If you can move to any country...

WooPeeA

I was just wondering about what is the best place to live on Earth..

I read that government of Dubai gives every mature man an apartment for free! Just like that, for better start! And also the medicines are for free there.. And you don't have to pay any bills, government do that for you in Dubai!!! :eek: Sounds like paradise isn't it??

In Bahrain for example there's no taxes at all!! All money comes from oil.. That's what my friends from there told me! And government is giving you a check every month just like that! They are that rich to share government's money with the citizens every month!!


So I wonder you to answer,

If you can move to any country now where would you go? And why there?

Creamy Goodness

japan without a doubt, their culture is just so freaking fascinating.

Davidius

Ireland.

Everywhere else is crap. :pac:

Karl Hungus

Japan.

Thrill

I prefer it right here, but if forced out, it'd be Rome. T'was grand there.

Zaph

WooPeeA wrote: »

I read that government of Dubai gives every mature man an apartment for free!

That's me and the rest of the lads in BGRH ruled out.

Would have said South Africa, love it there, but it's getting a bit dodgier there lately, so it would probably be Spain, specifically Barcelona.

The Al Lad

Finglas - Has the crimerate of a small country

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Canada

it's like ireland, but not ****.

--edit

go **** yourself karoma

RATM

Bhutan - the only country in the world where smoking is illegal, might make me kick the habit:D

KnifeWRENCH

Iceland. Seems like a fascinating place.

Affable

I pretty much think the UK and Ireland are the best countries to be in.
England is fine for me.

The Artist

north pole so i can look down at the south pole!:rolleyes:

Nightwish

The Netherlands or Finland. Both are fantastic countries with great people. I'd have to learn the language first though.

KBarry

Australia, no question. They have a great lifestyle there.

A couple of years ago I would have said South Africa . Again, great lifestyle (if you're white) but getting too dangerous.
Would also have said Israel. Fascinating country and I have a great empathy with the Israelis, but the economy is struggling these days.

I see Japan has got a couple of mentions. My mrs is from there. Grand place to visit, but just too damn different for me to contemplate living there.

The Al Lad

Affable wrote: »

I pretty much think the UK and Ireland are the best countries to be in.
England is fine for me.

why don't you talk bout it on yer show

ps. 98fm RUUULES

Neamhshuntasach

Cuba.

The value of your work is much truer to the way God put us here on earth.

Sherifu

Barbados, to hide from the tv licence inspector.

The Artist

Sherifu wrote: »

Barbados, to hide from the tv licence inspector.

oh sherifu just pay the fine!barbados is to hot for you!

Rabies

New Zealand.

Oh wait. I have moved

Ahhhhh.....
<o>

Predhead

I could and might move to Canada.

If I could I'd consider moving to 'A whales vagina' :D:D

kelle

Australia or Canada.

Xavi6

I love Perth and it would be my number one, but seeing as I'm already living here I'll go for Chicago. Fantastic city.

Lirange

Norway in the Summer. Tahiti in the Winter.

I'd happily move to a new one every two years for the rest of my life.

Dudess

England or Scotland. I don't have a pathological obsession with the sun, wouldn't fancy a language barrier, love the sense of humour and SO many aspects of British culture, and it's the furthest I'd want to be from home.

Dudess

Neamhshuntasach wrote: »

Cuba.

The value of your work is much truer to the way God put us here on earth.

Off ya go then... Only thing is, you may experience days without food, but I suppose life can't be perfect!

Oh and you'd have to think twice about putting "God" in a sentence.

'Ol Jack Chance

France, i like the pace of life there. Plan on moving for a while, soon as college is finito.

Also french women *drool*

rossie1977

well according to the sources we be:

the freest country in the world when you leave out cities like HK and singapore http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfm

we had the highest quality of life in 2005 (the last time this report was published) http://www.economist.com/media/pdf/QUALITY_OF_LIFE.pdf

and 5th highest in Human development index which measures life expectancy, literacy, educational attainment, and GDP per capita http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/

i certainly would not move to a country where my freedom would be alot less than Ireland so that rules out UAE and cuba for sure, those places might be nice for a holiday but living long term, from what i hear its against the law to shout across the street at someone in dubai

Canada would too cold in winter, even cities in the south like toronto are stupidly cold compared to here in December and January, i was in Chicago in January of 2007 and nearly froze to death when it hit -18C with a wind chill factor making it feel -23C and this in the middle of the day; ditto Finland where i visited in February

c - 13

Mr.S wrote: »

What she said!

