pick a country...

#1

other than your own (or if you want to play it safe, another state in the US?), that you would like to live in.

Which country is it and why do you want to live there?

#2

New Zealand.

I haven't done a huge amount of research, but it just seems so chill. They speak English, so I could understand people. I love the accents. I love the scenery. And if I was going to move to another country, I'd probably want to go rural.

Barring that, maybe a tiny place like Malta would be fun. I like the idea of being on a smaller, self-contained island, but one large enough for actual culture and internet use.

#3

speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:40 pm New Zealand.

I haven't done a huge amount of research, but it just seems so chill. They speak English, so I could understand people. I love the accents. I love the scenery. And if I was going to move to another country, I'd probably want to go rural.

Barring that, maybe a tiny place like Malta would be fun. I like the idea of being on a smaller, self-contained island, but one large enough for actual culture and internet use.

Are you sure you can understand me? What in particular would you mean by going rural?

#4

I'd probably hate it if I actually did it, but France. There's something about it.

#5

France... specifically, French Polynesia... like, Bora Bora:

Because yeah.

#6

Golden wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:42 pm
speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:40 pm New Zealand.

I haven't done a huge amount of research, but it just seems so chill. They speak English, so I could understand people. I love the accents. I love the scenery. And if I was going to move to another country, I'd probably want to go rural.

Barring that, maybe a tiny place like Malta would be fun. I like the idea of being on a smaller, self-contained island, but one large enough for actual culture and internet use.
Are you sure you can understand me? What in particular would you mean by going rural?

Haha. I almost forgot you were from there.

I dunno. Grab a sheep farm. Grow some veggies.

#7

(Apparently my answers were not super thought-out. Malta doesn't have the best political situation right now.)

#8

speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:44 pm
Golden wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:42 pm
Are you sure you can understand me? What in particular would you mean by going rural?
Haha. I almost forgot you were from there.

he's not? Golden is one of the Aussie boys. Quin / MacDougall / Golden.

#9

I'd pick France too, funnily enough, particularly a rural area in southern France that's not too far from a small city. #dreams.

if not, then Canada. I guess the climate would be closest to Sweden and they speak English and there's barely any...violence or political turmoil there so.

Also I'm thinking where do The National tour. I can't be going to any country they skip. -_-

#10

Of the countries I have visited, probably Iceland. That place is off in its own little world and it's great. Most people in the cities speak English, and I'd want to learn the language anyway. It's also a great staging point for destinations in both North America and Europe.

#11

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:58 pm Of the countries I have visited, probably Iceland. That place is off in its own little world and it's great. Most people in the cities speak English, and I'd want to learn the language anyway. It's also a great staging point for destinations in both North America and Europe.

we're not moving to Iceland, Jay.

somewhere with sun and little snow pls.

#12

dunya wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:55 pm
speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:44 pm
Golden wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:42 pm
Are you sure you can understand me? What in particular would you mean by going rural?
Haha. I almost forgot you were from there.

he's not? Golden is one of the Aussie boys. Quin / MacDougall / Golden.

Golden is pure

#13

dunya wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:58 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:58 pm Of the countries I have visited, probably Iceland. That place is off in its own little world and it's great. Most people in the cities speak English, and I'd want to learn the language anyway. It's also a great staging point for destinations in both North America and Europe.
we're not moving to Iceland, Jay.

somewhere with sun and little snow pls.

My second choice is Antarctica.

Really though, do we have to live somewhere? Let's be car nomads.

#14

dunya wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:55 pm
speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:44 pm
Golden wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:42 pm
Are you sure you can understand me? What in particular would you mean by going rural?
Haha. I almost forgot you were from there.

he's not? Golden is one of the Aussie boys. Quin / MacDougall / Golden.

He's really from New Zealand. Remember when they had the earthquakes there and he was talking about them? Or maybe that was before you got here, can't really remember a time when you weren't here though.

#15

I totally agree with speed chuck.

#16

juliets wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:46 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:55 pm
speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:44 pm
Golden wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:42 pm
Are you sure you can understand me? What in particular would you mean by going rural?
Haha. I almost forgot you were from there.

he's not? Golden is one of the Aussie boys. Quin / MacDougall / Golden.
He's really from New Zealand. Remember when they had the earthquakes there and he was talking about them? Or maybe that was before you got here, can't really remember a time when you weren't here though.

haha, yea, I know he is. I just like to joke and pretend I think new zealand / australia is one big country and they're all aussies to me

#17

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:00 pm My second choice is Antarctica.

#18

Yeah Antarctica is no good either. Talk him into New Zealand - then we can all go hiking together.

#19

How do we feel about Kepler-62e?

