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The World’s Seven Best Retirement Locations

BeachAccording to the 2014 Retire Overseas Index, 1.4 million Americans are choosing to retire overseas. Here are the seven best retirement locations in the world, based on cost-of-living, climate, healthcare, crime statistics, and other quality of life criteria:

  1. The Algarve, Portugal
  2. Cuenca, Ecuador
  3. George Town, Malaysia
  4. Chiang Mai, Thailand
  5. Dumaguete, Philippines
  6. Pau, France
  7. Medellin, Colombia

See Richard Eisenberg, The 7 Best Places to Retire Around the World, Forbes, Aug. 25, 2014.