Why We Retired to Green Valley, Arizona

Mel Schlesinger
Crow’s Feet
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6 min readFeb 17

Possibly the best kept retirement secret in the US.

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In July of 2021, we sold what we thought would be our forever home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Three weeks later, we made our first visit to Green Valley, Arizona. We rented an AirBnB for a week before heading to Mazatlán, Mexico. Within three days, we found the perfect home for our retirement needs. But I am getting ahead of myself.

Mel Schlesinger
Crow’s Feet

Sort of retired. I am obsessed with happiness. As I write the last chapter of the story of my life, I want to share ideas on being happy.