Where would you retire -- if money wasn't an issue?

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Another PERFECTLY-written statement about the importance of sports. 

 

In my opinion, there are only two sports worth mentioning. 

 

Sitting down while going backwards, and sailing while becalmed. 

 

Also, clamming. 

 

The sport of clamming has many rewards. 

 

Digging clams out of the dark muck. 

 

And then, swallowing them raw. 

 

 

I used to work in north-west Australia, where anyone could gather fresh oysters from miles of reefs when the tide was out.

 

Perhaps you have not heard of the antipodean sport of farnarkling.

[GammaGlobulin]

4 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

“Wherever a person can live, there one can also live well.”

 

                                 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus AD 121-180

He never lived as a galley slave, with the lash stinging his back. 

[ArnieP]

Hawaii.

[Hummin]

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I used to work in north-west Australia, where anyone could gather fresh oysters from miles of reefs when the tide was out.

 

Perhaps you have not heard of the antipodean sport of farnarkling.

When you have it all, it kind of loose its interests, and new ideas, goals and dreams comes as distractions on a pearl on a string ????

 

A friend of me told me after reaching his goals, when you reach your goals, and finances is not an issua anymore, the most important is to continue living as you have done while you gained your wealth, and secured it. The only difference now, is that I can buy things and properties that is good investments instead of only affording things and properties that really do not increase in values. 

 

He have lived true to his vision now for 20 years, and it works. 

[bignok]

20 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

would also no longer bite my tongue when I encounter morons. As Bobby Axelrod said, what's the point of having <deleted> you money unless I can say <deleted> you.

Because you would get bashed by 30yos.

[GammaGlobulin]

3 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I used to work in north-west Australia, where anyone could gather fresh oysters from miles of reefs when the tide was out.

 

Perhaps you have not heard of the antipodean sport of farnarkling.

Gamma's my name. 

Clamming my game. 

 

By the way, what have you read about Great Neck? 

 

One if by land 

Two if by sea 

I, on the opposite shore will be... 

 

Picking Daisy. 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

2 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Gamma's my name. 

Clamming my game. 

 

By the way, what have you read about Great Neck? 

 

One if by land 

Two if by sea 

I, on the opposite shore will be... 

 

Picking Daisy. 

 

 

Surely you know the difference between Great Neck and Little Egg... 

[bkk6060]

Thailand, I would just have more girlfriends.

[Lacessit]

5 minutes ago, bignok said:

Because you would get bashed by 30yos.

Those 30 yos would spend the next five years of their lives shuttling in and out of solicitors' offices, trying to stave off bankruptcy and homelessness. Assuming they succeeded.

Tiger Woods is a billionaire, perhaps you have never observed the phalanx of quite scary bodyguards that accompany him every time he plays.

 

[Lacessit]

11 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Gamma's my name. 

Clamming my game. 

 

By the way, what have you read about Great Neck? 

 

One if by land 

Two if by sea 

I, on the opposite shore will be... 

 

Picking Daisy. 

 

 

Never heard of it. But then, you probably have never heard of Finucane Island either.

[GammaGlobulin]

The Hamptons. 

 

I would willingly retire in the Hamptons. 

 

How much could it cost? 

 

In one case it cost a few lives. 

 

What about those crazy sisters on the Hamptons? 

 

Lovable dolls. 

 

Anyway, if I had the money, Hamptons for me... 

 

With plenty of clams waiting upon me. 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Never heard of it. But then, you probably have never heard of Finucane Island either.

No. 

But I have read F. Scott Fitzgerald, apparently unlike you. 

 

 

[bignok]

13 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Those 30 yos would spend the next five years of their lives shuttling in and out of solicitors' offices, trying to stave off bankruptcy and homelessness. Assuming they succeeded.

Tiger Woods is a billionaire, perhaps you have never observed the phalanx of quite scary bodyguards that accompany him every time he plays.

 

If you won $3m you aren't hiring bodyguards.

Edited May 28, 2023 by bignok

[Lacessit]

9 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

No. 

But I have read F. Scott Fitzgerald, apparently unlike you. 

 

 

 

9 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

No. 

But I have read F. Scott Fitzgerald, apparently unlike you. 

 

 

I have read The Great Gatsby. Is it America's answer to "Jane Eyre"? "Pride and Prejudice."?

Edited May 28, 2023 by Lacessit

[GammaGlobulin]

11 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Never heard of it. But then, you probably have never heard of Finucane Island either.

