Any other military retirees know of a good country I can move to?

[maxrandb]

I'm not planning on sticking around and watching the destruction of my country.

I'm going to do my own research, but wondered if there were any other military retirees that went the Ex Pat way that have advice to share.

[DonViejo]

1. Costa Rica and Thailand are two I'd opt for. Love both those countries

[mikeysnot]

2. Costa Rica

[DonViejo]

3. One of the good things about Costa Rica is closeness to the U.S....easy commute if needed.

Flights from Thailand can take 18+ hours.

[mikeysnot]

12. Friends in bands/guitar techs

go there after a tours for a month or up to six months.

Cheap and the money they earn goes farther than here in the US.

They skype with their families while on tour.

[Flaleftist]

13. Do you know how much one could expect to spend for a month vacation there?

[mikeysnot]

14. depends

A business partner stayed in a villa for three weeks for five of them and it wasn't too $$$, he went two years in a row cause of the cost and his family loved it.

The guys just rent there and some keep their family in CR. Cheaper than San Francisco.

Haven't seen them in two years but will this fall.

Let me reach out to them, my bud is friends with him on FB.

They live on the Pacific side I believe.

[Quemado]

4. I did a lot of research into moving to a foreign country for retirement

I researched several countries, mainly in Latin America, from 2007-2014, for retirement relocation.

After I retired in 2014, my Colombian wife and I moved to Medellin, Colombia, and lived there for eight months. We returned to the U.S.

During my research period, I pretty much eliminated Costa Rica because the country has become too popular with foreigners who have driven the real estate market there up in value, and it was too expensive for me.

Other than a low cost of living, I know almost nothing about Thailand in regards to retiring there.

My advice: if you want to move to a foreign country for retirement, don't move to one that is significantly lower in living standards. That would pretty much eliminate all of Latin America, except for Chile, which has too many earthquakes for my taste. By the way, Chile was my number one intended retirement destination until that country had a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in 2010.

If money was no object, I would seriously consider Norway first, then Denmark. Both countries have solid democracies. I don't know much about France, but it seems to me that country merits consideration as well.

[maxrandb]

8. Had a wonderful port visit in Valparaiso back in the 90s

Would love Chile, but like Costa Rica, I'm not sure about the stability of the government in either place.

I'm in fairly good health, but I'll have to look into how Tricare works overseas.

I'm thinking Rota Spain, or Naples, Italy. Both have major Navy bases.

Rhoades, Greece would also be a possibility.

Guam is about as far as you can go and still be in a US territory, but it's so frickin hot there. Good snorkeling and diving though.

[notdarkyet]

5. I want to leave too. I've had it. Becoming one of the worst countries to live.

[Mr.Bill]

6. If I could afford it, I would consider Ireland. n/t

[TomSlick]

9. Well, for this military retiree....

Our oath to defend the Constitution did not have an expiration date. We're still duty bound to stay here and fight for the Constitution.

[COLGATE4]

10. Panama. Pleasant country, nice people,

lots speak English, the dollar is the national currency, visas are quite easy and there is a huge number of benefits for retirees.

[mnhtnbb]

11. Yes on Panama.

[JonLP24]

15. I only been to the airports of Germany and Iceland

Both countries are nice and I heard from people stationed in Germany mainly Mannheim and they all had a great time there. I also been to Kuwait which is safe and Iraq where Kurdistan is only safe for foreigners though I can't say if you can relocate there. Iraq is beautiful though.

Other than that I've been to Washington which I would recommend the Olympia-Seattle area.