I thought I'd be lonely moving to a new city at 58. I swallowed my fear and made a friend I now consider a brother.
Coronavirus
Relocating to a new city is a mixed bag — especially when you're nearing retirement. When I moved away from home for grad school in 1990 at age 28, it was easy to socialize, since I was surrounded by classmates eager to make friends. But in 2021, when I moved from New York to Miami for work at age 58, it was much harder to meet new people. The COVID-19 pandemic was still lingering, and I tried to connect with colleagues over a socially distanced lunch, but I couldn't really join clubs or meet
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