What country would you live in for a few years?

murpho999 · 23-07-2016 06:36PM

BabyE wrote: »

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.

Strange that you would not move to a country because they can speak your language.

Anyhow, as someone who lived there for 7 years I can say that you are incorrect, if you get proper Dutch lessons and show some persistence then the locals will speak Dutch to you, it all depends on the confidence you show.

Upon learning the language I then discovered the people and counrtry are incredibly dull and managed to get out. Don't miss the place at all.

steddyeddy · 23-07-2016 07:15PM

I'm biased but I always miss the craic I have in Ireland.

BabyE · 23-07-2016 07:18PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

I'm biased but I always miss the craic I have in Ireland.

I'm not even someone who has particular fondness for Irish ways and humour but even I can see someone missing it, its just who you are and you do start to miss things you never thought you would.

Gatling · 23-07-2016 07:19PM

It would have to be Denmark for me ,
Happy people ,good quality of life and sailing

steddyeddy · 23-07-2016 07:40PM

BabyE wrote: »

I'm not even someone who has particular fondness for Irish ways and humour but even I can see someone missing it, its just who you are and you do start to miss things you never thought you would.

Truth be told BabyE I never got homesick before.

steddyeddy · 23-07-2016 07:45PM

Gatling wrote: »

It would have to be Denmark for me ,
Happy people ,good quality of life and sailing

I could certainly go for Demark. Is it worth learning the langauge?

steddyeddy · 23-07-2016 07:48PM

Morris Moss wrote: »

Argentina and Kenya

Kenya and Tanzania are great choices but it's very difficult to live there year round.

deseil · 23-07-2016 07:55PM

I've become obsessed with Greenland in recent times and intend visiting in the near future. Life seems so simple there I'd love to go for a few years. I lingo for a visit first though

pickarooney · 23-07-2016 08:30PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

I could certainly go for Demark. Is it worth learning the langauge?

Nothing is worth learning Danish for. Not even Stephanie Corneliussen. Just try learning their numbers for starters.

pauliebdub · 23-07-2016 08:39PM

I'd live in Catalonia, either in Barcelona or one of the nicer towns by the sea but probably not all year round. I'd miss Dublin after a while.

It's also worth noting that living in a place is very different than going on holidays there and sometimes grass looks greener somewhere else . Some of the countries and cities mentioned have drawbacks like higher taxes, less craic and social opportunities , dull landscapes/cityscapes, hot humid summers, cold harsh snowy winters.

BabyE · 23-07-2016 08:59PM

pauliebdub wrote: »

I'd live in Catalonia, either in Barcelona or one of the nicer towns by the sea but probably not all year round. I'd miss Dublin after a while.

It's also worth noting that living in a place is very different than going on holidays there and sometimes grass looks greener somewhere else . Some of the countries and cities mentioned have drawbacks like higher taxes, less craic and social opportunities , dull landscapes/cityscapes, hot humid summers, cold harsh snowy winters.

Legit and while that might seem good for 2 years, the reality is you start to get bored of the sun and snowy winters are just a nuisance. Ireland's weather is craptacular though but only compared to coastal med towns/cities and places like California. **** if I want to be living in Madrid with 38 degree heat in the summer. I love the sun and I love the heat but that over a sustained period of time would just get annoying.

retalivity · 23-07-2016 10:22PM

Having already lived on 3 continents, I would love to live in South Korea full time (again) or Japan, they are both amazing. Or Laos or nepal, if i was gonna pack it all in and rough it for a few years again.
Or in a few years if im in a position to telework from anywhere in europe I would move to & live in somewhere on the meditarannean between barcelona & genoa'

If i never set foot in the US again I wouldn't be upset, a vacuous hole. And having endured Canada for 3 years, I wouldnt wish that on anyone else either

KingBrian2 · 23-07-2016 10:26PM

I'd feel right at ease in the Netherlands as a place to stay.

23-07-2016 10:38PM

I'd love to walk the main walking routes in South America and Europe for those 3 years. I'd also like to spend time in various monasteries across the world immersed in solitude and the ineffable timelessness and peace of Gregorian Chant.

PirateShampoo · 23-07-2016 10:40PM

Australia, good money to be made and if you like the outdoors it has a lot to offer.

Dpg21 · 23-07-2016 10:47PM

Aitutaki, Cook Islands. Treated myself to a holiday here after 4 months of working 75+ hours a week, it has the most amazing lagoon and perfect weather. In the middle of nowhere with no internet or phone signal, would love to spend a few years here and be completely oblivious of what's happening anywhere else in the world

Kobe248 · 23-07-2016 10:54PM

Hologram wrote: »

True. Although would all of it be no craic? What about Montreal? Heard that was less uptight.

Toronto is a great city

Right now if I was to pick a place to Live it would be there

This zero craic thing is stupid

Just because they dont do the whole going out getting ****ed on the weekend gets them branded as zero craic

retalivity · 23-07-2016 10:58PM

Kobe248 wrote: »

Just because they dont do the whole going out getting ****ed on the weekend gets them branded as zero craic

They are not zero craic, they are minus craic.

