.