Living in a rural area I don’t think people who retire at 55, etc are all that forward thinking-the only reason anyone I know retired at that age-or any other-was to open their own business-and there are people in their 80’s running their own businesses out here-money is a great motivator, as is saving it-but I wouldn’t move to Spain just to avoid having to work-my ancestors left the place over 400 years ago to do their own thing-I haven’t heard of any relatives moving back, so apparently it still isn’t appealing to us independent minded descendants of Basques...
In any case, this couple lived in Austin-which has been a carbon copy of Cali cities in expense and restrictive ordinances for at least 30 years-WTF did they expect from a place where the motto is keep Austin weird?
Maybe they moved to Spain to enjoy the socialism they are so enamored with in Austin................
Its quite usual for Basques abroad to retire to the homeland.
My cousin, a couple of uncles, my grandfather, my godfathers wife and daughters, etc.
That after careers as expats in the US, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Britain, etc.