I found out that a friend of mine's parents have been retired in Mexico for years now as US expats. Supposedly the housing and living expenses are affordable, taxes are low, and the healthcare is reasonably good. I have no idea if any of these things are true, and obviously this is not for everyone, but according to him they are very happy there. Good weather, nice people, and so on.

I wonder, where are other popular international places to retire? I doubt that I would really want to retire away from family, but the idea has a certain charm.

[ and the at MyMoneyBlog]