I have a friend who is planning a move to Ecuador. She wants me come down while she goes on a 1-2 month trial. Hhhmmm
If you were to move to another country , Where and Why ? What
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Spent some time there myself. Stood at the base of Mt. Eiger, awesome sight. Was there spending a week traveling during Christmas time one year (mid 80's) and the ice sculptures in and around most towns were fantastic.
What do you mean easy to drive? Costa Rica has terrible roads. Holes everywhere. It takes 15 hours to cross the country the size of West Virginia. And the government isn’t gonna reinvest your gringo dollars into it. They are gonna take it and use to grease their buddies. The infrastructure as a whole is a nightmare. Sometimes the water goes out for days. Gringos can’t leave quick enough after they come. Colombia or Panama is a better option. Nicaragua if you’re adventurous.And tropics with an easy drive.
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Here’s a normal day in Costa Rica.
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Disculpen se fue el agua ???
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Están en un proceso de administrar el consumo , y como recomendación es bueno tener tanque de reserva para este tipo de situaciones . Eso nos evita depender solo del flujo de agua exterior .
You ready to live like that? Go to Portugal too many gringo here already and if you come thinking to bring gringo culture you’ll be run out quick. I see these clowns bring their giant hummers and gas guzzlers to pay 7$ a gallon. They come to speak English and suffer when the ticos pretend not to know English. It’s massive comedy sometimes. Especially since COVID. You want good roads go to Panama
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Disculpen se fue el agua ???
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Están en un proceso de administrar el consumo , y como recomendación es bueno tener tanque de reserva para este tipo de situaciones . Eso nos evita depender solo del flujo de agua exterior .
You ready to live like that? Go to Portugal too many gringo here already and if you come thinking to bring gringo culture you’ll be run out quick. I see these clowns bring their giant hummers and gas guzzlers to pay 7$ a gallon. They come to speak English and suffer when the ticos pretend not to know English. It’s massive comedy sometimes. Especially since COVID. You want good roads go to Panama
Who cares? Keeps him off the street and away from my place.
I've been in Paris, western France, and Italy. If you're a history buff... lots to like...
Italy can be very inexpensive if you stay out of the tourist areas... and they have the best food in the world.
No interest whatsoever in beaches... they all look the same lol... and I lose interest in anything above 80 degrees.
Italy can be very inexpensive if you stay out of the tourist areas... and they have the best food in the world.
No interest whatsoever in beaches... they all look the same lol... and I lose interest in anything above 80 degrees.
I’m with you on hot weather and beaches.
I enjoy ocean views in small doses, of course, but do not need to sit on a beach for them.
I hear the Darian Pass Freeway is best.
Thailand, the island of Koh Samui to be exact. VERY affordable, friendly and welcoming locals and very good healthcare. Thailand has everything from the foothills of the Himalayas to tropical beaches to tropical islands.
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Ireland: great beer, beautiful landscape, friendly people, and sane politics. Unfortunately, the weather sucks. Iceland: beautiful country, great seafood, and the people are a lot of fun. Unfortunately, no sun in the winter is rough.
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I was in New Zealand for 2 weeks in February, and got back recently from a week+ in Costa Rica. I could see myself retiring to either those. Could also see coast of Mexico or any number of Caribbean islands.
I would live somewhere on or very close to the Mediterranean - Southern France, Italy, or Greece. Just love that type of food, climate, and lifestyle.
I used to think this was the option, but that changed after the Covid lockdowns that they took to the extreme. It was great before that, but not sure anymore. Their gun laws aren't that great either.
I would probably stay far away from any European country. Someone's always in a war over there it seems and if it gets bad enough, they all will be forced to be involved. The immigration system is also destroying Europe. Plus screw the EU.
There's no place in Asia, Africa, South America, Central America, or Canada that I'd choose either. Maybe some island that's out in the middle of nowhere away from everyone else. I'm just hoping this country gets it's sh*t together and remains the place where everyone wants to live.
