It’s easy to get onboard with the idea of retiring overseas… It’s not as easy to figure out where in the world you’d like to do it. Most people, faced with this tough question, make comparisons to help narrow things down.
One of the most commonly asked questions we get at Live and Invest Overseas is “Which place is better?” Is it Panama or Costa Rica?… The south coast of Spain or the south coast of Portugal?… Does Thailand have the best opportunities for low-cost beach living… or
does Vietnam?
The answers to these questions might surprise you… No place is inherently better or worse than the other. Which place is “better” depends entirely on you and your preferences, circumstances, and agendas. And although I can’t define those things for you, I can
help you consider your options for reinventing your life in one destination relative to another.
In this issue of Overseas Living Letter, I pit the world’s favorite retire-overseas havens against each other, examining the pros and cons at the country level. To give a more realistic view of what life is like in each place, I zoom in on one town in each country and
compare it to its counterpart in the other.
No place is perfect, everywhere has its pluses and minuses… but by going through the comparisons, you’ll come away with a stronger sense of which haven is the best choice for you.
