Retirement! Should We All Move to Margaritaville? Can Everyday Just Be A Party? Should Social Connections Be Considered When Making Retirement Decisions? Could Margaritaville Exist In Michigan?

The Best Paragraph I've Read: Before I went to Florida, I had thoughtlessly anticipated a convocation of fogies, or at least of people more of my parents’ generation, within range of eighty, or even that of my grandparents, a few of whom I saw wither away years ago at well-appointed but thoroughly depressing old-age enclaves outside of Philadelphia. But many if not most of the people I met in Daytona felt more like peers than elders—at least according to my ever-expanding delineation of my cohort. Here was a world of people a little older than I who had reached a stage of life that I hadn’t considered myself to be on the verge of. These people had made their decision to squeeze as much pleasure out of life as their circumstances, and the country’s economic construct, would allow. It was fun, more than fulfillment, that drew them here. The Edenic lure of retirement had once been a bit of a mirage: by the time you got to it, you were hardly able to make the most of it. But now earlier retirement (or semi-retirement), better health, increased longevity—at least for some—and the emergence of an infrastructure to accommodate these circumstances have created a stage that may not have existed before. It’s hard to know whether this is something to look forward to or to dread. This paragraph comes from an article in The New Yorker.  The article is titled: "Retirement the Margaritaville Way."  The author is Nick Paumgarten.  You can read the full article here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/03/28/retirement-the-margaritaville-way? Zac and Don discuss the retirement community Latitude Margaritaville.  They talk about what it is like and if they would enjoy moving there.  They also talk about the importance of social connections while wondering about what retirement should be.