If you were to move to another country , Where and Why ? What
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Not sure how anyone could answer with a place they’ve never been to. Yeah there are lots of places I’d like to visit, but would need to go there at least once to say I’d want to live there.
So that narrows down the list for me to 11. But I’ve enjoyed all of my trips (work or vacation) to foreign countries. I guess the easiest (cheapest) to retire in would be Belize.
So that narrows down the list for me to 11. But I’ve enjoyed all of my trips (work or vacation) to foreign countries. I guess the easiest (cheapest) to retire in would be Belize.
Lots of folks in this thread have either never lived in a certain potential destination, or have only been to the tourist resorts. Visiting and living are night and day different.
IMO
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Agreed, Vancouver is beautiful but very expensive. Real estate prices are incredibly high due to a lot of speculation from Asia.
Vancouver is the third least-affordable city in the world: Survey
Vancouver, which placed second last year, was bumped by Sydney into the No. 3 spot this year, according to the Demographia survey.
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Monaco if I had the money. Italy though is probably the one for me. The people are friendly, everywhere you look is beautiful and the food is some of the best in the world.
Is this a "my link is better than your link" debate? You think it's settled because forestrynepal.org says so?
Victoria is also a very nice place … far less-crowded, too.
Actually, that’s most of Canada in general in the big cities. Their housing woes and affordability is more severe than the states, there’s a few towns like Winnipeg some smaller towns in central Canada that are slightly more affordable but Canada’s problems with inflation and housing costs/shortages are really bad.Agreed, Vancouver is beautiful but very expensive. Real estate prices are incredibly high due to a lot of speculation from Asia.
Vancouver is the third least-affordable city in the world: Survey
Vancouver, which placed second last year, was bumped by Sydney into the No. 3 spot this year, according to the Demographia survey.vancouversun.com
I enjoyed the Dordogne valley of France. Could see living there. Would like to visit northern Italy. From what I have seen, that seems like a place I would like.
Scandinavia would be a place to visit, but I like my days and nights to be more equal in length year-round. Not sure I could get used to that. New Zealand would be intriguing. Nice mountains.
Scandinavia would be a place to visit, but I like my days and nights to be more equal in length year-round. Not sure I could get used to that. New Zealand would be intriguing. Nice mountains.
What year are we currently living in?
I am mainly joshing a couple posters who seemed a tad paranoid about the world. We'd all have our reasons for making a move to another country. I believe one I was joshing said he'd never move to Canada. Now maybe it's chillier weather or something but what's wrong with Toronto for instance? Throwing Canada under the bus seems random. Of course I'm sure there are Canadians who'd say, "Those Americans seem pretty angry and crazy all the time...not living there!" Good thread topic though.
Lol, there's currently a massive land war in Ukraine right now. But yeah point stands about the uneasyness about moving to Europe due to war.
I found this list of all the wars and conflicts just since WW2. A whole lot more if you go back before that as well.
- Anti-Soviet resistance by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, 1942-1960
- Greek Civil War (Greece, 1946–1949)
- Northern Ireland Conflict, (1960s–1998)
- Basque conflict (1959–2011)
- Cyprus Emergency, (Greek Cypriots (EOKA) vs. United Kingdom, 1955–1959)
- Soviet invasion of Hungary (Soviet Union vs. Hungary, 1956)
- Invasion of Czechoslovakia (Soviet Union vs. Czechoslovakia, 1968)
- Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Cyprus vs. Turkey, 1974)
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (Armenia vs. Azerbaijan, 1988–present)
- Yugoslav Wars, 1991–2001
- Ten-Day War (Slovenia vs. Yugoslavia, 1991)
- Croatian War of Independence (Croatia vs. Yugoslavia, 1991–1995)
- Bosnian War (Bosnia vs. Yugoslavia, 1992–1995)
- Kosovo War (Kosovo vs. Yugoslavia, 1998–1999)
- Insurgency in the Preševo Valley (UÇPMB vs. Yugoslavia, 1999–2001)
- 2001 insurgency in the Republic of North Macedonia (National Liberation Army vs. North Macedonia, 2001)
- Georgian Civil War (Georgia, 1991–1993)
- East Prigorodny Conflict (Ingush militia vs. Russia, 1992)
- War of Transnistria (Transnistria vs. Moldova, 1992)
- Chechen–Russian conflict
- First Chechen War (1994–1996)
- War of Dagestan (1999)
- Second Chechen War (1999–2000)
- Albanian Rebellion of 1997 (Albania, 1997)
- Russo-Georgian War (Georgia vs. Russia, 2008)
- Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–present)
- Kumanovo clashes (National Liberation Army vs. North Macedonia, 2015)
Scandinavia is great, very picturesque and scenic although Oslo is probably one of the most expensive cities I’ve ever visited. We did a cruise up the Baltic Sea from Copenhagen and then hit up Oslo during the last leg of the trip. Glad that I saw St. Petersburg before Russia went batshit crazy. We went during May and it didn’t get dark on some nights till 11:30 or later.
