Spain is damn near perfect. I'd go there in a second if it was a viable option.oldag941 said:
Maybe Spain. Familiar language. Great food and wine. Europe. High quality of life.
This is where I'm at. I'd love to move back to Italy (lived there for 18 months) but with kids and potentially grandkids back in the states I'm not sure I'd want to settle in one place.Greener Acres said:
I've always thought it would be nice to do a long term rental in a place (30-60 days) then move to another place or return home for a bit then repeat. Anybody done something like that?
Are you talking Perth, essentially? Or something smaller like a place near Margaret River? That area of the world has always piqued my interest.wessimo said:
South Island of New Zealand or Western Australia would be at the top of my list. I have too many family connections in TX to move there permanently though.
Chipotlemonger said:Are you talking Perth, essentially? Or something smaller like a place near Margaret River? That area of the world has always piqued my interest.wessimo said:
South Island of New Zealand or Western Australia would be at the top of my list. I have too many family connections in TX to move there permanently though.
I lived in Sydney's Northern Beaches for 12 years until I left permanently on Jan. 31st, 2020.txags92 said:Yeah, Australia used to be high on my list of bug out locations, but Covid and their climate change stuff has killed that idea.SW AG80 said:
Australia has gone bat s__t crazy the last few years
Funny. I just boarded a flight from Houston to California and there are people wearing Covid masks. I'd almost forgotten about them.bthotugigem05 said:
Australia. Live here now and absolutely love it, no sign of the covid stuff any longer.
fk me. Sucks for him, but uber sad if he had a wife waiting for the Golden Years to start.Brian Earl Spilner said:
This is neither here not there, but just heard about an old timer here at work that was set to retire starting today.
He died in his sleep last Wednesday.
While it has gone nuts in some areas, reality is it was always like that but you just didn't hear about it as much. They did do to the extreme with Covid which did surprise me. Still a crap ton of positives for why to live there. Amazing country. Biggest obstacle is cost of living. It's pretty bloody expensive across the country (although I see us catching up more and more).txags92 said:Yeah, Australia used to be high on my list of bug out locations, but Covid and their climate change stuff has killed that idea.SW AG80 said:
Australia has gone bat s__t crazy the last few years
I live in Western Australia for 6 years (Perth) and concur on both. If you have family, it's way too far away from everything. And it's expensive as hell. Past that it's Southern California weather, beaches but with no people building, urban sprawl. It's magic.wessimo said:
South Island of New Zealand or Western Australia would be at the top of my list. I have too many family connections in TX to move there permanently though.
My dad retired before my mom due to health reasons. She retired a couple of years later so they could both have free state retiree health insurance coverage. Within 6 months after she retired, vascular parkinson's had her in a wheelchair and made the travel they had planned much more difficult. Don't wait until retirement to do the things you want.StinkyPinky said:fk me. Sucks for him, but uber sad if he had a wife waiting for the Golden Years to start.Brian Earl Spilner said:
This is neither here not there, but just heard about an old timer here at work that was set to retire starting today.
He died in his sleep last Wednesday.
Not sure actually. From our meeting it sounded like he was in his 60's.AgOutsideAustin said:Geez that's awful how old was he?Brian Earl Spilner said:
This is neither here not there, but just heard about an old timer here at work that was set to retire starting today.
He died in his sleep last Wednesday.
txags92 said:My dad retired before my mom due to health reasons. She retired a couple of years later so they could both have free state retiree health insurance coverage. Within 6 months after she retired, vascular parkinson's had her in a wheelchair and made the travel they had planned much more difficult. Don't wait until retirement to do the things you want.StinkyPinky said:fk me. Sucks for him, but uber sad if he had a wife waiting for the Golden Years to start.Brian Earl Spilner said:
This is neither here not there, but just heard about an old timer here at work that was set to retire starting today.
He died in his sleep last Wednesday.
Just about the same for my folks.AgRyan04 said:txags92 said:My dad retired before my mom due to health reasons. She retired a couple of years later so they could both have free state retiree health insurance coverage. Within 6 months after she retired, vascular parkinson's had her in a wheelchair and made the travel they had planned much more difficult. Don't wait until retirement to do the things you want.StinkyPinky said:fk me. Sucks for him, but uber sad if he had a wife waiting for the Golden Years to start.Brian Earl Spilner said:
This is neither here not there, but just heard about an old timer here at work that was set to retire starting today.
He died in his sleep last Wednesday.
This! Similar scenario with my parents.
Mom retired and within a year was diagnosed with multiple myloma....my father retired to take care of her....she fought it like a warrior for 8 years....their retirement years together were spent at MD Anderson.
To be fair there is a covid wave right now along with other weird viruses going around, and airports/airplanes are disgusting in general.HollywoodBQ said:Funny. I just boarded a flight from Houston to California and there are people wearing Covid masks. I'd almost forgotten about them.bthotugigem05 said:
Australia. Live here now and absolutely love it, no sign of the covid stuff any longer.
how bad is it in some beach town far enough away from the major cities?StinkyPinky said:While it has gone nuts in some areas, reality is it was always like that but you just didn't hear about it as much. They did do to the extreme with Covid which did surprise me. Still a crap ton of positives for why to live there. Amazing country. Biggest obstacle is cost of living. It's pretty bloody expensive across the country (although I see us catching up more and more).txags92 said:Yeah, Australia used to be high on my list of bug out locations, but Covid and their climate change stuff has killed that idea.SW AG80 said:
Australia has gone bat s__t crazy the last few years
Agree. Both my mom and dad were still working when my mom got pancreatic cancer. He retired at 63 to take care of her. She died the next October.txags92 said:My dad retired before my mom due to health reasons. She retired a couple of years later so they could both have free state retiree health insurance coverage. Within 6 months after she retired, vascular parkinson's had her in a wheelchair and made the travel they had planned much more difficult. Don't wait until retirement to do the things you want.StinkyPinky said:fk me. Sucks for him, but uber sad if he had a wife waiting for the Golden Years to start.Brian Earl Spilner said:
This is neither here not there, but just heard about an old timer here at work that was set to retire starting today.
He died in his sleep last Wednesday.
Agilaw said:
Not retire, but spend significant time in Costa Rica, Italy, Summit County Colorado and keep Texas as "home".
Might be different in different parts if the country but I found no real difference between Perth and all of the rural beach communities (which I also lived in - Bunbury and Dunsborough). Might be different say in the North East/Queensland rural communities. As I said before, the SouthWest region is absolute bliss. Cost of living is the biggest obstacle.barbacoa taco said:how bad is it in some beach town far enough away from the major cities?StinkyPinky said:While it has gone nuts in some areas, reality is it was always like that but you just didn't hear about it as much. They did do to the extreme with Covid which did surprise me. Still a crap ton of positives for why to live there. Amazing country. Biggest obstacle is cost of living. It's pretty bloody expensive across the country (although I see us catching up more and more).txags92 said:Yeah, Australia used to be high on my list of bug out locations, but Covid and their climate change stuff has killed that idea.SW AG80 said:
Australia has gone bat s__t crazy the last few years
had a coworker back in '17 all set to retire. They bought a place in Colorado. He and his wife went up for a long weekend to work on the place. Wished him well on Thursday before he left. He woke up Saturday AM to do yoga with his wife and keeled over. I was early 30s at the time and really affected me.Brian Earl Spilner said:Not sure actually. From our meeting it sounded like he was in his 60's.AgOutsideAustin said:Geez that's awful how old was he?Brian Earl Spilner said:
This is neither here not there, but just heard about an old timer here at work that was set to retire starting today.
He died in his sleep last Wednesday.
But that really bummed me out to hear.
