I don't know about this "recession" We have the lowest unimployment rate in a very long time in Sweden, and as I understand it this goes for the rest of the westrn world as well, that's not a recession.
Housing prices are plummeting and inflation is high, but no one is out of a job, this seems to me more like a normal correction in the housing market and a adjustment to a high inflation environment.
The war is also good for the economy, everybody now sees the true face of Russia and is therefore arming up, on top of that all that equipment given to Ukraine has to be replaced by new equipment. And on top of that comes the lend-lease deal, which will give Ukraine spanking new equipment that has to be produced. Remember, all the equipment given to Ukraine so far is outside the lend-lease deal, when that equipment starts to be delivered there will be a torrent of equipment going in to Ukraine not seen since The US sent lend-lease stuff to USSR during WW2.
I am not joking when I say I would consider Sweden for retirement if the US goes completely bonkers (which it seems to be although the country I live in: Texas, might just make it even in spite of the border.)
I mean... Good folks, furniture and car parts stores with restaurants, reasonable gun laws... It might just be the right spot.
How are the beaches? I assume the Baltic ,and Bothania don't have very frisky waves... then again I am not a surfer really. Probably better than Galveston, and closer than Padre.
I have been of the net for a while, so sorry for not replying earlier.
There are some nice beaches where I live in the south, and I am pretty sure there are others further up the country, not much surfing, but a lot of wind surfing.
You would have to learn how to pronounce IKEA though, it's not ajkeea. It's I as in invasion, K as in kick, E as in energy and A as in ardvaark.
It's the initials of the founder and the first letters of the farm and town he grew up on : Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd.
You could always buy a small house and use it as a second house just to see if you like it, the housing tax, actually a council fee, but the same thing, is reasonable, and capped at 887 USD fo 2022, so that's the most you would have to pay, and then of course utilities but it's all pretty normally priced, electricity is of course up a lot, but that seems to be global. A plus for you is that everybody speaks English.
You can PM me if you get serious about it.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=falsterbo+beach&t=newext&atb=v317-1&iax=images&ia=imagesI have been of the net for a while, so sorry for not replying earlier.
There are some nice beaches where I live in the south, and I am pretty sure there are others further up the country, not much surfing, but a lot of wind surfing.
You would have to learn how to pronounce IKEA though, it's not ajkeea. It's I as in invasion, K as in kick, E as in energy and A as in ardvaark.
It's the initials of the founder and the first letters of the farm and town he grew up on : Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd.
You could always buy a small house and use it as a second house just to see if you like it, the housing tax, actually a council fee, but the same thing, is reasonable, and capped at 887 USD fo 2022, so that's the most you would have to pay, and then of course utilities but it's all pretty normally priced, electricity is of course up a lot, but that seems to be global. A plus for you is that everybody speaks English.
You can PM me if you get serious about it.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=falsterbo+beach&t=newext&atb=v317-1&iax=images&ia=images