| Latin America is also an option, but you have to go there with the mindset that you're going to be part of the upper class. That's the toughest thing that ex-pats from Europe and America deal with there. It's not very easy to go with a middle class identity and fit in with the existing middle class of those countries. Locals will expect you to be a retiree, a tourist, slumming it and up to no good, or an entrepreneur who is going to invest and create a business. You can't just go get a normal job domestically and expect to have a better life than you would in a western country. Worst of all, you won't really be accepted as a member of the local culture unless you've married a local and speak the language perfectly. People will see you as an outsider, and they'll take your money, but you will likely never feel at home. The expats I have met in Latin America who have made a good life for themselves are either: A. Working for large multinationals and live in a cloistered expat bubble. B. Working as teachers in elite schools or as missionaries connected with some sort of religion or charity. C. Digital Nomads who are basically permanent tourists and not really ex-pats. D. People who were formally middle class in western countries and are now upper class having started boutique resorts, specialty farming operations, or are doing real estate development. This is the best reason to move to a developing country: You have the mindset of a wealthy person, but can't break through the middle class glass ceiling. Usually these people will leverage home equity or savings in western countries to invest in lifestyle business or those with a high rate of return in developing countries that require a lot of hands on management and political skill. Usually, the capital they invest would have been insufficient to star the same kind of business in a western country. |