Good trade? Trading $1 million plus homes in San Francisco for $50k homes in

[theking]

...Spain  :

San Francisco was too expensive so they moved to Spain and bought a beautiful house for $50,000. Here’s how they did it

When John Flores and Michael Leitz were looking for a home in which to spend the next stage of their lives, they realized that where they lived in San Francisco was too expensive.

Instead, they began looking further afield – eventually buying a beautiful 120-year-old, three-story home in rural Spain for less than $50,000.


Both Flores and Leitz worked in education in the US before retiring – Leitz was a high school history teacher while Flores was an administrator at UCLA.

While they said they both enjoyed their San Francisco lifestyle, they realized that it would be unaffordable to live in rented property on pensions much lower than their salaries.

“Europe was an obvious choice for us,” said Leitz. “I am part German and part Irish, so there were European roots from the family.  John is part Mexican, which makes for the Spanish connection, and he is fluent in Spanish too.

“The closest you can come to the Californian way of life in Europe is in Spain, so the choice was an easy one for us.”

[DuMa]

Important key words there.  They have connections to their roots.  Now just imagine if there is a town in Europe that speaks hmong or vietnamese.  I know where I'm moving to. 

You will fit right on in instead of having to learn how to assimilate and become a European.