I practice my profession there, I retired and I came back to Romania 2009; I found there the most toxic environment. I have enough money to buy a home in Europe, where should I go, what is the best country for a retired couple of intellectuals?
Before you settle any place, travel around.
You will find the west of Europe much more expensive than the east, and little villages on average, less enlightened than bigger towns.
But it is impossible to tell you where you will feel at home, as it is a very personal thing.
Traveling round you can feel the situation before you dish out the amount of money needed to buy a house.
A way to taste the water before even traveling to a place it to contact the expat communities. All countries with substantial English language workers have a web community where they share knowledge, most of those can be found by googling on Expat and the name of the country.
They also have knowledge on who much a house will cost, what to expect to pay for living cost, not just the averages, but real live experience.
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Before you settle any place, travel around.
You will find the west of Europe much more expensive than the east, and little villages on average, less enlightened than bigger towns.
But it is impossible to tell you where you will feel at home, as it is a very personal thing.
Traveling round you can feel the situation before you dish out the amount of money needed to buy a house.
A way to taste the water before even traveling to a place it to contact the expat communities. All countries with substantial English language workers have a web community where they share knowledge, most of those can be found by googling on Expat and the name of the country.
They also have knowledge on who much a house will cost, what to expect to pay for living cost, not just the averages, but real live experience.
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Go to Hungary, my husband and I are retiring there next spring.
The prices are similar to Romania and Budapest has many intellectuals and many things to do for a retired person.
http://www.budapestinfo.hu
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