Where To Go To Get Warm?

tonyb

pitdogg2 wrote: »

I'm not going anywhere my 2nd amendment right is not valid.

LOL....yeah, outside the USA, maybe Columbia and some other south American countries, but then again, the law is optional as well in some of those places.

NotaSuv

then you want Fl cracker country

audioluvr

Google search:
"Only three countries in the world currently have a constitutional right to own a gun: the US, Mexico, and Guatemala."

I'm still looking for ocean front property in Arizona.

Ricardo

I've thought A LOT about this subject and have decided I will stay here. Probably move a bit south (NOT Florida). The Carolinas is a good option.

I have two close friends that retired to Costa Rica. Beautiful place, nice weather, but there's a lot of things they miss from the U.S. One thing you have here that is not available in many of these countries is the 2nd amendment "tools". Crime is going up everywhere and being able to defend yourself becomes important.

mhardy6647

NotaSuv wrote: »

then you want Fl cracker country

... giving me an excuse to share this.




@tonyb mentioned health care. Lots of places better the US, sadly, in this day and age. Last I recall, we're ranked about on par with Mexico.

tonyb

I doubt that. When in comes to healthcare, many determine the costs as a measurement of better. Nobody takes into consideration the quality of care, or the accessability to specialists. In my opinion, other countries do better than us in experimental medicines and operations. Often at the forefront of new discoveries because they have more leway to experiment.

I myself am alive today, only because of a foreign experimental program that I was able to get into that saved my life. However, finding the doctors who had the talent to perform such an operation was few even in a major metro area like Chicago. I can't image the scarcity in the latin American countries.

You need to face some facts as we get older. Emergency care is vital. Living just 40 minutes outside a major Hospital can be the difference of life and death. Living in an area that has the tools and knowlege to fix complicated issues is also vital.

Our standards are also much higher as far as medical facilities goes. Much of the 3rd world countries have limited standards . Especially in the free healthcare nations where the facilities are not as clean as they should be, waiting in line for hours, few diagnosis machinery available.

So, yeah, you can live out in the middle of nowhere, away from people, but your also away from quick emergency services that as you get older, your life may depend on. Just food for thought. One may also want to consider, if wanting to live outside the USA, even if just 6 months out of the year. Your American health insurance does not cover you outside the U.S. If your not a citizen of some of these latin American countries, their free healthcare won't apply to you either. Bring lots of cash. Same if your on a cruise, something happens to you, better have access to cash. My father inlaw learned that the hard way after an episode on a cruiseship. They wanted to dump him in a carribean country. After they talked to the Cleveland clinic here to stabilize him, he then had to cough up 10k cash for services rendered or he couldn't leave the ship.

tonyb

I should also add, that "good healthcare" has many measurements to it. Actually needing it is one. Many other countries have a huge advantage over us in the lifestyle they lead, the foods available, their ability to walk everywhere. Many have no need for such things as we do . Our lifestyle here and foods/ culture dictate a need for all this extra healthcare. No so in other places. There are not many apples to apples comparisons to be done because our country is one of a kind in size and culture. Maybe China might be the closest and they are having the same problems we do. Of course, other places would be just content to save the coin on your 70 year old rear end and let you die swallowing half a bottle of pain pills, rather than us doing what we can to save your life.

audioluvr

Ya, Tony, I'm not afraid of dying. When that time comes, I most certainly don't want to be in a hospital. I'd prefer to be on a warm beach somewhere, or a grassy meadow listening to the birds sing or test driving a new sports car into a brick wall.

mhardy6647

When I die, I want to go peacefully, in my sleep -- not yelling and screaming, like my passengers.

ken brydson

butterbean wrote: »

My basement is warm! I have an electric blanket if I get cold. And the music is sweet! No one bothers me either!

I just **** under the covers. No one bothers me either...

ken brydson

ken brydson wrote: »

butterbean wrote: »

My basement is warm! I have an electric blanket if I get cold. And the music is sweet! No one bothers me either!

I just **** under the covers. No one bothers me either...

C r a p. We can't say f a r t?

PSOVLSK

ken brydson wrote: »

ken brydson wrote: »

butterbean wrote: »

My basement is warm! I have an electric blanket if I get cold. And the music is sweet! No one bothers me either!

I just **** under the covers. No one bothers me either...

C r a p. We can't say f a r t?

Glad you clarified. I was trying to guess what it was you did under the covers…and I didn’t like some of the possible answers🤣😁