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Sure, many old people feel a deep connection to their place of abode, but often it would make much more sense for them to relocate within their community, or move to where their friends are moving.

I've seen this scenario play out many times, you can either stay put and deal with the large maintenance burden of an older house, while all your friends move or die off, or you can join them and move to a more central location where you don't need to worry about the roof leaking, or the sump pump not working.