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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:16 pm Post subject: Cities/Places you *might* live within FIVE years |
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What cities do you potentially and realistically see yourself living in over the next five years?
(You can add a 'why' to it as well if you want)... |
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Marlboro
Joined: 31 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:39 am Post subject: |
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I see myself living in the middle east somewhere, where they will accept my PGCE and years of ESL experience 
somewhere that is very far from England how about yourself? |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:57 am Post subject: |
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Gwangju, Korea
Alexandria, Virginia
London, England
Charlotte, North Carolina |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia = for teaching?
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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia = for teaching?
Quebec City, Canada = for studying french
Winnipeg, Canada = to complete my M.P.A. and settle down
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Amsterdam, Netherlands = change my plans all together and run a coffe shop |
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thebomb
Joined: 13 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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I'd like to move to Oregon (I know the Q was city not state, but.....), or somewhere in Australia, It will probably be where my Fiance wants to go.
But def. not back to Blighty, except for hols, and Marmite buying expeditions. |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:51 pm Post subject: Re: Cities/Places you *might* live within FIVE years |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
What cities do you potentially and realistically see yourself living in over the next five years?
(You can add a 'why' to it as well if you want)... |
Well how about you Tiger Beer? |
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oregonjoy
Joined: 14 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:56 am Post subject: Ashland, Oregon: Also Eugene and Portland |
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If u have $, Ashland, Ore. is about the most beautiful small town I've ever lived in.
Clear air & water, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, nice NoCal weather, kind people. It's gorgeous, pure and simple. Only 20,000 pop. but very cosmopolitan feel.
Eugene is a pure college town. A little wetter. City revolves around the Oregon Ducks.
Portland is the No. 2 green city in the world but it rains a lot and the wind is bone chilling at times. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:16 am Post subject: Re: Ashland, Oregon: Also Eugene and Portland |
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| oregonjoy wrote: |
| If u have $, Ashland, Ore. is about the most beautiful small town I've ever lived in. |
How many small towns have you lived in? |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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I have a list of possibilities...
Makati/Palawan/Philippines
Honolulu/Los Angeles/Las Vegas
Japan/Taiwan
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| Addis Ababa, Ethiopia = for teaching? |
That's an interesting one. I've always wanted to go to Ethiopia and Eritrea, but the ESL scene seems real low pay. NGO work looks real lucrative though. |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:21 am Post subject: |
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Despite being among the ugliest cities of Korea, it has a strange appeal to it, doesn't it? |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:26 am Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
I have a list of possibilities...
Makati/Palawan/Philippines
Honolulu/Los Angeles/Las Vegas
Japan/Taiwan
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| Addis Ababa, Ethiopia = for teaching? |
That's an interesting one. I've always wanted to go to Ethiopia and Eritrea, but the ESL scene seems real low pay. NGO work looks real lucrative though. |
Tiger Beer, I saw your post on thorntree about Doha. I am in Doha right now. It is hot and hazy and not really that exciting. It's okay to visit, but living here would be a different story. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:50 am Post subject: |
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Toronto: Ease of job offers.
Vancouver: I don't mind rain, I don't mind the lack of snow and heat.
Calgary: More American. I like that.
Seattle: Friend has a company there. Might be able to swing a job and H1B/TN visa with him one day. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:14 am Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| Tiger Beer wrote: |
I have a list of possibilities...
Makati/Palawan/Philippines
Honolulu/Los Angeles/Las Vegas
Japan/Taiwan
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| endo wrote: |
| Addis Ababa, Ethiopia = for teaching? |
That's an interesting one. I've always wanted to go to Ethiopia and Eritrea, but the ESL scene seems real low pay. NGO work looks real lucrative though. |
Tiger Beer, I saw your post on thorntree about Doha. I am in Doha right now. It is hot and hazy and not really that exciting. It's okay to visit, but living here would be a different story. |
I did make some inquiries on Qatar, UAE, etc. about ESL university jobs. From what I gather, the pay isn't really that great - just slightly better than Korea, but much less vacation time - which I suppose would mean you'd save more. Seems best for those who have kids in school - as they pay for international schools for the kids, etc. In other words, I basically wrote the region off. I'd go crazy-mad with travel if I were couped up in a region like that where I have no real physical interest to be.
I also have two long-time friends, one who went to Bangkok and one who went to Beijing. Somehow they both ended up making $2,000/month in these countries where supposedly that wasn't possible to do. So now I'm under the impression to make things work where you want them to work, and don't waste time living in the places you aren't long-term interested in on some level. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:23 am Post subject: |
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| Somewhere in the Southern England, or Hong Kong. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Mongolia (missus isn't too keen on that idea)
Marshall Islands
Newcastle, Northeast England.
Australia, possible emmigration after reviewing immigration website. |
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