[chuckinca]

Originally Posted by the great fumar

I played golf with an ophthalmologist about a month ago who had retired from pleasanton CA and when I asked why he came here he replied," You can't live in calif. on a retirement income"..Needless to say I was surprised....but after thinking about it , there are a lot of people here from calif. Enough that they have their own club.....Don't know what that tells you but I know what it tells me...

Fumar
PS...I was stationed in oakland several years ago and I loved it, but back then it was fun there.......

Fumar:

You can live in Cailf on a retirement income but you don't want to be in the large cities (like anywhere else). We plan on spending summers on a large mountain lake, 3 hours North of San Francisco, that has a large retirement segment. Calif in the winter is rainy and chilly (not snowy - except the Sierra's) and Florida is a nicer place than Arizona! (Plus - being originally from the Midwest, my family retires to Florida)

PS: I live about 15 miles from Pleasanton and drive on the FWY thru it every work day.

PSS: Another branch of my family retires to South Haven, MI