Northern Italy - highly recommend. Very easy access to train rides to the Swiss Alps near Milan\Lake Como. If you go, make sure Florence, Milan, and the Alps to the north are on the itinerary. Quite striking how Milan is different from Rome in some ways. The Alps are one of those mountain ranges that stay in remembrance forever.
We went to the Paradise Latin in Paris for our 35th anniversary.....we were seated next to two young ladies that had met up to celebrate one of them getting married soon......they went to college together.........they ended up drinking our bottle of champagne and half of our wine.....the bride to be was a drop dead gorgeous blond dressed in red from head to toe......she was from Prague......the other woman was from London......also an eyeful.......they got more than tipsy and we had one heck of a time......
I’ve lived in Northern Ontario, Toronto, Central Kentucky, and Manila. Of these I must say I enjoy Kentucky the most. While northern Ontario is beautiful, the winters are murder. Toronto is a great city but too big and the traffic is miserable. Manila was nice and money went very far, even had a full time driver, cook/maid, and a live in nanny, but it’s incredibly polluted and quite hot year round.
Kentucky has a decent climate, Canada is an easy drive, and I just like the people in Lexington.
Kentucky has a decent climate, Canada is an easy drive, and I just like the people in Lexington.
Thailand. Beautiful, incredibly cheap, the culture is wonderful, and the food is amazing.
I would go to Phi Phi Don over on the west coast, although either sounds fantastic.
My wife and I spent a week in Scotland this summer, and by the time we left we were talking about buying a second or retirement home there. Real estate prices outside Edinburgh aren't outrageous, and I actually like haggis. However, the immigration laws are stricter than other places we'd consider. As an American you can stay up to 6 months out of every 12, but getting permanent residency is pretty tough.
My ex SIL (still stay in contact) went to New Zealand on vacation 7-8 years ago and ended up moving there with her kids, and establishing permanent residency.
My ex BIL (also still stay in contact) and his wife moved from San Francisco to Amsterdam before Covid, and now live in Portugal.
My wife was excited about Costa Rica but after reading some serious negatives about crime etc. we're less enthusiastic.
We have 6 adult kids, three of them will make it fine but the other three are likely to need help to survive out in the world, so lately we've been looking at buying property in trust for them to ensure they always have a place to live (we'd like to not have them living with us the rest of our lives, but close so we can help when needed is good). This is probably the biggest barrier to actually doing more than travel abroad.
My ex SIL (still stay in contact) went to New Zealand on vacation 7-8 years ago and ended up moving there with her kids, and establishing permanent residency.
My ex BIL (also still stay in contact) and his wife moved from San Francisco to Amsterdam before Covid, and now live in Portugal.
My wife was excited about Costa Rica but after reading some serious negatives about crime etc. we're less enthusiastic.
We have 6 adult kids, three of them will make it fine but the other three are likely to need help to survive out in the world, so lately we've been looking at buying property in trust for them to ensure they always have a place to live (we'd like to not have them living with us the rest of our lives, but close so we can help when needed is good). This is probably the biggest barrier to actually doing more than travel abroad.
You’re probably wanted for something in the US. Glad you had the funds for an exit plan.
