Retirement Places, in General

[Paul_in_Qatar]

How about post-Castro Cuba? I wonder how long it would take for property law to be re-established?

What would be the difficulties of a Gringo moving to Spain to retire? I presume they do not want me sponging off their ‘Free’ health care. Anyone know?

[Caridwen]

Here ya go, buy an island.

http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/islandsforsale.html

[gigi]

@kiz

If he wants to sound like a native, he should pronounce it wis-TAH

Yep, that’s what I meant by “Wooster”

[DeVena]

@elmwood

I lived in Las Cruces, New Mexico for about four years when I graduated from college. The city is easy on the eyes – much easier on the eyes than Albuquerque or El Paso, with relatively little visual pollution compared to those two cities – and the variety of people living there is amazing for a city its size (about 85,000). I’d like to retire to Cruces, and I’m hoping a curling club forms there before that time comes.

We’ll see you there! DeHusband graduated from NMSU way back in the dark ages and that’s where we’re planning to retire. All the benefits you listed above, and it’s still far enough away from his mother, who lives above Santa Fe, to just drop in. And it has Napolito’s restaurant, which is the holy grail of New Mexico food to DeHusband.

[Paul_in_Qatar]

I the worst-case scenario, could a freakishly large hurricane cause serious damage to one of those freakishly large condo skyscrapers in Florida?

I spent some time in the countryside outside of Taos once. I like it; I am partial to deserts and hills. New Mexico and Arizona are well worth considering, and I am glad you folks pointed me in that direction.