Lived in Toronto for 6ish months, for the size of the place, there is nothing to do - unless you want to leave toronto and go to 'a cottage'
Apart from be sickly nice to each other, the national pastime after hockey

Kobe248 · 23-07-2016 11:08PM

retalivity wrote: »

They are not zero craic, they are minus craic.

Lived in Toronto for 6ish months, for the size of the place, there is nothing to do - unless you want to leave toronto and go to 'a cottage'
Apart from be sickly nice to each other, the national pastime after hockey

Lets see you could go watch any of the sports events thats on all the time over there

Easy access to the states if thats your thing

Super easy going and dont judge you

I rathered going to the cottage any day over falling out a pub after having the craic in the same place for the last 3 years

Lavinia · 23-07-2016 11:09PM

Denmark.
Not sure why but I'd love it, love their language also, wish I learn it sometime soon and go there just to talk to people...

Hollister11 · 23-07-2016 11:09PM

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Australia, good money to be made and if you like the outdoors it has a lot to offer.

What's the money like in Software Development, compared to here.

Richard Hillman · 23-07-2016 11:15PM

I would love to spend a month or so in a log cabin in somewhere like Siberia or Patagonia. Or even the American west or Canada. Somewhere that is properly in the ****hole of nowhere.

retalivity · 23-07-2016 11:20PM

Kobe248 wrote: »

Lets see you could go watch any of the sports events thats on all the time over there

You'd need a small loan to get Maple leaf tickets, blue jays & baseball as a whole is horrifically dull, and ive no interest in armoured wankball.

Easy access to the states if thats your thing

Jesus no, they're worse

Super easy going and dont judge you

They are very nice people i'll give you that, but it is to the point that its grating. Any issue they encounter usually involves resolution by taking a class to better themselves rather than complain about it. Reminded me of demolition man - what appears to be your boggle??

I rathered going to the cottage any day over falling out a pub after having the craic in the same place for the last 3 years

Having spent 2 summers in a cottage in the middle of nowhere with a group of canadians talking about their f150s, hockey, and other multitudes of mind numbing sh1te, i'd was nearly missing kebab shops in carrick on shannon at 4 in the morning.

Shenshen · 23-07-2016 11:27PM

retalivity wrote: »

They are not zero craic, they are minus craic.

Lived in Toronto for 6ish months, for the size of the place, there is nothing to do - unless you want to leave toronto and go to 'a cottage'
Apart from be sickly nice to each other, the national pastime after hockey

I can't speak for Toronto, but there's plenty going on in Montreal - I lived there for six month only at the time, but I didn't manage to see all the museums. There were plenty of theatres, good opera, I went to some very interesting open lectures at universities and colleges, book readings several nights a week. Never a dull moment.
Plus plenty of outdoor activities.

Sh1tbag OToole · 24-07-2016 12:25AM

Hologram wrote: »

True. Although would all of it be no craic? What about Montreal? Heard that was less uptight.

Ah probably. In Canada you're never too terrible far from the vast and remote wilderness. You'd have a bit of BC bud as well I suppose.

Canadians are very friendly most of the time, though you do see the American ultra-capitalist mindset creeping in the whole time

Gatling · 24-07-2016 02:17AM

steddyeddy wrote: »

I could certainly go for Demark. Is it worth learning the langauge?

It's difficult but it's doable if you can find a native speaker to teach you ,
Most Danes speak English and German quite well,
we've been 3 times and stay with friends over there which makes it easier to a degree ,
Only down point is its expensive especially eating out

HiJacques · 24-07-2016 08:41AM

A man with means should live in Dubai.

You'd have to be a complete arsehole to integrate but once you lose all connections with reality you're in a country where everything you're doing is illegal but encouraged at the same time.

desertcircus · 24-07-2016 09:00AM

HiJacques wrote: »

A man with means should live in Dubai.

You'd have to be a complete arsehole to integrate but once you lose all connections with reality you're in a country where everything you're doing is illegal but encouraged at the same time.

Dubai seems like the most utterly boring place on earth. Take out "spend obscene amounts of money shopping, eating and drinking", and what's left? You can do that in any one of a hundred different cities around the world, all of which are more interesting than Dubai. And that's before you even think about the fact that the place is built on criminally exploited immigrant labour.

On a positive note: I like running and cycling. I like eating sweet things and drinking beer. I don't do especially well in blazing heat. I'd be off to Ghent to spend my time eating waffles and cycling to pubs and breweries to drink rocket-fuel beer that's been brewed for a thousand years.

MrJones2013 · 24-07-2016 09:04AM

Just breezed over this whole thread and can't believe no one has mentioned Kazakhstan, Tajikistan or Kyrgyzstan!

Seriously though, Zurich, Berlin or Oslo would be up there on my list.

steddyeddy · 24-07-2016 12:04PM

Denmark or Norway is looking very tempting after reading this thread.

America isn't a homogeneous landmass if I can give my two cents there. For instance my American base in in Colorado's Rocky mountains, more specifically the town of Boulder Colorado. It's a really progressive beautiful town that I would love to raise my kids in one day. Nice people, amazing views and a really healthy atmosphere. The bonus is that it's high in the Rockies and the high altitude means more red blood cells, which means higher metabolism. I eat more when I go there yet lose weight when I come back. Some people might take time to adjust to the lack of air there though.

What country would you live in for a few years?

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