It’s bad enough with people running this country here, but I know there’s still a slimmer of hope. I’ve seen the psychopaths running this other countries the past few years and I’d be really terrified to live most anywhere today
Many reasons first was an opportunity to work with the women’s national team. Ultimately though the primary reason was the education system in the states. we didn’t want to put our kids through high school there. Now they are fluent in Spanish on an academic level, cultured, well traveled. They are In college here in CR which is very inexpensive but highly accredited saving us tens of thousands. Nature was another enormous reason because we are a scuba family. The family centric culture. Lots of reasons but our kids are the priority. My son is very happy his tica girlfriend is a smoke show, well educated, good family. So many reasons but my kids thank us all the time. My sons best friend in the US died about a year ago from fentenayl laced on a joint. We do not regret our decision at all.
The path that Britian is on is not a good one.
The older I get, the more I hate hot weather so I’m gonna say Banff, Canada. Seems like my kind of place.
Yep, the foothills of the Himalayas are in Thailand, just like the foothills of the Rocky Mountains are in Georgia.
Perhaps you should research this a bit before looking stupid. Let's see if you're big enough to admit your mistake.
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You gotta lose that chip on your shoulder, man.
He's almost certainly being sarcastic. That poster is almost always making snarky posts
While in Venice Italy a few days ago I had a conversation with a Brit from Manchester who was the personal pilot for the Sultan of Brunei. When he retired recently he chose to leave England and relocate to Italy mainly due to the influx of immigrants. "Britain is not Britain anymore" was his exact quote. He said the only parts of Britain worth visiting anymore were Cornwall and Scotland. Said he'll never go back.
He probably isn't. Its a long way from the Himalayan range itself to the Thai highlands. That said, the ranges there mostly connect back to the Himalayas.
Any country where they don’t have a George Floyd statue. I still can’t get over how effed up that is,
Hungary. Return my family back to our ancestral roots. Plus their culture promotes the nuclear family.
One guy takes the question so seriously that he's worried about gun laws and wants to stay away from Europe because they're always at war with each other (?) and immigration is apparently destroying all of Europe and the other guy is terrified to live in most of the world and doesn't seem to like the US now either.
Thanks for the paranoia, fellas! Enjoy being scared of everything. Merry Christmas and maybe in 2024 less cable news and less social media would do you two well.
Denmark or the Netherlands. I've spent more time in the Netherlands but Copenhagen in the summer...
I made unwarranted assumptions. Still, you'd be well served to work on that chip.
I saw it as a fun topic. I love the idea of having a cabin in a small town in a place like Finland. I've grown to like chillier climates and it sounds peaceful. I'm sure taxes are sky high but it's not like I'm actually making the move. It's a very American way of approaching the question though, ie first I want to know the gun laws and their immigration policies because guns good, immigrants bad. Oh, and war war war because that's all some media outlets show you unless it's Christmas morning and you see a short clip of a baby deer hiccupping. Ah well, it's like the topic of Chicago. Sure, I wish they'd fix their damn issues but you're watching too much news if you're terrified to enter the city, as if it's Escape From New York.
When I answered the question, my first considerations were weather/climate, natural beauty/beaches, fishing and other outdoor opportunities. If I were really serious about moving, I'd look for a politically stable nation with decent healthcare and dental care facilities, and to an extent, one where English was one of the languages spoken.
There is a guy that I know through work (he's retired now too) that spends the winter and spring in Morocco. His wife is Moroccan, and they bought a place close to her parents, somewhere close to the coast. They love it and he said if it weren't for the kids and grandkids, they'd consider living there all year.
That part is actually true. Before the end of WW2 Europe was averaging a land war like every 8 years.
I looked at topo maps before I made my post. Yeah, the mountains in Chiang Mai are connected to mountains in western Laos and eastern Myanmar, which are then connected to mountains in southern China. which are then connected to the eastern most Himalayas if you take a hard westward turn.
So that's enough to call them foothills of the Himalayas? Because, in your own words, they "mostly connect back to the Himalayas?" I suppose, if you want to be quite generous. Just like I said - that's about like saying the mtns in Georgia are foothills of the Rockies. The wikipedia articles says the mtns of northern Thailand could be considered Himalayan foothills. I say it's quite a stretch.
Maps I googled for Himalayas and/or Himalayan foothills don't get anywhere near Thailand.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/H...5983159!4d83.9310039!16zL20vMDlnbHc?entry=ttu
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