If you were given $1 Million in US Dollars; Excludes living in the USA (apartment, house)

[Davy-040]

Thailand (Nov-Dec-Jan-Feb-Mar-Apr)

Netherlands (May-June-July-Aug-Sep-Oct)

Having 1 million dollars is Thailand is like having 5 million in the US.

[Info Guy]

Canada in the Summer.

[Rabbitluvr]

In the Americas: Panama

In Europe: France or Spain

And nowhere else.

[danielsa1775]

Id stay in Australia, quit my job and go back to university, mid you $950,000 thousand aussie dollars wont buy you much of a lifestyle hear, id be comfortable without being rich.

If i had to go overseas, malaysia would be the best pick I think, you can easily get to the rest fo SE asia, and it's also not all that far from my family and my wifes family in South Korea.

[foadi]

i wouldn't live anywhere, same as now. why tie yourself down to one place? especially if you have the means to go where ever you what whenever you want?

i figure US$1 million would last me around 20 years. i'd prolly be spending somewhere in the neighborhood of 50-60k/yr. with that type of money i would prolly be spending a lot more time in places like china and a lot less time in countries like cambodia.

the annual rotation might look something like

2 months thailand
2 months philippines
3 months china/hk/macau
1 month asia misc
2 months mexico (visiting family, etc)
2 months latin america misc

[texdav]

It depenhds how young I was but if young 1 million over lifetime does amount to much.I'd stay in US and be better off where I want to remian ;really.

[David Dollar]

Originally Posted by LaFemme86

If I had to choose immediately-- somewhere in Central America-- already did Panama, so maybe Bogota. If I could find a job along with the money-- Santiago, Chile.

If I had time to research cost of livings/areas-- probably somewhere in Southeast Asia. But right now I know nothing about it, so I can't comment beyond that.

If I was much older and closer to retirement, I'd take an early retirement, settle in Panama with a pensionado visa, buy a yacht, and travel via the sea!

Please tell me this was just a mistake. Also, compared to other cities in Colombia Bogota is not as nice as Medellin, Cali, Pereira, Manizales, etc.

[Info Guy]

Originally Posted by foadi

i wouldn't live anywhere, same as now. why tie yourself down to one place? especially if you have the means to go where ever you what whenever you want?

i figure US$1 million would last me around 20 years. i'd prolly be spending somewhere in the neighborhood of 50-60k/yr. with that type of money i would prolly be spending a lot more time in places like china and a lot less time in countries like cambodia.

the annual rotation might look something like

2 months thailand
2 months philippines
3 months china/hk/macau
1 month asia misc
2 months mexico (visiting family, etc)
2 months latin america misc

Foadi : Do you have a Thai gf?

[foadi]

no, i am not a masochist

[Zoness]

Originally Posted by jtur88

One million dollars would barely get you from Heathrow to central London and into a room for the night. Even without hyperbole, it would be very hard to live in the UK for more than about 5 years without some additional source of income.

Right, it would be a very short stay indeed. Then I'd take the financial pressure off a bit and move elsewhere. Always wise to have a backup plan.

I am going to assume the OP doesn't consider the other dimensions of a major move relevant for this question. I brought up the idea of language barriers, but assuming that its not important in this context, I don't imagine ease of immigration [or lack thereof] is an issue either.

That said, I'd give Japan a shot too but I might be out of money even faster than London!