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Would you ever consider moving to continental Europe? And if so where?

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    #452
    bear1
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Lived in France for a couple of years during the Great Recession. Signed up to boards and spent most of my time listening to Irish radio and being extremely homesick. We don't appreciate this country until we've lived abroad, as perhaps most of us in this thread have.

    Coming home was the best decision I ever made. Never regretted it.

    I'd second that.
    Before covid coming home was easy, getting back on the plane was heart wrenching.


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    #453
    Gorteen
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    Spain/Portugal are clearly favourites... but in my experience, very different. Property prices, taxation systems, social aspects, attitude towards non-indigenous people, etc. I'd love to see which is the preferred choice


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    Hamachi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,387 ✭✭✭Hamachi


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Coming home was the best decision I ever made. Never regretted it.

    Ireland has a lot going for it alright. Sometimes it takes a stint abroad to truly appreciate it.

    Have a good friend who returned last summer after 16 years spent between the US and Germany. After a few initial speed bumps, he’s loving being back and said that he feels like himself for the first time in years.


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    Hamachi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,387 ✭✭✭Hamachi


    Gorteen wrote: »
    Spain/Portugal are clearly favourites... but in my experience, very different. Property prices, taxation systems, social aspects, attitude towards non-indigenous people, etc. I'd love to see which is the preferred choice

    Massive generalization, but in my experience Portuguese people are nicer. Quieter and more reserved, but more considerate. You feel like they actually see you as a fellow human being.


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    #456
    Gorteen
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    Hamachi wrote: »
    Massive generalization, but in my experience Portuguese people are nicer. Quieter and more reserved, but more considerate. You feel like they actually see you as a fellow human being.

    I tend to agree with your massive generalisation :)


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    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 37,153 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Lived in France for a couple of years during the Great Recession. Signed up to boards and spent most of my time listening to Irish radio and being extremely homesick. We don't appreciate this country until we've lived abroad, as perhaps most of us in this thread have.

    Coming home was the best decision I ever made. Never regretted it.

    Interesting. For years, I've viewed moving back as the worst case scenario but I think I could find work in Limerick and it's not as depressing a thought as it used to be.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #458
    Mimon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,474 ✭✭✭Mimon


    ShatterAlan wrote: »
    At the start of a word just pretend the G is a H.


    Pronounce "Gouda" as "How-da"


    Ik heb geen idee = Ik heb hane ee-day


    The Dutch will understand you. They'll just think you learned your Dutch from culchies in Limburg rather than the phlegm spewing Amsterdammers.

    The Dutch G is nothing like a H, better off listening and make an actual attempt to pronounce it :)


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    #459
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 20,767 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Mimon wrote: »
    The Dutch G is nothing like a H, better off listening and make an actual attempt to pronounce it :)

    Actually it depends where in the Netherlands the speaker comes from. The further north the harder the G becomes. The Flemish pronounce G as a H.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #460
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users Posts: 8,591 ✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    I have always wanted to live in Norway for some reason. I lived in Sweden for 4 months and loved it (it was summertime though so fairly easy to like).
    There is something about Norway that appeals to me. Dark and cold don't really bother me either.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



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    #461
    Bowlardo
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    completedit wrote: »
    I always get lonely in France for some reason. I always feel very isolated and alienated while there. I have such fond memories of long summers down the south of France but when you're there as an adult, you're not near the sea, it's winter and it's cold and dreary and everywhere is closed on a Sunday, just gives me a sad feeling

    they closed on a Sunday thing is really unsettling. Wonderful if you have an extended family but terrible if you don't


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    ancapailldorcha wrote: »
    Interesting. For years, I've viewed moving back as the worst case scenario but I think I could find work in Limerick and it's not as depressing a thought as it used to be.
    I think Limerick must be the most liveable city in Ireland, maybe moreso than Kilkenny. I'm from nearby Tipp and when we were kids, Limerick was so bleak that people from around here would travel to Galway instead for Christmas shopping and so on. Limerick has been totally transformed, and has become one of those places that I now go out of my way to visit.

    You're probably from Limerick so you already know that, or maybe most people know that, but I can't think of another place in ireland that has so completely turned itself around.


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    zweton
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    Gorteen wrote: »
    Spain/Portugal are clearly favourites... but in my experience, very different. Property prices, taxation systems, social aspects, attitude towards non-indigenous people, etc. I'd love to see which is the preferred choice

    Yeah Spain/Portugal are popular i would consider buying a property out there. North or south not sure which area would be nicer.


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    #464
    Schwiiing
    Registered Users Posts: 2,650 ✭✭✭Schwiiing


    Southern France/Northern Italy. Spain would probably be cheaper but also full of Anto and Jacinta types in summer.


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    Gorteen
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    zweton wrote: »
    Yeah Spain/Portugal are popular i would consider buying a property out there. North or south not sure which area would be nicer.

    South of Portugal is better for all-year round weather, but north is quite scenic, not as developed and more Portuguese than Algarve.


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    Barna77
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    Schwiiing wrote: »
    Spain would probably be cheaper but also full of Anto and Jacinta types in summer.

    Stay away from the coast resorts. Anto and Jacinta don't know that there's a whole new world when you go 500 metres inland.