#20

I am not interested in "living" in NZ/AUS because of location mostly. I prefer a country that allows for travelling on a more regular/easier basis.

#21

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:01 pm How do we feel about Kepler-62e?

Looks barren. Poor dunya.

#22

dunya wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:03 pm I am not interested in "living" in NZ/AUS because of location mostly. I prefer a country that allows for travelling on a more regular/easier basis.

Oh ok - I was thinking we were rich since we were moving to another country so I was planning on having a jet at my disposal.

#23

juliets wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:04 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:03 pm I am not interested in "living" in NZ/AUS because of location mostly. I prefer a country that allows for travelling on a more regular/easier basis.
Oh ok - I was thinking we were rich since we were moving to another country so I was planning on having a jet at my disposal.

hahahahaha. that's the dream.

#24

dunya wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:03 pm I am not interested in "living" in NZ/AUS because of location mostly. I prefer a country that allows for travelling on a more regular/easier basis.

I don't travel much. And when I do, it's to beaches, mountains, camping, hiking...

All of which NZ have.

If I want to experience foreign culture, I'm going to have to fly anyway. 'merica is a big country.

#25

I think France would be my second choice.

#26

France or Portland Oregon

#27

dunya wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:55 pm
speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:44 pm
Golden wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:42 pm
Are you sure you can understand me? What in particular would you mean by going rural?
Haha. I almost forgot you were from there.

he's not? Golden is one of the Aussie boys. Quin / MacDougall / Golden.

You're now on my 'kill on day one' list.

#28

juliets wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:46 pm
dunya wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:55 pm
speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:44 pm
Golden wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:42 pm
Are you sure you can understand me? What in particular would you mean by going rural?
Haha. I almost forgot you were from there.

he's not? Golden is one of the Aussie boys. Quin / MacDougall / Golden.
He's really from New Zealand. Remember when they had the earthquakes there and he was talking about them? Or maybe that was before you got here, can't really remember a time when you weren't here though.

Australians would panic in a real earthquake.

#29

Golden wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 5:00 pm You're now on my 'kill on day one' list.

#30

Italy

Literally the European country I liked visiting the most.

#31

While I want to visit every US state, I would be horribly picky about where to live if I were to change states solely out of choice.

I live in Pennsylvania and I have to stick with my principle of never living north of where I am now, which rules out Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska.

Being from PA, I couldn’t move to a neighboring state out of pride/bias, so no to Ohio, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, or West Virginia.

The MidWest doesn’t appeal to me, nor do the Plain states, so bye bye Rust Belt, Tornado Alley, and Corn (aka Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska).

Hawaii is too expensive; California is too crazy; Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico are too dry/hot; and Utah and Colorado are too close to my aunt.

Kentucky and Tennessee might be too Appalachian for my wife to agree to, and several of the Gulf States are either too hot or too prone to hurricanes for my liking, say sayonara Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

Georgia is a tad to far south along the east cost (read: hot) and South Carolina finishes too low in quality of life metrics for me. I live near the capital of PA, so there’s no way I’m going to move to DC.

So that leaves Texas, Virginia, and North Carolina.

Let me look into the pros and cons of those three and I’ll get back to you.

#32

Georgia can be cooler than North Carolina, depending on where you live because of the Appalachian mountains. We've lived in Northeast Georgia and the weather was just fine- cooler than my hometown here in NC.

#33

Oh, "too Appalachian."

#34

Epignosis wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 5:57 pm Oh, "too Appalachian."

Hey, I’m down with the mountains, the music, and the alcoholic beverages of Appalachia. My wife is just too city / beachy to go along with it.

#35

The two places we go in Alabama are not really hot hot but it is Tornado Alley so I would discount it for that reason.

#36

Norway, my Moms parents are from there, and it's the ancestry I most identify with. I like winter, and my dream home is one where I can see the mountains and the sea at the same time.

If a state, then Washington state. Same deal, mountains meet the Ocean, and I just love the vibe there.

#37

If money were no object Hawaii would be a top pick for me.

#38

is Hawaii really expensive? I've always wanted to visit after watching Terrace House in Hawaii

#39

Yeah. Everything has to be shipped there from the mainland, it is so remote. So all consumer goods are really pricey. It is more expensive to live than to visit, relatively, since all vacations are expensive.

#40

Denmark! I'm obsessed with the concept of hygge, Avant-Garde Danish films, and Smørrebrød.

#41

Canada. There's a novelty about living in a country where it snows I've never experienced. There's also not a lot of cultural differences so it'd be a rather easy transition.

You could probably swap it out with any similar snowy country I suppose. But I've always liked the idea of Canada.