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Gary Macy's avatar

Thanks for another wonderful piece. I was working at a university in Silicon Valley and wanted to retire at 68. Three financial advisors told me that was fine, but I had to die by the time I was 80. They can be blunt. I had been saving up to 15% of my salary since I was 27, so this was a bummer especially since my wife is younger than I am. Silicon Valley was just way too expensive for retirement. So, we looked all around the U.S. for the best place we could afford to live. After much research, we moved to Eugene, OR. We sold our little house for a ludicrous price to a very nice 30s something techy couple and bought a gorgeous house in Eugene for cash. I continue to do my research here and am still a professor at my university. We love it. No traffic, no attitude, no pretension; great music, theatre, local breweries and wineries. The views are gorgeous and the weather mild. If you want to move to a saner life, and can do it, then, yes, it can be done.

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Chris's avatar

Great story. Thank you.

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