Quote Originally Posted by johng View Post
Cap,

That is really the key, having options and being able to travel between the places you love. That for me would be perfect retirement. I spend time in the woods in Down East Maine, (I call it Negril North) beautiful in the fall but really cold with a ton of snow in winter. May-July bugs / black flies really thick. Having the ability to split the seasons in different locals makes the most sense to me especially if you have people in place to manage your properties when not there. The hills of NC sounds like it is pretty weather optimal (not too hot not too cold). Jamaica, I don't like it I love it, but living there 24/7/365 would probably not work for me.
johng,

Retirement to me wouldn't be a 27/7/265 retirement in Jamaica as I have VA Hospital appointments and I do some side work accounting here in South Florida. I am "retired" as a current occupation so it is just where I lay my head each night that is a variable. I love Jamaica for the 90 day stretches I spend there (as you have to pay a fee to stay just one day up to 90 days longer than that) and I even look forward to coming back here to South Florida but that only lasts for about a week or so and then I begin missing Jamaica all over again.

Retirement in Jamaica vs Retirement here in South Florida is differentiated by where I call "home" and where I call "visiting". I am sure Down East Maine and the hills of NC have a lot of good points going for them but for me, I don't want to travel anywhere north of where I "visit" in South Florida.

As you so rightly said, "That is really the key, having options and being able to travel between the places you love. That for me would be perfect retirement."



That is how my retirement rolls!

Peace and Guidance