In what country outside of Ireland would you most like to live, long-term?

whirlpool · 20-04-2014 06:19PM #1

The Backwards Man · 20-04-2014 06:21PM

I'd emigrate to the one I had to go to, obviously.

Sh1tbag OToole · 20-04-2014 06:24PM

Malta: Good weather, no property tax. What's there not to like?

Arthur Beesley · 20-04-2014 06:25PM

Ireland.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 20-04-2014 06:25PM

One of the foreign ones.

orangesoda · 20-04-2014 06:26PM

Australia, not forever though, I am Hibernian through and through, and the odd bit of Brittanian.

Larianne · 20-04-2014 06:26PM

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Malta: Good weather, no property tax. What's there not to like?

Only has one beach! :eek:

Okay, maybe two!

Diabhal Beag · 20-04-2014 06:27PM

French Polynesia.

The Backwards Man · 20-04-2014 06:28PM

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

One of the foreign ones.

Not me, full of foreigners are those foreign countries. I'd emigrate to an Irish country, like what has Subway and teabags and Home and Away on the telly. (in English)

Timmyctc · 20-04-2014 06:28PM

Does France include its territories. Like French Polynesia :pac:

20-04-2014 06:29PM

Absolutely no interest in leaving Ireland ever but if for some unforeseen reason I ever did the US would be my first choice.

pauliebdub · 20-04-2014 06:29PM

Germany - its near,relatively easy to get a good job if you're qualified and speak German, great standard of living.

The climate would put me off Canada and Scandinavia, couldnt deal with snow.
The US work culture puts me off the USA.
Australians put me off going to Austrialia
The UK especially England is too London centric, which is just too expensive to have a good quality of life i feel. Limited opportunities elsewhere.

flutered · 20-04-2014 06:30PM

lanzorotte or teneriffe, inland not on the coast, it would be quite and pretty cheap, with nice weather all year round.

The Backwards Man · 20-04-2014 06:31PM

Larianne wrote: »

Only has one beach! :eek:

Okay, maybe two!

Beaches, pfft.

What other country has a popeye village?

Larianne · 20-04-2014 06:33PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Beaches, pfft.

What other country has a popeye village?

Yeah, but it's AN ISLAND!!!!!!!!!!!
Feck all beaches on it.
Very nice people though & lots of history to it.

Andy-Pandy · 20-04-2014 06:35PM

I'm very happy living in the Wicklow mountains. As beautiful a place as anywhere in the world.

bnt · 20-04-2014 06:42PM

Vito Corleone wrote: »

Canada, Calgary looks like a beautiful city.

It is beautiful, but I hope you like cold weather. I was there in January, temps were well below -20C outside. I probably could live with that, but I'd prefer somewhere with a bit more sunshine as I'm getting older. As long as money was no object, somewhere like Lisbon would be nice, or along the Algarve.

Chucken · 20-04-2014 06:49PM

I'm too much of a home bird to ever seriously consider it but if I could take all my family with me, it would be Poland or Greece. Corfu would probably win

Scotborn76 · 20-04-2014 06:54PM

New Zealand.

fiachraX · 20-04-2014 06:55PM

Norway - gorgeous scenery and good quality of life (although you do pay for it). And still relatively accessible to Ireland. (Couldn't move to Australia/NZ - too expensive to fly back frequently or on short notice.)

20-04-2014 06:59PM

I'd rather not live outside of Ireland, but I've always said I'll live in Paris for a while when I'm older. I'm toying with the idea of a volunteering holiday to Africa, Malawi possibly, and I'm taking into account the fact I may not want to return.

Legs.Eleven · 20-04-2014 07:03PM

Argentina or Colombia although I understand the reality of living there would differ hugely to what I experienced when I travelled there.

Spain suits me right now, particularly now with the good weather kicking in. I'd like to live in a French city for a year as well and pick up some of the lingo.

deseil · 20-04-2014 07:04PM

Italy for me. A little village called Pioppi in Campania to be exact. Just have to learn the language properly before retirement and im off.

Karl Stein · 20-04-2014 07:05PM

London England. Interesting city, easy to get to Ireland from and direct flights to practically everywhere in the world.

FameHungry · 20-04-2014 07:06PM

I'd like to live in Germany for a while.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 20-04-2014 07:08PM

pauliebdub wrote: »

Germany - its near,relatively easy to get a good job if you're qualified and speak German, great standard of living.

The climate would put me off Canada and Scandinavia, couldnt deal with snow.
The US work culture puts me off the USA.
Australians put me off going to Austrialia
The UK especially England is too London centric, which is just too expensive to have a good quality of life i feel. Limited opportunities elsewhere.

Have to agree, but southern Scandavia does actually get good summers. Better than Ireland anyway. I like snow, but it's too damned expensive and can be hard to get hold of decent alcohol.

UK, I've found to be friendly outside of London - especially the areas are around Liverpool and Newcastle.

I really don't understand the appeal of livign in the US - unless you're rich and have some political clout.

131spanner · 20-04-2014 07:10PM

I've every plan to stay in Ireland, but I've a feeling that New Zealand is a nice place to live, going by the stories I've heard from friends working there.

Paco Rodriguez · 20-04-2014 07:13PM

USA

Would love to live in a log cabin in Alaska

Red Kev · 20-04-2014 07:27PM

Germany or New Zealand

I lived in Germany for 5 years, loved it. Great people, great society, great work ethic and excellent morals and great opportunities. They have life off to a tee there.

New Zealand. Never been there but went out with a Kiwi girl years ago. Love the diversity of the landscape and that they have a more equal and better run society than us.

I've lived long term in 8 different countries, have worked extensively in 10 or 12 more and have visited around 70. Even though we percieve ourselves to have many problems Ireland is actually a great place to live in relation to the rest of the world. Not perfect by any means, and a very frustrating place to live and work at times, but altogether in the top 10 places I'd live worldwide given the choice.

herisson · 20-04-2014 07:28PM

France, i would move back there in a heartbeat if i could.

Nailz · 20-04-2014 07:31PM

I have been to Japan twice and absolutely loved it both times, it has since become one of my favourite places because of that, so I went for Japan.

It must be noted though, I am well aware of its drawbacks in terms of living there long term. It's renowned to be immensely difficult to live in for immigrants due to it's vastly different culture, among other things, so I suppose that should also be a consideration, along with having no Japanese.

But it must be said, I really did love my time there, and the people are so lovely and interesting.

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