I have seen quite some activity on the forum over the last few weeks which I think is good.
Not all will agree with the below assessment (I am actually quite sure), still considering the activity and interesting contributions I feel it is a good thing to do.
I have placed a few posts and reacted on some.
-Living
My opinion did not change too much over the last few years, Hungary (in any case where I live (close to Heviz)) is a good country to spend some of the years (especially when you can still live and have some activities). Hungarians in my view are welcoming, friendly and supporting. The " foreigners" are in general also very friendly and have loving personalities.
In a prior post I already stressed the impression support given by the Hungarian government to elderly people in Corona times made to me.
As for living conditions, good cultural, restaurant, and..... environment. I am a chess player myself and even if my Hungarian is very very limited (kussanum, igen, nem, and a few other words) I am a real part of the club (sending a post card on religious occassions, giving me a call with eg a son at hand to translate into German, bringing apricots from time to time (very very poor neighbour who I respect because of how she is (I wish I could be like that)).
Still as a foreigner in the end I think life will not be easy (eg cancer during the last years possibly combined with Alzheimer), no real support to be expected apart from your spouse (but that is the same in all countries I think).
Personal side note to this chapter
People might have many negative comments on the Hungarian approach with Roma, foreigners and/or other countries, this is partially true, however I do not consider me to be a racist I have some very good and friendly multi-racial acquaintances. I myself am Dutch (or in any case I have been born there). I strongly believe in supporting poor people where they live (and much more massive then what is done now (or for that matter what is done in the past), incredible suffering in eg Kongo which is largely ignored by the world (Syria of course gets more attention). Bottom line rather then spending EUR 750 bln on internal matters, spend EUR 500 bln on internal and EUR 250 bln on the people who really need it. The "refugees" in eg the Netherlands tend to be those who can afford the "transport", what about the people who can not, so I agree with Hungary (I do not agree with the limited budget on third world country support)
CONCLUSION
Living in Hungary is not too bad at all and as far as I am concerned actually quite good.
Next post on Property (before too many characters will be a reply to myself)