1. Our home was over 100 years old and beginning to show it's age in terms of structure, plumbing, electricity, etc. etc. -- it was a never-ending fixer upper better suited for younger people.
2. We had a two family home and were sick and tired of being the good, kind and understanding landlords. ("Can't pay the rent? Here have something to eat.") An exaggeration but not by much.
3. We wanted to tap into the HUGE appreciation in our home value.
4. Most of our family and friends had already left New York City.
5. Shoveling the snow around our double corner lot home with 4 garages was becoming a marathon event that we no longer enjoyed.
6. Two of our favorite local restaurants (Indian and Chinese) changed hands and we were unhappy with new chef's cuisine.
7. The local senior citizens center was a depressing room in the basement of a church that offered a weekly movie, bingo game, chair yoga class, and a bus trip to the Staten Island Mall. Oh what joy -- Macy's.
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