If you had to move, where would you go?

footfootfoot · 10-28-2010, 09:06 PM

Maybe because it is election time or maybe because I've been hearing the news, but I've begun to despair (again) about our country and any hope that it will turn out well in my lifetime.

I just don't see how any politician or president on any side could possibly create an economic climate in this country where people can survive, let alone prosper. The imbalances are so great, so beyond what even a Robin Hood-ish re-distribution of wealth could address, that I can only imagine our situation approaching the inflation Germany in 1939, or the menacing corpocracy/bureaucracy of Terry Gilliam's "Brazil."

But then I always end up with the same question:
Where would I go?

So, let's say for a moment that you HAD to leave and also for the moment that you wouldn't have any barriers to immigration, where would you go, and why?

Bullitt · 10-28-2010, 09:21 PM

New Zealand. Beautiful and varied landscape, isolated from many other countries so no border issues, and great people. Plus I've always wanted to travel the south Pacific island hopping.

monster · 10-28-2010, 09:27 PM

I wouldn't go to any one place. I'd keep on travelling.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-28-2010, 09:47 PM

Australia.

HungLikeJesus · 10-28-2010, 10:16 PM

For who would fardels bear, to grunt and sweat under a weary load...

jimhelm · 10-28-2010, 10:26 PM

I'm moving to foots house as soon as he moves

Clodfobble · 10-28-2010, 11:32 PM

Well since you mention Terry Gilliam, Brazil is a lovely country... as long as you have enough money. Are we destitute as we arrive in this new country, or simply bearing American cash which is rapidly losing all value?

ZenGum · 10-29-2010, 02:55 AM

I think Bruce is right on both counts, but I need to nominate New Zealand as my back up.

Griff · 10-29-2010, 05:40 AM

I'd still be there as the source of most of my troubles regardless of government system. I'd like to find a hidy hole in the Adirondacks though. Canada is always my first consideration. They have a lot of the same problems we do but do decline to bomb other countries incessantly.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-29-2010, 06:07 AM

I considered Canada, but they have the French, sharia law, and my relatives.

Trilby · 10-29-2010, 06:11 AM

Scotland - Outer Hebrides.

Or Iceland - even though their economy crashed, I respect a country that respects fairies and gnomes.

Shawnee123 · 10-29-2010, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I'd still be there as the source of most of my troubles regardless of government system. I'd like to find a hidy hole in the Adirondacks though. Canada is always my first consideration. They have a lot of the same problems we do but do decline to bomb other countries incessantly.

Me too re: Canada.

I'm not very exotic. I know a little French (I can order a beer in French, anyway.)

Or Switzerland.

casimendocina · 10-29-2010, 07:18 AM

If I had limitless cash in a reliable currency (pounds, US dollars, Aus dollars, euros), I'd go to Argentina (how hard was that to guess?) and take occasional trips to Chile. If having to work was still a consideration, then having lived in a number of places around the world, Australia would be my choice.

glatt · 10-29-2010, 07:32 AM

Hard question. You can't compare tourist experiences you have had in a country with what it would be like to actually make a life there. I've been to New Zealand, and it's very nice there, but I'm not cut out to be a sheep farmer, and I don't really want to work in the tourist industry. I don't like the public, and tourists are the worst.

Europe is expensive as hell, and there is no elbow room.

Maybe Canada? It's pretty similar to the US. Australia is pretty nice too.

Am I rich in this fantasy world? Or do I have to find a job?

morethanpretty · 10-29-2010, 07:46 AM

Unfortunately I've never been outside of the country, so I can't really make a judgement. Out of places I can judge: I would move to Austin, TX (hopefully I will be for college) or Seattle, WA.

10-28-2010, 09:06 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	If you had to move, where would you go? Maybe because it is election time or maybe because I've been hearing the news, but I've begun to despair (again) about our country and any hope that it will turn out well in my lifetime. I just don't see how any politician or president on any side could possibly create an economic climate in this country where people can survive, let alone prosper. The imbalances are so great, so beyond what even a Robin Hood-ish re-distribution of wealth could address, that I can only imagine our situation approaching the inflation Germany in 1939, or the menacing corpocracy/bureaucracy of Terry Gilliam's "Brazil." But then I always end up with the same question: Where would I go? So, let's say for a moment that you HAD to leave and also for the moment that you wouldn't have any barriers to immigration, where would you go, and why? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-28-2010, 09:21 PM	#2
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	New Zealand. Beautiful and varied landscape, isolated from many other countries so no border issues, and great people. Plus I've always wanted to travel the south Pacific island hopping. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

10-28-2010, 09:27 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I wouldn't go to any one place. I'd keep on travelling. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-28-2010, 09:47 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Australia. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	For who would fardels bear, to grunt and sweat under a weary load... __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

10-28-2010, 10:26 PM	#6
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	I'm moving to foots house as soon as he moves

10-28-2010, 11:32 PM	#7
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Well since you mention Terry Gilliam, Brazil is a lovely country... as long as you have enough money. Are we destitute as we arrive in this new country, or simply bearing American cash which is rapidly losing all value? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-29-2010, 02:55 AM	#8
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I think Bruce is right on both counts, but I need to nominate New Zealand as my back up. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-29-2010, 05:40 AM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'd still be there as the source of most of my troubles regardless of government system. I'd like to find a hidy hole in the Adirondacks though. Canada is always my first consideration. They have a lot of the same problems we do but do decline to bomb other countries incessantly. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-29-2010, 06:07 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I considered Canada, but they have the French, sharia law, and my relatives. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-29-2010, 06:11 AM	#11
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Scotland - Outer Hebrides. Or Iceland - even though their economy crashed, I respect a country that respects fairies and gnomes. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-29-2010, 07:18 AM	#13
casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	If I had limitless cash in a reliable currency (pounds, US dollars, Aus dollars, euros), I'd go to Argentina (how hard was that to guess?) and take occasional trips to Chile. If having to work was still a consideration, then having lived in a number of places around the world, Australia would be my choice.

10-29-2010, 07:32 AM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Hard question. You can't compare tourist experiences you have had in a country with what it would be like to actually make a life there. I've been to New Zealand, and it's very nice there, but I'm not cut out to be a sheep farmer, and I don't really want to work in the tourist industry. I don't like the public, and tourists are the worst. Europe is expensive as hell, and there is no elbow room. Maybe Canada? It's pretty similar to the US. Australia is pretty nice too. Am I rich in this fantasy world? Or do I have to find a job?

10-29-2010, 07:46 AM	#15
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	Unfortunately I've never been outside of the country, so I can't really make a judgement. Out of places I can judge: I would move to Austin, TX (hopefully I will be for college) or Seattle, WA. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

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