<prompt> Human: Serious Question.Im trying to collect some data for a personal project. Im 31 and have been fortunate enough to make my living primarily online, so I moved abroad to a lower-cost country Thailand since I can work pretty much anywhere with internet. I hear a lot of people talking about how social security isnt enough money to live on and so on and that are very, very worried about retirement. But I know for a fact that you can live incredibly comfortably off 1500 or so a month with several hundred dollars left over in many parts of the world. For example in Thailand where Ive been living the past three years, great health insurance would cost you about 60 a year. A two-story, three-bedroom, two-bathroom house about 20 minutes outside the city, surrounded by mountains in North Thailand would cost you about 400 a month rent. If you were making about 1,500 a month, you should be able to save about 200 to 300 a month. Same thing in living similar places such as Cambodia, Philippines, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, and more. All very safe places I feel safer in Southeast Asia than I ever did in the States. I guess what Im wondering is, why dont more people retire in this way, rather than continue living in the States in more expensive locations?Id like to know for a paper im writing about how to retire abroad. Any fears? Questions? Things holding you back from what - to me - seems like a very simple solution for people who dont have a large amount of savings to retire on?  <response>: I believe my dads answer would be along the lines of: I spent my early 20s in that damned Southeast Asia jungle so I could spend my 70s in my home country dammit. You couldnt pay me enough to go back. I heard similar things when I had an interest in enlisting myself Completely uprooting your life is a tough challenge for a lot of people. Sure, you could buy a bungalow for minimal money and live frugally in a foreign country, but youre literally on the other side of the world from your people family, friends, etc in a completely different world. Its not easy to do for a great many people. They do it on a smaller scale though. Maybe not moving all the way to Asia, but I know plenty of pensioners whove left high CoL states to much more friendly and less expensive areas like South Carolina, Florida and others. 