ExPats Where you at? (26 Viewers)

[dpeks13]

You could emigrate to Coastal Delaware. No sales taxes, 3rd lowest property taxes in country, no tax on retirement income, periodic home to Joe Biden, and generally full of people who feel similarly to you, politically. The climate is only bad 2 months of the year, and great 4. And meh the others.

Getting any construction done is hard and overall similar to challenges you’d encounter in Caribbean islands.

Town politics are similar to national politics, but more personal, less civil, and generally full of sexual innuendo. Outside of incorporated towns it’s pretty normal.

Friends of mine are probably moving to Lewes. He has a boat and wants to move on the water, can't blame him there.

 

[Highli99]

Friends of mine are probably moving to Lewes. He has a boat and wants to move on the water, can't blame him there.

Lewes is beautiful

 

[CraigT78]

Seriously, maybe consider downsizing your footprint here - you still have family and friends you will want to see from time to time - and then get 3-6 month work visas in various places, and you can check them out for long term viability.
Maybe also consider a cruise in any areas of the world you may be considering? You can see some of the cities and talk to people that live there.

As they say often here, get samples

Your suggestion is probably going to be the reality. We are already planning on spending the summer in Colorado Springs, as that is where we'd move if we stay stateside.

The thought of spending 3-6 months outside the US could be a happy medium.

 

[ekricket]

Your suggestion is probably going to be the reality. We are already planning on spending the summer in Colorado Springs, as that is where we'd move if we stay stateside.

The thought of spending 3-6 months outside the US could be a happy medium.

I’ve got a nephew that married a Costa Rican and they live there off of rental units they own there and here. They love it.

I’ve got an older brother that retired and moved to Costa Rica. His wife is very very family oriented. They lasted two months and came back, couldn’t stay away from the family.

It works for some but there are things that tug at you.

We know some Colorado Springers and one, @masonpips has a table and chips, hosts, and plays in some games there.

 

[warma]

Your suggestion is probably going to be the reality. We are already planning on spending the summer in Colorado Springs, as that is where we'd move if we stay stateside.

The thought of spending 3-6 months outside the US could be a happy medium.

My goal: max out tourist visa stays, hit up different countries. I suspect the kids would be more willing to visit us then go home for holidays. The downside, is you’re kinda living out of a suitcase. The upside, is you buy very little.

Too many amazing places in the world to stay at home in the burbs, even if the city you live in/near is incredible.

 

[CraigT78]

PCF ads are trying to tell me something.

 

[buzzmonkey]

PCF ads are trying to tell me something.

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[ekricket]

My goal: max out tourist visa stays, hit up different countries. I suspect the kids would be more willing to visit us then go home for holidays. The downside, is you’re kinda living out of a suitcase. The upside, is you buy very little.

Too many amazing places in the world to stay at home in the burbs, even if the city you live in/near is incredible.

Ditch the suitcase. I’m serious. Buy clothes wherever you go, it’s cheap. I joke a lot but this isn’t one of those times. Typically in any of the places mentioned in this thread you can buy tailor made clothes for cheaper than you can possibly imagine.
It’s also amazing how much cheaper food is in those places. In some countries it’s just cheaper to eat out almost every meal than it is to buy the ingredients in bulk and cook and hold leftovers.
A big piece of this is not buying imported goods. It’s hard not to in the US anymore, but in a lot of places locally or in-country produced goods are a thing, and it helps hold prices way down. You may have a town or city and everything the people need to live is made or grown there, and the money used to buy it stays there. Kind of like it was here about 80 years ago before we got addicted to Taiwan, then Japan, and now China.

 

[ruskba]

I lived in Malaysia for nearly a year. If you want to travel, it’s an incredible location with access to cheap flights to places like Cambodia, Bali, Philippines, even Australia. Food was great if you weren’t looking for American cuisine. The people were great as well.

 

[Poker Zombie]

I looked at moving abroad, but to many PCF'ers wont ship internationally.

#Priorities.