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Where would you like to retire?
Posted by feedyourwallet • 7/30/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: Leisure, lifestyle, travel
Just thinking where I want to be after retirement? Any idea on where is the best place to retire? We have to consider the cost of living and the weather; I want it near a beach or lake.
I already have an idea on when is the best time for cheap airline travel.
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Texas is nice & stable & the recession isn't hurting it much either. -
Right where I am, although I would take more time to travel...to see new places-
great idea, we can travel first to see new places before deciding where to stay for good.
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the beaches of monaco or the palm island in dubai with all the money in the world -
Cape Town, South Africa
English speaking, lots of American culture so you don't feel too much culture shock, friendly people, miles and miles and MILES of beaches, most things cost WAY less than in the US, including houses and food and medical care, first world infrastructure with regards to roads, municipal services, medical facilities, banking, an abundance of 4 and 5 star restaurants, hotels, and B&Bs...
I've been here five+ years and I LOVE it!
(oh, and I was recently at a party with about 15 other Americans who live here...executives, members of the consulate, retired military, etc...and they love it too!)-
Sounds like you adore the place. I gotta check on that. Thanks for all the info.
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I have one son, DIL and grandchildren in Melbourne and another son, DIL and grandchildren in Tel Aviv. So on retirement I seem to have two choices:
a] Buy a house exactly half way between the two i.e Colombo Sri Lanka or
b] Buy two studio flats, one in Melbourne and one in Tel Aviv. Both of these would have to be RIGHT ON the beach. I want to hear the surf from my bed.-
I’ll go for choice B. Anyways, all you’ll be doing is to relax, why not it both have near your love ones. And both are right on the beach, sounds heaven.
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Ventnor, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
www.shorwellbedandbreakfast.com/ventnor.html
I can sit on a bench overlooking the beach...and perhaps one day, pass away while listening to the tides come in. -
I'd retire to my homeland, the Philippines... -
THE MOON -
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Thailand!! Love that place -
atop a Hill station. Preferably a lake in front of a cottage. I dont swim but may be I will learn to.
I have some places already in my mind. -
I've lived in and traveled to many wonderful places, including Hawaii where I lived for quite a few years. I love that place, but it's too expensive and too isolated for me now. So I've chosen Mexico. Lived in and traveled throughout Mexico for over 2 decades, and I'm very comfortable there. Plenty of gringos if you need that community, and endless choices of retirement spots. Great food, friendly people, beautiful country, lots of fabulous beaches (I, too, like to go to sleep to the sound of the ocean). For me it's little Rocky Point (aka Puerto Penasco) on the Sea of Cortez. Only an hour's drive to the Arizona border, laid back, it's still a dusty, funky little beach town in spite of a recent boom in growth, and I like it that way. Rocky Point is not for everyone, but it's definitely for me (heck, I blog about it). It might be for you, too.
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I don't care where in the world, as long as it's in a peaceful nature setting:
Farm with animals
Mountain
Lake
Beach
Forest
African plains -
If money was no object ... Hawaii.
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Florida or Dubai
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