If you can move to any country...

jjbrien · 25-05-2008 12:26PM

For me Norway is the place I want to move to.
I lived there for 4 months when i was working for a Norwegian company in Ireland. The standard of living is second to none. Norway and Iceland are ranked joint 1st in the UN standard of living index. The wages are high. Medicine is free. Everthing works there unlike Ireland or the UK. The air quality is very clean. It has a lot to offer. the people are the friendlest i have ever met so easy to make friends.

JangoFett · 25-05-2008 12:43PM

After spending 4 months here in Oz I gotta say I miss Ireland!!

My ideal place is Ireland, sure the weather is crap most of the time but the country is beautiful and the people are for the most part awesome and great to be around, I can't wait to come home!!

thefinalstage · 25-05-2008 12:53PM

Cremo wrote: »

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

You obviously know feck all about it then.

zuutroy wrote: »

Canada for me....lol @ people wanting to live in Japan...3 hour commutes and 12 hour work day FTW. Also, Holland sucks outside Amsterdam.

Thats maybe 4 hours sleep a night then. No wonder all of the Japaneses porn is based around offices!

Mimikyu · 25-05-2008 01:08PM

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peasant · 25-05-2008 01:09PM

If I were to up sticks and move somewhere else I'd move to ....

...oh, hang on ... I already did

speaktofrank · 25-05-2008 01:21PM

peasant wrote: »

If I were to up sticks and move somewhere else I'd move to ....

...oh, hang on ... I already did

Moi aussi

I am living in the south of France at the moment, 4th year here, still undecided as to whether I move back or stay here for ever.

JangoFett · 25-05-2008 01:32PM

Only took 4 months in Perth to make me realise how much I love Ireland!

ash xxx · 25-05-2008 01:34PM

It would have to be Italy, somewhere along the Amalfi coast. Its arguably the most beautiful place in the world.

tolosenc · 25-05-2008 01:39PM

When it comes down to it, I'd love to live in Scandanavia. Stuff that works ftw! And it's only partly because they pay more tax, if you look at our system, and all those major budget surpluses we had (because FF are great and all that

), ours should be something like that. Instead it looks like we pay no tax at all. Thisplace needs to be nuked and started over.

So yeah, Scandanavia or Coastal Canada.

Xavi6 · 25-05-2008 01:41PM

JangoFett wrote: »

Only took 4 months in Perth to make me realise how much I love Ireland!

Lol come one now. Perth pisses all over Ireland. The weather is brilliant. Take today for example, a week before winter and I got sunburnt in 21 degree heat. That's a summer's day in Ireland.

The city is also spotless, you're only a 30 minute drive max from some of the world's best beaches and the women are fantastic. No comparison imo.

JangoFett · 25-05-2008 01:50PM

Good weather and beaches...

The women thing is irrelevant, there's savage women back home too man! I miss Ireland's countryside, even Ireland's beaches are great, look at curracloe...or however ya spell it.

But I can totally see your point. It reeks of temporary-ness to me, almost like it isn't real

JangoFett · 25-05-2008 01:56PM

Good weather and beaches...

The women thing is irrelevant, there's savage women back home too man! I miss Ireland's countryside, even Ireland's beaches are great, look at curracloe...or however ya spell it.

But I can totally see your point. It reeks of temporary-ness to me, almost like it isn't real

Xavi6 · 25-05-2008 02:02PM

JangoFett wrote: »

Good weather and beaches...

The women thing is irrelevant, there's savage women back home too man! I miss Ireland's countryside, even Ireland's beaches are great, look at curracloe...or however ya spell it.

But I can totally see your point. It reeks of temporary-ness to me, almost like it isn't real

Tbh I'd put that down to homesickness more so than Ireland actually being better.

If you were from a country other than Australia or Ireland and visited both I think Oz would win hands down.

Creamy Goodness · 25-05-2008 03:11PM

thelastangryman wrote: »

You obviously know feck all about it then.

Thats maybe 4 hours sleep a night then. No wonder all of the Japaneses porn is based around offices!

who said i was going to work there?

KatCookie · 25-05-2008 03:13PM

WooPeeA wrote: »

What an awesome idea!! Are you not looking for some company during that trip ?:cool:

Company? sure!!
...got a couple of grand lying around in a bank?

Affable · 25-05-2008 03:33PM

Xavi6 wrote: »

Lol come one now. Perth pisses all over Ireland. The weather is brilliant. Take today for example, a week before winter and I got sunburnt in 21 degree heat. That's a summer's day in Ireland.

The city is also spotless, you're only a 30 minute drive max from some of the world's best beaches and the women are fantastic. No comparison imo.

There is the chance of getting skin cancer though.

Xavi6 · 25-05-2008 03:36PM

Affable wrote: »

There is the chance of getting skin cancer though.

