Retire in New York City
The authors have the verve, the style, and the smarts of lifelong New Yorkers. Yet, Janet Hays, principal author, moved from Buffalo to Manhattan at 50 and transformed herself from homemaker and full-time mother to a specialist in marketing and communications. An ardent ballet student, she took her first lesson at 62. Contributor Rita Henley Jensen moved to New York from Ohio at age 30. She became a prize-winning journalist and received the prestigious Alicia Patterson fellowship. She has served as president of her Manhattan apartment cooperative’s board of directors for more than a decade.