[LuvNH]

Has anyone ever wondered why this retirement experiment has never been tried in other country. There has to be a reason that the USA is the ONLY country with a massive retirement community. I would have thought Spain or Portugal or even Italy would have been interested in this experiment in living into your old age.

Is it something to do with the fact that other countries like living around family into their old age. OR is it the huge difference in weather from north to south in this country. For instance, you make your income in the big cities and then move to the sunshine State. There must be plenty of other people who have actually studied this ..... interesting to hear what you think.