Other than US, which country are you looking in to retire to? (pension, gorgeous)
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I am retired and have been living in Peru (Miraflores district of Lima) for the past 13 years. I love everything about it....... Old people are respected by the young and we have really weird looking dogs.
I stayed there in Miraflores and enjoyed every minute. People were friendly and there was an old world respectfulness that they seemed to have toward everyone. We walked everywhere even after dark. We were walking along a sidewalk one night and a guy on the sidewalk pulled out a flashlight and made sure we crossed a street OK. Sadly, I don't remember the dogs...
I would never drive in Lima's traffic (worse than anything I've seen in Europe) and there are other challenges in a city that large that I'd not want to deal with. There were a few private homes with obvious security. Peru had some tough times in the past but that seems settled for the most part and the economy was in good shape. But still, there were clearly two extremes of existence (as there are in most places).
I think that, in general -- for Lima or elsewhere, if you are there and immersed in the local scene (and enjoy it) some of that odd stuff becomes second nature and it falls into place as part of life. There are places in the US that I'd not want to live but other people take it all in stride.
Nice friendly, down to earth, yet "classy" people, beautiful cities with lovely historic buildings, cheap living, a continued "adoration" for Americans (why, I don't know), and fairly cheap living even to this day. The food is awesome. I spent 6 months there in cowidge, found the language surprisingly easy to learn, and liquor was cheap (for American $'s). Seniors are highly respected, even by the youngin's. Healthcare is quite up to date. Unless things have changed, as a second generation Polish-American, I can "re-patriate." A trip there to suss it out is on the agenda. Krakow is my favorite city, but there are others. I think I want to be buried there.
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Nice friendly, down to earth, yet "classy" people, beautiful cities with lovely historic buildings, cheap living, a continued "adoration" for Americans (why, I don't know), and fairly cheap living even to this day. The food is awesome. I spent 6 months there in cowidge, found the language surprisingly easy to learn, and liquor was cheap (for American $'s). Seniors are highly respected, even by the youngin's. Healthcare is quite up to date. Unless things have changed, as a second generation Polish-American, I can "re-patriate." A trip there to suss it out is on the agenda. Krakow is my favorite city, but there are others. I think I want to be buried there.
Nice friendly, down to earth, yet "classy" people, beautiful cities with lovely historic buildings, cheap living, a continued "adoration" for Americans (why, I don't know), and fairly cheap living even to this day. The food is awesome. I spent 6 months there in cowidge, found the language surprisingly easy to learn, and liquor was cheap (for American $'s). Seniors are highly respected, even by the youngin's. Healthcare is quite up to date. Unless things have changed, as a second generation Polish-American, I can "re-patriate." A trip there to suss it out is on the agenda. Krakow is my favorite city, but there are others. I think I want to be buried there.
Yup, totally lost the ability I had achieved in one language because later on I had no one to speak with, and reading wasn't enough.
I speak my present second language at an adequate level for daily life and simple conversations; but when I had a good friend who spoke the language my ability zoomed very quickly back to where it had been once before. But for me second languages are new skills easily lost, I have to keep at it.
I took a couple of years of Spanish in high school, plus worked with Mexican migrants in the summer. When I was planning a trip to Spain I tutored ESL at a local CC. I swapped language lessons with Spanish speakers, half an hour of only speaking English followed by half an hour of only speaking Spanish. By the time I got to Spain, it only took a couple of weeks before I was comfortable in the language again. Once you learn a language, it comes back quickly.
Well, then don't ask dumb questions so we don't think you really are that ignorant. Some people have never left their town, much leaa their state or country.
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