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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2018 17:49:46 GMT 7
The three most affordable countries for Aussies to retire toIf you’re sick of the spiralling costs of living in Australia, or you simply love exploring new cultures and want to continue to do this in retirement, the 2018 Global Retirement Rankings report offers a list of the most affordable retirement destinations in the world. Created by International Living Magazine, the research sought to find those countries where your Aussie dollar will go further, enabling you to have a comfortable – or perhaps even luxurious – retirement. The 2018 Global Retirement Rankings report assessed criteria such as the quality and cost of real estate cost of living and overall quality of life for each country. It also reviewed issues that are important to retirees, such as the quality of healthcare and infrastructure, the size of the existing expat community, proximity to Australia (to ensure you can get direct flights back to Australia if need be), and the level of proficiency in English of the local community. And the winning countries? startsat60.com/money/retirement/the-three-most-affordable-countries-for-aussies-to-retire-to
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Post by nomadic on Jan 28, 2018 18:54:51 GMT 7
I must disagree with their findings a tad. I find Vietnam and Cambodia both more expensive than Thailand as a tourist at least. I only pay A$1,700.00 a year on rent. OK, most definitely not luxury with no TV air con or maid. Rarely pay more than $2.00 for a restaurant meal and big beer for A$2.00. Very little is manufactured in Cambodia meaning high taxes on imported goods and health cover is very limited when it comes to complex issues while Thailand has some first class health hospitals. While i love going to Cambodia and would prefer it to Australia any day give me Thailand with it's much better infrastructure and even a big mac if i ever wanted one. (I don't). Like the ex pat in the Philippines says, " i have a blessed life in Thailand also. It was only going to be 2 years in 199 but as i said to banjo recently and he agreed, even if i won lotto i would stay here. This would have been science fiction stuff 25 years ago. I think 20,000 Australian retirees living in Chiang Mai alone sums up everything perfectly.
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Post by itsmylife08 on Jan 28, 2018 19:50:33 GMT 7
I agree nomadic their findings are a bit off beam rent wise $700-$1400 a month that's a lot to pay for an apartment must be in the city centre Where I live you can rent a house for PH5000 pesos a month.Food accounts for about PH9000 Pesos a month that's for 3 of us +++ ( the rellies dropping by ) Now the electricity is a tad expensive at around PH4500 a month, the total which is less than $500 a month is quite reasonable.
Fair enough add on the occasional meal in town or travel expenses would add on about say another $200 and you have eutopia lol.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2018 3:35:02 GMT 7
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Post by Banjo on Jan 29, 2018 7:18:45 GMT 7
I'm not sure I agree with the findings either, Thailand has always seemed safer to me than Cambodia or the Philippines and Vietnam still strikes me as an unknown quantity... I know there's lots of foreigners living in places like Vuong Tao but are they scattered in the smaller more isolated villages like you find in Thailand?
It's a "Communist" country which means you get a paranoid police presence, I was moved on in Laos for living in "the wrong place" and it was only a few miles from the city centre.
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Post by nomadic on Jan 29, 2018 8:15:09 GMT 7
Glad I wasn't in Siem Reap at the time. But a while back some tourists were arrested at Angkor Wat for taking rude photo selfies at the temples. There are a few ugly tourists out there but police can't be trusted either so who knows what the truth is. I can't imagine tourists being arrested for no reason as they say though. The industry is far to important to get a bad reputation so i suspect the tourist were the dills by at least insulting the local culture. I see tourists, men obviously, walking around with no shirts and the locals really don't like it away from the beach or pool. Police will tell them to cover up.
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Post by Banjo on Jan 29, 2018 9:07:10 GMT 7
They think they can go anywhere in the world and carry on as they please with total disregard to local customs and mores, we get accused of entitlement expectations but it's nothing like some of the tourists expect to be allowed to behave.
The idiots arrested at the Malaysian Grand Prix a few years back are a classic example.
Never fear, mummy and daddy will be on the scene soon paying large fines and donating to police "charities" and in a few years time it will just be a joke to tell friends.
