Where is better to move if you are a retiree in the USA: living options
Many Americans have recently been considering relocating to a new place to live, sometimes even in a country on another continent or an exotic island.
They are faced with the question of whether it is better to assimilate into the local culture or to maintain their American lifestyle abroad. The publication Money Talks News lists the best options among the most attractive places to relocate from the United States.
The area around Lake Chapala in Mexico is home to one of the most organized and developed expat communities in the world. More than 20,000 American and Canadian residents have settled here. Additionally, the Mexican government estimates that nearly 30,000 expats permanently reside in the state of Jalisco, where Lake Chapala is located. By moving here, you can continue to live a lifestyle that is not much different from the one you left behind in the States. You wouldn't need to worry about learning the local language, as you can interact with a large and welcoming community of non-locals.
Living Features
Retirees here will find a comfortable life in an exotic, beautiful, safe, and very affordable place. Expats typically spend $50 per day, which includes housing, food, transportation, entertainment, and country trips. They enjoy good food, play tennis, socialize, and travel comfortably. This area has attracted so many expat retirees over the decades, making it an easy transition to a new life abroad.
Boquete is a small mountain town in Panama where more than 10,000 foreigners call home for at least part of the year. It's a place to enjoy the benefits of retirement abroad without leaving behind too many comforts of American suburbia. Private gated communities include a golf course, stables, and even a small central town designed specifically for foreigners.
Living Features
In Boquete, shops and services continue to open to serve the ever-growing number of foreign retirees. American-style restaurants serving American-style menus (with scrambled eggs for breakfast and cheeseburgers for lunch) are common, and you'll hear all-English conversations at the tables around you along with all-American music from the speakers.
Ambergris Caye in Belize offers diving, snorkeling, and an abundance of marine life. This is the quintessential Caribbean. On the island of Ambergris Caye, life is simple and relaxed. There are only a few streets and very few cars; people mostly move around by golf cart or on foot. There's also a growing expat community, one of the largest in the Caribbean. Over the past three decades, the largest and most famous of the Cayes Islands, located on the coast of mainland Belize, has become home to the largest community of American expats in the Caribbean.
Living Features
Life here is all about sun, sand, and sea, with many retirees from the United States. You can show up at Ambergris any morning and have a dozen foreign friends in time for that day's happy hour.
If beach life isn't your thing, head inland to Cayo, in the heart of Belize. Most people you meet in Belize have two things in common: they are hospitable and extremely independent. The average Belizean, including those who have adopted this country as their homeland, would rather live in a modest home than on land and sea and not be beholden to anyone. However, it should be noted that Belize is a poor country, and the government does not have enough resources to deal with real problems.
Living Peculiarities
Cayo is an area in the west of Belize with many parks and ecological reserves. It is also a place where residents, both locals and foreigners, go about their business while always being ready to lend a hand to a neighbor. In this frontier country, your mind and body are occupied with challenges and discoveries from sunrise until you fall exhausted into bed each night.
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