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Big gains. A steep increase in value. That should be your end game. Sometimes this comes as a result of a Path of Progress event: A new road, airport, or other piece of infrastructure leads to a price increase.
You’ll find many B&Bs in the charming town of San Miguel de Allende, in Mexico’s Colonial Highlands. But Barbara Poole’s Casa de la Noche, a 14-room B&B, is the only one that can boast of having been a bordello until it closed in the mid-1960s.
What makes Panama the world’s top retirement destination? Besides its fabulous capital city, beautiful mountains and beaches, tropical climate, and low cost of living? A lot of it has to do with Panama’s extraordinary retirement incentives.
I’m convinced a couple could live in almost any country outside the U.S. on Social Security income alone. I’ve seen it many times. You might find a cozy studio apartment in a tiny village in France or in a popular expat stronghold like Cuenca, Ecuador.
Even though my wife Susan and I live in the midst of a historic, colonial city, at night we are lulled to sleep by the sounds of the Tomebamba River flowing just across Pasaje Imbabura street.
Over the course of more than six years living in Ireland, Michael and Karin Shepherd have enjoyed the friendliness of the locals many times. But one example really stands out.
One thing I like about Ireland is how the colors change throughout the year. On sunny summer mornings, the summer wildflowers are in full bloom everywhere. In the spring, the roadsides are bright with wild daffodils.
The sound of fiddles, flutes, and tin whistles fills the hall as people of all ages kick up their legs and dance the night away. One older gentleman begins a low, traditional melody and soon the whole room falls silent.
"Not only were the meds I needed easily available, but the low cost of healthcare literally saved my life.” That’s what expat Roger Carter has to say about the excellent healthcare he’s found in Southeast Asia.
“Da Nang is the most livable city in Vietnam.” I thought I was the one to come up with this observation—I was pretty pleased about it, actually. But ever since I came up with the phrase, I have heard it again and again from my Vietnamese friends and from expats I’ve met.