In some areas, retirees prefer to relocate either abroad or in new regions inside their country of residence. Right after retirement, some people are free to decide on their new residential area, being it for a better climate or a lifestyle change. Despite that, this trend may lead to a disproportionate demographical balance, if not properly managed.
To better understand this shift in life expectation, it is important to note that dreaming for better days with a better climate is the wish of some people that can only become true after retirement. Once a couple reaches the age of retirement, they become free to spend the rest of their life the way they want. With the absence of family and work commitments, it becomes easier to relocate, depending on the destination chosen. For instance, people always living and working in a cold country would definitely want to spend their retirement in a warmer and sunnier destination.
Nevertheless, this important move on an individual level may be harmful on the societal level. Countries or regions with a majority of senior people can face a slow economic growth. The slow economy will oblige the youth to leave, thus pushing the average age to the high end of the age spectrum. Societies prosper with the right balance between age categories, and the future cannot be insured without the young blood. For example, rural areas lack technological advancement, because they are mostly inhabited by senior people, who, alone, are the not the drive to a prosperous economy.
In conclusion, relocating after retirement gives the individual many benefits, and this is mainly due to the freedom that seniors gain once they retire. But we cannot neglect the fact that regions and countries cannot survive without a proper balance between young and senior generations, so that economy flourishes.
In
some
areas, retirees prefer to relocate either abroad or in new regions inside their
country
of residence. Right after
retirement
,
some
people
are free to decide on their new residential area, being it for a
better
climate or a lifestyle
change
. Despite that, this trend may lead to a disproportionate
demographical
balance, if not
properly
managed.
To
better
understand this shift in life expectation, it is
important
to note that dreaming for
better
days with a
better
climate is the wish of
some
people
that can
only
become true after
retirement
. Once a couple reaches the
age
of
retirement
, they become free to spend the rest of their life the way they want. With the absence of family and work commitments, it becomes easier to relocate, depending on the destination chosen.
For instance
,
people
always living and working in a
cold
country
would definitely want to spend their
retirement
in a warmer and sunnier destination.
Nevertheless
, this
important
move
on an individual level may be harmful on the societal level.
Countries
or regions with a majority of
senior
people
can face a slow economic growth. The slow economy will oblige the youth to
leave
,
thus
pushing the average
age
to the high
end
of the
age
spectrum. Societies prosper with the right balance between
age
categories, and the future cannot
be insured
without the young blood.
For example
, rural areas lack technological advancement,
because
they are
mostly
inhabited by
senior
people
, who, alone, are
the not the
drive to a prosperous economy.
In conclusion
, relocating after
retirement
gives the individual
many
benefits, and this is
mainly
due to the freedom that
seniors
gain once they retire.
But
we cannot neglect the fact that regions and
countries
cannot survive without a proper balance between young and
senior
generations,
so
that economy flourishes.