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Pros and cons of moving abroad from the US
Honestly? It’s mostly pros for us
We were recently interviewed for a US based publication about the pros and cons of our life abroad as senior nomads and in the prep phase I wrote a lot more than what was really needed for their few questions.
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As a former co-worker once said “Jeff is not the kind of guy to use 6 words if 27 will do the job” so here’s the expanded version of our response to
“What are some pros and cons of moving abroad from the US”
Our list of pros and cons is likely different from a lot of folks because we aren’t settled somewhere. We didn’t move TO a foreign country, we moved FROM the US. Spending from 6 weeks up to a few months at time in various places means our priorities are different than they would be if we were obtaining residency somewhere. Although, not by much, I’d bet.
Since leaving the US in November, 2023, we have spent 5 weeks or more in Panama, Costa Rica, Portugal, England, Canada, Argentina, Chile and Albania. We are retired and we live like retired people. We rent an apartment, buy groceries and cook most of our meals at home. We see some of the tourist attractions wherever we happen to be. In other words, our…
