I already live here.
It's called Texas. LOL
I already live here.
It's called Texas. LOL
I would like to try live Poland. It is supposed to not be all that expensive, close to all that western Europe has to offer.
Glad no one's mentioned my spot yet. Just trying to get that stack of cash to the point where I can buy citizenship and a place to live.
About 6 months ago when the doctors said Mrs. Ditchdigger had about a 50/50 chance of making it another year and she wanted to give up I actually started to seriously think about where to expatriate to.
I kind of decided on Argentina. It seems welcoming to US expats. Equal parts modern and primitive and more importantly to me it has a very large amount of oddball 60's european cars still roaming around for cheap. It seems like a place where I spend a good deal of time.
Luckily the missus is doing much, MUCH better but I still have the dream of buying an Isuzu NPR and converting it to a toyhauler/camper thing and just driving south.
Petoria!
(some please insert proper Family Guy pic)
Barring that, NZ / OZ
Slovenia or Scotland.
Canada. Michigan is basically Canada anyways.
Gearheadotaku wrote: Petoria!
poopshovel wrote: Glad no one's mentioned my spot yet. Just trying to get that stack of cash to the point where I can buy citizenship and a place to live.
Monaco?
JoeyM wrote:DrBoost wrote: Detroit.Not a bad choice. I'd prefer the Conch Republic
You shiny happy person, I thought I was going to come in here and be clever.
LoneWolf wrote: I'm a New Zealander, and I'd like to live in the US. Wife swap anyone?
From climate to scenery to social stability, NZ seems like a pretty awesome place to live. But I've never been - what would make you want to leave, and would do you find most attractive about the US over, say, Australia or the UK?
I can't imagine why I'd ever leave Alberta. I haven't been to Europe, but I have been to the South American area and all over the USofA. I bitch enough about taxes as it is!
Alberta allows me to be a racist redneck who drives vehicles without cats. My job requires me to destroy the earth, and I'm expected to drive a lifted diesel with 22's and a gold digger at my side.
What more could a man possibly want? 
Hell, a new road course is being finished this year and I get to do tons of rallying.
HiTempguy wrote: What more could a man possibly want?
I can't think of anything.
Zomby woof wrote:HiTempguy wrote: What more could a man possibly want?I can't think of anything.
Guns?
Osterkraut wrote:Zomby woof wrote:Guns?HiTempguy wrote: What more could a man possibly want?I can't think of anything.
Sex?
My top three are Azores, Costa Rica (a little past its prime now) and Uruguay. yeah, Uruguay. None of them have epic roads, but the first two have epic mountain biking, and the last one has epic steaks.
ultraclyde wrote: My top three are Azores, Costa Rica (a little past its prime now) and Uruguay. yeah, Uruguay. None of them have epic roads, but the first two have epic mountain biking, and the last one has South American women.
Fixed.
Germany, or Canada. Specifcally Bayern, and in Canada, probably Quebec (even though I hate French) or one of the far Eastern provinces.
I'm blessed to live in a small town in the Colorado Mountains, which is pretty much paradise for me, but IF I had to live in another country, it would be either the Isle of Man or Scotland. I have ancestors from both places and have visited them enough to know I feel a real comfortable resonance with them. I don't like cities much, and am very landscape oriented, so if I could magically have a small place on the West coast of Scotland, around the Isle of Skye, or around Port Erin or Laxey on the IOM, I'd be happy as can be. But Colorado tops them both.
Osterkraut wrote:JoeyM wrote:You shiny happy person, I thought I was going to come in here and be clever.DrBoost wrote: Detroit.Not a bad choice. I'd prefer the Conch Republic
I'm glad that someone understood it. It is horrible to say something clever/funny when nobody else in the room gets it.
My dream is to be somewhere off the grid, where I can build the retrofuturistic self-sufficient dream house that's been boiling in my mind for the past few years, and live day-to-day without having to deal with any sort of bureaucracy or self-important government "officials" trying to tell me how to think, yet still be really close to a decent city. I'm still trying to figure out where or whether even such place exists.
