Anyone retired to or considering retiring to another country?

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1. I thought about it a few years ago but decided it was not for me.

I went to Portugal, and it is a lovely country with lots of expats in the south and around Lisbon, so English is common. English is not common in the smaller towns, and Portuguese is not an easy language to learn. That said, we had no trouble buying groceries or getting around.

Friends visited Belize this year and said once you get outside the expensive resorts, it’s not considered very safe.

I’ve read about parts of Mexico and countries like Ecuador and Colombia being good for expats, but there’s also a lot of violence in those countries. Low cost of living isn’t everything.