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Eastern Europe has potential. In the US you can do a lot worse than Spokane/CDA as long as you can handle having a real winter. CA is not ideal IMHO I wouldn't move here by choice, although compared to other places in the U.S. it's paradise sadly. Anywhere in the Midwest/south is a nonstarter IMO for many reasons mainly politically if not geographically and weather wise.
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Google tells me that Spokane averages 44 inches of snow per year. That's definitely a real winter. |
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Eureka might be better
Rainy but glorious Lost Coast Avenue of Giants etc etc etc |
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Haven't read the entire thread, but how about Barcelona? (Just an hour down the road from Girona.) My pilates instructor just completed a condo purchase as an investment. Unit needed a little work, and transaction had a few hiccups (mainly due to seller, so that could happen anywhere) but prices are down because of the political situation. Still, Spain isn't Lebanon or (former) Yugoslavia, so that risk isn't huge.
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Stories like this aren't helping either...
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I have a friend who just bought a new construction house/villa place in Greece for a relatively modest amount, about 300k. Based on her experience, she can rent it with no problem until ready to move there or just keep it as an income stream. Don't know about Greek health care
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Dave sold the Baja place and still lives in Spokane. They recently stayed in a nice hotel on a visit to Los Barriles where they used to own a place.
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Nice, France. Great food, good weather, lots of great riding options.
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Des Monte, Costa Rica= winter
https://www.google.com/maps/place/De...28!4d-84.47239 Ely, Minnesota= summer https://www.google.com/maps/place/El...!4d-91.8670873 Bayern base camp to visit family. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ch...2!4d12.4537375 All set and ready to go. Last edited by gomango; 01-16-2020 at 06:02 PM. |
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There are lots and lots of great options in Southern France. Nice is terrific for cycling for sure. However, whenever we travel, we check out the real estate prices, and around Nice was not inexpensive. Our trips - particularly to France- have generally been for a couple of weeks of cycling in one basic location, so weâve gotten to know a few areas. Iâd recommend the Minervois/St Chinian area as sort of what Provence used to be like. The area around Mauvezin, near Bagneres de Biggore in the Pyrenees gives you great access to the climbs there and is beautiful. Anything you could find near Annecy, or the Vercors would be a huge win. And the area where we actually found a place that meets Mattâs criteria, the southern Corrèze, near Turenne, is terrific old rural France. France is great if you live on the east coast. Easy to get to, often with direct flights. Great food, great respect for riders, a lot of government investment in infrastructure, and in an area like ours, excellent value in houses. Weâre already at the point where â its a place to go when weâre olderâ..... we are older. I loved riding around Girona and Catalonia, but France is a bit closer to wonderful for me.
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The older I get, the more I appreciate modern medical facilities. Living here in Florida, I have seen more than one retired couple come back to USA for treatment of a medical condition, after retiring in some exotic location. A good friend, who lives about 15 minutes from a hospital here, survived a heart attack that would have killed him many places in the world. And how about strokes...and the importance of getting treatment fast? And it's not always problems of the man, many times it's surgeries that are routine here for wife, not so routine elsewhere. And issues about your medical insurance....where it will cover you, etc. But dream away....it's fun.
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