View Poll Results: Where would you most like to retire?
Southern U.S.
38
8.19%
South/Central America
15
3.23%
Caribbean
50
10.78%
Hawaii
12
2.59%
Mexico
8
1.72%
U.K.
30
6.47%
France
38
8.19%
Spain
61
13.15%
Italy
21
4.53%
Asia
26
5.60%
South Pacific
63
13.58%
Other
102
21.98%
Voters: 464. This poll is closed
Where would you most like to retire?
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From: the office
Ridley I see by the early poll returns that "OTHER" is the favourite place to retire so far, maybe those voters would post there favourite retirement place here and you could setup another poll so we could narrow this subject down further.
It would be nice to find the ultimate retirement spot.
It would be nice to find the ultimate retirement spot.
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From: Lax
Good idea CP
I voted other as I want to retire in the San Jaun Islands in Washington State........ in the good old USA it's got some of the best boating, fishing, sunsets.......... i think you get the picture in the world 
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From: Canada
I decided not to add in my own choices for retirement in the poll, but I thought I'd throw them in down here.
I like warm weather and a dry (not humid) heat like Arizona or Florida, so I've chosen the Sahara desert (maybe build a condo and add a pool down the road), but I do like the mountains and love the snow, so I'm torn between my first pick and the Gulag in Siberia.
Maybe I'll just flip a coin.
I like warm weather and a dry (not humid) heat like Arizona or Florida, so I've chosen the Sahara desert (maybe build a condo and add a pool down the road), but I do like the mountains and love the snow, so I'm torn between my first pick and the Gulag in Siberia.
Maybe I'll just flip a coin.
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From: Belgium
How about this: Pilot as second career, no pension to speak no desire to 'retire'. Possible working on as flying instructor etc until health dictates other wise. This excludes northern Europe with its cold climate and high living cost. On the other scale living in a third world country, Kenya for instance, with its poor healthcare a costly health insurance policy like BUPA is driving the cost and travel to Europe to a high level again.
What are your ideas and opinions about this I wonder.
What are your ideas and opinions about this I wonder.
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From: Dhaka
Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Everything you need and not too many things you would rather not have.
Excellent educational facilities for those who, late in life, have young children. Good reasonably priced medical facilities for those who are older. 10-12 flights a day to Bangkok and even to Chittagong (from December) should you ever need to go there.
Everything you need and not too many things you would rather not have.
Excellent educational facilities for those who, late in life, have young children. Good reasonably priced medical facilities for those who are older. 10-12 flights a day to Bangkok and even to Chittagong (from December) should you ever need to go there.
Even though I don't speak French.
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Well, we have land in the Philipinnes in a quiet little area, therefore that would be my choice.
However, an old friend of mine in DXB had a villa where you walked out into the back garden and had a choice of lying there or walking a few more yards where the garden opened up onto the beach.
Oman and Lebanon are other thoughts having explored them intensively.
However, an old friend of mine in DXB had a villa where you walked out into the back garden and had a choice of lying there or walking a few more yards where the garden opened up onto the beach.
Oman and Lebanon are other thoughts having explored them intensively.
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From: castles made of sand
Boating
My Dad retired and bought a Yacht. He's sailing it from Singapore up through the Med then back home to the Caribbean. After 23 years in Singapore he's looking forward to coming home at 6 miles an hour instead of 6 miles a minute!!
He's currently enroute to the Maldives from Sri Lanka.
He's currently enroute to the Maldives from Sri Lanka.
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From: The Frozen North
I'm with glueball, Vina del Mar or Concepcion in Chile, or Puerto Montt, with occaisional forays down to Punta Arenas. Great seafood, excellent local wines, and if you want beef, you're never far from Argentina. Housing is far cheaper than North America.
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From: As hot as hell, but lots more fun
Skygirl1990 - Just a small point you might want to consider before
making an uninformed statement. Dubai is in the UAE, not Saudi. Two very different sets of rules,values and defnitely lifestyles. Living in Dubai is much like living in an average-sized Europoean city, on that note let me be off to the beach in my bikini for a spot of suntanning and then to the Irish village for lunch of pork chops and a glass of wine or two.
making an uninformed statement. Dubai is in the UAE, not Saudi. Two very different sets of rules,values and defnitely lifestyles. Living in Dubai is much like living in an average-sized Europoean city, on that note let me be off to the beach in my bikini for a spot of suntanning and then to the Irish village for lunch of pork chops and a glass of wine or two.
