Originally Posted by Tagurrit
I know the QPR program.

Of course you do. QRP...Qualified Retired Person.

Originally Posted by Tagurrit
So downside must be?


Some of it is paperwork, some of it is the lack of options (no route to PR or citizenship) e.g., the permanent "temporaryness" and need for renewal, and some could be just poor planning ("Gee, if only...").

Originally Posted by Tagurrit
Just trying to understand a foreign culture with 71% of my fellow USA'ites dominating QPR.

It's 71% of QRP'ers who are "USA'ites" by the chart, not the other way around. Far more opt to remain as tourists, renewing their visas monthly, or go for PR.