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Welcome to A Change of Lifestyle!
For whatever reason, you’ve decided that moving overseas is an adventure you'd like to investigate and perhaps, undertake.
According to the U.S. Department of State, there are nearly 9 million American expats spread around the world, most of whom are retired and living on their Social Security income. British and Canadian expats also constitute a large number of people who have left their home country to take up residence in another land. But what, exactly, is an expat?
EXPATS IN A FOREIGN LAND!
Exploring another culture, discovering a lifestyle where the living cost doesn't chew up all your income, upgrading your standard of living while downsizing your expenditures are all changes being faced by people the world over in today's economy.
The reality of international living takes on a new dimension for those who have watched their pensions fade to nothingness, and face a future of limited income. Yet, they have the the spirit of adventure, and can look at expatriation as a positive step in their future. They are eager to become expats!
Expats are, simply, those people who have left their country of origin and have taken up residence in another country. They do not renounce their citizenship for the most part. They are not "anti" their country of birth. Expats have just moved to another country and are experiencing the customs, language, lifestyle and the favorable living costs found in their new home!
A Change of Lifestyle is here to inform you of the many exciting, world-wide locations that a large number of expats have already found.
Why would you even think about moving to another country? How about the reasonable cost of health care? $25 to see an American-trained doctor is enticing. Or the abundance of farm-grown, healthy, inexpensive food that can be purchased at the local street market? Rent? A beautiful home can be rented for under $800 per month in prime locations. Still interested in living the expatriate lifestyle?
Whether you are retired, or simply looking for that Change of Lifestyle that resonates with what you hold dear in life, A Change of Lifestyle will show you where you can lead fulfilling lives within a living standard that North Americans and the British are used to. A nice home, recreation and entertainment, culture and good food with money left over for trips back home is our goal as we search the world for locations that will entice you as you plan your move abroad.
WHERE DO YOU START?
Have you ever visited a country and felt so comfortable that you just wanted to live there? A place where an “affinity” for the land, the culture, the language or the way of life struck you immediately?
How about your ability to speak another language? Or where your ancestors came from? Do you have friends living in other countries? Do you enjoy traveling to other countries?
Do the craggy hills of Sicily call out for you? Do the lush vineyards of France beckon? How about the warmth of the sun in Moorish Spain? The history of Central America? An artists colony in Mexico? All of these locations, and so many more, offer a style of living that is, above all else, affordable. Not to mention the healthy, delicious food and wine that is a part of the culture of other countries.
When you backpacked through Europe after college, what country appealed to you the most? Where did you spend your junior year abroad? When you were on R&R during the Vietnam War, what country welcomed you, appreciated you, and offered you a lifestyle of ease?
These are all starting blocks in your quest to pinpoint the exact location of where you want to spend the rest, or the best years of your life. A Change of Lifestyle will introduce you to a myriad of choices. Most of them involve locations where people who speak your language also have chosen to live. That makes your assimilation easier.
Don’t make a quick decision. Savor all that each of our countries has to offer, then explore for yourselves the locale that gets under your skin!
Our site is easy to navigate and we invite you to start your journey now. Gathering information is the easy part! For you, as it was for us, the decision of where to live might be hard only because there are so many exciting, adventurous, and glorious countries where life can be lived at a reasonable cost. And who says it has to be just one country? You may decide that summers in the Wye Valley of Wales suit your quest for nature and serenity while winters in Mexico’s San Miguel de Allende feed your creative and literary soul.
So enjoy your journey, and don’t be afraid to contact us when the choices, and questions, start to overwhelm you!