Where to Retire Checklist: How to Decide Without Spiraling
There are few decisions that can turn a perfectly reasonable adult into a tab hoarding raccoon faster than trying to figure out where to retire. One minute you are casually thinking, “Maybe somewhere warmer.” The next minute you are comparing humidity, health care access, property taxes, airport size, walkability scores, and whether a town has enough things to do but not so many things that it feels loud and exhausting. It starts as a dream. Then it mutates into a spreadsheet with emotional damage.