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baasbabelaas · Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 142

Pretty simple question.

Pray tell me, the country you would most like to live/work (teach and/or other)/play/eat/rejoice/commiserate/raise children/watch sunsets/watch your children grow up in? (Lotta backslashes there, eh?)

You're welcome to include or exclude your motivation for choosing the country/countries.

I think it would have to be my own country, South Africa, but right now it's plagued with problems.

So, #1 would still be SA, it's in my heart. #2 would be Thailand (for now, even though it has its share of problems). # 3 maybe Spain or Portugal - I've always dreamed of the Mediterranean lifestyle.

Yours?

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

In my opinion, it's not that simple a question.

People may be uninformed about the country they desire to live in.

Not everyone has experience living abroad enough to compare.

You yourself didn't list much of a "motivation" or a description of the problems.

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

Assuming I could find a nice, stable, well-paid job (we're already entering the realm of fantasy!) and assuming I were debt-free and able to enjoy and save my money rather than worrying about sending it back to the US to pay off my debts, I'd live in Buenos Aires. Why? After just a few days there, I fell in love with the place.

Or, going even further into the realm of fantasy, if a good, stable, well-paid job existed, San Francisco.

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sidjameson · Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 629 Location: osaka

The country that best suited my needs at 20 is not the same country that did it at 30, or will do it at 40, 50 or 60.

Now when I'm 70, that would be the time that I might be able to accept the limitations of living in one country for the rest of my days.

Ummm, better make that 75. Smile

Deicide · Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:15 pm Post subject:

Hungary, Iceland, Scotland (not the rest of the UK) and not in that order...

QatarChic · Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 445 Location: Qatar

1. Spain 2. Spain 3. Spain

I used to live there. Would love to go back again- shame salaries are so low though Crying or Very sad

OleLarssen · Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 337

South Africa and Zambia are pretty high on my list. Two awesome countries that I had the pleasure to live in (SA) and visit (Zambia). Great people, low crime (Zambia), nice weather.

Sonnet · Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 235 Location: South of the river

I suppose I can only mention countries I've actually spent time in... but I don't think that I could ever commit to one country for the rest of my days, however long or short they might be.

In no particular order; England, China, Austria.

There's a lot I can't stand about my own country, but there's also a lot I love.

I've been in love with China for 4 years now, and still am, but I don't know if I'll stay here forever.

And I always loved spending time in Austria; the locals, the food, the scenery, the pace of life. I guess it'd be as good a place as anywhere else to get old one day.

jammish · Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 1704

India and Thailand. I'd spend the summer months in the utterly beautiful mountain areas of Manali et al, and the winter sunning it in the Thai islands. Could not think of a better life than that. Of course I would have my own villa in each location, and a guesthouse.