This consideration of what to do the rest of the time, along with things like quality of life, weather, medical care, led me choose Korea. I currently have houses in both Korea and USA and will eventually sell in USA when I retire.
Southeast Asia is the best mongering scene (Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam) for me, but it’s mostly too hot for me there. I’d prefer to be able to take a short flight in and go often. And South Korea is a vast improvement for mongering over the USA. In all these countries, particularly Thailand, there’s little issues that arise with a 60 year old guy, being out and about with a 20 something girl.
as to liquidating assets, it was surprisingly cheap to get a car (I have one I love too much) and a container shipped over. So for me it was more like discarding junk.
I know a couple guys that have moved to Costa Rica and that’s a good choice too. But I really want to travel Asia.