Yeah, for those of us married with children exotic places are out of the question. I know I am more concerned with good schools and nice neighbourhood, while hot chicks in bikinis has been at the very bottom on my list for quite a while 
But I have done my fair share of travel and “exotic places” are the last places I would like to spend more than a week. Costa Rica, Dom Rep, Brazil are all nice in the brochure, but unless you enjoy the high-adrenaline of back-alley stabbings, I would keep my distance. As previous posters stated – infrastructure is also non-existent in such places…
Damn, I’m getting old…To me a great place to live would be Geneva or Amsterdam. Vienna is also nice, but a bit too German. Northern Italy is beautiful and peaceful, too. If you are extremely laid-back, check out Greece. English is a survivable language in all of the above.
If you are an American – stick to the E.U., I guarantee it will be exotic enough for you, without changing your powertrain once a week