Every year it seems, various publications, social media posts, podcasts, and the like reveal new “best places to retire abroad” lists.  Providing snapshot overviews and amazingly beautiful photos of top expat countries, these features are wildly popular whether its audience is seriously considering moving to a foreign country or just in the “wouldn’t be nice”, camp.  To be clear, its possible, but the devil is in the details.  I have a bit of information to share.