(For us Americans).. If you had to leave?

[funkyab]

For any reason. The question here is IF you HAD to leave, and there was little option of repatriation.

What country would you chose to live in and WHY?

[Ext1234]

prolly UK. Pretty good economy and decent standard of living. Not as good as here but probably next best thing IMO

[Pop Da Hatch]

Heaven, I want to party with Jesus.

[willyg4444]

Italy because I have some family there.. and I absolutely love the countryside there. I would be very content spending my days in Italy :)

[Pop Da Hatch]

Italy because I have some family there.. and I absolutely love the countryside there. I would be very content spending my days in Italy :)

or in the arcade for that matter huh.

[willyg4444]

or in the arcade for that matter huh.

lawl.. I've just been extremely bored lately and it passes the hours at work. It's fun :dance:

[funkyab]

prolly UK. Pretty good economy and decent standard of living. Not as good as here but probably next best thing IMO

None of your reason has anything to do with the fact that English is the native tongue?

[galacticmonkey]

I wanna see Tokyo. Theres so many places in the world I want to see, I would have to visit the places before I picked to live there.

[Pop Da Hatch]

:fu:

Id go to puerto rico, bitches love me in puerto rico and they got good beers.

[funkyab]

There are SOOO many countries and places that I want to visit and see. But the question is if you HAD to choose another country to live in for the rest of your life and like I asked in the first post (you having no chance of repatriation) Where and why.?

[willyg4444]

Where would you move to? Since you came up with the idea

[shaneb]

Australia...or Brazil.
Beautiful beaches, and beautiful gurlz...
and lots of fishing.

[icpurplepplalot]

New Zealand, I love the landscape, plus I'd like to live in a Hobbit hole.

[mattf]

Canada. I like where I am and Canada is only a hop, skip, and a jump farther north.

[mattf]

For a second choice I would say somewhere in Scandanavia. My second choice would be Norway, Finland, etc. They seem like nice places and I hear they have nice girls.

[Captain Ahab]

Canada.

Elk, monster whitetails, monster mule deer, and even some turkey.

[90lac]

uk because then i wouldn't have to learn another language

[Volpone]

There are a few different places I have already looked into because I am interested in living in new places where I can develop more diversity. I love all the Nordic countries, although I have concerns about Iceland's economic performance and Sweden's growing conservative faction. I like the liberty in the Netherlands, but ironically their liberal approach that allowed such freedom of religion has drawn in a Muslim population that wishes to be more conservative. I also like Germany (my interest there centers around engineering). I love the UK because I like the people, the culture, and the incredible history.

[Spider Monkey]

I'd move to a more conservative country, like Canada or China.

[slim8605]

Canada. I like where I am and Canada is only a hop, skip, and a jump farther north.

Why not Mexico?

[ThomasG]

Probably a spanish country cause I speak the language. Perhaps the UK..

[Roadtrippin']

Canada. You know the bitches up there are starving for real men.

[Roadtrippin']

Probably a spanish country cause I speak the language. Perhaps the UK..

But....

[tappin_azz]

i would move to germany or russia and proceed to get my drink on.

[ThomasG]

But....

Was that a joke implying I don't speak English? Ha-ha you're so silly.

[Toasted1]

Probably Holland or Canada, Canada because it is still close to the US and would be easier to see family and Holland because they seem like very laid back simple people who just seem to enjoy life. Seems like life would be simpler in such a place for some reason.

I would have said the Bahamas but I would need all the black people to move out first :fyi:

[pl8er]

Ireland or Scotland. I'd be pretty happy there. New Zealand too. I just like the heritage of those places and absolutely beautiful countrysides.

[icpurplepplalot]

Ireland or Scotland. I'd be pretty happy there. New Zealand too. I just like the heritage of those places and absolutely beautiful countrysides.

Can definitely agree

[Uncle Rico]

DR/PR/Brazil

[Rashaddd]

either dubai or brazil I think

[IamDeMan]

Australia. Kick ass views, diving, animals and weather.

[hoss]

Probably North Dakota.

[pl8er]

Australia. Kick ass views, diving, animals and weather.

In the past, I would have totally agreed with you on that. But it seems that everything in Australia has the same starting sentence "The most deadly (fill in the blank) on Earth can be found in Australia."

LOL

[hoss]

In the past, I would have totally agreed with you on that. But it seems that everything in Australia has the same starting sentence "The most deadly (fill in the blank) on Earth can be found in Australia."

LOL

I just noticed your sig... Flogging Molly is FTMFW.

[bluecar]

Australia

or UAE

[_AnGeL_]

:sneaky: dubai

or the dominican republic and for all of you guys saying puerto rico, puerto rico is part of the united states of america. so technically you wouldnt even be leaving the country.... :fyi:

[wasted ink]

I just noticed your sig... Flogging Molly is FTMFW.

This. That's my second favorite song by them. First is Death Valley Queen.

:sneaky: dubai

or the dominican republic and for all of you guys saying puerto rico, puerto rico is part of the united states of america. so technically you wouldnt even be leaving the country.... :fyi:

Lawl. He has a point.

I'd probably say Dubai. Or Italy. Or Japan. Who knows.

[_AnGeL_]

dubai is fucking awesome, i wanna live on one of thier palm islands lol dubai should have it own thread lol

[wasted ink]

dubai is fucking awesome, i wanna live on one of thier palm islands lol dubai should have it own thread lol

I believe i'm going at the end of this year. We had somewhat of a Dubai thread... It was basically me inundating a thread with Dubai pictures.

[_AnGeL_]

that awesome that your going, take pitchers foo. find yourself some dubaien poonnanie. ill have to search for that thread

[Volpone]

Why on earth would you want to live in Dubai?

