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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As soon as I retire I am leaving.  Plan in hand already.  The US just isn't fun or pleasant anymore.[/quote]
I said the same thing.  Then investigated more fully and changed my mind.  If you have family & friends overseas it might make sense.  But uprooting your entire social structure in older age and moving to a foreign country is a huge risk.  If you don’t have family overseas you will never fit into the local culture, and will grow old as an outsider.[/quote]

I don't think we're at a point yet where American neighborhoods or districts will form in other countries, like creating sizable "little Americas" outside of European or Australian cities where people would land and find others with common backgrounds as well as resettlement services the way refugees here have orgs that take them in and offer assistance. That's why it will be harder for an older couple in their 60s+ to pull this off unless they have a lot of money and little to no fear of having few friends and feeling like an outsider. Portugal and Italy are touted as retirement hotspots for Americans, but how happy are the people after a year? Do most of them move back here? Are they all culturally connected to these countries? [/quote]

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