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<blockquote data-quote="Serf" data-source="post: 2592635" data-attributes="member: 50254">Don&#039;t have a mortgage if you want to retire.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group2/clap.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":clap:" title="Clap&nbsp; &nbsp; :clap:" data-shortname=":clap:" />Taxes in the northeast are borderline theft and extortion; well, at least a shakedown.&nbsp; To stay here and maintain a semblance of your normal lifestyle my financial adviser (fancy) says a 500k + portfolio is almost required in retirement.&nbsp; These poor guys, some of them veterans I am sure.&nbsp; Nothing to do but drink bad coffee and people watch.&nbsp; Gracelessly expiring.&nbsp;&nbsp; All they need is the sun and rocks.&nbsp; Do not fret, some other seniors do this also.&nbsp; I remember being in a former Soviet apartment tower.&nbsp; The elders wearing multiple layers of clothing.&nbsp; Steaming water for extra heat in a 206 square foot apartment, sipping vodka.&nbsp; Also, on a side note.&nbsp; Some of the best oysters and clams I have ever had in my life in Mexico.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Serf, post: 2592635, member: 50254"] Don't have a mortgage if you want to retire.:clap:Taxes in the northeast are borderline theft and extortion; well, at least a shakedown. To stay here and maintain a semblance of your normal lifestyle my financial adviser (fancy) says a 500k + portfolio is almost required in retirement. These poor guys, some of them veterans I am sure. Nothing to do but drink bad coffee and people watch. Gracelessly expiring. All they need is the sun and rocks. Do not fret, some other seniors do this also. I remember being in a former Soviet apartment tower. The elders wearing multiple layers of clothing. Steaming water for extra heat in a 206 square foot apartment, sipping vodka. Also, on a side note. Some of the best oysters and clams I have ever had in my life in Mexico. [/QUOTE]

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