Best places to retire

[bondi688]

This is an interesting piece on retirement in Ireland in the WSJ.
Piping up an old thread topic to post it. Never thought about it, but the costs don't seem all that bad. And there's beer!

Best Places to Retire Abroad: Ireland - WSJ.com

Ireland sounds interesting on first brush, but the visa requirement, and housing ( other sources do not put that as cheaply as the WSJ article) and taxation of retirement income put a damper into the interest in further researching the possibility.

 

[explanade]

Visited Ireland once, about 15 years ago. Was pretty expensive, at least the restaurants.

It was booming them but may have tapered off now.

Weather has to be a very difficult adjustment. But I guess it's pretty close to sunnier places (frankly more interesting places) via cheap and short flights?

 

[Swamp Fox]

Odd list for sure!

 

[Alan]

We'll be spending the month of May in NW Ireland, Donegal, so should be able to sample the local life.

 

[timo2]

This is an interesting piece on retirement in Ireland in the WSJ.
Piping up an old thread topic to post it. Never thought about it, but the costs don't seem all that bad. And there's beer!

Best Places to Retire Abroad: Ireland - WSJ.com

But now we are back to that other thread about humidity. Ireland is not for people who prefer a dry climate. All that green didn't magically appear (or did it

 

[Meadbh]

Um, no. Irish weather is like Seattle. Right now there is major flooding in many areas as there has been copious rainfall and snow of late.

Don't worry Alan: May is usually much nicer.

 

[lark_L]

You know they just have to write this article every year and yes i think there's a dart board involved. It's interesting reading and all, but our desires are so varied, it's practically worthless. I know it may spur you to consider a new area and that's good. I can imagine the time the local visitor bureau/camber of commerce spends 'politicking' 'the magazines for their town.

 

[JoeWras]

At least Ireland isn't hot and humid, like here in the SE. But the nice thing about SE USA (aside from far south Florida) is we get a break in the winter with dry, cool winds from the interior.

 

[Alan]

Um, no. Irish weather is like Seattle. Right now there is major flooding in many areas as there has been copious rainfall and snow of late.

Don't worry Alan: May is usually much nicer.

Thanks - we can only hope.

We have had 2 vacations in Ireland, May one year and June in another year, 3 weeks in total. We never saw more than a little rain on either vacation so we are due for some bad weather.

We've been packing this weekend and have plenty of rain gear going with us. We did a Skype session with our friends from Yorkshire yesterday. They are joining us for the first week and were saying that they are bringing a selection of DVD's of stuff they haven't yet seen and are hoping the photos we expect to take while there will show more than cloud and rain.

They have a holiday home in Cumbria and were scheduled to go there today but say they've cancelled the trip due to the weather this weekend.

In Cumbria, 72 motorists were left trapped and specialist teams had to deploy special vehicles with caterpillar tracks to complete a rescue operation.

Gary Parsons, Bay Search and Rescue's station officer, said: "They were all a little bit chilly and shaken. The snow came down so fast and it was driven by the wind - that was the big factor. It got up to 14 or 15 feet around hedges.

Snow brings blackouts and travel chaos - Telegraph

 

[F4mandolin]

Yep....my wife is from N Yorkshire.....places in Bradford and out towards Manchester are getting a foot or more of snow right now. They have really had crap weather the last few years

 

[Ed_The_Gypsy]

This global warming sh*t has GOT TO STOP!

 

[Meadbh]

Here is yet another international survey on the best place to retire. Norway is first, Zimbabwe is last.

http://ngam.natixis.com/docs/95/788/Global_Retirement_Index_R.pdf

 

[seraphim]

Love Norway. Beautiful country and friendly people.

You're behind the times Ed - they call it climate change now, to cover all the discrepancies involving the term global warming. Keep up, please *grin*