when did u leave T&T,WHY, do u plan to retire there

[dancerboy]

I left T&T in november of 1967. i lived in ST.CROIX for two years, then i moved to BROOKLYN, N.Y. I left T&T, because i was keching meh nennen. I was married (too young) and had a daughter, and still living home at my parents. I was only twenty-three years old. I do not plan to retire in T&T. As a matter of fact i am already retired to OCALA, FLORIDA.

[neilrmp]

Good for you Dancerboy, I left at 1yr old with my parents to Grenada, We returned to T&T when I was 12yrs old without my dad (died) :cry: where I stayed for 20yrs, When my mom died :cry: I moved to NY in 1995 to be with te rest of my family. :D

[dancerboy]

Good for you Dancerboy, I left at 1yr old with my parents to Grenada, We returned to T&T when I was 12yrs old without my dad (died) :cry: where I stayed for 20yrs, When my mom died :cry: I moved to NY in 1995 to be with te rest of my family. :D DO YOU PLAN TO RETIRE IN T&T? DANCERBOY

[Scorpio]

I left TNT in 2004, returned in 2005, left again a few months later haven't seriously thought about returning since. I am far off from retirement, but whether I retire in TNT or not will depend on a lot of things, like suppose I end up getting married to a non-Trini and she doesn't want to settle in TNT....and of course there are many other factors.

[Solachica]

I still here. Don't have any immediate plans to leave bbut you never know.

[neilrmp]

No Dancerboy, All of my family and the people who cares about me is in the US.

[Midnight]

I really don't know if I will retire in T&T when the time comes.
Most of the poeple I have been close to don't live there any more.




Midnight

[sapodila]

Oh Gosh..........I leave T&T in the late 80s'...........to run off an get married with de bf .... we planned it dat way.... young an stupid as hell......but it did not happened dat wey. We ended up going separate ways...... not married to each other. I always thought of going back to retire at home...... but not with the current situation the country in....... I heading south.......not T&T

[Satya]

Left Trini 10 years ago. No way I will be retiring there, but will visit every year. It is important that my child (I eh have one yet) knows his/her heritage.

[KFCSpicy]

no comment.

[Mivo]

I plan on retiring to Trini one day, hopefully the current situation will change or get better. If not I go move to FL since my girlfrend is there

[snowbird]

Left Trinidad 41 years ago, emegrated when the entire family did; most of my extended family and other childhood friends also did; somewhere along the way some of us thought it would be nice to return to T&T after retirement; however now that we are at that point, the T&T we left is not the same, so for some of us plans have changed.
Having said that, if the crime situation changes for the better, and the medical environment improves (the two things that are very important to 'Seniors'), we would be on the first jet back to T&T.......... Winters are hell :lol:

[Solachica]

Didnt live T&T all yuh life and then want to come back in ole age and expect top of the line free health care? :roll:
I know a woman right now who waited until she cud collect pension in US and returned to T&T to collect pension there too and then want to complain abt health care she getting in T&T ...why she ent pay for it. :roll:

[snowbird]

Didnt live T&T all yuh life and then want to come back in ole age and expect top of the line free health care? :roll:
I know a woman right now who waited until she cud collect pension in US and returned to T&T to collect pension there too and then want to complain abt health care she getting in T&T ...why she ent pay for it. :roll:


You have to remember some of us that are thinking of coming back are not coming 'to take' (we are not entitled to T&T pensions), we are coming 'to spend'. We will be buying property, cars, food, paying for medical (at the best facilities), dental, drugs et al; paying whatever taxes are applicable to us; all of this with money that has been earned out of the country, and from pensions and other investments earned elsewhere, in other words, someone else has provided the income to which T&T will now be getting 'the cream'; don't ever discount the disposable income of foreign Seniors, when some of us talk about returning all we are really after is, as we refer to it..... the four S's (Sun, Sand, Surf and Safety) hopefully a more relaxed lifestyle.

[sapodila]

You go Mam! tell them!:lol: :lol: :lol: .........

