Retiring in Central America

[bos]

You want to leave here when we’re on the verge of third world hellhole status ourselves?

Lol no. Just stop

 

[Clonefan94]

Everything I've been told is there is a crisis down there, nothing but murderers, rapists and animals. You realize the President is trying to build a wall to keep us separated from all the bad people down there, right? And you want to move there?

 

[isuno1fan]

I prefer Iowa for retirement.

 

[deadeyededric]

I prefer Iowa for retirement.

I'm not sure I'll have the money to retire and live like I want to in the US when I'm 55. This is all about me never wanting to work another day after 55.

 

[dosry5]

That's right. Our taxes go for subsidizing farmers.

America Needs Farmers

 

[CyCrazy]

America Needs Farmers

Dorsy needs McDoubles

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

America Needs Farmers

They also need insurance agents but I don't see those getting cash for bad production years.

 

[SEIOWA CLONE]

I'm not sure I'll have the money to retire and live like I want to in the US when I'm 55. This is all about me never wanting to work another day after 55.

I felt the same way when I was younger, now at 57 I could retire on IPERs this year, but I plan on working for another 4 more years. The money difference would be only a couple hundred a month more, but then I can collect on SS. Making retirement a lot easier.

Hopefully you have the type of job you enjoy, that makes it a lot easier to get out of bed every morning and do it.

 

[BCClone]

They also need insurance agents but I don't see those getting cash for bad production years.

Sometimes they do.

 

[Bipolarcy]

People move to Thailand for hookers and blow.

If you're gonna move there for that, it will probably cost you more than $10-$15 a day. Besides, I don't need a plethora of venereal diseases in my dotage.

 

[BoxsterCy]

I've thought about retiring in Thailand. The reason I've been thinking that way recently is two-fold. I LOVE Thai food. I watch a lot of Mark Wiens videos. He's an American who lives in Thailand, but travels the world doing food videos, but lately, he's been doing a majority of his videos from Thailand.

If you've ever watched a Mark Wiens video, he eats a TON of food and he's a skinny guy. He must get 5-6 dishes at every restaurant he stops at and he sometimes does 4-5 restaurants a day.

What convinced me that Thailand might be the place for me is that he shows how much all this food costs him. He will eat 5-6 dishes at a sitting and the price tag will be like $4.99, if that. So a normal person (a person who eats one dish per meal per sitting) could probably live very comfortably in Thailand on $10-$15 a day, including rent, transportation, etc.

Parasites, man. Just sayin'.

 

[GTO]

Parasites, man. Just sayin'.

Probably meth.

 

[cyputz]

I am under the belief if you are a US citizen, regardless if you have property in Costa Rica, you must leave every so many months???

 

[Cyder91]

It's still about 15 years until I'm 55, but I think I may like to retire in Puerto Vallarta or something like that. Does anyone know any ex-pats living in Mexico or other countries in Central America? How do the pros match up with the cons? I know Belize is popular too.

I guess leaving the country to RETIRE works if you
A.) Have no significant other that has a connection to family.
and/or
B.) Have a significant other and it is only the two of you with no children or dependents
and/or
C.) You are not the primary caretaker of you aging parentI(s) or relative.
and/or
D.) You had children at a young age and they are out of the house and college but don't have their own kids yet to miss grandpa and/or grandpa.
and/or
E.) You are on your own with no significant other and no connection to family.

...other than that it work great!

 

[NWICY]

If you have season tickets for ISU athletics travel costs are going to be a killer if you try to make all the home games.

I think 55 retirement looks better the further you are away from it. But I wish you well in reaching your goal.

 

[isucy86]

15 years ago I loved the idea of retiring at 55. Now that 55 is a month away- I can't imagine full time retirement for another 10-15 years. A few years ago I stepped away from the corporate world and currently work part time for a small company about 25-30 hrs/week. For me that has been a great solution. Still working but its nice not working 8a-6p type hours.

I didn't work for about about 8 months before my current gig and was bored out of my mind after about 3 months.

 

[stinkbaitcatfish]

... if you are Commodities Trader and you happen to have a bad day....
... dude .......Costa Rica ...
....no expedition....

 

[I-stateTheTruth]

... if you are Commodities Trader and you happen to have a bad day....
... dude .......Costa Rica ...
....no expedition....

Extradition?

 

[2020cy]

It appears there are enough leaving Central America there should be some deals for you.

 

[dosry5]

They also need insurance agents but I don't see those getting cash for bad production years.

Don’t be so grumpy, maybe cyclone fanatic can subsidize your move to Des Moines.....