| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? 11:30 - Apr 24 with 14098 views | noggin |
I'm considering binning the rat race asap, which is in 5 years time. I estimate that I will have around 2 grand a month but no more than around 50k capital after selling up. I'm single and fancy living somewhere with a decent climate and where I can get by speaking English to begin with.. Preferably in Europe. |  |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 22:38 - Apr 24 with 1406 views | noggin |
I've been here for 15 years now, so will get a relatively decent pension, compared to the UK. Norway is expensive though and my life has been pretty unstable so I have very little capital in my flat. I won't be able to live here unless I work until I drop. To be honest Scandinavia is all a bit safe and sterile for me anyway. It's great for bringing up kids but unless you love the nature, it's all a bit dull. | |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 22:42 - Apr 24 with 1398 views | noggin |
Ref. Your first sentence, in Norway you are entitled to a pension after living here for 5 years. I believe even foreign prisoners get a pension if they serve more than 5 years in prison in Norway. Welcome to Scandinavia. [Post edited 24 Apr 2021 22:43]
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 22:38 - Apr 24 by noggin |
I've been here for 15 years now, so will get a relatively decent pension, compared to the UK. Norway is expensive though and my life has been pretty unstable so I have very little capital in my flat. I won't be able to live here unless I work until I drop. To be honest Scandinavia is all a bit safe and sterile for me anyway. It's great for bringing up kids but unless you love the nature, it's all a bit dull. |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 22:48 - Apr 24 with 1386 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 22:28 - Apr 24 by TractorWood |
No lack of bars when I went a few years ago. Really nice atmosphere in Georgetown and the beach resorts.
You probably just went a bit before it got on people's radars.
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Oh really?
When I went into Georgetown I found a couple of bars and they both warned me to watch my wallet because foreigners were regularly mugged.
I have to say it was my least favourite holiday.
How much were you paying for a pint |  |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 22:49 - Apr 24 with 1384 views | Godzilla |
5 years is a long time, see you back home in Suffolk soon, it's a beautiful county with four seasons to die for. The grass is rarely greener elsewhere. |  | | |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 22:50 - Apr 24 with 1382 views | Godzilla |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 22:49 - Apr 24 by Godzilla |
5 years is a long time, see you back home in Suffolk soon, it's a beautiful county with four seasons to die for. The grass is rarely greener elsewhere. |
Did you not run with this before btw. | | | |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:19 - Apr 24 with 1343 views | noggin |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 22:50 - Apr 24 by Godzilla |
Did you not run with this before btw. |
Did I? I have a pretty poor memory so I might have but I don't think so. | |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:23 - Apr 24 with 1334 views | jeera |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 22:48 - Apr 24 by Lord_Lucan |
Oh really?
When I went into Georgetown I found a couple of bars and they both warned me to watch my wallet because foreigners were regularly mugged.
I have to say it was my least favourite holiday.
How much were you paying for a pint |
I went there some almost 30 years ago and found it a lovely place to be.
I was sort of passing through and only stayed maybe a week.
Cracking food everywhere dirt cheap; lots of stalls but also some nice restaurants.
Bumped into a dozen Aussie squaddies one evening and went out on the piss with them, did the rounds and ended up at some seedy club or other.
I had to leave my hotel in disgrace the next morning, walking some gauntlet with the staff and owner either glaring or shaking their heads at me. |  |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:26 - Apr 24 with 1323 views | noggin |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 22:49 - Apr 24 by Godzilla |
5 years is a long time, see you back home in Suffolk soon, it's a beautiful county with four seasons to die for. The grass is rarely greener elsewhere. |
5 years will fly. I've been here 15 and it feels like a week. | |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:28 - Apr 24 with 1314 views | jeera |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:19 - Apr 24 by noggin |
Did I? I have a pretty poor memory so I might have but I don't think so. |
Not been through the thread Noggers but if it were me in your position I'd be tempted to find a place I wanted to settle in later life and buy there.