Meh. Slip, slap and slop ftw

spurious · 25-05-2008 03:38PM

New Zealand. Either island, though if I had to choose somewhere specific it would be up Hawke's bay direction - Napier maybe.

Weather that suits me, not too many people, yummy wines and food. I've been to quite a few countries and New Zealand beats them all by a mile.

Dudess · 25-05-2008 03:38PM

Hot weather is probably the main factor that would turn me off moving somewhere long term. I'm not talking about temperatures of mid 20s max, although that would take its toll on me after a while I'd say. But somewhere where the temperature is in the 30s most of the time is one of my ideas of hell.

Affable · 25-05-2008 03:47PM

Dudess wrote: »

Hot weather is probably the main factor that would turn me off moving somewhere long term. I'm not talking about temperatures of mid 20s max, although that would take its toll on me after a while I'd say. But somewhere where the temperature is in the 30s most of the time is one of my ideas of hell.

Quite. I find London temps warm enough.

WooPeeA · 25-05-2008 04:09PM

KatCookie wrote: »

Company? sure!!
...got a couple of grand lying around in a bank?

How about Bonnie and Clyde style of traveling? :rolleyes:

:P

Sherifu · 25-05-2008 04:19PM

Dudess wrote: »

Hot weather is probably the main factor that would turn me off moving somewhere long term. I'm not talking about temperatures of mid 20s max, although that would take its toll on me after a while I'd say. But somewhere where the temperature is in the 30s most of the time is one of my ideas of hell.

Come see 40 degrees!

Dudess · 25-05-2008 04:23PM

I'm afraid I'd probably start killing people if it was 40 degrees. Apparently it's 50 degrees in Chad where the Irish peacekeepers are. Celts aren't supposed to be exposed to that kind of heat

Wouldn't be surprised if some of them became ill...

Xavi6 · 25-05-2008 04:25PM

Ah sure a bit of sun will do you no harm. Get rid of them milk bottle legs!

Anyway, I'd rather have a solid 35 degress than 25 and humidity any day.

Dudess · 25-05-2008 04:40PM

50 degree heat is not "a bit of sun". And yeah I absolutely love when the sun's shining, but not when intense heat comes with it.

rossie1977 · 25-05-2008 08:01PM

Xavi6 wrote: »

Ah sure a bit of sun will do you no harm. Get rid of them milk bottle legs!

Anyway, I'd rather have a solid 35 degress than 25 and humidity any day.

brilliant piece by vegas rex on dry heat vs humidity

i love the bit

There is no humidity in Death Valley either, and the settlers who died there didn’t say “Oh, stop your complaining, this is dryyyyyy heat!”

You know what they really said?

“I’m dying!”

Then they died.

http://www.vegasrex.com/2008/05/16/here-it-comes-2/

newmills · 25-05-2008 08:28PM

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.

Eh even though our taxation rates are quite low we pay for more than anywhere else by indirect or stealth taxes. Every new motorway joining the major cities will be tolled. The government are looking at putting a toll at Portlaoise to make sure people travelling to Cork or Limerick will both have to pay even though this road is existing and not being paid for under current levels. I would happily pay extra income tax for free healthcare, dentistry and safer streets if I thought that it would come true. What is VRT? Why do we pay up to 5 times more for our road tax than our neighbours in Northern Ireland? Who came up with the refuse charge? Why do france and italy have great roads with similar toll prices to ours but our motorways only exist for perhaps 60kms and we are still asked to pay to use them? We are being hit with stealth taxes all the time but sure it's grand as we pay marginally lower income tax than other countries.

Dudess · 25-05-2008 08:32PM

There is no humidity in Death Valley either, and the settlers who died there didn’t say “Oh, stop your complaining, this is dryyyyyy heat!”

You know what they really said?

“I’m dying!”

Then they died.

LOL
Yeah, I went to Turkey one year with a bunch of friends and the temperature was hitting 40. Worst. Holiday. Ever. And my mates were saying the exact same thing as above about the "type" of heat there (dry). You know the Simpsons episode where there's a heatwave and they get a swimming pool? There's a scene where a hippy is busking a song with the lyrics "Sunshine on my shoulder makes me happy" and some guy punches him. That pretty much sums up how I felt for that entire holiday. And also how I felt for the entire heatwave of summer '06.

Mmmm... blazing dry heat like fire on my skin. Actually I'd prefer humidity... Nah I wouldn't really. Whether dry or humid, intense heat sucks.

KnifeWRENCH · 25-05-2008 09:03PM

Ugh I hate too much sun. Another reason why I wanna go to Iceland!

bills · 25-05-2008 09:06PM

Italy-great food, great wine, great weather, great architecture, great landscape & great looking people!!

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