Would you co-live with friends after retirement?

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(Bored Panda) There are 7 Chinese girlfriends who just bought a perfect house which they are planning on sharing once they retire. Amazing friendship goals, right? Would you share a house with your friends after retirement?
It all started as a joke among a group of friends, because who could have the guts and even resources to attempt something like that? But as it turns out, these women have exactly what it takes. After one of them found a 700 square meter house in the suburbs of Guangzhou, their plans to retire together have been put into action.

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They have known each other for more than two decades. These closer-than-siblings friends have been thinking about spending the last days of their lives together for over a decade. “We [said that we] would get together when we were 60 and live the retired life together,” one of them told Yitiao.

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What could have forever stayed just a dream was turned into reality last year once the group put together 4 million yuan ($580,000) and bought the house.

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The abandoned redbrick house was swiftly turned into a beautiful modern mansion. The three and a half story estate surrounded by beautiful hills, forests, and a garden promised these young women a calm retirement with a companionship of life-long friends.

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The house features shared space on the ground floor and separate bedrooms for each of them on the upper floor. The furnishing reveals an excellent taste for interiors, with most of the furniture imported from India and Morocco.

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