Places I've been where I could see myself living:
Canada: Maybe it's my genetics speaking, but I really like the vibe there, and not just at my relatives' houses. Winters would probably get me down after a while, as would Canadian football.
Germany: The people are über nice, and the country (that I've seen) is beautiful, clean and modern while still managing to preserve centuries of history. It's also so... efficient. Everything just seems to work. All that infrastructure comes with a price, though.
The Cayman Islands: Everything you love about the tropics and (almost) everything you love about modern western culture. If you were plopped down in the middle of a subdivison on Grand Cayman you might think you were in Ft. Meyers until you went a block over and saw the most beautiful blue waters you could imagine. Still, though, it is a small tropical island. I think you'd spend a lot of time on a plane getting your civilization fix. Good for the vacation home, though.
New Zealand: Beautiful in every way imaginable. You can see scenery that ranges from neo-tropical to ancient forests within a ten-minute walk of each other. Go watch The Lord Of the Rings again. Yes, it is that awesome. Something tells me it wouldn't be cheap, though. And something also tells me that it might start to feel small and remote after a while.
Places I haven't been that intrigue me:
Australia: Seems to have some of the cool parts of the American spirit. Amazing diversity of fauna (especially parrots). Downsides include fires and floods, and the fact that most of that diverse fauna will kill you four times before you hit the ground. Even the kittens in Australia are highly poisonous.
Places I have been that do nothing for me from a wanting to live there standpoint:
Mexico: Nice place to visit. Great, warm people. Great climate. Pretty. But a little too third world for my tastes.
Denmark: The stick up that country's ass has a stick up its ass. All of the efficiency of Germany with none of the warmth of its people. I hope I'm wrong about this.
Sweden: See: Denmark
Spain. Pretty, but did little for me aside from a few oohs and ahhs at old villages. Seems in search of a modern identity.
Most of the rest of the Caribbean islands: File under nice places to visit but wouldn't want to live there. Maybe PR I could do. Maybe the USVI. The remoteness would get to me after a while.
jg
nderwater wrote:LoneWolf wrote: I'm a New Zealander, and I'd like to live in the US. Wife swap anyone?From climate to scenery to social stability, NZ seems like a pretty awesome place to live. But I've never been - what would make you want to leave, and would do you find most attractive about the US over, say, Australia or the UK?
You're right on all counts, it is a really great place to live. I'm on the East Coast of the South Island, in a small, quiet country town about an hour from a ski-field & lake, 20 mins from the beach & town of 25,000. The climate is good, ranging from -5C at worst to 30C (also at worst), and it snows maybe once every couple of years... The roads are relatively empty, the scenery is stunning (Lord of the Rings was filmed in various locations within an hour's drive from my place). Australia has too many things that can kill you, from spiders in the woodpile to snakes in the grass, crocs in the river, and now bikers with guns. The money is good in the mines though... The UK does not appeal at all, it appears to be too crowded, in dis-harmony due to foolish immigration policies, and it appears to be just a little bit nuts.
I know the US has it's problems too, but as someone said, it's a great place for an automotive hobby. I did a flying visit in '97 NY-Daytona 500-Nashville-Memphis-train to Chicago to Las Vegas-drove around Nevada & Arizona-on to LA - 3 weeks and I should have spent longer and gone south too. When I was single I tried for a Green Card, but no luck as I had no special skills. I'd like to go back and spend a lot longer roaming around, but the wife is mad keen on the UK & Europe, so a lottery win is needed to finance those dreams.
JG Pasterjak wrote: Denmark: The stick up that country's ass has a stick up its ass. All of the efficiency of Germany with none of the warmth of its people. I hope I'm wrong about this.
I spent two months in Denmark when I was younger. I remember the people being really nice.
93EXCivic wrote:JG Pasterjak wrote: Denmark: The stick up that country's ass has a stick up its ass. All of the efficiency of Germany with none of the warmth of its people. I hope I'm wrong about this.I spent two months in Denmark when I was younger. I remember the people being really nice.
Yeah, like I said, hopefully I was just in bad neighborhoods. I'm still willing to give them another chance.
jg
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