10 Million bucks... where would you retire?

[seancbk]

10 mil US dollars

You would retire in your home country, but travel frequently as the mood strikes. Always happy to return to your home country after having spent some time in places that we mistakenly call Tropical-Paradises.

People with 10 million in form of hard currency do not retire in Pattaya.

Cheers.

I wouldn't retire in Pattaya even if someone gave me $10 million to do it. Unless I was allowed to leave whenever I wanted.

[carter1882]

You can have a great retirement on a twentieth of ten million bucks in Thailand. I am not sure that having twenty times as much would make me any happier. Probably the best thing is to do is find a place you are happy with irrespective of money. I have felt at home in Bangkok since I first walked in off the train at Hualampong in 1982 and never felt like leaving. To this day I find it friendly, anonymous, exciting and fun. Where I live is central but quiet. People are kind to me and my kids and the pleasant school is just the other side of the soi. To cap it all Bangkok is the number one city in the world to play my favourite game, Scrabble! And with a good internet connection to watch the premiership what more could I want!

[robertson468]

10 million dollars,why retire.Why not spend all of your time traveling.Just go from country to country 2-4 months at A time.

I would be inclined to agree, except I would probably spend between 3-6 months in places that excite me, particularly if I have a traveling companion. If you don't have a companion, constantly being on the move can be a bit lonely and also the local talent might very much want to become your traveling companion! What ever you do, go enjoy yourself and your well earned nest egg.

[alofthailand]

Europe

[MaeJoMTB]

10 mil US dollars

San Francisco, Oregon, Florida, a home in each area,

The USA is a great place if you have money, always somewhere warm.

Great cycling and hiking trails everywhere, clean sandy beaches.

(My favorite beach is Sanibel Island)

Skiing in the winter at Lake Tahoe.

No need to ever leave the country.

(I'm too old to be bothering with women, which is the only downside to the USA, potential asset stripping)

Thailand,

Too dirty, too dangerous, too backwards, and too anti-foreigner. It's for people on modest means and/or sexpats.

Edited March 8, 2016 by MaeJoMTB

[Ulic]

With 10 million dollars, no doubt, sail around the world in semi perpetuity staying in many

places for weeks to months at a place. Probably with a small 1,5 million baht pied de terre

in Thailand.

[timendres]

I think I might have have four modest seasonal homes:

Manhattan (theater / culture)

San Francisco (food / weather / feeling of home)

London (theater / culture)

Puerto Vallarta (just like it / beach )

My preferences:

San Francisco

Vancouver

Italian country side

[KC 71]

2 or 3 small properties ,Spain,Latin America and Here

[mickyboy]

Cuba is opening up to US travelers...I would look there, and possibly Puerto Rico.

Greece, Portugal or Spain...would be great...with that amount of money.

Chile or Ecuador...fine for me...as well.

Not Hawaii..and not Japan.

Not Spain. Same sort of Brits there as one sees in Pattaya

Could you divulge further on your Brit bashing comment please.

I'm intrigued to know.

i will drunken lager louts who roast there skin watch football and act like they own the place no culture as looking at tv programs on spain and english people living there in benidorm he could be right oh and sex mad

[ThaiFelix]

I remember years go there was a guy back in Oz who won the big lottery and they had him up on the TV. When asked what he was going to do with all that money he replied "I am so happy.... I'm a farmer and I am going to keep on farming till its all gone!!"

[soc]

Buy a farm in Scotland/northern England, or a house in old Shanghai.

l just like to be different!

Or stay in Pattaya.

[malibukid]

after living in Malibu for 30 years i find Asia and Thailand more interesting, no dinner reservations, no jacket required, no dry cleaning no meter maids, the Symphony is only a 2hr flight to KL and is excellent. the hall is as good as Disney Hall in LA. past the age of doing Hollywood club scene every night.

