The ledger for the brand-name relocation: living in Costa Rica — the stability-nature-community pros the brand is built on, the price-creep

The ledger for the repriced Aegean: living in Greece — the tax-election-and-texture pros the 7% regime created, the infrastructure-patience

The ledger for the quiet contender: living in Malaysia — the English-value-infrastructure pros the region's veterans rank first, the program

The ledger for the systems country: living in France — the healthcare-transport-treaty pros, the language-and-ceremony cons, and the America