Posted on 06/19/2010 7:39:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The average Social Security check is about $1,200. You can receive that payment while living anywhere in the world. In some countries, you can even have your Social Security check direct-deposited into your local bank account. Here are five places where you could retire on your Social Security income alone.
Boquete, Panama. Panama offers super user-friendly options for foreign residency. Resident retirees receive a long list of benefits including discounts on everything from prescription medicines and in-country air travel to closing costs on the purchase of real estate.
Granada, Nicaragua. Granada is ... home to a welcoming community of expat retirees enjoying new lives in this land of lakes and volcanoes. You could live well in Granada on about $900 per month.
Hangzou, China. About $1,000 a month could buy you a comfortable and super-exotic new life in Hangzou.
Morelia, Mexico. You could retire on a budget of about $1,100 per month in this colonial city full of charm and history.
Cuenca, Ecuador. The average monthly Social Security check ($1,200) could also buy you a pleasant new life in Cuenca. The city has an established community of expats who will welcome you and help with your transition.
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I still have 15 years of this crap. Quit freakin’ me out.
Head for the hills
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