There are about 10,000 expats in San Miguel de Allende. This figure includes both full time and expats who come seasonally. I certainly see more foreign faces when it’s wintertime, and I would say that when it comes to my office, the month of May is always slow. There certainly are times in the year where many or fewer people from abroad are in San Miguel de Allende, but it’s not like a beach town where you’ll have a completely dead 6 months, and then a completely...
To open a bank account in Portugal, the first thing that you have to do is get a Portuguese fiscal tax number as an individual. A US citizen would apply for a tax number directly from the tax office or they could appoint a tax representative, which is a service that we offer whereby we are nominated as the tax representative for a non-resident. If this is set up, all tax correspondence are sent between the tax office and the tax representative. 
When I moved to Panama, I figured to take care of my medical needs using local resources (I live in Coronado, but Panama City is only an hour away), because they are good and very economical. For instance, a doctor's routine visit for a checkup or specific problem, such as diagnosing a cold, is less than ten dollars if you use your Julibilado Visa. For more serious problems, like a knee replacement, I planned to fly to the US to use my Medicare. 
If you hire a gardener full time (6 days a week) in Nicaragua, you would spend around US $200 to $250 per month. 
The ocean in Belize is home to many fascinating species of marine life – from angelfish to nurse sharks to string rays and more. How San Miguel de Allende Won— and Broke— My Heart as Best City in the World
Lest you be skeptical of that “Best City in the World” designation in the title, dear readers, let me begin by saying that Travel + Leisure magazine in 2017 bestowed that very designation on San Miguel de Allende, as had Condé Nast Traveler magazine in 2013. And many other publications have granted very similar titles to our little village over the past several years. My bias for San Miguel, however, began many years before.
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From an interview with Michael Vuytowecz in July, 2016...