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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6134585" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>So days in my new town are spent eating in restaurants, walking the river walk which is very breezy, making the heat pleasantly tolerable, or sipping coffee in a very nice coffee house while watching TV on my tablet or looking at YouTube.&nbsp; The goal is to live comfortably on less than $800 a month while getting my bills paid off by the end of the year.&nbsp; By November I should be putting about $2700 a month into savings.&nbsp; That&#039;ll last until I turn 67 in 3.5 years barring unforeseen issues.&nbsp; After that my income will drop to about $24k a year, of which I ought to save about $14k a year.&nbsp; Not suffering to do that.&nbsp; Could never do this in the States.&nbsp; I&#039;m reminded multiple times daily of just how kind and pleasant the people are here.&nbsp; It&#039;s a clean, well constructed town with people who work hard but never come across as resentful of the foreigners in their midst.&nbsp; They seem to appreciate us being here helping their economy.&nbsp; I can walk a couple blocks at 2 a.m. to get a very good chicken wrap from a Middle Eastern fast food place for $3.&nbsp; Or step next door to a 7-11 for snacks.&nbsp; And not worry at all about doing so.&nbsp; Wish I had come here 8 years ago when I retired.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 6134585, member: 24302"] So days in my new town are spent eating in restaurants, walking the river walk which is very breezy, making the heat pleasantly tolerable, or sipping coffee in a very nice coffee house while watching TV on my tablet or looking at YouTube. The goal is to live comfortably on less than $800 a month while getting my bills paid off by the end of the year. By November I should be putting about $2700 a month into savings. That'll last until I turn 67 in 3.5 years barring unforeseen issues. After that my income will drop to about $24k a year, of which I ought to save about $14k a year. Not suffering to do that. Could never do this in the States. I'm reminded multiple times daily of just how kind and pleasant the people are here. It's a clean, well constructed town with people who work hard but never come across as resentful of the foreigners in their midst. They seem to appreciate us being here helping their economy. I can walk a couple blocks at 2 a.m. to get a very good chicken wrap from a Middle Eastern fast food place for $3. Or step next door to a 7-11 for snacks. And not worry at all about doing so. Wish I had come here 8 years ago when I retired. [/QUOTE]

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