Chang Te-pu, for example, purchased a home in a peaceful retirement community in the hills south of San Jose a decade ago for over US $ 100,000, making him and his wife the first Chinese couple in this exclusive community. As greater numbers of Taiwanese seniors have become familiar with their surroundings, they have begun to move out of their children's homes and buy their own houses nearby.
以張德溥為例，十年前他以十來萬美元的價格，買下偏處聖荷西南端山邊的一處清幽退休社區，成為這個高級社區裡的第一對華人夫婦；更多人則在熟悉環境後遷離兒女家，在附近買棟屬於自己的房子。