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    zweton
    Registered Users Posts: 2,683 ✭✭✭zweton


    Gorteen wrote: »
    South of Portugal is better for all-year round weather, but north is quite scenic, not as developed and more Portuguese than Algarve.

    yeah and southern spain is very hot then i believe


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    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 37,153 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    I think Limerick must be the most liveable city in Ireland, maybe moreso than Kilkenny. I'm from nearby Tipp and when we were kids, Limerick was so bleak that people from around here would travel to Galway instead for Christmas shopping and so on. Limerick has been totally transformed, and has become one of those places that I now go out of my way to visit.

    You're probably from Limerick so you already know that, or maybe most people know that, but I can't think of another place in ireland that has so completely turned itself around.

    I'm from Donegal. Never been to Limerick and for most of my life I thought of it as somewhere people went to die a violent death. Exaggerating but only slightly.

    I've been convinced that the place is probably safe enough. It looks a lot more modern than I was expecting on Google Street views.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    hamburgham
    Registered Users Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭hamburgham


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    I think Limerick must be the most liveable city in Ireland, maybe moreso than Kilkenny. I'm from nearby Tipp and when we were kids, Limerick was so bleak that people from around here would travel to Galway instead for Christmas shopping and so on. Limerick has been totally transformed, and has become one of those places that I now go out of my way to visit.

    You're probably from Limerick so you already know that, or maybe most people know that, but I can't think of another place in ireland that has so completely turned itself around.

    I didn’t know that, thought it was still a dump. Plan to visit now once this nonsense is over.


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    Hamachi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,387 ✭✭✭Hamachi


    hamburgham wrote: »
    I didn’t know that, thought it was still a dump. Plan to visit now once this nonsense is over.

    Limerick is grand. People are usually sound and down-to-earth. There’s a couple of ‘problem’ areas, but no real reason to go there.

    My only concern for somebody moving there from a large, international city is that they might find it a bit limiting.

    However, if you’re looking for a solid city, with affordable housing and nice people, you could do a lot worse.


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    Sleepy
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    Honestly, I reckon it's the only way I'll be able to afford to retire - sell the house in Dublin, buy something much cheaper in a small village in France or Spain and enjoy the lower cost of living and nicer weather... I have enough of both languages to get by and would be confident enough I'd be fluent within a year or two of living in either.


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    SoapMcTavish
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    DubInMeath wrote: »
    Back to France, toying with the idea of retiring their.

    Flanders - south of Belgium Border. And access to all of Normandy too. :)


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    zweton
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    Sleepy wrote: »
    Honestly, I reckon it's the only way I'll be able to afford to retire - sell the house in Dublin, buy something much cheaper in a small village in France or Spain and enjoy the lower cost of living and nicer weather... I have enough of both languages to get by and would be confident enough I'd be fluent within a year or two of living in either.

    where in spain would you consider?


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    Sleepy
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    I have family in Pamplona and the Basque region seems to have a great joie-de-vivre in general, lovely weather and lots to do in the area too... close to Saint Sebastian for some of the finest dining in the world too :)

    From a cursory glance you'd have a nice 2/3 bed renovated to your taste for about 200k


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    zweton
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    Sleepy wrote: »
    I have family in Pamplona and the Basque region seems to have a great joie-de-vivre in general, lovely weather and lots to do in the area too... close to Saint Sebastian for some of the finest dining in the world too :)

    From a cursory glance you'd have a nice 2/3 bed renovated to your taste for about 200k

    Had been looking in that area looks very nice indeed but have not visited. Not a bad price i guess, did you get that price from idealista website?


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    Oymyakon
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    Thinking about Netherlands, I'm doing a certificate in Data Analytics so hoping I can get a job over there with a multinational firm, Utrecht looks lovely. Always been interested in languages too so I'm picking up Dutch casually at the moment just for fun.


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    Sleepy
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    zweton wrote: »
    Had been looking in that area looks very nice indeed but have not visited. Not a bad price i guess, did you get that price from idealista website?

    Just a quick google in response to the question I'm afraid!


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    Brian?
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    Oymyakon wrote: »
    Thinking about Netherlands, I'm doing a certificate in Data Analytics so hoping I can get a job over there with a multinational firm, Utrecht looks lovely. Always been interested in languages too so I'm picking up Dutch casually at the moment just for fun.

    A friend of mine worked for this lads in den Bosch.

    https://careers.epic.com/

    That's a beautiful little city and it's commutable from Utrecht by train.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    bunny_mac
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    I'd love to live in Sweden. Am currently learning Swedish with a thought to maybe moving there one day.


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    Feria40
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    bunny_mac wrote: »
    I'd love to live in Sweden. Am currently learning Swedish with a thought to maybe moving there one day.

    Purely out of curiosity why Sweden?


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    ancapailldorcha wrote: »
    I'm from Donegal. Never been to Limerick and for most of my life I thought of it as somewhere people went to die a violent death. Exaggerating but only slightly.

    I've been convinced that the place is probably safe enough. It looks a lot more modern than I was expecting on Google Street views.

    Limerick looks like a proper city, in the centre, unlike Galway or Kilkenny.

    I was surprised when I went there for the first time. City centre could be of a much bigger city.


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