Adjusting to a harsher area-worth it much later???

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Some great points here. I totally agree that a familiar support system that is already been there for awhile for person is so important..and a diverse support system, not just 1 person.

She might be visiting out of curiosity but I don't think so, because it's not as if Calgary is such a superior place over Vancouver. And I don't know she has much time to visit the Rockies. She doesn't have a fantastic pension to do expensive one-off travels on her own anymore. I know she spends her money carefully just based on social restaurant dinner situations in the past.

I was posing this question theoretically also because we will all have to plan/deal with this at some point in time --for ourselves.

For myself, if pressed, I would be prepared to consider sharing accommodation with a sibling...for sure..or move back to a city where there is family. But for certain, I have made a clear conscious decision to make sure I am already close to services and amenities...now.

I went to a neighbourhood ratepayers association recently. And found half of the volunteer board were semi-retired or retired folks who were still quite active. These are people in their late 50's and up.