It’s not just the sunshine: Why Portugal attracts US expats
The reasons for Alfreda Chandler’s move are right here, on her new home block, in the Areeiro district of Lisbon.
The sun-drenched promenade of apartments and eateries is still considered an authentically “local” section of this increasingly global city. Across from her pink building there is a fruit stand shaded by a stone portico. Next door is a cafe with a mouthwatering display of pastries. A block away is easy transportation downtown.
But more important to Ms. Chandler than this picturesque European urbanity is that in Areeiro, she talks to way more neighbors than she ever did back in suburban Indiana.
“Everybody knows everybody here,” she says from her seat at an outdoor table at her local coffee joint. “Living
