Depends on the family. We came down 12 yrs ago and thought about that question. BUT we have only two grandkids and they were both teens back then. WHEN we lived nearby---we "might" see them for seconds as they passed through on their way to meet friends. If they'd been babies or toddlers or even younger grade-schoolers "maybe" we'd have waited to relocate.
NOW they're young adults---one is married and the other in a "relationship". They are polite around us and will chat but seem like they can't wait to be somewhere else. Our "kids" have circumstances that make it difficult (some medical and some---well I don't have to explain it here) for them to visit us here OR for us to visit them there. We're at the point in LIFE---if they want to see us then they need to make the effort to come this way. We did it til Covid.....so we'll just hunker here.
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