By Veronika Bondarenko There are plenty of affordable retirement options available, especially if you don’t require continuous sunshine. What even is retirement anymore? As people live longer (and lead healthier lives), the traditional concept of leaving work to minimal expenses and a quiet life and spend time with grandkids is becoming increasingly obsolete. Whether due to high medical costs and inflation or the funds needed to cover one’s desire to travel, many are working longer both through side jobs and full-time work — numbers from the Labor Department found that 1.5 million Americans wh…