GO WEST, NOT-SO-YOUNG MAN

摘要

Don and Maggie Denton always figured they'd retire in Florida. For 15 years the two business and estate analysts had bounced between offices near Orlando and in Columbus, Ohio. So when Don, at age 62, and Maggie, 59, decided to simplify their lives prior to retiring, they sold their Ohio home and 8, 000-square-foot Florida house and downsized to a home less than half the size in Disney's new town of Celebration. That, they thought, would be their last move. Don laughs-now. "We quickly realized there was no way we were going to stay in Florida," he says. The Dentons found the heat and humidity oppressive from May to September. Most of their neighbors were still raising kids, not flashing photos of grandkids. And bingo at the local senior center wasn't their idea of staying active. As retirement inched closer, Celebration's picket fences began to lose their charm. "Suddenly the question was: 'Now that we're going to retire, what are we going to do?'" says Maggie.