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Cost of living abroad for American retirees: Philippines and Southeast Asia

Americans weighing a move abroad, retiring on a fixed income or Social Security, or curious what a month really costs (inferred from the about text, titles and captions; the pack has no audience statistics).

• Realistic avatar
• A photorealistic man who looks to be in his 40s, with short brown hair, light stubble and a slight smile, in a grey t-shirt or an orange plaid shirt. Thumbnails show him waist-up on the right, pointing at a bright beach or street scene; the avatar is a head-and-shoulders portrait.

A ~15-minute list video: a price hook set against a pricier place (Lisbon, Florida, a US bill), the host's one-line intro, five towns or islands each priced for rent, food, power, hospitals and visa, a plug for the Asia Rent Map, and a closing question for comments.

• Cheap rent in Philippine towns, islands and beach towns
• Retirement visas, deposits and monthly budgets abroad
• Country and region comparisons for retirees on a fixed income
• Condos and care abroad: rent or buy, assisted living, hotel living
• US territories and cheap US places (Saipan, Puerto Rico, Maine)

• Rent $[X] a Month: 5 Philippine Towns [Nobody Talks About / Typhoons Almost Never Hit]
• Rent $[X] Month — Move Here? [Town] [Country] + Groceries, Hospital, Real Prices
• [N] Countries Where $[X] a Month Covers Rent, Food AND the Visa
• Rent $[X] a Month on US Soil: The [Place] Americans Forgot
• 3 [Beachside/Island] Condos in the Philippines — Rent from $[X]/Month or Buy from $[Y]K

Bold all-caps two-line headline at top left: a white price line ('$60 A MONTH') over a green question line ending '?!' (red once). The same man on the right in a grey t-shirt, pointing at a bright tropical beach or street scene; a Philippine flag icon bottom left in 3 of 10.

• Titles opening 'Rent $[X]' make up 12 of the 30 listed and 6 of the top 10 by views; thumbnails lead with a dollar figure in 9 of 10.
• Daily cadence: about 5 uploads a week, 11 between Sep 25 and Oct 7 and one a day from Oct 1 to 7, each about 14–17 min.
• 24 of 30 titles carry a dollar figure; both transcripts open on a price ($50K condo; $800 a month versus Lisbon) before the host introduces himself.
• One fixed presenter look: same face and pointing pose in 10 of 10 thumbnails, and a named host who says in both transcripts he pulls the listings and data.
• Every upload since Sep 14 (18 of 18) opens its description with a link to the $47 Asia Rent Map e-book, and both transcripts plug it early.