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She thought she could manage it. A retired American nurse with few savings but a small US government pension. Her pension barely kept her above the poverty line in America and she was estranged from her one remaining son, and so she made the choice to move to Thailand alone, where retirement was easy, cheap and the weather was much better. *For a while, it was a great move.* As so often happens in "expat" locations, friends moved on, died, moved to Costa Rica and Ecuador. Her world grew smaller. Slowly the cheap, cheap lifestyle of 15 years ago evaporated as Chiang Mai is rapidly becoming the "Go To" new Asian city. Prices relatively have doubled in the last 10 years while her already small pension has stayed the same. And meanwhile the requirements to remain here have become considerably more restrictive and expensive, forcing her to purchase a "grey" visa where a bit of "tea money" under the table enables a visa to be issued by a mildly corrupt but pragmatic immigration official without the requisite funds being held on deposit in the bank. #### She managed to balance it for the 15 years I have known her.... ![]() Originally posted: https://hive.blog/hive-181465/@artemislives/do-you-have-a-plan-b-if-the-balancing-act-fails
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