We wanted to get away from the cold, so we left Michigan and retired in Panama. We're not planning to move back.

Greg Kitzmiller and his wife, Jen, moved from Michigan to Panama after they retired. Greg Kitzmiller. Greg Kitzmiller and his wife, Jen, moved from Michigan to Panama in 2018 after they retired. They live in a two-bedroom condo they bought for $210,000. Kitzmiller says being surrounded by a community of artists in Panama has sparked his own passion for writing. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Greg Kitzmiller, a 64-year-old American retiree living in Panama. It has been...