Baby Boomer Retirees Flock into the Carolinas

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grandparents moving to n.c. to be closer to grandchildren

(charlotte, associated press) - with little fanfare, waves of empty nesters are moving to the carolinas to be near their grandchildren, giving up good jobs, decades-old friendships and beautiful homes without regrets...

it's a carolinas trend with no firm statistics, but realtors, economic watchers and experts on aging point to anecdotal examples as signs of a movement building in the last three years or so, with no signs of ending soon... more than a million people age 55 or older have moved into a south atlantic state during the last five years, according to a census bureau survey in march 2005.

experts say the carolinas will feel the impact as the first wave of baby boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, turns 60 this year and picks new places to live.

"it's the beginning of the baby boomers retiring. that's part of the shift that we're seeing," said ronda deitch, associate state director for n.c. aarp, the advocacy group for people 50 and older.

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this is a very interesting demographic trend, sure to affect health care delivery systems across the state.

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