[Falcon]

Amen!! :)

[guyguy]

I have meh sights set on St. Vincent. T&T too expensive fuh ah poor fella like me. Ah jess want tuh build ah galvanize one-room shack next tuh de sea wit ah latrin' in de bush and once ah have meh fishin pole and some bait, ah good tuh go oui. Iz bhagee, ochro, peas, dasheen bush, eddoes, coconut, an fresh fish every day ah eatin ... oh ... an ah bottle ah Punchin' Rom tuh wash dong all dat nice fresh food.


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[snowbird]

^^^
:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Mivo]

snowbird that is so true

[Mivo]

Guy go for it

[snowbird]

snowbird that is so true.

People who criticize Expat retirees for coming 'back home' from 'first world' countries really don't understand economics the way the first world countries do. Right now with the 'Baby Boomers' possessing most of the disposable income either gained through inheritances (their parents were of the Life Insurance is the only investment mindset, and those policies are now paying off) or through shrewd investments; Governments of the developed countries are now struggling with the challenge of how to keep all that money within their country; they are painfully aware that there is a whole generation now approaching the 'take the money and run' era :lol:

[mikegons]

No I am not planning on returning to T&T but would like to visit one day, to see all the changes I left in 1971 and have not been back yet. I live in Canada now, yes it can get very cold but you just have to live. My children and grand children are here and would miss them if I leave, but they would enjoy coming to the sun.

[snowbird]

No I am not planning on returning to T&T but would like to visit one day, to see all the changes I left in 1971 and have not been back yet. I live in Canada now, yes it can get very cold but you just have to live. My children and grand children are here and would miss them if I leave, but they would enjoy coming to the sun.

Same here mikegons however they are the ones asking us to relocate to the sunny south in the winter, just so they have some place to visit where they can stay indefinately :lol:

[Solachica]

I have meh sights set on St. Vincent. T&T too expensive fuh ah poor fella like me. Ah jess want tuh build ah galvanize one-room shack next tuh de sea wit ah latrin' in de bush and once ah have meh fishin pole and some bait, ah good tuh go oui. Iz bhagee, ochro, peas, dasheen bush, eddoes, coconut, an fresh fish every day ah eatin ... oh ... an ah bottle ah Punchin' Rom tuh wash dong all dat nice fresh food.


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when last u went vincy? there are houses like palaces up on the hills :shock:

[guyguy]

I have meh sights set on St. Vincent. T&T too expensive fuh ah poor fella like me. Ah jess want tuh build ah galvanize one-room shack next tuh de sea wit ah latrin' in de bush and once ah have meh fishin pole and some bait, ah good tuh go oui. Iz bhagee, ochro, peas, dasheen bush, eddoes, coconut, an fresh fish every day ah eatin ... oh ... an ah bottle ah Punchin' Rom tuh wash dong all dat nice fresh food.


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when last u went vincy? there are houses like palaces up on the hills :shock:
Ah have plenty family in St. Vincent & in Dominica too.

[snowbird]

I have meh sights set on St. Vincent. T&T too expensive fuh ah poor fella like me. Ah jess want tuh build ah galvanize one-room shack next tuh de sea wit ah latrin' in de bush and once ah have meh fishin pole and some bait, ah good tuh go oui. Iz bhagee, ochro, peas, dasheen bush, eddoes, coconut, an fresh fish every day ah eatin ... oh ... an ah bottle ah Punchin' Rom tuh wash dong all dat nice fresh food.


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when last u went vincy? there are houses like palaces up on the hills :shock:
Ah have plenty family in St. Vincent & in Dominica too.

Dey doz leh foreigners own property there without penalties?

Boy my first choice would be Cuba buh Fidel would only leh me own 49% of any property there even if I stand de whole cost of building or buying it. :roll:

[guyguy]

Dey doz leh foreigners own property there without penalties?
Well, since I'm not a foreigner, but still a citizen of a CARICOM country, as evidenced by my bona fide T&T passport, I can own property there, without penalties.

[snowbird]

Dey doz leh foreigners own property there without penalties?
Well, since I'm not a foreigner, but still a citizen of a CARICOM country, as evidenced by my bona fide T&T passport, I can own property there, without penalties.

Like ah go have tuh come an beg back fer meh T&T citizenship boy :roll: