A boomer couple 'couldn't get out of California fast enough' and moved to Kansas for retirement. Living costs are cheaper, and making friends is much easier.

• A boomer and his wife moved to Kansas after living in California for 50 years.
• He and his wife sold their house for $1.4 million and bought a historic Kansas home for under $400,000.
• He said it's much easier to make friends in Kansas, and the cost of living is much lower.

Mike H., 73, lived in California for 50 years, but it took a high school reunion in Kansas to get him to move back.

The former architectural planner had a home just north of the Golden Gate Bridge that he bought over 30 years ago, and while he loved the weather and his job, he knew he wanted to return to Kansas, where he attended high school.