Another article came out just today Reuters
Yahoo Finance, about how a couple can retire on $600 a month in Cuenca
Ecuador. Let us make something perfectly clear. You CANNOT retire on
$600 a month in Cuenca Ecuador, doing it the way that most expats are
doing it now. This couple leased an apartment almost two years ago…we
want to see $200 a month downtown apartment, overlooking the river today
in Cuenca!
In the
Yahoo article the couple mentioned they rent an apartment for $200 a
month overlooking the river in Cuenca; Yeah, maybe back in 2010 when
they found the apartment. Finding this kind of a deal now for a two bedroom is gone in the downtown area, and especially if it is furnished.
If any
Ecuadorian or gringo real estate Agency would like to call us on it, go
for it, and please let us know where in downtown Cuenca we can actually
rent a two bedroom furnished for $200 a month. We’ll be thrilled to tell
our readers about it. Read More
Best Retirement City in the World: Cuenca Ecuador or...Hutchinson Kansas??
Yes, Hutchinson Kansas. Why? Before you click away from this article consider that we know of retirees in their 70s that live well on less than $1000 a month in Hutchinson Kansas. We
know this because they are long time friends. We have personally spent
time in Hutchinson Kansas so we know the city personally. And finally,
we considered moving to Hutchinson Kansas before coming to Cuenca
Ecuador, so we investigated a lot of the important things people want to
know before moving to a new place.
There
are many North American Cities that would make for great retirement. We
are not singling out Hutchinson for any particular reason except for the
fact we have personal knowledge of and believe it would make for a low
cost, low stress, peaceful retirement. It would be one of our cities of
choice to retire in if we had stayed in North America. Read More
Some Cuenca Expats Want to Scare Gringos Away from Cuenca
We have met three Kinds of Gringos / Expats that Live in Cuenca
1. Cuenca Glorifiers: There are those who only
glorify Cuenca and talk about only the positives because they want as
many people to move here as possible. These are the people who have a
vested interest in Cuenca, literally. If you say anything negative about
their heavenly paradise, they’ll basically call you a liar and a
whiner.
2. Panicky Expats:
There are those who don’t want more expats moving to Cuenca. These are
the people who are in fear that their social security or other means of
retirement is not going to allow them to live here if the cost of living
goes up. If you say anything positive about Cuenca, they’ll call you a
liar and contradict what you have to say. Read More
I have read your blogs for the past several months and have gained a lot of information. Thank you very much! Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteMy wife and I are still on scheduled to come to visit Ecuador in May 2013, including Cuenca. Hope to meet up with you then.
Jeffrey
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