What country would you live in for a few years?

steddyeddy · 22-07-2016 10:17AM #1

I'd love to live in Norway for a few years. Some great industries there and it seems like a good quality of life.

I'd love to have a holiday home in Sumatra. A really amazing country with stunning vistas and wildlife.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 22-07-2016 10:18AM

Canada is on the cards for myself and luckiest man, not forever though.

BabyE · 22-07-2016 10:20AM

Depends on my wealth, if I had money, southern California(no where more northern than Santa Barbara)

steddyeddy · 22-07-2016 10:20AM

For the purposes of this chat everyone has wealth!

BabyE · 22-07-2016 10:22AM

Madrid would appeal to me as well but don't think I could deal with being so landlocked, Nice would be another good spot to spend a few years in your 20's(I actually might go for 6 months or so in January)

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 22-07-2016 10:22AM

And visa isn't an issue? I'm stealing the poster above a suggestion then. California. It's my favourite place in the whole world.

PaddyWilliams · 22-07-2016 10:23AM

I think I would live almost anywhere in the US

BabyE · 22-07-2016 10:24AM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

And visa isn't an issue? I'm stealing the poster above a suggestion then. California. It's my favourite place in the whole world.

We have what they have much closer to us in Spain for instance but its just the English speaking hot weather and the movies that make it seem so appealing. TBH when you think about it Cali should be a lot better. They have miles of beaches but the closest they come to the European style beach resort with cafes and restauraunts dotting the coast is somewhere like Santa Cruz.

jacksie66 · 22-07-2016 10:25AM

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SarahS2013 · 22-07-2016 10:27AM

Dubai....any day!

maudgonner · 22-07-2016 10:31AM

New Zealand.

Oi've evun stertud prictisung the iccunt.

Good, eh?

H3llR4iser · 22-07-2016 10:31AM

Plenty. Being non-Irish, Ireland is also a candidate - but I've been here nearly a decade

The US, definitely, but maybe avoiding some "inland" areas, I don't get along with the types who love guns; And they have guns, so...

Japan, if I could magically learn the language overnight; Same concept for Hong Kong.

If you have an absolute ridiculous amount of money, Italy. It's the western country where everything and everyone is for sale, for the right price.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 22-07-2016 10:33AM

BabyE wrote: »

We have what they have much closer to us in Spain for instance but its just the English speaking hot weather and the movies that make it seem so appealing. TBH when you think about it Cali should be a lot better. They have miles of beaches but the closest they come to the European style beach resort with cafes and restauraunts dotting the coast is somewhere like Santa Cruz.

I like it because beauty treatments aren't luxury, they're standard. Nobody tries to make you feel like being vain is a bad thing. You can go have your manicures and pedicures once a week for about 30 dollars. It's just a different lifestyle.

BabyE · 22-07-2016 10:34AM

H3llR4iser wrote: »

Plenty. Being non-Irish, Ireland is also a candidate - but I've been here nearly a decade

The US, definitely, but maybe avoiding some "inland" areas, I don't get along with the types who love guns; And they have guns, so...

Japan, if I could magically learn the language overnight; Same concept for Hong Kong.

If you have an absolute ridiculous amount of money, Italy. It's the western country where everything and everyone is for sale, for the right price.

Only European countries I would live in are Spain and France.

Britain seems to similar and too ****, even though I like the south of the country but only in the summer.
Netherlands, no point, move there and nobody would even bother speaking to you in Dutch even if you tried, they are too good at English and not exotic enough to move to.

I'll probably end up in Brussels out of neccesity now that I think about it.

biko · 22-07-2016 10:35AM

Côte d'Azur

The Backwards Man · 22-07-2016 10:35AM

I'm hoping to live out the final years of my life in a free and independent Boreal Republic of Donegal.

BabyE · 22-07-2016 10:35AM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I like it because beauty treatments aren't luxury, they're standard. Nobody tries to make you feel like being vain is a bad thing. You can go have your manicures and pedicures once a week for about 30 dollars. It's just a different lifestyle.

Same with France. Ireland's attitude to this kinda thing is pecuilar.

Your Face · 22-07-2016 10:38AM

Europe.
It will be a country by then.

theteal · 22-07-2016 10:38AM

Ireland most likely. Baby number one is on the way and it would be good to have the grandparents around.

Also, I miss the wesht coast

22-07-2016 10:41AM

I would love to live in Japan for a few years

MillField · 22-07-2016 10:43AM

Leitrim.

daithi7 · 22-07-2016 10:48AM

France
Switzerland
Italy
Canada
Australia
Oh yes, and a little gem of a country off western Europe called Ireland

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Considering everything I think I'll stay put for now

Ush1 · 22-07-2016 10:52AM

New York would be a dream.

failinis · 22-07-2016 10:54AM

I was considering mainland UK but this Brexit is making me now consider Germany, Switzerland or Netherlands for short term.
But I likely will be back in Ireland to save for a year or two first regardless.
But in a romantic "anything goes" I would like to be in N.France or Spain.

Morris Moss · 22-07-2016 10:55AM

Argentina and Kenya

Conall Cernach · 22-07-2016 10:55AM

Switzerland without a doubt, preferably in an Alpine region.

Wanderer78 · 22-07-2016 10:55AM

Ireland

DontThankMe · 22-07-2016 10:56AM

North Korea for the bantz!

BabyE · 22-07-2016 10:58AM

failinis wrote: »

I was considering mainland UK but this Brexit is making me now consider Germany, Switzerland or Netherlands for short term.
But I likely will be back in Ireland to save for a year or two first regardless.
But in a romantic "anything goes" I would like to be in N.France or Spain.

I wouldn't wish the north of france on my worst enemy! Haha

I just associate it and Brittany with these group of islands, just not different or exotic enough to warrant a move. I couldn't get excited moving there. Just a personal thing though.

Shenshen · 22-07-2016 11:03AM

I always wanted to return to Canada for a while, Montreal to be specific.
But I'm not sure I would really like it all that much in summer.

Other than that, I'm quite happy with Ireland right now. Weather suits me, I can get most things I need or want, nothing's really awfully far away, and I'm getting used to the language.

Yellow pack crisps · 22-07-2016 11:06AM

Cayman Islands! Spent time there before and would love to Potter around it for a few years taking life easy!

What country would you live in for a few years?

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