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Post by nomadic on Jan 29, 2018 11:40:44 GMT 7
I sometimes hear them say "We can do this back home" or "It's not like this back home". Yes but then they hire a motorbike without a licence and you can't do that back home. You can't have it both ways. Luckily they are in the minority like welfare cheats but they stand out from the crowd.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 30, 2018 21:08:38 GMT 7
I agree nomadic their findings are a bit off beam rent wise $700-$1400 a month that's a lot to pay for an apartment must be in the city centre Where I live you can rent a house for PH5000 pesos a month.Food accounts for about PH9000 Pesos a month that's for 3 of us +++ ( the rellies dropping by ) Now the electricity is a tad expensive at around PH4500 a month, the total which is less than $500 a month is quite reasonable. Fair enough add on the occasional meal in town or travel expenses would add on about say another $200 and you have eutopia lol. LOL. The way it seems to be going in Australia we might have cheaper electricity than there! |
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Post by itsmylife08 on Jan 30, 2018 21:12:29 GMT 7
Did I mention that we have air con going all night because of the baby otherwise not a chance mate  |
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 30, 2018 21:18:55 GMT 7
I'm not sure I agree with the findings either, Thailand has always seemed safer to me than Cambodia or the Philippines and Vietnam still strikes me as an unknown quantity... I know there's lots of foreigners living in places like Vuong Tao but are they scattered in the smaller more isolated villages like you find in Thailand? It's a "Communist" country which means you get a paranoid police presence, I was moved on in Laos for living in "the wrong place" and it was only a few miles from the city centre. Not sure where itsmylife08 lives but there are definitely parts of the Philippines that I would not but where I live is okay. Mind you I keep as low a profile as possible in any case and a lot of locals have learned that I'm just here to live without making waves. Thailand has had an excellent reputation for their medical facilities and quality and from what I've heard the same could be said for the major Philippine cities. |
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 30, 2018 21:23:46 GMT 7
Did I mention that we have air con going all night because of the baby otherwise not a chance mate I have the aircon on all night for breathing and often times during the day when I go for my 'grandad' naps. Electricity for me varies from 4500Php and up to 5200. I budget 4800 per month. |
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Post by itsmylife08 on Jan 30, 2018 22:43:51 GMT 7
I live in Biasong Talisay City Denis they should rename it Dodge City Lots of drug-related murders every so often  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2018 6:03:27 GMT 7
I agree nomadic their findings are a bit off beam rent wise $700-$1400 a month that's a lot to pay for an apartment must be in the city centre Where I live you can rent a house for PH5000 pesos a month.Food accounts for about PH9000 Pesos a month that's for 3 of us +++ ( the rellies dropping by ) Now the electricity is a tad expensive at around PH4500 a month, the total which is less than $500 a month is quite reasonable. Fair enough add on the occasional meal in town or travel expenses would add on about say another $200 and you have eutopia lol. LOL. The way it seems to be going in Australia we might have cheaper electricity than there! Might; I don't think might comes into it Denis, I'm sure you have! LOL Cheers bear |
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Post by onemore on Jan 31, 2018 6:17:06 GMT 7
Lived in Vietnam for a couple of years, Vung Tau to be precise, which was about ten years ago.
The pluses:
- Rent was cheap as was the power.
- People were pleasant there and everywhere I went in my travels.
- Beer was cheap and no shortage of it.
- The local food was good if you knew what you were eating.
The negatives:
- Not much english spoken, so you had to rely on a local, usually female to assist in everyday things.
- There is still a lot of people who don't appreciate Australian and U.S. people, for obvious reasons which I cannot argue with.
- The influx of Russians into the country and the problems they bring.
All in all I prefer the Philippines, which is where I live, out in the provinces, where it is easy to exist with the minimal of fuss, of course I have to get my partner to do all and everything financial, otherwise if I do it I get hit with the "White Mans Tax" which is no different to any other Asian countries.
Just saying!
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