Bests And Worsts For 2011
World’s most user-friendly overseas retirement option: Panama…
Best place to operate an international business: Panama…
Worst place to start a business: France…
My top pick for a budget retirement on the Pacific Ocean: Las Tablas, Panama…
My top pick for affordable luxury living on the Pacific Ocean: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico…
Best place to retire on the Caribbean: Ambergris Caye, Belize, or the Dominican Republic…
Best overall quality of life in the Americas: Medellin, Colombia…
Best overall quality of life anywhere: France…
Best quality of life on a budget: Basque, France…
World’s most affordable retirement havens (where you could retire on US$1,200 per month or less): Cuenca, Ecuador; Leon, Nicaragua; Las Tablas, Panama;
Chiang Mai, Thailand; the Philippines…
Best climate: Medellin, Colombia, and Cuenca, Ecuador…
Best mountain choices: Medellin, Colombia; Cuenca, Ecuador; and Boquete, Panama…
Best place to retire among the vines (affordable Napa): Mendoza, Argentina…
Best place to retire if you don’t want to learn a new language: Belize…
Blissfully safe, stable, and removed from global concerns: Uruguay and New Zealand…
World’s best health care: France (plus the health care can be free if you’re a legal resident)…
Most affordable international-standard health care: Panama…
World’s most exotic retirement options…where you’d be a pioneer in a land where life is full of adventure and absurdly affordable: Hangzhou, China; Nha Trang, Vietnam…
Most retiree-friendly choice in Asia: Malaysia…
My top part-time retirement choices: Paris, France (if you can’t afford it full-time, maybe you can swing it part of the year); Chiang Mai, Thailand (because full-time residency is difficult to organize); New Zealand…
Where to live tax-free: Panama or Belize…
There you have it: Our 2011 editorial agenda…and your top options as we stand on the threshold of this New Year.
Kathleen Peddicord