OP, why in gods name would you want to move to Dubai? (apart from the Indoor skiing, and camel racing ofcourse)

Its unbearbly hot - not the good hot, the bad hot.

Alcohol is only served in hotels.

If you get caught with a 0.0000000000001g of drugs your basically thrown away.

You'd be surprised. I live in Bahrain (little Dubai) and its got a lovely relaxed atmosphere out here.

It has its problems, mainly lunatic drivers but you adjust fast.

Plus alcohol isn't just sold in 5* Hotels (legally it should) but theres 3 off licenses (Legal) and a host of seedy back street bars that open 24/7 if you know where to look (Illegal).

Unsure if i'd move here for good though. Its starting to warm up now, I had to stand outside the car for a few minutes this morning with the AC on to let the wheel cool enough to touch.

Possibly Italy would be my choice. I love the place, the people and the food.

Tar.Aldarion

Japan or Canada.

feylya

I'd love to move to Canada. Decent people, proper seasons, cheap everything.

Dudess

rossie1977 wrote: »

Canada would too cold in winter, even cities in the south like toronto are stupidly cold compared to here in December and January, i was in Chicago in January of 2007 and nearly froze to death when it hit -18C with a wind chill factor making it feel -23C and this in the middle of the day; ditto Finland where i visited in February

Oh horrible. Extreme weather conditions - not good. When it comes to most things I tend not to go for middle-of-the-road, except for temperature - a nice moderate temperature ftw. Another reason why I'd only move to England or Scotland.

Tar.Aldarion

Oh I forgot Finland, mmm!
Metal on the radio? Thanks!

Royale with Cheese

Deutschland bitte.

newmills

IRELAND - You want a decent school, you can pay for it. You want to use a decent road, you can pay the toll. You want a new car, we need 30 percent on top of the price for vehicle registration tax (then we'll add the vat to the entire amount). You need to see a doctor - that'll be 60 euros. You need to go to hospital - some of your hard earned cash please. Your mother is ill so you want to buy a house close to hers - we need 100,000 euros to stamp a piece of paper for you. You need the services of a dentist - cash please. You're self employed but not working - no welfare for you my friend. Your house was burgled - sorry the garda are doing speed checks on the stillorgan dual carriageway (major accident blackspot). The elderly people in rural ireland are being terrorised in their own homes - sorry we need to close the local garda station as we cannot afford to keep it open - sorry how much was the rise you put in for bertie!! Yeah all in all it's pretty much the best place on earth to live!!

WooPeeA

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Deutschland bitte.

Germany is very cheap! I paid €1,50 for beer in pub, 5-10 miles from center of Berlin..

kraggy

newmills wrote: »

IRELAND - You want a decent school, you can pay for it. You want to use a decent road, you can pay the toll. You want a new car, we need 30 percent on top of the price for vehicle registration tax (then we'll add the vat to the entire amount). You need to see a doctor - that'll be 60 euros. You need to go to hospital - some of your hard earned cash please. Your mother is ill so you want to buy a house close to hers - we need 100,000 euros to stamp a piece of paper for you. You need the services of a dentist - cash please. You're self employed but not working - no welfare for you my friend. Your house was burgled - sorry the garda are doing speed checks on the stillorgan dual carriageway (major accident blackspot). The elderly people in rural ireland are being terrorised in their own homes - sorry we need to close the local garda station as we cannot afford to keep it open - sorry how much was the rise you put in for bertie!! Yeah all in all it's pretty much the best place on earth to live!!

But would you be willing to pay higher taxes?

People often point to countries such as Sweden and note how good their health system and infrastructure are while complaining about how ineffective ours are.

But people fail to realise that the money has to come from somewhere. Scandanavian countries have higher income tax rates than us.

This is why they can provide good services, longer maternity leave etc.

But people here moan and complain about poor services and moan and complain about tax rates that are not that high in the first place.

