International Living Community

I just watched a video of a cheerful elderly lady explaining how affortable living in Algarve is; $1200/month for 1 bedroom apartment, $3000 total monthly expences and she gets by with just $7300 per month in a villa with a pool. I might be in totally wrong group here, I'm a single woman close to retirent and my fixed income would be under $2000 a month. Eventually I would like to buy a place, what ever that might be or what I can affort. Am I the only one who find these number "not so affortable" ?