I'd then set off and go wherever the mood took me.
You could spend months in India and/or Thailand/ Vietnam etc for half that monthly income and put the extra aside for the places you'd need it.
Spend a few years having a wander whilst you could. | |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:33 - Apr 24 with 1302 views | noggin |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:28 - Apr 24 by jeera |
Not been through the thread Noggers but if it were me in your position I'd be tempted to find a place I wanted to settle in later life and buy there.
I'd then set off and go wherever the mood took me.
You could spend months in India and/or Thailand/ Vietnam etc for half that monthly income and put the extra aside for the places you'd need it.
Spend a few years having a wander whilst you could. |
I could by an elephant, instead of a camper van. | |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:34 - Apr 24 with 1298 views | jeera |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:33 - Apr 24 by noggin |
I could by an elephant, instead of a camper van. |
Camel mate.
That's the way to go.
If a camel loses it you might get a nasty nip, but it's unlikely to tear down some main street creating the same kind of destruction an elephant might cause if it's having a bad day. | |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:35 - Apr 24 with 1287 views | MJallday |
Buy a decent camper for 25k
Drive anywhere you want
Put 750 a month away towards a newer model
The other 1200 on food rent and petrol and expenses
Job done |  |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:36 - Apr 24 with 1285 views | TractorWood |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 22:48 - Apr 24 by Lord_Lucan |
Oh really?
When I went into Georgetown I found a couple of bars and they both warned me to watch my wallet because foreigners were regularly mugged.
I have to say it was my least favourite holiday.
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£2.50/£3 maybe. Nothing memorably high or low.
I spent a week in Batu Ferringi and had a great time there.
Went to Siem Reap a few years ago. If getting smashed for the lowest possible price is high on the agenda. I wouldn't look beyond pub street. Some places are £25p a pint. I stayed in a lovely 7 room hotel with a pool and it was like £28 a night. The temples are amazing too. |  |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:37 - Apr 24 with 1281 views | noggin |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:34 - Apr 24 by jeera |
Camel mate.
That's the way to go.
If a camel loses it you might get a nasty nip, but it's unlikely to tear down some main street creating the same kind of destruction an elephant might cause if it's having a bad day. |
Actually, I might get one of those little Vespa vans and travel around India. | |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:39 - Apr 24 with 1259 views | MJallday |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:37 - Apr 24 by noggin |
Actually, I might get one of those little Vespa vans and travel around India. |
India is fab , especially southern Tamil Nadu
Probably give it a miss at the moment though re the rona | |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:40 - Apr 24 with 1255 views | jeera |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:37 - Apr 24 by noggin |
Actually, I might get one of those little Vespa vans and travel around India. |
That's only half a step up from a camel!
I think the novelty might wear thin.
It's a bloody big place with some pretty damned awful roads. | |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:41 - Apr 24 with 1251 views | noggin |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:39 - Apr 24 by MJallday |
India is fab , especially southern Tamil Nadu
Probably give it a miss at the moment though re the rona |
I've had the Pfizer so I'm covered, apparently. | |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:43 - Apr 24 with 1241 views | noggin |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:40 - Apr 24 by jeera |
That's only half a step up from a camel!
I think the novelty might wear thin.
It's a bloody big place with some pretty damned awful roads. |
Do they even have camels in India though? | |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:48 - Apr 24 with 1229 views | jeera |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:43 - Apr 24 by noggin |
Do they even have camels in India though? |
Absolutely!
Everywhere throughout Rajasthan, being a desert region.
Dunno about elsewhere really but would be surprised if their services weren't used elsewhere too.
Assuming not so much in the North, probably not much use for camels too far up there!
Edit: Although I wasn't serious about using one to get about on, just in case...
I would definitely use motorised transport, and maybe rely on those who are used to the lunacy of the roads to get you about. [Post edited 24 Apr 2021 23:50]
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:54 - Apr 24 with 1210 views | noggin |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:48 - Apr 24 by jeera |
Absolutely!
