Here are important lifestyle and financial considerations involved in the "to relocate or not to relocate" question.

At first:
• Decide how and where you want to live during retirement
• Calculate a retirement savings goal
• ask friends and family members to express their opinions about your plans .
• Remember that its selling price may not appreciate in line with your expectations.

Today's retirees often place daily lifestyle issues above all else.

To help sort through your own lifestyle preferences, make a list of your values:

-Good place for children/grandchildren -Access to health care
-Small town vs. city living
-Climate etc

Generally:

• Deciding whether to relocate or to stay rooted in your own hometown
• Don`t forget that values -- such as family, health, and quality of life -- are the elements that you'll want to incorporate into your retirement lifestyle choices.
• Take into consideration the cost of living
• Remember that states with no income taxes often make up the difference with higher property and sales taxes.
• If the mortgage on your home is paid off, your housing expenses will probably be much lower than you'd find in a different living arrangement.