Board:   [DoveNet] Debate
Subject: Re: Universal Health Care
From:    Arelor
Date:    Mon Jul 20, 2026 16:56

@VIA: PALANTIR
  Re: Re: Universal Health Care
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Wed Jul 15 2026 07:37 am

 >  Ar> Then whyare you planning to retire to an European country?
 >
 >  I thought I'd explained it before. My wife's family lives there and
 >  she's spent most of her adult life in the states. Now that my parents
 >  have passed, it's important to me that we spend time with her parents
 >  while we can. We're interested in finding a village with a walkable
 >  high street as we retire, as keeping active is an important part of
 >  quality of life, and having a public transit system where you can get
 >  most anywhere without a car will be nice.

Got it, so California is not a place in which you can move freely nor keep active easily and therefore moving out is the sensible strategy. (BTW around these parts, if you live in a good place and want to be with your parents, you bring your parents to your place instead of going to them).

No shame, I get the same from people from Madrid all the time. They all boast how great Madrid is and how much infrastructure and entertainment they have, then the moment they can they move out to some redneck Autonomy because nobody who has a choice stays for long.

My Autonomy is one of those cases in which everybodywho can flees unless they are top 10%, then it is a great place to be. The reason is that doing any sort of business or gettingan ok job is pretty much impossible, but if you are well off the natural environment is AAA and social risks (such as getting shot for your wallet) are negligible because nobody lives here. So obviously we see lots of people laughing at us redneck peasants just days before they get three holiday days and escape their wealthy rich autonomies to enjoy being elsewhere.

BTW UK sends very bad vibes as a retirement destination. When the locals are fleeing themselves in search for different retirement places that should give you pause. Same for California, actually. I know so many people is moving away for a reason or another and I doubtit is coincidence.


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