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Where Should I Retire?: I want to retire in a college town with warm weather and lower taxes — where should I go?

Dear Catey, We are a physician and engineer couple planning to retire in 10 to 15 years. After spending most of our adult lives in several cold places (Wisconsin and Illinois, among them), we would like to move south and retire there. Our plan is to take up jobs in …

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Where Should I Retire?: I retired to a beach town in Thailand and am ‘living in paradise’ on $2,500 a month

Pete Bowen landed in Thailand in 2009 with a suitcase and a guitar, looking for a spot to retire. He knew no one in the country. Nearly 12 years later, he says his life in a beach town on the western side of Thailand’s Phuket Island is “living in paradise.” …

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Where Should I Retire?: I can afford a $300,000 home in a ski town ‘but not if it comes with $6,000 a year in HOA dues’ — so where can I retire?

Dear MarketWatch, We will be retiring, hopefully in 2021, with about $ 30,000 to $ 40,000 in annual income from a pension. I would love to live in Summit County, Colorado, where all the awesome stuff is — mountain biking, skiing, paddle boarding — but it’s outrageously expensive.  In retirement …

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