Where would you emigrate to?

Colibri · 14-08-2012 10:33PM #1

Places that are unlike Ireland, with a different economy and government. Are Australia, Canada and the UK doing well? People are leaving, I would love to know where they're going, and if they're getting jobs!

Are there any places other than the ones mentioned above too that us Irish seem to succeed in lately?

Sauve · 14-08-2012 10:35PM

Greece.
Go to Greece.

Mocha Joe · 14-08-2012 10:35PM

1999

Hardonraging · 14-08-2012 10:36PM

Mars !! I hear it Rocks there ..

Where To · 14-08-2012 10:36PM

Brazil or Kazakhstan.

Both will be world superpowers within 10 years.

eth0 · 14-08-2012 10:38PM

Iceland
Faroe Islands
Shetland Islands
Svalbard?

squod · 14-08-2012 10:39PM

The Playboy Mansion

marshbaboon · 14-08-2012 10:40PM

Antarctica.

Look at me naming a completely inappropriate plate to emigrate to.

Look, LOOK LOOK HOW FUNNY I AM.

... You're not looking.

eth0 · 14-08-2012 10:42PM

marshbaboon wrote: »

Antarctica.

Look at me naming a completely inappropriate plate to emigrate to.

Look, LOOK LOOK HOW FUNNY I AM.

... You're not looking.

Not really a place to emigrate to but you could get a job there for a year if you're lucky

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/employment/vacancies/

Only 2 on there now but in the spring there will be a rake of jobs posted on there

marshbaboon · 14-08-2012 10:44PM

eth0 wrote: »

Not really a place to emigrate to but you could get a job there for a year if you're lucky

Hang on, Mars is ok... but Antarctica is just unrealistic?

eth0 · 14-08-2012 10:47PM

marshbaboon wrote: »

Hang on, Mars is ok... but Antarctica is just unrealistic.?

A job on mars would be a job for life, you'd have to retire there too due to the difficulties with bringing a rocket filled with enough fuel to mars that can actually escape the gravity of the place. Not impossible to do but it would have to be assembled on mars and take several launches to get all the stuff from earth.

marshbaboon · 14-08-2012 10:50PM

eth0 wrote: »

A job on mars would be a job for life, you'd have to retire there too due to the difficulties with bringing a rocket filled with enough fuel to mars that can actually escape the gravity of the place. Not impossible to do but it would have to be assembled on mars and take several launches to get all the stuff from earth.

But... but the whole point was that you can't emigrate there...

That's what makes it HILARIOUS.

bodice ripper · 14-08-2012 10:51PM

The Netherlands. It is brilliant. The people are lovely, dull, but generally pleasant. That also goes for the food, the weather, the landscape and the tv. Their work ethic seems to be pretty iffy, so it easy to come across as an enthusiastic employee.

eth0 · 14-08-2012 10:51PM

marshbaboon wrote: »

But... but the whole point was that you can't emigrate there...

That's what makes it HILARIOUS.

Give it a couple of years. NASA might be looking for volunteers

eth0 · 14-08-2012 10:53PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

The Netherlands. It is brilliant. The people are lovely, dull, but generally pleasant. That also goes for the food, the weather, the landscape and the tv. Their work ethic seems to be pretty iffy, so it easy to come across as an enthusiastic employee.

Overly bureaucratic, over populated, restrictive and generally have a law against everything. I lived there before and would hate to live there again.

supernova84 · 14-08-2012 10:56PM

I'm going to Canada in a few weeks. I was considering Australia aswell but the hot climate, sh1tty sports and annoying accent turned me right off.

marshbaboon · 14-08-2012 10:57PM

supernova84 wrote: »

I'm going to Canada in a few weeks. I was considering Australia aswell but the hot climate, sh1tty sports and annoying accent turned me right off.

Give me a year and I might see you over there.

bodice ripper · 14-08-2012 11:01PM

eth0 wrote: »

Overly bureaucratic, over populated, restrictive and generally have a law against everything. I lived there before and would hate to live there again.

I dunno man, I haven't had any trouble. They are a little officious alright, but then I work in a tattoo parlour so I am likely to be dealing with the least officious Dutchmen I suppose...

