Posted on 09/06/2013 7:55:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
That’s what exactly what I will be doing - either the Phils or Chiang Mai in Thailand.
Leaning towards the Phils, but health care is much better in Thailand.
Whoa ... over here, Al
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Don’t know about retirement but Olongapo City was quite the liberty port back in the late 60’s and early 70’s.
If our country keeps going the way it is, I’m probably retiring there too. I’ve got a while to go before I get to that point, but my tentative plan is to try to get my own little island there, because there are plenty that are pretty affordable. For what you’d pay for a single family home in some parts of the US, you can get a 40 acre tropical island all to yourself that can probably provide most of your needs.
I don’t know about you guys, but laying around in the sun, raising a few chickens and goats, and fetching my lobster traps sounds like a pretty sweet retirement to me.
Philippines, and have China 100+ miles from you as they just put themselves there claiming that for their property and there they are. No, thanks.
Oh Yes! Cubi Point! Even the clubs on base were good.
What mean you say?
Sorry - I have seen your posts and admire what you have posted in the past. What are you saying here?
Olongapo is now a duty free zone with a theme park, casino and duty free stores. Lots of retirees live around Barrio Berratta and Subic City. I was in Makati a week ago, retire there a condo is about $40k US but you can live within walking distance of a IHop, Starbucks and awesome restaurants and clubs. I have been told Angeles City has a lot of Foreigners living there. There is also a VA clinic in Quezon City. As for medical care, they have some great new hospitals. My wife is a dialysis nurse, we saw a clinic advertise treatment for pesos 1,800 about $40.
Stuck it in search and this is the first one I clicked on - it will tell you of the strife that has started there. I’ll stay in my own country where I am a citizen instead a foreign country who wouldn’t care diddly what happened to me in a time of trouble. Citizens get more protection than a stranger.
I’ve heard some people want to retire in the Phillipines because of the girls.
Hard to believe, to American feminists, but I’ve heard that Filipino women treat their men in a certain way, and that it’s just a different type of relationship with them, compared to some modern American women.
IIRC. aliens living in the Philippines have no gun rights. Your little island kingdom means diddly to the gubmint gunboat crew that shows up demanding taxes due.
Or to the pirate crew that shows up demanding baksheesh.
Come on down to the Missouri Ozarks. Low taxes, plenty of turkey, deer, great fishing, low cost of living.
Did I mention low taxes ?
I’m staying in Texas, would never live in a foreign country. Not giving up my guns to live on a beach with China angry about 150 miles away and whatever other dangers are there.
There is a psychological tendency that when a situation is bad, the person thinks another place must be/has to be better, so they leave to go to another place. Every place has its dangers, and I figure Texas is the best place for me overall. I have traveled all over the world, and I’ve seen the best and the worst, and none is better than right here. Travel is highly overrated.
I’m married to a Filipina. I haven’t gone there in ten years - too dangerous for White guys in many, many areas.
“Olongapo is now a duty free zone with a theme park, casino and duty free stores. Lots of retirees live around Barrio Berratta and Subic City. I was in Makati a week ago, retire there a condo is about $40k US but you can live within walking distance of a IHop, Starbucks and awesome restaurants and clubs. I have been told Angeles City has a lot of Foreigners living there. There is also a VA clinic in Quezon City. As for medical care, they have some great new hospitals. My wife is a dialysis nurse, we saw a clinic advertise treatment for pesos 1,800 about $40.”
You mean there is no Cherry Club or Fiesta 66 club anymore.
Looks like inflation has really taken a toll on the peso. When I was there in 72 the rate was 8 to 9 pesos per dollar.
Yeah, what you said.
I am not moving anymore. Texas is where I am and Texas is where I will make my stand.
We have missiles and bombers from Russia, China, the Ukraine, North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, and elsewhere aimed at us. How safe is that?
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