Seven Countries

[ClaytonN]

If you had to choose to live in another country besides the one you currently live in, or ones you have previously inhabited, what would be your top seven?

Assume you have the same income and look to have similar living standards. Those seem to be the only reasonable rules off the get go.

I live in the US

1) New Zealand
2) Australia
3) Amsterdam/Holland
4) Spain
5) Portugal
6) Canada
7) England

[nongice626]

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If you had to choose to live in another country besides the one you currently live in, or ones you have previously inhabited, what would be your top seven?

Assume you have the same income and look to have similar living standards. Those seem to be the only reasonable rules off the get go.

I live in the US

1) New Zealand
2) Australia
3) Amsterdam/Holland
4) Spain
5) Portugal
6) Canada
7) England

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Id rather live just about anywhere else than England. The ugliest women on the planet, bad weather, worse food.

[Fratony]

I have enough trouble learning English, trying to learn another language has always been a disaster for me in school. Therefore, that narrows it down to:
England
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
South Africa
etc.

I know a lot of European people speak English, but they look down upon people who don't speak their language (for the most part) and I couldnt deal with that.

[jdl22]

Spain, New Zealand, Tahiti, The Marquesas, Australia, England and let's say Western Samoa.

I'm sure some are territories of other countries but if you ask the locals they would probably not prefer it be so.

[Fratony]

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I know a lot of European people speak English, but they look down upon people who don't speak their language (for the most part) and I couldnt deal with that.

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Not saying America is any better, in fact we are probably the worst as far as this goes

[ClaytonN]

We're easily the worst.

And I like England.

[PokerCat69]

Those choices look pretty bleak. None would interest me, except perhaps: Amsterdam/Holland.
Party city with legal pot and hookers. You only live once right?

Assuming I were single and rich and able to move anywhere I'd pick either Japan or S.Korea - probably Japan though.

[mmbt0ne]

1) Australia
2) France
3) New Zealand
4) England
5) Greece
6) Spain
7) Portugal

[housenuts]

If I couldn't live in Canada it would go:

1) Australia
2) New Zealand
3) Amsterdam/Holland
4) Spain
5) Portugal
6) England
7) USA

[thatpfunk]

I live in the US

1) Spain
2) France
3) Australia
4) Canada
5) England
6) Japan
7) New Zealand

[slickpoppa]

1) Australia
2) New Zealand
3) Italy
4) Sweden
5) Germany
6) England
7) Jamaica

[jesusarenque]

I live in the U.S.

1. Spain
2. Spain
3. Spain
4. Mexico
5. France
6. Italy
7. Chile
8. Portugal
9. Costa Rica
10. Germany

[thenlguru]

I live in Sweden.

1. Finland

2. Estonia, very nice and beatiful place also still cheap.

3. Iceland

4. Faroe-Islands

5. Switzerland

6. New-Zealand

7. Spain


I would never move to USA or England.

[jason_t]

1. England
2. Italy
3. Hungary (lived there)
4. Czech Republic (lived there)
5. Portugal
6. Austrailia
7. Holland

[daryn]

italy
switzerland
austria
greece
australia
japan
canada

[Skjonne]

Scotland
Ireland
Belgium
England
Czech Republic
Netherlands
Sweden

Yeah, you got it: I like beers

[wacki]

Not in order:

italy
switzerland
austria
greece
australia
Germany
England

[Tyler Durden]

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I would never move to USA or England.

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Why not US? Just curious.

[Tyler Durden]

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Id rather live just about anywhere else than England. The ugliest women on the planet, bad weather, worse food.

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Some friends of mine used to live in England and they say that American women are nothing like British women in the sense that Brits always dress up when they go out for anything, not so in the USA.

[Koller]

I live in Finland.

1. Sweden
2. Canada
3. Norway
4. Switzerland
5. England
6. Czech Republic
7. Spain

[thenlguru]

Too unsafe for me taste. Its very scary that anyone can buy a gun, and you cant go walk everywhere you want.

Where I live I dont have to fear anything.

I have a prejudices about US ppl. Arrogant, loud, etc.

Also the slums are very unfamiliar here and I really wouldent like to see that part of world.( "Out of sight out of mind." N-Korean phrase /images/graemlins/tongue.gif )


And what comes to president of USA, well better I dont say anything..

[MarkL444]

i dont even know where to begin making this list. i obviously need to start traveling.

[bismillahno]

I only speak English, and have lived in the US and UK previously, so...

1. Australia
2. Canada
3. South Africa
4. Netherlands
5. Belgium
6. France
7. Italy

Some pretty rapid languages to be learnt there.

[wjmooner]

Live in the USA, speak English and Spanish so...

1. Australia
2. England
3. Argentina
4. Spain
5. Chile
6. Canada
7. Italy

WJ

[Rhone]

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Assume you have the same income and look to have similar living standards.

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A different angle to moving abroad is that for many countries you can have the same income but vastly increase your living standards. Life in a lot of developing countries may not look too good for the locals when you see it depicted on the evening news, but for expats it can often be pretty sweet. Full time maids, cooks, drivers, palacial houses, all on what would be a lower-middle class income in the US.

So, while I don't really have a list in mind, I'd consider places like Sri Lanka, Ethiopia (beautiful country, btw, and no one's starving there anymore), some of the Carribean countries, Thailand...