Quote (ofthevoid @ May 10 2020 09:42pm)
Currently i want to be in the US but it's a different answer when i retire. Me and my wife have talked and fantasized about retiring in southern Europe. It would have to be in a small city or a town, somewhere coastal. I know Spain and Portugal is real popular with the Brits. Croatia even better, but asshole northern Europeans have really driven that real estate market up. There's a certain charm to the old Mediterranean coastal towns, but really would have to be small, i really would hate to be anywhere near a tourist trap. You can't find some of those charming places in US.
A lot of Brits retire in Spain and Brittany in France. As long as you stay far away from Benidorm there won't be too many tourist traps and prices are reasonable. The thing that turns me off about it is I'd need (or feel a responsibility) to learn the language in order to assimilate and live freely if I retired there.
I'd recommend Rapallo, I think that's the sort of place you're referring to. Albufeira is really nice but has also been taken over by Her Majesty's Empire.
This post was edited by dro94 on May 10 2020 03:08pm