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Appalbarry [soylentnews.org] writes:

The GF and I are at the point where we're considering life after employment.

We do not belong to that legendary 2% who are rich through inheritance, nor to the 4% who have been able to save 10% of every paycheque since age ten.

We've been mostly self employed, so missed the boat on the era when employers provided pensions, and even had permanent employees, and we have the misfortune to live in a country with a decidedly crappy retirement scheme. Yeah, $650 CDN a month is luxury!

What we do have is a fairly paid off home in Vancouver, which we hope to sell before the bubble pops.

We're looking at a) Brexit, and the aftermath of that mess; b) Trump, and the aftermath of that mess; c) climate change, and the aftermath of that mess; and d) the sense that the whole economic system could be reaching the point where the house of cards collapses.

So, two people, retired, modest income, a reasonable nest egg from a house sale, and one Canadian and one British passport, with low housing and living costs, reasonably warm weather, good and affordable wine, decent health care, and some kind of interesting cultural environment as criteria.

We've looked at Montreal, a city that we love; Greece, on an island away from tourists; the south of France; and some of the lesser regions of the UK; and would love to hear from others in similar circumstances who have made the plunge.

The US has been ruled out for some pretty obvious reasons, as have any of the 'Stans.

So tell us Soylentils, where should we escape to?

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