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How To Enjoy a Better Retirement by Changing This One Thing

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What does "retirement" mean to you? This is a question I've been wrestling for for a surprisingly long time. My grandfather worked for the same company for almost his entire career, and also did lots of outside consulting. A research chemist, he helped make the industrial diamond possible by coming up with the container that could withstand the heat and pressure needed to transform carbon into diamond. He also worked on the Manhattan Project. The company forced him retire at 65, and …

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Best Quality of Life Cities and Countries in 2011

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When you're considering moving to another country, one of the big things you think about (at least I do) is the quality of life you'll be leaving and what you'll find in your new home. As 2011 has drawn to a close, let's take a quick look back at the year's top picks in various expat-oriented "Best of" lists. Quality of life means different things to different people. For example, I'm typing this at my son's dining room table, in the mountains of Vermont. It's cold (temperatures have been in …

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Which Countries Have the Best Health Care?

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In the Expat Web group on LinkedIn, a member asked recently, “As an Expat, which countries do you think have the best and worst health care systems?” Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Canada, Malta and France all received positive comments. One poster said Japan’s was “the worst I ever experienced.” The US was mentioned favorably, but “only if you have good insurance. Prices are about 5 to 10 times the costs of France or Belgium.” This kind of anecdotal information is interesting, but not all that …

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