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My benchmark is, if you wake up at 2 am with chest pains, who you gonna call?
This is a good question, prices a cheaper in rural areas with poor emergency services, thats just the way it is. Developed resort areas have better service but are quite more expensive. it is a catch 22.
thats why at lot of people chooses to live on the peripheries of tourist towns, where prices are cheaper but they have access to most of the modern conveniences, is just a question of finding the right balance.
If you run into a major medical issue good luck. I know too much and wouldn't be satisfied I am mostly sure. Dental, too. My husband had a crown re-cemented on in Brazil and it fell off within a week. I'll take my US dentist.
I also don't like that there aren't enough rules to control various things, like someone mentioned, noise, other issues, too. Just various standards we're used to. Not that we don't have issues though! For some people, it's prob. paradise.
If you run into a major medical issue good luck. I know too much and wouldn't be satisfied I am mostly sure. Dental, too. My husband had a crown re-cemented on in Brazil and it fell off within a week. I'll take my US dentist.
I also don't like that there aren't enough rules to control various things, like someone mentioned, noise, other issues, too. Just various standards we're used to. Not that we don't have issues though! For some people, it's prob. paradise.
My real life experience - I had a temporary bridge for a tooth done in the US (which the real bridge was in construction in the lab) and needed to travel to Germany in the interim. The temp broke very quickly and I had to go to a dentist in Germany. They were appalled at the poor quality! And, I got a temporary bridge that was of much higher quality - for a very reasonable price. So, the idea that work quality in the US is uniformly great and that abroad is uniformly poor is simply false. At least speaking of Germany (and Japan), I have found the medical care to be noticeably better than in the US and the prices much more reasonable. And, I am not talking renowned and fancy hospitals - just the nearest doctor down the street type experiences. [Japan is a bit different but the same experience a high level.]
I think this sounds amazing at 63 but I'm wondering about the feasibility at 73. Or 83. And she is single. Again; 63 would be okay but to be totally on your own, with no spouse or family at 73 might leave some very vulnerable.
I've done the road trip from Colorado to Mazatlan; it took 3 days. This was back in the 1980s & I don't know about the difference in safety but this was right after some American professor had been murdered on the highway.
I would agree that Mazatlan is beautiful, adorable & charming even & that the city seems more laid-back & American-friendly than others. Average high temps range from 80-93 & lows from 58-77; ya know ... I think if I could I would just go for it.
I think this sounds amazing at 63 but I'm wondering about the feasibility at 73. Or 83. And she is single. Again; 63 would be okay but to be totally on your own, with no spouse or family at 73 might leave some very vulnerable.
Why? Or rather, why more vulnerable than they would be back home?
...The temp broke very quickly and I had to go to a dentist in Germany. They were appalled at the poor quality! And, I got a temporary bridge that was of much higher quality - for a very reasonable price. So, the idea that work quality in the US is uniformly great and that abroad is uniformly poor is simply false. At least speaking of Germany (and Japan), I have found the medical care to be noticeably better than in the US and the prices much more reasonable....
That's further evidence of the stark distinction between retiring in a first-world country, and a "developing" one. The latter, evidently, is done for cost-reduction... and the former, for improved quality of life.
Again I say: the whole point of retiring abroad, is to enjoy more options of culture, amenities or social interaction... rather than to save money on a sack of onions, a hand-woven carpet or a beachfront condo. Prices for most things (other than healthcare or higher education) in America are actually quite low. And the US federal government will demand a donation from your capital-gains, no matter where you happen to reside (unless you renounce US citizenship... not an entirely bizarre option)... so, international adventure does nothing to reduce the expense of taxes.
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