The German society and specially its cities remain in a major phase of demographic changes which are summarized in geographical discussions, most notably under the keywords: Negative growth and Aging. Little is known hitherto regarding the lifestyle and living standards of future older generations. It is nonetheless assumed that they will markedly differ from the present older generation, since through educational expansion, emancipation & participation, other standards & potentialities are available to them. In a pilot study in the urban region of Munich, new migration models as well as lifestyles of elderly people can be heretofore identified. Forthwith, the valid study design should be applied in other German cities which differ from Munich structurally. (For instance in terms of economic, demographic and social factors.) The examined cities are Berlin, Leipzig, Bochum, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Aachen, Kaiserslautern and Schwerin.) The concept of life of the future older generation (people presently in their 50s) for their retirement (potential migration, residential arrangements), the lifestyles and notions of age are examined against the background of diverse spatial and social contexts with qualitative interviews and standardized survey. The aim is to facilitate the formulations of general assertions over the effects of demographic changes and new concepts of life for the elderly of German metropolitan regions.