Hi and welcome to the forum.

Gee, when you find that paradise, don't tell anyone else or the whole world will flock there and you'll be right back where you started again.

A couple things to consider if you're serious about moving elsewhere:

- visas. That is the biggest impediment to most plans to go somewhere else. They're getting harder and harder to get, no matter where you are headed in the world.

- language. Unless you speak the local language reasonably well, you'll always be a tourist wherever you go, or at least you'll be confined to an expat enclave. Outside the tourist areas ("tourist traps" as they say) very few people want to bother speaking English - or any other foreign language - on a day to day basis. This includes doctors, lawyers, sales people and (especially) any government official you may need to deal with.

- lifestyle. No matter where you go, it will be different from what you're used to in the US. Globalisation is making more and more American "stuff" available everywhere, but there is always something that will be missing, or smaller or larger or very much different from what you're used to.

You mention wanting just a few conveniences, like "a washer and dryer." Here in France, both appliances are much, much smaller than those you have in the US (to fit into the much smaller houses) and no way do clothes come out of the dryer in a fit state to wear. So even if you have a washer and dryer handy, you'd best have an iron and ironing board, too, and know how to use them. But, your husband's work hours would be limited to 48 per week, under EU social protection.

So, anywhere you go, there are trade-offs to be made. It's an interesting topic for discussion, however - thanks for raising it and let's see what other folks have to say on the matter.
Cheers,
Bev