Everywhere throughout Rajasthan, being a desert region.
Dunno about elsewhere really but would be surprised if their services weren't used elsewhere too.
Assuming not so much in the North, probably not much use for camels too far up there!
Edit: Although I wasn't serious about using one to get about on, just in case...
I would definitely use motorised transport, and maybe rely on those who are used to the lunacy of the roads to get you about. [Post edited 24 Apr 2021 23:50]
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I know you were kidding. I like the idea of India but I find extreme poverty difficult to walk amongst. I would end up giving all my money to some kid outside the railway station. | |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 00:09 - Apr 25 with 1189 views | jeera |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:54 - Apr 24 by noggin |
I know you were kidding. I like the idea of India but I find extreme poverty difficult to walk amongst. I would end up giving all my money to some kid outside the railway station. |
If you've got an emotion in your body it's heart breaking at times.
Although some little so & so was trying to polish my trainers with black shoe polish against my will while I was standing in a queue at the train station in Jodhpur.
He clearly felt he had a captive audience and didn't see the need to ask for permission!
I took a number of basic stationary items with me which were well received by a number of children. | |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 01:01 - Apr 25 with 1160 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
There's plenty of places in Spain where you could buy a flat for your 50 grand and live brilliantly well on your 2k a month, including plenty of trips back to see family and friends when you want to. Menu del Dia, 3 course lunch including wine can be found from around a tenner and not more than 20 quid in very decent places.
Every reasonable sized town in Spain will have lots of English speaking ex-pats. But if you wanted to learn the language it would make a big difference.
If your prepared to be an hour from the coast then your 50k would stretch a lot further than you might think to buy outright, or as a sizable chunk leaving you with a little to find from your 2k each month. |  | | |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 09:22 - Apr 25 with 1054 views | MJallday |
| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 23:54 - Apr 24 by noggin |
I know you were kidding. I like the idea of India but I find extreme poverty difficult to walk amongst. I would end up giving all my money to some kid outside the railway station. |
I went at the beginning of 2019
For context, it was all expenses paid business class on emiretes via Dubai, 5 star hotel etc with an armed chauffeur
I got out of the airport (wearing town shirt) and was immediately accosted by a guy with literally 0 clothes and who looked malnourished. I was literally about to offer him
My bottle of water when my guard whisked me off to the hotel.
He told me that I’d get that a lot. He wasn’t wrong
As we got to the hotel there were 10 foot walls with guards and gates . They checked the car boot before we were allowed in . I asked why and i was told “to stop the street people getting in”
As I got into the hotel it was all marble, 5 star, the smells of flowers filled the air, sports cars lined
Up . The rooms were as opulent as you’d expect
A rest period later and I asked to go out and se some of the sites, I was put into the car and it was locked. As soon as we got out of the gates, people were coming up to the car window and holding out their hands. I was told to ignore them. I felt sick. But worse was to come.
I’d asked to see the local beach . Truth be told I wanted to say I’d put my feet in the Indian Ocean. On the way there we passed what I can only describe as building sites, with kids, no older than maybe 4 or 5 , butt naked, searching for food in bins.
At that time , I could only think about my own 7 year old back home and what he has. I’m
Not an emotional person but that image haunts me
To this day.
A brief walk round a temple later and I went back to the hotel. This time
There was an old lady with her eye and an arm
Missing, begging for food. again I was told to ignore the
The contrast between “rich and poor” was never more striking.
When I left, I gave my chauffeur a 50
Quid tip. I later found out that was about 6 months wages. No wonder he was excited and crying .
Would I go again? Absolutely.
Did it make me appreciate what I have. Without a doubt | |
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| Where could I retire comfortably with around 2000 quid a month? on 11:25 - Apr 26 with 924 views | chrismakin |
South France.
Weather is amazing the further south you go. Nice price wise and so much lots to visit. |  |
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