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“Mexico wins
annual Global Retirement Index of International Living"
by the staff
of International Living
With rapidly rising fuel, health care, food, and travel
costs, it's nice to know there are still places where you
can live well without burning through your retirement
nest-egg. And Mexico is one of those special places. In
Mexico, you can still enjoy a lifestyle that's probably all
but unaffordable for most people in the U.S. and Canada.
IL's top 5 retirement havens in 2008 1. Mexico
2. Ecuador 3. Panama
4. Uruguay 5. Italy
Mexico offers the perfect mix of centuries-old traditions
and contemporary lifestyles. It's easy to get a residence
visa. And the services, amenities, and discounts offered to
retirees here are just as bountiful as in Panama, with its
famous pensionado program-as are the overall cost savings.
Plus, Mexico is closer to home.
Moving to Mexico means you can still have all the comforts
you are used to north of the border: cable TV, high-speed
Internet, and modern home appliances. And if you prefer,
when you move to Mexico you can even bring all your favorite
things with you without paying import taxes.
Goods and services cost less, so you can afford the kinds of
luxuries only the wealthy enjoy up north: a maid, a cook,
and a gardener, for example. Whether your vision of the
ideal retirement involves shopping, fishing, sunbathing,
diving, biking, mountain climbing, parasailing, collecting
crafts, visiting archeological sites, partying, going to
concerts, attending the theater, or fine dining, in Mexico
you can engage in all these activities, and many more.
"Retirees flock south of the border"
http://www.abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=6741914&page=1
"Settling down south of the border"
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