Why Single Men Need To Consider Moving Overseas

23.02.2024 - 15:02 / forbes.com

Moving overseas can dramatically transform your life.

People move abroad for different reasons—better weather, lower costs of living, access to inexpensive health care, better safety, and so on. These are all valid motives for moving to a new country and benefits that it can bring.

However, not many people consider the upside of overhauling their status quo, which moving overseas practically guarantees.

Moving abroad plucks you from your current environment and drops you into a new one, changing the house you live in, the view from your window, the clothes you wear, the faces you see every day, the foods you eat, the news you read, the music you listen to, the way you get around, and more.

This redesign of daily life is something that my readers at Live And Invest Overseas are increasingly seeking, but it’s important for one demographic in particular to consider: older single men.

Picture an older man who is approaching the end of his working career or is already retired. He finds himself alone. His future in the United States could follow a predictable, comfortable path where little changes over the years, except for a gradual physical decline.

Is that enough? This man may have spent decades of his life serving others, working and supporting a family. He finally finds himself in a position where he can put his own needs first and pursue life for his own enjoyment rather than in obligation to others.

Moving overseas could be the reboot he is looking for—a left turn on the safe, predictable path his life is following and a shortcut to a new, more exciting version of himself. Who knows? He might even meet someone to join him along the way.

Of course, the dramatic lifestyle transformation that moving overseas can bring is also available to older single women. This article is dedicated to older single men and covers three havens I recommend for this demographic.

Spain is a great choice for anyone considering moving overseas, but I’m highlighting it for single men because of the wide array of recreation opportunities that can be enjoyed here and the big, well-established expat community that makes it easy to settle in socially.

Spain is geographically diverse, with long stretches of Atlantic and Mediterranean coastline, tropical islands, snow-capped mountains (it’s the second-most mountainous country in Europe after Switzerland), and various climate zones.

All this geographic diversity creates opportunities to practice a huge range of outdoor recreation activities within one country. From hiking, cycling, and tennis to scuba diving, fishing, and watersports, there’s lots to keep you entertained and physically fit in Spain. You can even ski here.

It’s not as famous as its neighbor, Portugal, for golf, but