Ask HN: If you are in your 40s or 50s, where would you move?

Edinburgh.

Turin.

Valencia.

Vienna.

But a lot of that depends on factors like budget and language skills, and of course, where your next of kin live, assuming you want to be close to them.

Move where you would like to retire to while you still have the time and resources to pay things off. Can’t carry large debts into retirement if you have a “typical” amount of resources.

Nowhere on earth is safe at the moment (well, Australia and New Zealand have no immediate neighbours to threaten them with annexation)

I moved to the English countryside recently (early 50s). Regardless of what the media finds to freak out about, it's lovely and quiet and the people are nice.

I chose China. Want to settle in Shenzhen or a similar place.

Northern italy.

Where did you move from? How was the immigration process like? How is the standard of living like?