The exterior of the house in Chiang Mai.Fred Jones.A month after retiring from his 26-year career in law enforcement, Fred Jones moved from Florida to Thailand.He now lives in a $540-a-month two-bedroom house in Chiang Mai with his wife and their dog.He says life is cheaper, safer, and less stressful than it was back in the US.A visit to the doctor in 2007 planted the idea of living overseas in Fred Jones' head.He had picked up a copy of International Living magazine while sitting in the waiting room, and it introduced him to the world of people who retired abroad."I had no idea that people were doing that.