sacredhands on Oct 1st, 2007WHO Age-Friendly Cities Report Advantages and Barriers in Delhi India
There’s been a lot of talk lately about how Baby Boomers are migrating to big cities for retirement. The idea is simple: buy a condo, walk everywhere, and live in close proximity to culture. HelpAge India conducted a survey to find out just how welcoming Delhi India was to seniors. The results: not good. “The [...]
sacredhands on Feb 17th, 2007Help Age India
By 2025, India will have 177 million seniors. That’s a mighty big number for a country where the poverty line sits pretty low on the standard of living index. HelpAge India is “working for the cause and care of Older Persons, with the ultimate aim of empowering them to take decisions pertaining to their own [...]
sacredhands on Jun 2nd, 2006Carribbean Retirement Pina Colada Beachfront
Since nobody can afford America’s standard of living anymore, it should come as no surprise that seniors are flocking south of of the border for retirement. The Caribbean islands are the hot new beachfront properties.
The locals must hate the fact that Americans are taking advantage of the lower standard of living. It’s all part [...]
sacredhands on Apr 11th, 2006Panama Canal Retirement Journey (So Long U.S.A.)
Retiring abroad is beginning to look like a sexy affair whose lower cost of living is tempting Americans into abandoning their country by the droves. Panama is the new entry in the little black book of temptresses. Who needs Jeb Bush’s Florida (or its election-altering political environment) when you can have a gorgeous blue ocean [...]
sacredhands on Feb 21st, 2006Tommy Bahamas’ Retirement Beach Plan (Jimmy Buffet be damned)
Buying a Property: Retiring Abroad
by Ben West
With the way the world is going, you have to wonder if the beach bum knows something the rest of us don’t know; namely, the earth is a beautiful place if you have the time to enjoy it.
Retirement is meant to be such a place, a land [...]