Best Places In The World To Retire

When you have Mexican citizenship, you can vote for our president, you have a different tax bracket when it comes to selling houses or businesses, and you can own property without a trust on the beaches or on the borders. If you’re a resident, you’re allowed to live here in Mexico as long as you legally keep your residency. You have to open a trust to own beachfront property. The bank is the one who administrates it for you. You are the owner of your property but you pay...

When you have Mexican citizenship, you can vote for our president, you have a different tax bracket when it comes to selling houses or businesses, and you can own property without a trust on the beaches or on the borders. If you’re a resident, you’re allowed to live here in Mexico as long as you legally keep your residency. You have to open a trust to own beachfront property. The bank is the one who administrates it for you. You are the owner of your property but you pay to own your property through the bank and you’re not allowed to vote. 

 

In the state of Jalisco, if you’re a temporary resident, you cannot register your vehicle plates if you purchased a Mexican-plated car. It’s been in our laws but they started just recently to enforce it. You have to be a permanent resident to be able to have the registration of your vehicles in your name.

 

(Beach front homes, Mulege, Baja California Sur, Mexico, pictured.)

There haven’t been any cases of crime perpetrated against an expat in the 6 years that I’ve lived here in Corozal. Corozal is a very placid town, except when you live in the town center where you may find yourself living next to someone who plays loud music, but that’s not a crime. Belizeans always play their music loud.

 

I live in Corozal District and not in the town of Corozal. Most of the houses in Corozal Town have bars on their...

There haven’t been any cases of crime perpetrated against an expat in the 6 years that I’ve lived here in Corozal. Corozal is a very placid town, except when you live in the town center where you may find yourself living next to someone who plays loud music, but that’s not a crime. Belizeans always play their music loud.

 

I live in Corozal District and not in the town of Corozal. Most of the houses in Corozal Town have bars on their windows and fences around their homes. This is the case in any Central American country because that’s just the way they do things. There are the” have’s” and “have-not’s,” and it’s just one of those things that one accepts if one is considering living within the Corozal Town. 

 

I have not noticed any places in Corozal that don’t pay attention to security. I know some places on the outskirts of Corozal that don’t have bars on windows, but these places are surrounded by a high wall that is very unwise to climb because some homeowners put shards of glass along the top of these walls. That means if you’re foolish enough to somehow get to the top of the wall, you’ll end up with shredded hands anyway.

 

In the entire time that I’ve been here in Corozal, I have heard only one or two stories of break-ins. I live in a gated community where we have 24-hour guards, and where people don’t even lock their car doors and their houses’ front doors. This is a secure place, so there’s not a single house that has bars on the windows or doors.

 

(Enjoying the community at Crimson Orchid Inn, Belize, Corozal, Belize, pictured.)

I love living in San Juan del Sur. I love working in San Juan del Sur. As soon as I leave my office, I can just go for a walk on the beach and later watch the beautiful sunset every day. My kids can go to the beach every afternoon. It’s safe and I just love it.

The main thing people enjoy in San Juan del Sur is the beach, the surfing and the activities. There’s a canopy tour, there’s jet skiing, there’s fishing; there’s a lot of things that...

I love living in San Juan del Sur. I love working in San Juan del Sur. As soon as I leave my office, I can just go for a walk on the beach and later watch the beautiful sunset every day. My kids can go to the beach every afternoon. It’s safe and I just love it.

The main thing people enjoy in San Juan del Sur is the beach, the surfing and the activities. There’s a canopy tour, there’s jet skiing, there’s fishing; there’s a lot of things that you can do that can keep you entertained.

 

(Dark sand beaches of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, pictured.)

Most of the expat communities in Portugal are in Cascais, just west of Lisbon proper.

 

Cascais is a well-known retirement destination for the English people because of the connection that we have with England in the last century. Portugal is the oldest ally of England. We had a Portuguese Queen who married and English King. It is also popular for expats because of the golf courses. There are quite a lot of English clubs in Cascais such as the Rotary Club,...

Most of the expat communities in Portugal are in Cascais, just west of Lisbon proper.

 

Cascais is a well-known retirement destination for the English people because of the connection that we have with England in the last century. Portugal is the oldest ally of England. We had a Portuguese Queen who married and English King. It is also popular for expats because of the golf courses. There are quite a lot of English clubs in Cascais such as the Rotary Club, the Women’s Institute Club, etc. They even have a daily newspaper that is in English. There is also one in the Algarve as well, which is called The Portuguese News. 

 

We have three English high schools in Cascais: Saint Julian’s, Saint Dominic’s, and the international school. These are all big schools so you would see that there is really a big expat community here. My daughter went to St. Dominic’s. The schools here start from primary and finish up and then they leave for the universities. 

 

Another reason Cascais is a top choice for expat communities because it is very near to the airport and it has always catered to expats very well. Cascais has a beautiful landscape and a very nice weather. It’s a beautiful town by the coast. It used to be a fishing village, which has now turned into a tourist town. It’s a very appealing and very nice. It is also about 20 kilometers directly west of Lisbon, which is the capital of Portugal.

 

There are also lots of expats in the Algarve, the majority of whom are also English. The reasons include the golf courses, the beaches, the weather, etc.

 

The main expat communities of Portugal are Cascais, Sintra, and the Algarve.  

 

(Shops with English signs, Sintra, Portugal, pictured.)