The Best Places in the World to Retire in 2025 Workshop
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What is it like living as a SINGLE WOMAN in your best places? I spent a semester in Rome, Italy a long time ago and remember the papagali (Italian men just "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by") were quite annoying., Of course I am no longer a bella ragazza but a 77 year old. But I still like to shop and even eat out alone and I worry about being harrassed especially in "latin" countries like Costa Rica, Panama, Portugal, France, Mexico and yes Italy. I will be moving alone leaving my family behind, with no men to "protect" me. I guess that makes me a scarlet woman.
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I live in a CCRC currently. That is a Continuing Care Retirement Community. If you are not aware, that is an independant living community with attached assissted living and rehab and nursing care sections. I had what I thought was a good deal because all maintence and utilities except telephone were included in the monthly fee aa well as a 20% discount on any stay in assissted living or nursing care. Also I liked the feeling of security it gave me. Is anything similar available abroad? I am still independant and relatively healthy.
It's too long a story for an email, but this CCRC has had a bankruptcy and the "life care" contract I signed is not worth the paper it was printed on! My deposit refund and the 20% discount on the medical section are gone. I consider it a fraud, but it is legal. I have an unbreakable lease for a year. Then I could stay here or move to another CCRC here in the States, but I have learned my lesson! I am looking for another option that would make me feel secure - perhaps a gated community? -
I want to visit and maybe live in Portugal where its warm not the north where it's cold and damp. But the housing prices or rent is very high.
Are there places in the warm area yet have cheaper houses or rent.
I love what I have read about the southern part of the country. I lived in Brasil for almost 3 years and learned some Portuguese and I know there are some differences but it is a start.
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Are there cheaper houses in the southern part of Portugal? inland? That is safe and warm not like the north where it came be damp and cold.
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Two questions. First, I am a single man, almost 87, who is in excellent health. I think that, more important than where you live is the human relationships you form. That said, finding a female partner in a country where more than half the people voted for a criminal, traitor, and overall despicable person as president is very difficult. I hope to find an educated, more enlightened woman in the expat or native population of the country I move to. What areas are best for cultivating female friendships that may lead to a relationship?
Second, I am a writer and author, and want to continue plying my avocation where I relocate. In what spots would I most likely thrive? -
As a US expat, is it necessary to have an address in the US for matters of federal/state tax, Social Security, Medicare Advantage coverage, etc.? If so, do the mail screening and forwarding services that provide you the US address, that is not a P.O. Box, an effective and practical solution?
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Im wondering about the advantages and disadvantages of buying vs renting property
also, Im not much of an urbanite. I prefer to live within reasonable distance to town, but would prefer living in a quiet riral area, in a small bungalow-type of home. Im having a hard time finding a website to begin a search
thank you in advance
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The Best Places in the World to Retire in 2025 Workshop
Our Annual Global Retirement Index Explained
If you’re looking for your just-right place overseas, this roundtable discussion is for you. Here at International Living, we’ve been exploring the world’s best options for better living abroad since 1979. Each year, we create a useful tool with our Annual Global Retirement Index—comparing, contrasting, ranking, and rating the 20 top countries for retirement living across seven key categories.
Jennifer Stevens, Executive Editor, together with expats who live in the countries that snag the top five spots in the 2025 Index—Tuula Rampont in France, Bel Woodhouse in Mexico, Glenda Cole in Portugal, Bekah Bottone in Costa Rica, and Jessica Ramesch in Panama—will discuss what life is like in their respective countries and dive into the benefits that make them top contenders. You’ll discover how they compare when it comes to healthcare, cost of living, day-to-day lifestyle, climate, and more, plus take a look at those under-the-radar perks that make these places special.
Our experts will be online answering your questions, below. Please type your questions, and we’ll get you the insights you’re looking for.
Monday, December 2, 2024
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Is Ireland affordable on a fixed income of about 90,000 (for a couple)? 68,000 if I go alone.
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There are a lot of countries that sound great. The biggest difficulties that I have trouble getting real information about are:
my wife is in memory care because of Alzheimers. Which countries would allow me to bring her? Which countries have affordable care for her, preferably at home with me using aides. I do have enough money for this.
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Wise Bank is a good option
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Will it be captioned? I am Deaf
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Is a major medical condition an impediment for gaining residency and, eventually, citizenship in the popular EU countries (ie Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece and France)?
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Interested in Colombia to retire, is this not an acceptable place any longer?
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Does International Living offer one-on-one consultations to help me narrow down which countries would suit my family's situation?
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May be you should not généralisé and pay attention to more detailed info. In Spain locals are fed up with increase RE prices linked to multiple properties used as airbnb and no longer available for the long term rental market and over tourism in large cities such as Barcelona. For those very reasons I would look at moving somewhere else. Some of the Brit tourists are unfortunately not well behaved: read drunk, obnoxious and making no effort to learn any Spanish. In the Paris metro, you always need to be careful and alert, nothing new alas, was already the case in the early 80's when I was working there as well as being aware of bag snatching. Some areas of Marseille are indeed plague by drug dealing and other Nice ties. A few cities in the USA can compète with that too. Common sense dictates finding an area where you feel confortable, not writing off whole countries on the basis of some bad areas.
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Wow, .You need a man to protect you? I am 72, go to France every year, I visit Spain and Portugal regularly and recently visited Panama and Costa Rica. I feel rather invisible in that regard, which most of the time suits me fine. I don't want to be invisible to get service in a restaurant though.
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I would love to live in a place with constant spring like weather. I don’t like hot humid tropical climates. My initial research suggests the following:
Lake Chapala or Oaxca in Mexico
Boquette Panama
Medellin ColumbiaCould you compare the pros and cons of these places? Could you include things not usually covered byIL, insects, disease, crime etc. Are there other places I should consider?
Thanks