We retired to Lake Chapala, Mexico last year. We’re 30 minutes from an international airport (GDL) and can be anywhere in the U.S. in less time than our friends who lives in Idaho or rural Tennessee. And to top that, the flights are cheaper as Guadalajara has several competing airlines to many different U.S. and…

If anywhere in the US were given the same scrutiny and criticism many places on the list have been given, you too would be looking to leave the U.S. We’ve done it after a three year hunt of places to retire to in the U.S. There were none that matched our wants much less our “must have” list. So we expanded to outside…

Just because you don’t want to live in a place doesn’t mean it will not suit someone else’s needs. To dismiss all of Portugal based on you experience in Lisbon (a place I would not retire in either) is short-sighted and foolish. Someone who loves non-urban living could find many places in Portugal where they can hike,…