Peter suggested I consider the Caribbean island of Montserrat as a retirement destination.
Following their last volcanic eruption in 1997, Montserrat’s real estate values have declined to affordable levels: according to one website, you can buy a 2-bedroom, 2-bath villa with a fabulous ocean view for under US$200,000.
After watching videos of pyroclastic flows, which can be 5x as hot as boiling water and move at 60 MPH, though, I’d not taken his suggestion to heart.
I was mentioning this last night to a friend who’s recently been the recipient of particularly nasty neighborhood gossip, some of which even made it to a court of law.
My friend’s reaction to the Montserrat story is that it didn’t sound so bad to her: after all, I could probably get volcano insurance, but you can’t buy “neighbor coverage”.
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