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I would agree never to set foot in my home country again...
for $100,000
2%
 2%  [ 1 ]
for $250,000
2%
 2%  [ 1 ]
for $500,000
5%
 5%  [ 2 ]
for $1,000,000
29%
 29%  [ 11 ]
for the right man/woman
8%
 8%  [ 3 ]
if another country granted me citizenship and free beer for life.
10%
 10%  [ 4 ]
in no situation imaginable
29%
 29%  [ 11 ]
with pleasure
5%
 5%  [ 2 ]
other
5%
 5%  [ 2 ]
Total Votes : 37

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flakfizer



Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.

PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:25 am    Post subject: Would you leave your country for good if... Reply with quote

What would it take to get you to leave your homeland for good?
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SuperFly



Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse

PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A pair of apartment buildings and some real estate in the Gagnam area should do the trick-dee-doodle doo. Very Happy
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laogaiguk



Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea

PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ya, I got British citizenship about 2 years ago and all my future plans changed. Might still do what I was planning, but many more options (EU). I am currently a non-resident of Canada though.
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Snowmeow



Joined: 03 Oct 2005
Location: pc room

PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I picked $500,000. I think that'd be enough to allow me to live comfortably for a long time while considering other sources of income besides teaching at home. But I wouldn't be staying here in Korea. Do the US Virgin Islands count as home? It's part of the US but barely (they don't even have a representative in government). There would be other places to go.

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Lizara



Joined: 14 Apr 2004
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How about several of the above? I have nothing against Canada, but aside from seeing my family, I'd be quite happy never living or visiting there again. So I'd probably do it for the right man, or for $500000, or if another country granted me citizenship, and definitely with pleasure.
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Hyalucent



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: British North America

PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd willingly pull a Conrad Black-esqe emmigration. If I was ever awarded a title, and Canada tried to block it, I'd be gone in a jiffy.
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lastat06513



Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian

PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have intentions on leaving the U.S. for good anyway.
The U.S. sux arze big time.

To me, the U.S. is just my place of birth, not a place I want to stay.
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Omkara



Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Location: USA

PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If they promised to get Bush out of office straight away...
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Wangja



Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan

PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beer.

For beer.

Any by beer, I do of course mean Ale.
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Omkara



Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Location: USA

PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 1:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wangja wrote:
Beer.

For beer.

Any by beer, I do of course mean Ale.



Take one down and pass it around, twenty-four beers of bottle on the wall...
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princess



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia

PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lastat06513 wrote:
I have intentions on leaving the U.S. for good anyway.
The U.S. sux arze big time.

To me, the U.S. is just my place of birth, not a place I want to stay.
I totally agree with you. Anyone can have my share of the US any day. I only go there to see Mom and Dad.
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ajgeddes



Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan

PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I said "in no situation imagninable", but then I got thinking. If my parents and friends left Canada (most of my friends have actually) and I was given a tonne of money (paper) then I guess I would have no reason to go back. Although, I would have one big last vacation across Canada before I did it.
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SuperHero



Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout

PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lizara wrote:
How about several of the above? I have nothing against Canada, but aside from seeing my family, I'd be quite happy never living or visiting there again.

I agree with this and even seeing my family again is questionable...
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

not for all the tea in China
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Captain Corea



Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For enough money... np.
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