Michael,
My wife is an elementary school teacher, and the theme for her classroom is "where learning takes flight". She has many of my older builds hanging form the ceiling of her classroom, which saves space for the really nice builds at home. Like Joel mentioned-- the nice ones are kept in glass fronted cabinets at home, and when I want to add a new model at home, I choose one from the cabinet to add to her classroom. She's retiring next June, so we asked if any other teacher would want the models to hang in their classrooms-- we had so many requests, it won't be a problem to give them away-- so I guess if you're willing to part with your older models, I'd recommend donating them to a local school or library, where they could be put on display for others to gain inspiration from. My wife has had many students who have started building models because of her classroom display, and I've been contacted by several Dads (and at least one Mom) who wanted to know how they could get into the hobby. I also had an older modeler friend who passed away a few years ago, he donated all his models to a retirement home nearby before he passed. I've visited several times, and the models never fail to inspire old warriors to talk about their experiences. VR, Russ

Hai Joel,

There is certainly more to life than modelling and preserving the plastic outcome of that activity. If dreaming about a small condo, go for it.

However, maybe the key question is what you plan to do when retired. If modelling will remain an important part of your life then wherever you go live should provide you with the space to do it comfortably.

I have watched people retiring, moving to the sunny south of France, and coming back to rainy Belgium after a couple of years because they got utterly bored back there.