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Why retire in the DR full time?
Retiring here was the best decision I have ever made. I could have moved to the Southern part of the United States, but I spent my early years in Mississippi and had no desire to return there, didn't want to live in Florida, Texas, Arizona or New Mexico, and I couldn't really afford a metropolitan area and certainly wouldn't have had a 3 bed/3 bath condo with an ocean view and a housekeeper two mornings a week. I can actually save $500 a month of my $1,611 in social security and I'm pleased with the healthcare options and affordability. I don't have any family here, but I've made some good friends and I will probably end up with a full-time live-in caregiver eventually due to Parkinson's and a bone marrow cancer. I go out to eat in nice places (not all the time) and I am able to help less fortunate people fairly often with either effort or money! All in all, I'm happy! That's the best thing of all! I don't worry too much about crime. It can happen anywhere. And I never went out much at night. I have stopped driving. What's to worry about? No, it's not perfect but I'm so glad I only have to read about US politics, not live it like I did for 40 years in the Washington DC Metro Area. Corruption and pollution are not DR exclusive! I say again, why live here if you don't want to...?
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Then there are those who don't want to live in their own country for one reason or another that has nothing to do with warrants or money and prefer the slow and sometimes backwards culture of the DR. Maybe some of these folks didn't grow up with "The Green Thing", and don't like it..
I always thought i would retire in DR or Cuba...where i have family/friends connections and feel most at ease..with like minded culture/language..and know how to stay out of trouble...i miss the smell of the soil when it rains..and the magic all around..hard to explain.I fully retired in 2004..and still live in california...expensive and crowded... high taxes and millions of illegals milking the local tax base.
But,,w/ enough resources at hand you make your own world...and live a privileged life.
Home care is definitely an advantage...in DR, and its a deal breaker in many cases in the states due to exorbitant cost...not so in DR..and would say that the care you get is really good..medical care is excellent..rent super cheap..many many advantages.
I qualify for both : strong family ties and partaking in the lawlessness
For the life of me I cant see ANY reason to retire in the dr, $-€-£ apart.....and even then I can think of other affordable places.
Ok, maybe 1 reason or 2.....like the possibility of isolation and.......well, ok, I need to think of a 2nd reason.
And, yes, I do love the dr, and I am very happy, thank you very much...... and I dont have any (active) warrents out on me...... well at least on the identity I am using atm
-----------only kidding.Hell guys, the dr is right up there with syria and CAR on the list of countries you-dont-want-to-be-here-if-you-need-any-kind-of-non-family-assistance...........
And yes, I know, there are some OK medical facilities....... but 1) you need to actually get to them ( which rules out my sole plausible reson for being in the dr in the first place),
and 2 ) if you happen to pass out- or break a leg -, you will notwake up in a nice clean hospital room.... even money on waking-up-minus-a-couple-of-organs-and-minus-all-your-earthly-possessions....... that is if you wake up at all......lol
To conclude, the dominican republic is a really nice place to live, when you are young-ish, when you have no kids and when your moral standards are below average........
P.S. I still love living in the dr.
I forgot to add(SEE CAPS)... "Given a good retirement income i cant see a reason to retire to the DR full time unless you have very strong family ties or are somehow partaking in the lawlessness OR LIKE DATING BEAUTIFUL/HANDSOME PERSONS THAT YOU COULD NEVER HAVE IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY."
Nope, you are better off bringing your spouse from your home country ( and if she is dominicana, the better ), it will avoid you all sorts of headaches.....imo.and then you can date beautiful/ handsome persons that you could never have in your home country.
Yeah my neighbor - deported from NY for gang activity and drug busts - during Obama's 1st term - a Dominican forced back to DR who now can't leave.
Most of those you dont know about. A few members on dr1 have said they would leave if they could afford to. At least 1 mod... Lol
