Do you.......

[Jimbo]

We don't necessarily live in central NJ by choice. We just started out here because my wife had a job and then I got one, then we got married and little by little set down roots. Now it's partly that I've got a good job with good benefits, but it's unique and I would probably not be able to go anywhere else and do it if I were let go, so I'm handcuffed by that.
My mom's a Capee and my foilks are retired in S. Yarmouth now. My grandmother's still the reigning oldest living resident in Dennis, cousins and extended family I'm close to are in West Dennis or we hook up there during the year. The property has been in the family since post Civil War time. No place else I'd rather spend time or end up, and I will, just not soon, maybe when the kids move out and I can actually consider a career change.
Sort of related to this topic. I saw a truck in our parking lot with Hyannis Toyota and Mass places so I tracked down the owner. Really nice, new guy in our company that's lived in the center of Wellfleet for the past 11 years. He told me since he moved there he thought he couldn't live anywhere else and it's the toughest thing he's ever had to do, but he's got to move his family closer to work and is finding a place in PA.

[Flaptail]

I always shudder when I think or hear of people who have to move off cape to "make it" I don't think I could hack it mentally. Truro is where I plan to have a three season cottage someday for weekends and June July and August and keep the main house in Falmouth for winter living/main address. Sounds a bit strange I know.

Plan is to sell the camp in Charlton someday to my brother so he can split his time between Florida where he retired to in winter and New England by the lake in summer and there is the property in Worcester that will eventually be sold as well and that should take care of the college bills so my retirement doesn't suffer.

Got to have a plan.

[BigFish]

My plan is to work until I drop! This government is s#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g the possibility of retirement right out of most folks! Sorry! Back to the scheduled programming!

[Slick Moedee]

Moved out to Rockport in late 90's, now living in Gloucester. Love the area, but just like any place you need to take the good with the bad. Town is completely mis managed, SHI@#Y neighbors ...... etc. But line is wet 5 min out the front door. Both the wife and I work in town so commute is nothing either.

[zacs]

i live in the general area that i want to.

in theory i would like a house on the water with a dock, which is what we are working towards, but it is still a ways off.

[Flaptail]

I always wanted a house on the water with a dock but after Hurricane Bob in 91', no thanks. I was in the electrical construction business then and I still rememeber houses completely wrecked and boats on the lawns. The risk is to great though it may never happen again it has happened twice since I have lived here so I would bet on it happening and with this global warming thing ( which I believe in) the category storm numbers will rise to more dangerous levels.

The only place I would live directly on the water here on Cape is a trout pond. ( A nice small mouth pond would do to!)

[Slingah]

For now, I am very happy...Growing up in Quincy, I always wanted to live in this area...in fact I remember driving to the beach here in Marshfield when I was in my 20s, and saying to my girlfriend at the time....this is where I'm going to live...well when my wife and I were looking for a house..we drove right by where I had said that 20yrs earlier and saw an Open House sign..and I said " thats our new house"...and now it's home.
We will move again though....wife is already talking bout it ...she wants a waterview.....I'd like a place for the winter down south someday too.