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Si dc uphasi tAl lf orToday’ sRe t i r e e s I fwet hi nkofr et i r ement ,mostofusseeour sel ves ai mi ngf oral essst r essf ulwayofl i vi ngt oenj oyever y mi nut e.Thi sof t enst ar t swi t hamovet oanew pr oper t y .I nf act ,25% ofr et i r eeswantt odownsi ze accor di ngt ot hel at estKni ghtFr ankRepor t “ Ret i r ementLi vi ngcomesofage” .Fur t herr esear ch* f i ndst hatt heper f ectr et i r ementpr oper t yshoul dbei n cl osepr oxi mi t yt oshops( 63%) ,publ i ct r anspor t ( 63%) ,r est aur ant s( 40%)andcul t ur e( 35%) . HonorBar r at tof Bi r chgr ovecomment s: “ Asweent er r et i r ement ,wear e l esswi l l i ngt o compr omi seand r i ght l yso.I t ’ sal l aboutl ocat i on, l ocat i on,l ocat i on, whi chi swhyourr esi dent sar edr awnt oSi dcup.The communi t yi sl ovel yandof f er sconveni entaccesst oa numberofameni t i es. ” I nf act ,Si dcupt i cksal lboxesofar et i r ee’ swi shl i st . TheHi ghSt r eetof f er sachoi ceofshopsand super mar ket saswel lascaf ést hatboostt he communi t yf eel ,whi l stmanyl ocal sconnecti nl ocal chur chessuchasStLawr ence’ sCat hol i cChur chand NewCommuni t yChur ch.
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