Do you have ambition to live or retire abroad? (27 Viewers)

Yes. Italy. The End. I hope to live there, retire there and die in Bellagio in my villa on Lake Como.

I love London and could totally see myself living there if it wasn't wall to wall gray skies and cold most of the time.
 
I've considered it. Still do but distance from my fam and fear of a Hutt from such delicious foods prevent me.
 
I'm hoping everyone says yes. The fewer people here means it's better for me. I've been out of the country twice and hated it. I'm never leaving again but it wouldn't bother me if everyone else did.
 
Have been contemplating this now for a while. The wife would have a really hard time being away from our girls and eventual grandkids and I probably too a bit.
I think it's a given we are out LA upon retirement.

My sister and BiL found 30 acres with a farm, tilapia ponds and 3 separate houses in Costa Rica and have begun the process of purchase. They of course invited us, but too soon. She works in IT world so remote work for her is abundant. And I don't know if I could live in total seclusion from the outside world on a mountain side. Sounds inviting but I do crave connecting with people.

We are headed to Italy and Greece this summer and I suspect we will get yet another taste of simple life and how enjoyable it is. It truly is remarkable how laid back and relaxed life can be outside US.

I'd love to, but think it's a pipe dream because wife simply wouldn't have it away from the kids.

@CapitalCitySaint ...in 2022 my sis and BiL split up with us and went to Ascona, (where our Grandmother was from ) which is just 20 miles from Swiss/Italian border and 25 from Bellagio. Maybe 10,000 residents, but the photos they sent, and the descriptions they gave sound just like Bellagio.

Who knows, maybe 15 years my wife will come around and be more receptive to the idea, but for now, I can only dream lol.
 
Yes, I get my first residency card in Aug/Sept. Going for a year to see if I like it.

I have lived in Europe, but worked as a teacher. A little nervous about being retired and having to much time, some residency rules have a limit on how much time you can spend out of country.
 
Yes, I get my first residency card in Aug/Sept. Going for a year to see if I like it.

I have lived in Europe, but worked as a teacher. A little nervous about being retired and having to much time, some residency rules have a limit on how much time you can spend out of country.

Where?
 
Whoops, i just contributed another living abroad post to the other thread before i saw this one .


As many of yall know, i escaped what i consider the USA s***hole last summer and im now a resident of Asia…. This could change depending on work stuff, since i am not yet able to retire financially , even in a cheap part of the world like this.. so i may have to return to America (which i consider a 3rd world country at this point) in order to work and to make a living, since that is where i was born and the country im a citizen of.. but that remains to be seen…. No one has asked for my advice, but in the spirit of this thread, i will give it: My advice to anyone reading this is- If you have options (and not everyone does)- but IF you have options and IF you are able to- then by all means you should do everything in ur power to beat the mass exodus out of America and leave as soon as you possibly can…………. I am not going to get this thread moved or deleted due to politics, so the only thing i will say on the matter is that if you believe ANY politician is going to be your savior or help you or save you or change the way things are heading- then you are DELUSIONAL…….. i hate to be so ‘doom and gloom’, after all as my handle here reflects, im usually a sunny, optimistic upbeat person.. and i am not always ahead of the curve- but in this case, i believe that i am .
 

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