[Naam]

I think I might have have four modest seasonal homes:

Manhattan (theater / culture)

San Francisco (food / weather / feeling of home)

London (theater / culture)

Puerto Vallarta (just like it / beach )

My preferences:

San Francisco

Vancouver

Italian country side

Pattaya aside i can only think of a log cabin near Quail Hollow, Wyoming

[Naam]

after living in Malibu for 30 years i find Asia and Thailand more interesting, no dinner reservations, no jacket required, no dry cleaning no meter maids, the Symphony is only a 2hr flight to KL and is excellent. the hall is as good as Disney Hall in LA. past the age of doing Hollywood club scene every night.

Suppose wearing flip flops ever day has an appeal for some...I can understand that....

i moved from Monte Carlo to Pattaya because barefoot gamblers are barred from entering the casino.

[thaihome]

10 million likely not enough, but I would move to Laguna Beach.

TH

I don't see why not if you're not nuts about it.

What would be the point if you didn't go nuts. I want a house on the beach just below main beach. Looks like 14 to 20 mil would do it. Would need another 4 or 5 to live on too. ?

TH

Edited March 8, 2016 by thaihome

[aronp1]

Jamaica or Costa Rica.

[212Roger]

Travel. The ultimate thing; the last thing; when money is no object. Not California. Silicon valley is a rat race and unfriendly. My home turf. Not La La land; fake. Too many "don'ts in California. Not Ecuador. I'm there now. No night life. It is a country for poor retirees, NOT rich one's. Lastly, never work again!

[hawker9000]

$10M... Monaco would be my 1st choice, but I doubt $10M buys much there. Maybe some place along one of Spain's or Italy's scenic coasts, though not sure what their economic futures might have in store. 'Pretty easy for politicians to stir up xenophobic sentiment when things inevitably turn sour in the overspent socialist states... 'Would be interesting to hear what expats who've been in Greece awhile have been experiencing in the last few years. $10M still goes a long way along the Florida Gulf Coast (but then there's hurricane season...).

[smokie36]

Three months Amsterdam nine months anywhere sunnier.

[stoneyboy]

Three months Amsterdam nine months anywhere sunnier.

Three months in Amsterdam would be the death of me.

[KonaRain]

Maui when the expensive friends are.

Hawaii Island is cheaper.

Michael Dell's house is approaching $200,000,000. He lives near 4Seasons on Hawaii Island.

Japanese are coming here..!

Palau is the nicest, ecologically.

Aloha

[eldragon]

Spain or Japan. Probably Japan.

[Bigstef]

I would love to retire in Japan but my wife is Thai, so 6 months in Canada and 4 months in Thailand and 2 months in Japan will do.....

[puukao]

soi 8. they say i am hansum and love me long time or short time and where else in world can i get so much love!!!

or nigeria....since i can get so much more with all their lottery winning tickets

or china....since i am sure my money is safe in their banks

or russia and in oil/gold.....they always pat me on the back and plant microphones

or america....trump will save USA and how can his plan go wrong?

or germany.....i always wanted to speak serbian

or ......

i stay in closet!!!!

[Khon Kaen Dave]

Hi Mr 10,000,ooo Bucks

If your name is Rothschild,then anywhere you want!

[theguyfromanotherforum]

soi 8. they say i am hansum and love me long time or short time and where else in world can i get so much love!!!

or nigeria....since i can get so much more with all their lottery winning tickets

or china....since i am sure my money is safe in their banks

or russia and in oil/gold.....they always pat me on the back and plant microphones

or america....trump will save USA and how can his plan go wrong?

or germany.....i always wanted to speak serbian

or ......

i stay in closet!!!!

I can teach u Serbian

[marko kok prong]

I would buy a place in Tahiti,with that sort of wonga i am sure i could persuade a lovely Tahitian lady[or two] to move in to take care of the erhhmmnn,domestic duties.

[KonaRain]

He say 'I'll stay in a closet/cabinet'

My cabin is in a Rainforest, wet and cool,

Tahiti is nice, I'm sure, like Maui.

Palau is apparently a cleaner place, where average income is $10,000 per year, so like Thailand.

I live on 9,000$.

Alohz

[KonaRain]

lol

[canathai8]

Not in Thailand.

I can take Thailand (for about 3 months at a time) - in small doses