I retired many years ago and we moved - not close to any relatives. We're "scattered" all over USA and in the event of a death, it's a long way back. Sorry, but I enjoyed family quite a bit and we do correspond by internet e-mail, but it just isn't the same. I saw a letter to Dear Abby(?) years ago where they had moved to her husband's retirement dream area and when he died - she was "stuck" there. She joined church, etc. to meet people, but they were pretty much family oriented and she hadn't made any close friends. Just a thought - don't move too far from relatives; it makes travel time very difficult.
Dodee