Every pensioner’s dream, a tax-free pension, is a reality for those who have already taken the plunge; for the first ten years of residence in Portugal, for example in Lisbon, the pension is in fact totally tax-free and it must be considered that residency can be obtained after only six months of residence in the same place; Portugal not only provides this exemption, but is able to offer a good quality of healthcare and hospital services, so much so that the Italian communities present in the country have grown considerably. On a socio-cultural level, the move at a mature age is experienced by new expats as an adventure, the beginning of a second life but above all as a revenge on what they consider, in Italy, to be a fiscal injustice to the detriment of the fruits of an entire working life.