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Essentially you want to be able to have almost everything that you have here. Hawaii would be perfect but it's way too expensive...NZ seems too far incase one decides to invite friends, come back to the US once a month or so.
where would you go? Who knows, maybe in 5 years I'll come back here, read this and pack my bags :).
Right now I have to worry about paying for my school...;)
That's fair. I'm not the same type either so I should've explained better: Have the ability to retire or not work if you don't want to. You have x amount of money and the way you're spending it, it will be enough so anything you make is extra.
I lived there once as a student, to have neighbours such as St Johns and Trinity College was amazing. To see Kings college with a slight covering of frost in early winter was truly breath taking.
Oh I love that place.
But I live in Costa Rica, and must say it's the cats pajamas. I'm part american and part costarican, and here in CR, you can find pretty much everything you have in the states.
If I had the resources, I'd just move with the seasons. Works for birds.
CF
Gopi
I love Cambridge too.Was married(Ist one!) there and my father ownned the big Pub in King street(was the Cambridge Arms at the time though now a wine bar I think! Fantastic city
MM
why? I've never been to any of them...just read and seen pics about them. Costa Rica seems nicer in paper ;). I like some mountain, river and jungle in the mix...
Costa Rica has wonderful jungles & rivers.
Belize has wonderful jungles, rivers, is slightly closer to the US than Costa Rica, and it has wonderful islands and cayes. The official language is english.
I went to Belize in 1999 and I'm going again in early 2005. I can't wait! Going to stay again on an approx. 13 acre island for a few days.
I'll take a small island in the San Juans thanks. (Of course, where I AM retired isn't bad, leaving out that it's in Utah of all gosh-awful states. Except for about a month in the summer, the weather's not bad.... but do NOT get me started on the "rest" of the "ambience" or lack thereof. And no - it wasn't MY choice to move here *sigh*. Just one of the compromises that go with a VERY long-term marriage....)
NZ seems too far incase one decides to invite friends, come back to the US once a month or so.
I didnt think so from some of teh property magazines id seen.
Absolutely NONE of the above. Don't like heat.... period. I'd be perfectly happy if the sun NEVER shone. I love rain, snow, cloudy days.... Perfect weather: 65 and raining, 35 and snowing (as it is tonight.... - and those are fahrenheit, btw....)
Come to Scotland :)
don't do it bro ;). Divorce can be messy but...
planning on it (after I'm a widow...)
Ummm, does your husband know of your plans to become a widow?
ummmm...no but the life insurance agent has a clue ;)
on topic: Doesn't Belize get hammered by hurricanes?
We have been here 17 years and, while this sounds idealic, there are always other problems when you move to 'paradise'.
The culture is inevetibly totaly different from what you are used to and it is not likely you will ever adjust completely. It's not that it's bad just totally different. Things that you accept as normal in your own country are treated with abandon in another.
We receive dozens of inquiries every week from North Americans and Europeans including the UK for information on living here. Our standard answer is to rent for at least 6 months before comitting to an investment. This way you will know for sure whether you can adjust to that particular country and culture or not.
In the time we have lived here many have come and gone. It is usually much easier to buy properties or businesses than to sell them.
Because of political considerations many foreigners are now trying to divest themselves of properties here and many have waited years to recover part of their investment.
For anyone considering a move like this it can be fantastic and provide a new lifestyle away from the rat race that you are now in however just take a deep breath before putting down your money.
that's the best advice one can actually give. Some things you either live with or you can't. If you buy the house and then you get bored 3 weeks later you're screwed...
I think I'd be happy retiring anywhere that didn't have a blood relative within driving distance
I think after the holidays, there are alot of people with this same thought.
If I were to retire, it would be where I grew up in North Idaho/Western Montana. It's peaceful, there are truly four seasons, plenty of golf, lakes, rivers, ski resorts, etc.
My goal is to be at a point where I could retire/do what I want for a living by the time I'm 30...only have 6 more years before I get there...but I am getting there.
Puerto Banus, Spain. Best place I've ever been.
bakedjake, I remember you falling in love with that place.
very expensive though, and so many other places which you have yet to see, but yes, PB was very very nice wasn't it ;)
Shak
