Affordable places to retire .... opinions.
 

Those of you that travel to or live in these areas, are the prices right? Or are these for dumps in the wrong part of town. I can live in Miami cheap also ... if I want to live in a crap house and eat poorly.

I'm starting to feel restless again ... My language skills suck so english is a must.


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/6-affo...191538246.html

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none of those places seem appealing to me...

i'd prefer florida over that. cocoa beach rocks ;)

maybe not Chiang Mai - but Thailand for sure :)

let's all meet there in 20 years

I'll be dead in 20 years. How about 20 months? :)

Bingo, Thailand or Malaysia. Dirt ass cheep!

Fort Lauderdale is cheaper than Miami. And it's a 35 minute drive to South Beach. I've only been once since moving. Was originally set on Miami but I feel like I made the right choice. Everything one needs is here.

well, how about march/april next year? :winkwink:

thats probably the next time i am going

Thailand? No fucking way. I don't even wanna visit.

Why not?

As Yahoo suggests, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Lots of people speak English there.

Chiang Mai is very nice. I could retire there with NO problems whatsoever. One of the best places in all of Thailand.

ok - going to check it out next time :thumbsup

So I'm not lost there if I only speak english?

OK well maybe I'd visit but I wouldn't live there, certainly not retire.

It's a totally different experience than Bangkok or Phuket. It's slower, in the mountains, 100s of ancient temples everywhere, very friendly locals, 5 or 6 universities (hot girls everywhere), dirt cheap, and lots of people speak English.

It's a very charming place.

You'd do just fine. Lots of people retire there who don't speak the language. You'll learn some as you go. Lots of Thais there speak English. Maybe the largest amount of English speakers I've come across in Thailand.


How could you know if you've never seen it?

http://www.chiangmailifestyles.com/uploads/why_cm.jpg
http://www.concierge.com/images/cnt/...hotel_001p.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ngmai_view.jpg

I want to be you. I'm changing my name to HairyWhiteBoy and heading east...or is it west?. We'll be roomies. It'll be fun. Cya soon.

I call dibs on the top bunk.

How about Malaysia?

If, by "top bunk" you mean what I think you mean, then fuck yeah you can have "top bunk".

We'll be mother fucking legends. The paparazzi will follow us around. We'll have our own name. DirtyHairy. Brangelina and TomKat can suck a bag a dicks.

I have heard good things about Panama before, I have been planning on looking into it as I get closer to retiring...

Very inexpensive housing ..... And most are furnished as well. I imagine with temperatures in the 60 - 80 range the utilities are low as well.

http://www.chiangmaihouse.com/index...._page=0&pclass[]=4&pclass[]=&action=searchresults

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