My Social Security Check Felt Like Nothing in America. Here It's More Than Enough.

My Social Security Check Felt Like Nothing in America. Here It's More Than Enough. Beverly spent thirty-two years as a customer service supervisor in Cincinnati, Ohio, and retired at sixty-three with a 401k that was down to $22,000 and a Social Security check of $1,340 a month — enough for rent, and almost nothing else. The math said fourteen months before things got genuinely difficult. Then she did what she did for thirty-two years: she researched the problem until she found the solution. The solution was Dumaguete City in the Philippines, a $340 apartment, a carinderia three blocks away where the sinigang costs $1.70, and a monthly surplus of $418 that she had never had in four years of retirement in Ohio. This is a line-by-line account of what $1,340 actually buys in Dumaguete — every number, honestly stated — and what it feels like when a woman who has been watching her account go down for four years opens a statement and the number finally goes up. This is a dramatized retirement story based on the real trend of Western retirees relocating to the Philippines. Cost figures reflect publicly reported ranges for the Dumaguete City area. [Creative Commons footage: Dumaguete City, Rizal Boulevard, and Silliman University walking footage via ATTRIBUTION PLACEHOLDER]    • Cebu City 🇵🇭 Philippines - Downtown Walk, ...      • [4k] E. Lopez Street,  Jaro, Iloilo City, ...      • Virtual Tour: Exploring Angeles City’s Nig...      • N Escario Street to Cebu Business District...      • Magallanes Street, Cebu City, Philippines ...   #philippinesretirement #retireabroad #socialsecurity #RetireOnSS #DumagueteCity #WomenOver65 #SoloWomanAbroad #BudgetRetirement