You see, Sir. 

 

Daisy would shine a light from across the sound. 

 

Surely, you cannot have forgotten! 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

 

I have read The Great Gatsby. Is it America's answer to "Jane Eyre"? "Pride and Prejudice."?

Those Bronte sisters... 

 

What do you think they might write next? 

 

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

You see, Sir. 

 

Daisy would shine a light from across the sound. 

 

Surely, you cannot have forgotten! 

 

 

Probably I have, my memory is not as good as it once was.

 

[GammaGlobulin]

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Those Bronte sisters... 

 

What do you think they might write next? 

 

You are correct. 

 

Almost nothing can compare to each and every word of those Bronte girls. 

 

You are right. 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

Just now, GammaGlobulin said:

You are correct. 

 

Almost nothing can compare to each and every word of those Bronte girls. 

 

You are right. 

 

 

But... 

 

We are talking about The Hamptons. 

 

 

[Lacessit]

2 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Those Bronte sisters... 

 

What do you think they might write next? 

 

"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte was their best, IMO.

In today's world they could still write quite easily about domestic violence.

[John Drake]

2 hours ago, ArnieP said:

Hawaii.

I used to think this, too. But, Hawaii, like a lot of the US has become stressful. My life in Thailand is not stressful. I feel okay walking anywhere I want, going where I want. I've never felt threatened or in danger. In the US and even in Hawaii, I'm always looking over my shoulder. The absence of stress and fear is priceless. I do admit that in a perfect imagined world, life would be great on the Robin Masters estate.

Edited May 28, 2023 by John Drake

[david555]

a French Caribbean Island

[Hummin]

After reconsidering all options, if I had all financial resources needed, I would relocate to Switzerland, and have that as a home and a base for my life. 

 

So many things in Switzerland that makes sense from nature beauty, climate to air, and water quality,  food and wine, as well quite fair tax system.  Future Security is also an important issue. 

[Kwasaki]

4 hours ago, Lemsta69 said:

you won't get anywhere near that with only a few mil. a hundred should do it.

 

edit: oops, somebody beat me to it ????

You can borrow my helicopter buddy.????

[save the frogs]

A lot of very rich folks hang out in the Greek Islands

Cruise the world

African safari

Sports tourism - go see a FIFA world cup final, Wimbledon, ..

Edited May 28, 2023 by save the frogs

[scottiejohn]

2 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

But... 

 

We are talking about The Hamptons. 

 

 

As the OP I thought, wrongly obviously, that you would have known that the subject is actually about "Where would you retire..."

[HuskerDo2]

4 hours ago, Jingthing said:

A few million isn't really rich.

Let's say you're talking 50 million plus and then I think I would go really big and study the lives of Russian oligarchs.

Not sure if I would buy places but I would "slow travel" much of the time to places like London and New York in good weather seasons (for the culture and live theater), and would mix in tropical paradises in luxury compounds. I would probably get all piggy and become a client of the "Nomad Capitalist" to avoid over taxation based on residency, give up my U.S. citizenship, and put a higher value on preserving health and longevity. I might not come to Thailand ever again as I think I would favor safer more developed destinations.

 

To add, if it was "just" a few million I buy a modest home for cash in the U.S. for about 400K in a place like Asheville North Carolina, enjoy life, and travel abroad as much or as little as I felt like. 

 

"a place like Asheville North Carolina".... Asheville is one of the most beautiful places I've seen. Especially in the winter. The Biltmore Estate is amazing. Estes Park, Colorado and Monaco are the other two places I'd consider the most beautiful I've ever seen.

 

"A few million isn't really rich."... It actually is, especially if your home is paid for.

[Jingthing]

3 minutes ago, HuskerDo2 said:

"a place like Asheville North Carolina".... Asheville is one of the most beautiful places I've seen. Especially in the winter. The Biltmore Estate is amazing. Estes Park, Colorado and Monaco are the other two places I'd consider the most beautiful I've ever seen.

 

"A few million isn't really rich."... It actually is, especially if your home is paid for.

It's comfortable. That's all.

[HuskerDo2]

A college town in the middle of the USA nine months each year and then spend the winters in Hawaii, Thailand, Philippines, Central Florida, Phoenix and Monaco. 

[Isaan sailor]

On a Hinckley Bermuda sailboat—at various warm water ports.