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re: Anybody know anyone who said screw the rat race and moved to the islands?
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:06 pm to tigerinthebueche
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:06 pm to tigerinthebueche
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LOL, ask my sister about "living in the islands". She'll tell you its great the first year or so, then "island life" gets old. quickly.
This is what I would think. It seems like a good idea, but after awhile.. You are just stuck on an island.
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Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:06 pm to Clyde Tipton
My plan is to retire early to a small village in Italy. All I need is decent internet access and power and I can be happy. I'm 41 now and would like to be done working by 55. Shouldn't be a problem financially. I think we could go as early as 50 but that's cutting it a little too tight. Things could go poorly and it could be 60 or later, too.
Wife and I are thinking we'll move every 4-6 months or so and move around Italy and possibly the surrounding countries. No kids to worry about. I don't care much about my family so I wouldn't miss anything. She's down to two brothers that she would keep in touch with.
The key would be to live in small, inexpensive places. I just need a suitcase with clothes and a backpack with a projector, ipad-like device and current gaming system along with a screen and I'll be good.
Wife and I are thinking we'll move every 4-6 months or so and move around Italy and possibly the surrounding countries. No kids to worry about. I don't care much about my family so I wouldn't miss anything. She's down to two brothers that she would keep in touch with.
The key would be to live in small, inexpensive places. I just need a suitcase with clothes and a backpack with a projector, ipad-like device and current gaming system along with a screen and I'll be good.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:06 pm to maxxrajun70
My next door neighbor at LSU was getting his PHD in Marine Biology. He graduated and got a job with Univ of Hawaii and moved out there. I went and visited him a few years later. They had a place on the side of a mountain, nothing fancy but not a trailer either. He told me he taught class once a week and then did "labs" where they took a big arse boat out in the ocean and either dove or fished. I could do that.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:07 pm to maxxrajun70
Howard Sprague did. didn't last a month and moved home. Dammit Kafka
This post was edited on 6/8/17 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:09 pm to tigerinthebueche
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LOL, ask my sister about "living in the islands". She'll tell you its great the first year or so, then "island life" gets old. quickly.
Depends on the island.
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And she lived in St.Thomas USVI.
Makes sense.
St. Thomas is good for the airport and a taxi ride to St. John or BVI ferry.
This post was edited on 6/8/17 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:13 pm to tigerinthebueche
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She'll tell you its great the first year or so, then "island life" gets old. quickly
I'll probably get downvoted too, but I've always figured it would. There's too many things I enjoy about life here that I could just up and move to the tropics.
Laying on the beach and bumming around is fun, but after about a week, I'm ready to get home.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:13 pm to The Pirate King
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Spot on. Some people like that kind of go with the flow, don't know where the next meal is coming from, kind of life. Personally, I don't think I could do it.
I think most people who vacation in these places don't always see what "local" life would be like for normal (read: not rich or dependent on good income) people. It's more apparent if you already know some residents or part-time residents.
Just hang out with the guys who run their boats or manage their properties for a few days. It's a good time, but it's a whole different life.
I have met a few restaurant owners and boat captains and the like who tend to come from wealthier families and live more of the idealized lifestyle, but those are the exceptions.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:17 pm to colorchangintiger
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My best friend from high school graduated from college in accounting, moved to Hawaii, now teaches bike safety to elementary school kids, surfs, and acts like he knows everything
Probably throw a little bit of "taking psychedelics" in there too, if I had to guess.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:17 pm to REB BEER
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Laying on the beach and bumming around is fun, but after about a week, I'm ready to get home.
Same. Although if I could truly bounce from place to place I think I could enjoy the island lifestyle.
As someone indicated above, I think I'd be more interested in retiring in some idyllic town in Italy or Holland or something.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:19 pm to maxxrajun70
My wife comments about us retiring and moving to some Caribbean Island. I've heard the cost of living isn't that high.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:21 pm to tigerinthebueche
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LOL, ask my sister about "living in the islands". She'll tell you its great the first year or so, then "island life" gets old. quickly.
This depends on the person but I can imagine that small Caribbean islands get old a lot faster than some larger islands. I lived in Hawaii for years and never ran out of stuff to do. Then again, my ideal weekend is spent camping on the beach.
This post was edited on 6/8/17 at 4:29 pm
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:22 pm to SamuelClemens
Shame how often it seems like people are finally able to make the time to enjoy life don't seem to survive much longer after that. Seems like I hear a lot about people dying within a year after retirement.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:22 pm to maxxrajun70
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wears flip flops and smokes ganja all the time.
That sounds fantastic
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:25 pm to maxxrajun70
I know a guy who worked for CB&I as a project engineer building tank farms. He moved to Grand Bahamas Island to build a Buckeye Pipeline Terminal. It was a 2-3 year project, CB&I put he and his family up in a resort. He loved it so much he stayed on with Buckeye when they were done.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:35 pm to maxxrajun70
I had a friend quit a decent job and go to Hawaii. He was only a couple of years out of grad school and didn't have any money. Started off at a hostel but ended up living in some some bum village in the woods. Got on meth. Finally had to run back to Alabama.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:42 pm to nes2010
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Got on meth. Finally had to run back to Alabama.
He moved to Alabama to get away from meth?
Sounds legit.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:45 pm to maxxrajun70
Not exactly the islands... But the father of a friend of mine was a very well respected surgeon in BR. Decided in his 50s that it wasn't for him, left his wife and kids to get remarried, buy a boat, and sail around the world. I suspect the money ran out, because, the last I heard, he lived in a trailer in LP.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:45 pm to tigerinthebueche
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tigerinthebueche
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sister
You know the drill.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:47 pm to nes2010
I lived in key west for a year, loved first 4 months or so. Couldn't wait for that contract to end and get the hell out.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 4:51 pm to maxxrajun70
I've been seriously looking at that lifestyle. Buying a sailboat cruiser seems like the best idea to me. They're quite affordable and relatively inexpensive to operate. Ther are some amazing YouTube channels dedicated to the cruiser lifestyle. Check out CV Delos.
I'm planning to take sailing lessons this fall.
I'm planning to take sailing lessons this fall.
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