Can you name a good place for a U.S. American veteran to retire; in or outside the U.S.?

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I am considering retiring in or outside the U.S.

Looking for a place where my money goes far; a simple life where my contribution to the local economy will have a good impact on the local population

I wouldn't rule out moving to a place that is economically challenged

I am a retired Vietnam Veteran in my mid-fifties

I am an Eastern Orthodox Christian, so the ideal area would be somewhere Orthodox worship is easy to locate

I have a TAX FREE pension of about $3,000.00 a month

COLA increases yearly and "no off-set" Social Security coming in 7 years to increase my income.

Also, the U.S. VA will pay for most health care claims I submit from outside US.

Some ideas: Romania, Bulgaria and Eastern Europe in general.

Also Southeast Asia and Latin America.

Not worried about culture shock.

My avocation is singing and songwriting.

I'm a retired Registered Nurse, not looking to do nursing, but having a lot of knowledge to share as volunteer.

Thank you for serious, informed answers.

Synnia · Accepted Answer

This is oso an answer for a question asked and was chosen best answer by the asker:

I would recommend Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Kota Kinabalu is situated at the north of Borneo.
If you don't mind a 'summer' all yr long then this would be a good place to be at after retirement.
We have lots of retiries from Japan, Korea, UK, Sweden & other Euro country who are under the government scheme to migrate to Kota Kinabalu.

As u mentioned abt ur religion, almost 60% of the citizens in Sabah(Sabahan) are Christians and Good Friday is declared a Public Holiday here, seeing that eventho we are an Islamic country. We have at least 10 churches within a radious of 3miles.
The ppl here are very friendly as we are so used to meeting with foreigners. You will have the chance to visit the beatiful islands and climb the highest mountain, Mount Kinabalu in Southeast Asia.

Singing Karaoke is one of the entertainment ppl here enjoyed very much,frm teenagers to senior citizen. So you will be able to visit a Karaoke easily, it's almost everyway.
You can also do songwriting while relaxing at the sandy beaches or the cooling nature near the Mount Kinabalu.

Also it's a plus point to us here if we would have ppl like you to share with us ur nursing experience to the local.
 
To know more abt Kota Kinabalu, please check on the link attached. Hope it helped.
P/S: I'm from Kota Kinabalu myself so I would deifnitely recommend this location.

Jimmy · Answer

where there are no muslims

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Can you name a good place for a U.S. American veteran to retire; in or outside the U.S.?

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