Sojourning
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Daylate, you seem to be talking about the financial aspects of living in the EU. I am talking about being able to legally live there. There is no point even considering it if you cannot legally live there. That's why I asked if either of you have a passport from an EU country which would give you the right to live there.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/deborahljacobs/2012/11/21/plan-before-you-travel-without-a-visa-you-might-need-to-stay-home/
So far you haven't given any indication daylate that you have researched whether there is any way you can legally live in any EU country. That is step one, not whether you can afford to live there. I can assure you that a couple can live in an EU country for $20k a year in many places.
Sunset, usually commenting on the negative aspects of a country gets people from that country upset and results in starting an argument. There are plenty of articles you can find using Google to get a feel for some of the problems with UK culture.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2409433/Poor-white-children-fall-Benefits-culture-blamed-failures-school.html
Or Read some articles here:
https://www.google.ca/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=UInbVOPDFYrZqAP66oDADg&gws_rd=ssl#q=britains+underclass
I was born in the UK. I emmigrated to Canada with my parents when I was 7 and grew up in Canada. I visited the UK quite a few times over the years and always enjoyed my visits. But being a tourist is not the same as living in a country. In 1999 I ended up living in the UK and stayed for 6.5 years. I'm really a Canadian in terms of my viewpoints and cultural norms. It's like when you join a new company and you can see things as a 'newbie' that those who have been there for years accept as normal and cannot even see. A kind of 'helicopter vision'.
There are so many differences in what is accepted as 'normal' in the UK that would not be acceptable in Canada, that I would need to write a book to cover them all.
Chuckanut, longer term 'visits' as you say are an alternative. Often however, what stops people from considering that is money. As flyingaway wrote, "One has to sell the U.S. home or rent it out in order to make this slow travel financially affordable for many early retirees, I guess."
If you can afford to maintain your 'home base' and 'sojourn' in a place for 3 months or more, it is definitely a good alternative to moving to another country. Kind of a have your cake and eat it too proposition.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/deborahljacobs/2012/11/21/plan-before-you-travel-without-a-visa-you-might-need-to-stay-home/
So far you haven't given any indication daylate that you have researched whether there is any way you can legally live in any EU country. That is step one, not whether you can afford to live there. I can assure you that a couple can live in an EU country for $20k a year in many places.
Sunset, usually commenting on the negative aspects of a country gets people from that country upset and results in starting an argument. There are plenty of articles you can find using Google to get a feel for some of the problems with UK culture.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2409433/Poor-white-children-fall-Benefits-culture-blamed-failures-school.html
Or Read some articles here:
https://www.google.ca/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=UInbVOPDFYrZqAP66oDADg&gws_rd=ssl#q=britains+underclass
I was born in the UK. I emmigrated to Canada with my parents when I was 7 and grew up in Canada. I visited the UK quite a few times over the years and always enjoyed my visits. But being a tourist is not the same as living in a country. In 1999 I ended up living in the UK and stayed for 6.5 years. I'm really a Canadian in terms of my viewpoints and cultural norms. It's like when you join a new company and you can see things as a 'newbie' that those who have been there for years accept as normal and cannot even see. A kind of 'helicopter vision'.
There are so many differences in what is accepted as 'normal' in the UK that would not be acceptable in Canada, that I would need to write a book to cover them all.
Chuckanut, longer term 'visits' as you say are an alternative. Often however, what stops people from considering that is money. As flyingaway wrote, "One has to sell the U.S. home or rent it out in order to make this slow travel financially affordable for many early retirees, I guess."
If you can afford to maintain your 'home base' and 'sojourn' in a place for 3 months or more, it is definitely a good alternative to moving to another country. Kind of a have your cake and eat it too proposition.