Where d'ya wanna live?

Eppie

Where do you want to live when you grow up/settle down? Would you be happy enough to stay in Ireland, or even in your own home town?

I personally can't see myself settling in my home town, but I have friends who are perfectly happy to do so, in fact they thrive on being somewhere where they know everyone and everything that's going on.

SuprSi

I'm hopefully heading off to Sweden next year, preferably Stockholm, with no real intentions of coming back. The only thing that would keep me in this country are the golf courses!

Si.

IgnatiusJRiley

Anywhere in the west (that's Ireland, not the world!) would be nice. Wouldn't go back to the town that I was born. Too many people who I don't know know me

hedgetrimmer

I am Dublin, born and bred, and hate the place. Thinking of outside Kilkenny, and then maybe Dingle

Ill be off to Canada hopefully if all goes well. Cant stand Ireland. Too expensive for meh ;D.

sionnach

canada r new zealand, definitely not the west of ireland neway

T.G Catter

Dundalk... yeah definitely Dundalk.

jesus_thats_gre

I would like to stay in Dundalk but any hope of a decent career lies in Dublin

woosaysdan

on the moon:D no seriously i wouldnt mind living in Austria

Eppie

i suppose i should have said above:
what reasons do yis have for settling wherever it is you want to end up? is it all career-driven?

SuprSi

Can't stand being ripped off in this country, especially for property. I know Sweden is also expensive, but health wise they look after you from birth to grave.

They also get perfect summers, perfect snow-filled winters which means you can outdoor activities for both types of climates. And I fancy a challenge. I'm very comfortable here, and that worries me, so I'd like something new and Sweden is less than 3 hours away from home in case of emergencies.

Si.

Jim

dublin, hate it.

hope to move to either isle of man, or alaska, canada. that neck of the woods.

idealy of course id live in a small, dark room and take 3 grams of mesgilien twice a day.

ToxicPaddy

My idea location would be the South of France, but not the Cote d'Azur reigon, too expensive and too may posers there..

Somewhere futher down the coast, like the Languedoc Roussillion reigon, in a small town (max 5000 inhabitants) where you get good summers and nice mild winters..

Problem being, I have no french and I wouldnt know where to start with work, no much call for IT people down there Im sure, its all small farms and vineyards..

Money is always a concern when planning to settled down.. so somewhere in Ireland it will have to be it I suppose, its rip off, but I know the place, used to the weather and somewhere like the US, Canada, Oz or New Zealand, while very appealing are just a little too far away as Im close to my family and would like to be able to see them as often as possible...

Tox

jesus_thats_gre

If I was gonna live abroad, twould love to go to Finland.

byte

I don't wanna stay where I am now. I've been here too long already. If I were to stay in Ireland, I'd probably choose Galway, as it's a class city IMO.

Outside teh country, maybe Oz, Germany or USA (green card could be a problem there tho). Germany would possibly be the handiest, if I had to "go home" on occasions!

LegacyUser

Ideally I'd renevate the Hell Fire Club and move in there

smiaras

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Mac daddy

the towers in ballymun, or next to the pigeon club in ballyfermot.:D

lacuna

Canada...never been there but its one of those places that you just want to live in without even knowing much about it at all. [well it is for me anyway]


failing that...

London or Scotland

Dr Bolouswki

Rural Italy... already got the house picked out... gotta wait and see if I can get da money...

Oh yeah, for all you folks thinking you can never get a gaff? Rural France, Italy and spain can see you pick up a decent gaff for region of 50K... start saving!

tman

g-g-g-galway

or maybe australia/new zealand.
for some reason i've had a hankering to visit mexico recently

Big Chief

carribean somewhere

i plan on travelling around though and then i think i should have a better idea on just where i plan to stay

i can say one thing for sure though -

it wont be uk and it wont be ireland

Tivoli

meath for me, grew up there, couldn't wait to move up to dublin for collage, 3 yrs renting and now its like "GET ME OUTA HERE"

Canada...never been there but its one of those places

did you see bowling for colombine lately

oneweb

I'd have to travel more to know for sure, definately not Ireland.

Imposter

Originally posted by woosaysdan
on the moon:D no seriously i wouldnt mind living in Austria

I can highly recommend it. Snow all winter and nice and warm all summer, nice beer, lovely Fräuleins, so much safer than Ireland, public transport and cheap insurance.

oh ... and an impossible language/dialect!

Pepe LeFrits

Originally posted by lacuna
Canada...never been there but its one of those places that you just want to live in without even knowing much about it at all. [well it is for me anyway]

rrrright :rolleyes:

I have a couple of places i want to try living in for a while before deciding where to spend the next couple of years. London is next on my list. Did Toronto for 3 months last summer, It's pretty cool but it's not the ideal place to live some of you seem to think it is. Far away hills are greener and at the mo i'm finding Dublin's hills plenty green.

misswex

For some bizarre unknown reason - Iceland!!

I've travelled a lot in the last few years.

If I had to exclude Ireland, then Australia,the South of France or Northern New york state U.S.A would be my choices.

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SuprSi

Imposter - I'm assuming you meant Sweden, not Australia? If so, are you living there? Is it expensive?

Si.

irishgeo

near a broadband exchange.

Imposter

Originally posted by SuprSi
Imposter - I'm assuming you meant Sweden, not Australia? If so, are you living there? Is it expensive?

Si.

Look again I meant Austria! And that's where i'm living at the mo.

Reminds me of the T-Shirts they flog to americans: No Kangaroos in Austria!

Kavs

I live in Galway which is class but ya just get so pissed off with the rip off culture everywhere in Ireland so my choice would have to be Vienna Austria fu*kin deadly town ,and the women are'nt half bad either!!:D

SuprSi

Heh misread, and thought you'd said Australia!!

AL][EN

My dream location i suppose would be Figi with all my family and friends there its a lovely place so i herd and its supposed to be paradise

in reality i'll accept dublin as where id want to settle down as mad as that sounds granted we live in a rip off culture our government is run by a rabid pack of @rs3 monkeys who seem only to care about themselves but thats here nor there id move to dublin cos some of my family and all my friends live there i had a life there once lived there for nearly 5 years before moving im orignally from waterford and i dont think i'll ever move back there either its a nice place n all but my heart is set on dublin

Eppie

Did Toronto for 3 months last summer, It's pretty cool but it's not the ideal place to live some of you seem to think it is

how come?

tman

Originally posted by irishgeo
near a broadband exchange.

gah, thats all i want at the mo really, bollocks to sattelite bb:mad:

Dianne

I'm living in Germany at the moment

DON'T GO THERE

The system is going downhill FAST, unemployment, crime, the social system and health system are rapidly breaking down.

All going well I'll be back in my beloved Co. Sligo next year...

...and staying there

Dianne

ur mentor

does the place matter that much. surely where you call home is where those closest to you hang out, where you can see a future, where you are happy?
recent study shows that of Irish born living abroad over 75% would like to return 'home' Recent census shows large- like 19% jump in age group of 65-69 year olds. these are most people coming back to Ireland. Point is don't burn bridges