Why Ecuador is a great place to retire

[betplom]

http://www.moneyville.ca/blog/post/1116991--why-ecuador-is-a-great-place-to-retire?bn=1

In December, International Living released its 2012 Global Retirement Index of the top ranked 19 countries for retirees. Rankings are based on eight key categories: real estate, special retirement benefits, cost of living, ease of integration, entertainment and amenities, health care, retirement infrastructure and climate.
The winners and their final scores out of 100 are noted below:

91.1: Ecuador:
90.4: Panama:
89.6 Mexico:
87.7 Malaysia
83.7 Colombia:
83.6 New Zealand:
82.6 Nicaragua:
82.1 Spain:
81.4:Thailand:
80.7: Honduras:
80.4 Uruguay:
80.3 Italy:
80.2 Brazil:
80.2 Ireland:
80.1 France:
80: Costa Rica:
79.9 Belize:
79.8 Chile:
76.8 Dominican Republic:


International Living says Ecuador was selected as the world’s best retirement haven because it has the cheapest cost of living, the best-value real estate and the most diverse options of any country. You can live in the colonial splendour of its cities for less than $1,000 a month or buy a beachfront condo for about $60,000.

 

[vagabond]

Bodrey aka Mike Terryberry says:

Most of Latin America, including Ecuador, is very poor which means if you're an outsider/tourist you're going to be targeted for robbery. You want to spend your retirement looking over your shoulder every time you step out the door? No, thanks. Poverty = crime. Not because the citizens want to, but out of desperation... and human life means nothing down there. Just look at Mexico. They'd just as soon kill you as look at you.

 

[Saulty]

Bodrey aka Mike Terryberry says:

You can hire a bodyguard. With all the money you save you can afford it.

 

[rito]

http://www.economist.com/node/21543491

http://www.economist.com/node/21543492

 

[rito]

Nicaragua pretty much kills the poor = crime argument.

 

[roguejuror]

Bodrey aka Mike Terryberry says:

Most of Latin America, including Ecuador, is very poor which means if you're an outsider/tourist you're going to be targeted for robbery. You want to spend your retirement looking over your shoulder every time you step out the door? No, thanks. Poverty = crime. Not because the citizens want to, but out of desperation... and human life means nothing down there. Just look at Mexico. They'd just as soon kill you as look at you.

 

[roguejuror]

http://www.economist.com/node/21543492

Still, confidence in the police is the highest in Latin America after Chile.

well now, chile has one of the most anti police sentiments in lat amer, it's ingrained in them since the dictatorship days. must be one of those bs studies

 

[roguejuror]

Officers are aided by 100,000 volunteers. They include law and psychology students; 10,000 former gang members, who mentor youths via baseball in the barrios; and nearly 4,000 domestic-violence victims, who persuade women to speak out.

their fact checkers are the propaganda pamphlets