Boomers: Do you want to retire in your present location?

[SheilaT]

39. I lived in Golden and then Boulder

from late 1987 to mid 1990. Boulder was wonderful and I still haven't totally forgiven my ex for moving me from there to Kansas.

The Denver area is going to have its own water issues eventually, although probably not as quickly as the entire desert Southwest (Arizona, NM, California). Before I moved here to Santa Fe I thought very hard about the water issues, and decided to make the move anyway. My Get Out of Dodge plan is to relocate to the Portland area eventually. My younger son lives there and I also love that part of the country.

Actually, the only real advice I can give you about the Denver area is to go there multiple times, drive around a lot, do actual house or apartment hunting, and the like. Personally, if I were ever to move back there I'd want a place with a good view of the mountains, but I got spoiled by living where I did. I often say that Boulder is the only place I've ever known that looks exactly like its picture postcards.