All the light switches being high up annoys me more.

eth0 · 14-08-2012 11:09PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

I dunno man, I haven't had any trouble. They are a little officious alright, but then I work in a tattoo parlour so I am likely to be dealing with the least officious Dutchmen I suppose...

All the light switches being high up annoys me more.

those are probably not too bad so but an awful load of dry sh1tes who thrive on ratting out their neighbour for not obeying some silly law in that country I found. They are very heavy on the big brother stuff too, mandatory to carry ID everywhere for citizens, they invented speed cameras and have lots of them. Not my kind of place at all, people think just because there's a few legit shops where you can smoke a bit of weed the whole country has a 'do as you please, live and let live' attitude

NegativeCreep · 14-08-2012 11:14PM

I really want to move to Norway but I'm not quite sure why

I think it looks beautiful and the economy is good. Isn't it?

crazy cabbage · 14-08-2012 11:16PM

I dont know why but i have always wanted to go to costa rica.

Personly i think that is the coolest name that a country can have. That could be it. Am i aloud to judge a country by its name

bodice ripper · 14-08-2012 11:16PM

eth0 wrote: »

those are probably not too bad so but an awful load of dry sh1tes who thrive on ratting out their neighbour for not obeying some silly law in that country I found. They are very heavy on the big brother stuff too, mandatory to carry ID everywhere for citizens, they invented speed cameras and have lots of them. Not my kind of place at all, people think just because there's a few legit shops where you can smoke a bit of weed the whole country has a 'do as you please, live and let live' attitude

No no. I don't think it is a hippy haven at all, never did either. If you want "sure, it's grand" from society at large, you should probably stay put in Ireland.

eth0 · 14-08-2012 11:19PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

No no. I don't think it is a hippy haven at all, never did either. If you want "sure, it's grand" from society at large, you should probably stay put in Ireland.

A lot of opposition against the 'sure its grand' in Ireland, mostly from young urbanites working in IT wanting everything done following a procedure. I need a backup place in case Ireland becomes too much like the Netherlands as it has been doing for quite some time

paky · 14-08-2012 11:19PM

NegativeCreep wrote: »

I really want to move to Norway but I'm not quite sure why I think it looks beautiful and the economy is good. Isn't it?

Oslo is like a very cold Galway. I wouldn't recommend it.

On the other, Switzerland is fantasic!

NegativeCreep · 14-08-2012 11:22PM

paky wrote: »

Oslo is like a very cold Galway. I wouldn't recommend it.

On the other, Switzerland is fantasic!

I was thinking more of rural Norway, beside a fjord somewhere. They're beautiful! Although I'd only do it if I won the lotto. There'd be no jobs out there :L

God... · 14-08-2012 11:23PM

supernova84 wrote: »

I'm going to Canada in a few weeks. I was considering Australia aswell but the hot climate, sh1tty sports and annoying accent turned me right off.

LOL where in Canada you going??

Canada has really humid hot summers.

supernova84 · 14-08-2012 11:27PM

God... wrote: »

LOL where in Canada you going??

Canada has really humid hot summers.

Hot summers and cold winters the way it should be, none of this christmas day on the beach lark.

fasttalkerchat · 14-08-2012 11:27PM

eth0 wrote: »

Not really a place to emigrate to but you could get a job there for a year if you're lucky

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/employment/vacancies/

Only 2 on there now but in the spring there will be a rake of jobs posted on there

Marine Technology Engineer
Salary will be in the range of £26,180 to £29,410 per annum.

**** that for a game of darts!

paky · 14-08-2012 11:30PM

NegativeCreep wrote: »

I was thinking more of rural Norway, beside a fjord somewhere. They're beautiful! Although I'd only do it if I won the lotto. There'd be no jobs out there :L

theres plenty of work in rural norway. check it out

fasttalkerchat · 14-08-2012 11:33PM

I want somewhere with 30* summers, 5* winters cheap rent and wages just above or about Ireland's. Also do not want extreme rural.

shopaholic01 · 14-08-2012 11:34PM

God... wrote: »

LOL where in Canada you going??

Canada has really humid hot summers.

Parts of British Columbia have a climate similar to ours, others have cold winters and hot summers. IIRC it is due to it's position between the Rocky mountains and the Pacific ocean.

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