Thanks, Gringo.
We like being in places where we don't need a car. We hire drivers or take public transport in most places other than the U.S.
Unfortunately, where we live in the States, it is triple digits in the summer, with miles of open space ... even bicycling in the summer time can be dangerous! (only mornings and evenings, or before summer or after!)
Your opinion -- what's the biggest knock on living there?
No place is perfect, and even paradises have their drawbacks. I am not trying to focus on the negative here. We love lots of places we visit/live. It's just that experience has taught us that there is 'always something'.
In the States it's the healthcare issue and all the hoopla over it, and the 'enforced need for a car.' Sometimes it can be the peer pressure to consume or have upscale entertainment.
In Thailand sometimes it's the visa issues changing, or off and on air pollution -- but we get great medical care and don't need a vehicle! and what peer pressure? haha
In Mexico, the weather is perfect, we don't need a car, medical care is decent, but then the power goes out, the water can run out, repairs can take 'forever' and food shopping can take a good 1/2 a day.
In your opinion, if I were twisting your arm, what would you admit to having to 'accept'?
Thanks...
Be well,
Akaisha
Author, The Adventurer's Guide to Early Retirement