You can't have everything at a cheap price. Someone has to pay for it.

StormWarrior

I am moving to Scandinavia at my first opportunity. btw to everyone who wants to live in the UK.... why? I live in the UK and it is a godforsaken s***hole.

AARRRGH

Auroville... or France.

Dudess

I'd say most of the UK is grim - motorways upon motorways upon motorways; Little Chefs/Travelodges; B&Q, Halfords kinda places which are seeping into Ireland now. Real Daily Mail/Telegraph, Thatcher legacy kinda stuff - nasty. But if I had to leave the country it would still be my first choice.

Roen

I'd just move everyone else out and stay here.

Affable

Dudess wrote: »

Oh horrible. Extreme weather conditions - not good. When it comes to most things I tend not to go for middle-of-the-road, except for temperature - a nice moderate temperature ftw. Another reason why I'd only move to England or Scotland.

Have lived in both countries. Edinburgh is nice. Quite a few Irish people there too.

Omnipresence

kraggy wrote: »

But would you be willing to pay higher taxes?

People often point to countries such as Sweden and note how good their health system and infrastructure are while complaining about how ineffective ours are.

But people fail to realise that the money has to come from somewhere. Scandanavian countries have higher income tax rates than us.

This is why they can provide good services, longer maternity leave etc.

But people here moan and complain about poor services and moan and complain about tax rates that are not that high in the first place.

You can't have everything at a cheap price. Someone has to pay for it.

ehh... thats the feckin' point - we pay a lot and get nothing but a big pile of non-working overpriced expensive crap here...

I would GLADLY pay more taxes here or in any other country to have a system that works.... and not just basics like healthcare but infrastructure/transport/energy etc...

They pay more in scandanavia .. but look at what they get for gods sake ..

absolutely no comparison...

Omnipresence

oh and Germany -> Berlin for me...

kraggy

aloleary wrote: »

ehh... thats the feckin' point - we pay a lot and get nothing but a big pile of non-working overpriced expensive crap here...

I would GLADLY pay more taxes here or in any other country to have a system that works.... and not just basics like healthcare but infrastructure/transport/energy etc...

They pay more in scandanavia .. but look at what they get for gods sake ..

absolutely no comparison...

There's no comparison because they pay much higher taxes.

rossie1977

sweden, finland and denmarks health services rank below ireland according to the WHO http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html

sweden and norways public debt as a % of GDP is twice ours and finlands is more than 50% higher, ours is 21% btw

JæKæ

rossie1977 wrote: »

Canada would too cold in winter, even cities in the south like toronto are stupidly cold compared to here in December and January,

Toronto is well inland, that's why it's so baltic. Vancouver has a very similar climate to Irlanda, with a nicer summer.

JæKæ

StormWarrior wrote: »

I am moving to Scandinavia at my first opportunity. btw to everyone who wants to live in the UK.... why? I live in the UK and it is a godforsaken s***hole.

Yep-too many scummers, scangers and chavs. Bit like most towns in Ireland at this stage.
My favourite thing about Canada is there's none of them here.

nice

DublinWriter

WooPeeA wrote: »

I read that government of Dubai gives every mature man an apartment for free! Just like that, for better start! And also the medicines are for free there.. And you don't have to pay any bills, government do that for you in Dubai!!! :eek: Sounds like paradise isn't it??

Sure does, except for the fact that as a visitor to the country you can get the mandatory three years jail sentence if you bring a packet of OTC Solpadeine through customs with you. The amount of stories about guys getting 5 year jail sentences for having the butt of a joint stuck to the sole of their shoe on entry is amazing.

Dubai is a basket-case building-site economy just waiting to implode.

WooPeeA wrote: »

In Bahrain for example there's no taxes at all!! All money comes from oil.. That's what my friends from there told me! And government is giving you a check every month just like that!

..and of course the oil will last forever, won't it? *checks watch*

So 'refreshing' to see someone so willing to give up their rights as a citizen of a modern European Republic in exchange for being a subject of one an absolutist UAE monarchy.

Loopy

Australia for the sheer beauty of it..

dfx-

South Africa still. Cape Town or as far away from Johannesburg and Durban as possible.

Bavaria, Finland and Iceland spring to mind otherwise.