[_AnGeL_]

tis beautiful over there

[ma5terta]

im going denmark. happiest country on earth

[funkyab]

Where would you move to? Since you came up with the idea

I would move to Sweden. I actually have citizenship there. I applied for it and was qualified to get it because i lived there for about 6 years.

I have lived in Denmark and Holland (for graduate work) and although both of those places are very hip and advanced,, Sweden does it for me. Even though I lived there for about 6 years, i speak very little Swedish. This is because ALL the Swedes will adjust their language for me. Kind of disappoint at times though because it is almost as if they are trying to prevent me from learning the language.

Regardless, Sweden and Norway are basically the most developed countries in the world (in general). I have not spent much time in Norway (even though my wife that I met in Holland is Norwegian). I do know that their minimum wage is about 30 (US) dollars per hour. And of course health care, education, university is free.

Some people have mentioned Dubai. The thing about Dubai is that if you arrive there with little or no money this is not the place to live. The way their immigration laws work do not allow EVER for foreigners to have access to their social services.

A good place to look to evaulate countries is the UN HDI (human development index) which rates countries on their general level of development.
Here is the most recent HDI. Granted, I think Iceland will be moved on the next one due to their economic crisis.

High Human
Development

1. Iceland
2. Norway
3. Canada
4. Australia
5. Ireland
6. Netherlands
7. Sweden
8. Japan
9. Luxembourg
10. Switzerland
11. France
12. Finland
13. Denmark
14. Austria
15. United States
16. Spain
17. Belgium

Here are the most SHITTY countries.

Low Human Development

154. Nigeria
155. Lesotho
156. Uganda
157. Angola
158. Timor-Leste
159. Togo
160. Gambia
161. Benin
162. Malawi
163. Zambia
164. Eritrea
165. Rwanda
166. Côte d'Ivoire
167. Guinea
168. Mali
169. Ethiopia
170. Chad
171. Guinea-Bissau
172. Burundi
173. Burkina Faso
174. Niger
175. Mozambique
176. Liberia
177. Congo, Dem. Rep.
178. Central African Republic
179. Sierra Leone

The funny thing is that my wife and I might me moving to Sierra Leone for work soon.!!!!!!!!

Another factor to consider is the democracy index which is the Unit Index of Democracy which focuses on five general categories; electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, functioning of government, political participation and political culture.

2008 ranking
No. ↓ Location ↓ Index ↓ Category ↓
1 Sweden 9.88 Full democracy
2 Norway 9.68 Full democracy
3 Iceland 9.65 Full democracy
4 Netherlands 9.53 Full democracy
5 Denmark 9.52 Full democracy
6 Finland 9.25 Full democracy
7 New Zealand 9.19 Full democracy
8 Switzerland 9.15 Full democracy
9 Luxembourg 9.10 Full democracy
10 Australia 9.09 Full democracy
11 Canada 9.07 Full democracy
12 Ireland 9.01 Full democracy
13 Germany 8.82 Full democracy
14 Austria 8.49 Full democracy
15 Spain 8.45 Full democracy
16 Malta 8.39 Full democracy
17 Japan 8.25 Full democracy
18 United States 8.22 Full democracy
19 Czech Republic 8.19 Full democracy
20 Belgium 8.16 Full democracy
21 United Kingdom 8.15 Full democracy
22 Greece 8.13 Full democracy
23 Uruguay


REGARDLESS. Maybe one of the reasons I love Sweden so much aside from the extremely high standard of living and social benefits is the Women.
They do have a HUGE social welfare system that many take advantage of. A friend once joked with me about this. When I finished my undergrad in 2003, I was SOOOO broke that i took food stamps for a few months. He was clowning about welfare and the fact that I was getting Swedish citizenship.. He joked . "dude.. you have traveled all over the world to find the BEST WELFARE..:fp::fp::laugh::laugh:

Back to the girls. I have been with girls from MANY countries and the scandinavians will allow you to PIIHB :boobies::boobies: more easily than ANYONE ELSE.

[bluecar]

Some people have mentioned Dubai. The thing about Dubai is that if you arrive there with little or no money this is not the place to live. The way their immigration laws work do not allow EVER for foreigners to have access to their social services.



I wish the US operated this way.

[bluecar]

Why on earth would you want to live in Dubai?

It promotes high finance.

[IDSkot]

There are a few different places I have already looked into because I am interested in living in new places where I can develop more diversity. I love all the Nordic countries, although I have concerns about Iceland's economic performance and Sweden's growing conservative faction. I like the liberty in the Netherlands, but ironically their liberal approach that allowed such freedom of religion has drawn in a Muslim population that wishes to be more conservative. I also like Germany (my interest there centers around engineering). I love the UK because I like the people, the culture, and the incredible history.

This! And Berlin has the most amazing and beautiful graffiti.

But to live, Sweden, f'sho. They have the devil's language, but amazing standard of living.

[Johnny Drama]

Australia, why? fuck you Im not telling you why faggot.

[Spider Monkey]

Australia, why? fuck you Im not telling you why faggot.

Let it be written.

[hemroids]

Ireland brazil or just canada. BC FTW

[JimJ]

Holland, Denmark, maybe Germany.

But really, as long as I don't have a high probability of getting blown up or shot on the way to work, I could live in a lot of places.

[mackin]

Germany. teh fresh whips, yo

[cpierce]

Argentina.

[funkyab]

Holland, Denmark, maybe Germany.

But really, as long as I don't have a high probability of getting blown up or shot on the way to work, I could live in a lot of places.

Thumbs up there. But def. depends on your job!!