Skip Penang: 9 Malaysian Towns to Retire on Social Security in 2027

Money, health, visas and the first year - the whole guide: retirement-atlas.page-shelf.com Nine lesser-known Malaysian towns for a retired couple in 2027, with the rent, the monthly budget for two, health cover and the flight home for each, plus why Penang didn't make the list. For retirees from the US, Canada and the UK who want plain numbers before choosing where to live. Ray is a narrative character; his own stories are dramatized. Prices and rules change - check them before you move. 0:00 Intro 0:14 No. 9 — Port Dickson 1:01 No. 8 — Kuantan 3:24 No. 7 — Taiping 5:40 No. 6 — Seremban 7:57 No. 5 — Kota Kinabalu 9:55 No. 4 — Tanah Rata 12:06 No. 3 — Melaka 14:29 No. 2 — Ipoh 16:30 No. 1 — Kuching 19:38 Nine places in one view 20:23 Ray's favorite and your answer The Retirement Atlas compares real places to retire abroad on an ordinary pension: rent, monthly costs, health care, weather and the trade-offs the brochures leave out. More guides for planning your move: retirement-atlas.page-shelf.com #RetireInMalaysia #RetireAbroad #MalaysiaCostOfLiving #KuchingRetirement Music: "Kalimba Relaxation Music" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Photos (Wikimedia Commons): Kuantan: Only Truth at English Wikipedia — Public domain — commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuantan_Street_-_Wall_St.jpg Taiping: Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand — CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) — commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:02_Boathouse_(9065027606).jpg Taiping: Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand — CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) — commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:03_Boathouse_(9065024286).jpg Ipoh: Sharon Hahn Darlin — CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) — commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ipoh,_Malaysia_March_2023_Arcade_with_Doves.jpg Kuching: Fabio Achilli from Milano, Italy — CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) — commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Waterfront,_Kuching,_Sarawak.jpg Kuching: Fabio Achilli from Milano, Italy — CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) — commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Waterfront,_Kuching,_Sarawak_2.jpg