[senior citizen]

10 places to live on $2,000 a month.........

Most affordable places for U.S. citizens to retire.........:



Ecuador

Panama

Mexico

Nicaragua

Philippines

Thailand

Colombia

Malaysia

Costa Rica

Guatemala



Details for each country can be found on MSN news page.

Many of these countries have high crime and/or great poverty.

Some have intense heat and dense population/traffic....

[jnieman]

Anyone considering this should see the movie The Marigold Hotel! It's a hoot.

[thelegges]

Originally Posted by jnieman

Anyone considering this should see the movie The Marigold Hotel! It's a hoot.

i agree

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by jnieman

Anyone considering this should see the movie The Marigold Hotel! It's a hoot.

Hoot? I thought the movie was somewhat interesting but a little depressing. Rather than encouraging travel it made me appreciate being home.

Is "under $2,000 per month" supposed to be a bargan?

[buggyone]

Add to the list of where to retire for under $2,000 per month:

LIVING IN A REFRIGERATOR CARTON UNDERNEATH THE FREEWAY.

[jebartle]

Has researched the country and is taking Spanish lessons....Selling all, will be there initially for 6 months and apply for Permanent resident Visa....He said that he will cut his living expenses in half....Will rent, not buy a car, will walk or take a taxi...A lot of up and down terrain...Sure hope they will both be safe....Concerned about Tom going without health insurance....You have to be 74 or younger in order to be eligable for health insurance which is approx. $100 a month and he missed that by 2 weeks...They are excited about new life style and will report to us about their new world...Planning on packing 8 suitcases between them (6 pieces of luggage free with Business class flight)...We are not so brave but wish him well..

[manaboutown]

My neighbors, a husband and wife I would judge to be in their 70's, live primarily in Costa Rica. They return to the US for major medical issues and go right back down when they are done. They are anglo midwesterners, not hispanics. Another anglo man in his middle sixties I know moved there and married a local woman. He is a bit wild and crazy and loves it down there. Another guy I know in his mid sixties spends winters in Thailand.

Although I enjoy spending time in foreign countries the USA is home to me. I miss it whenever I am out of the country for a few weeks. I do not think I could be happy moving to another country more or less permanently.

[Monkei]

Originally Posted by buggyone

Add to the list of where to retire for under $2,000 per month:

LIVING IN A REFRIGERATOR CARTON UNDERNEATH THE FREEWAY.

Or in a van down by the river

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by jebartle

...Concerned about Tom going without health insurance....You have to be 74 or younger in order to be eligable for health insurance which is approx. $100 a month and he missed that by 2 weeks.

Please tell me Tom has some type of medical insurance. Yikes!

[Patty55]

I'll bet there are families living in Central Florida on less than $2000/mo.

[murray607]

Originally Posted by Patty55

I'll bet there are families living in Central Florida on less than $2000/mo.

It can be done, but it would be pretty tight, no money for luxuries. Not much travel and no golf!

[chuckinca]

Floridablanca, Colombia

Year-round monthly avg high 82
Year-round monthly avg low 62

Floridablanca, Santander - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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[buggyone]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Please tell me Tom has some type of medical insurance. Yikes!

If he is living outside the USA, Tom would not be eligible for Medicare reimbursement. He could get VA reimbursement for a service connected disability (I believe) but not routine care.

Would he fly back to the USA whenever he needs medical care? Perchance, rethinking this moving to Equador at age 75 might be a good idea.

[CFrance]

I love going to visit other countries. Even have stayed as long as 6 months. I love coming back to the USA. It's home.

[DougB]

Newsflash! There are families living probably every city in the country on less than 2000 a month.