If you had to move to a another country where would that be? I'd

[applegrove]

move to Italy or france. Italy because I like the food, france because I can speak the language.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Norway.

Beautiful scenery, sane government.

[av8rdave]

35. I second Norway

Have actually toyed with the idea, but my commute is bad enough as it is.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

39. Easy - just go to AMS, then DTW.

A co-worker of mine was trying to non-rev back to MSP from (I think) SFO around Christmas time (bad idea in the first place). Everything, everywhere was booked for days. Only way he could fly back to MSP was SFO-DTW-AMS-MSP, lots of seats open. But, not wanting to spend two days riding on airplanes, he finally got as far as MEM then DSM, rented a car and drove home. But you can usually get to and from AMS. Then SAS to OSL, no problem!

I will be retiring soon. Wish I could retire to Norway.

[av8rdave]

44. I work DTW - AMS in a couple of weeks

Sure would be nice if we had some of those with deadhead legs on them. Commuter's dream!

Suppose there wouldn't be a better time in life than right now to think about it.

[RebelOne]

2. British Isles because I can speak the language

and I have visited England, Scotland and Ireland twice. The people are wonderful. I loved the Scottish people. The last place I would want to live would be in France. They are all rude to Americans until they see your money and then their attitude changes.

[geardaddy]

3. You can speak Welsh?

;)

[Spider Jerusalem]

10. 80% of the people in Wales can't speak Welsh

I've lived here for a few years and as far as I've gotten is improving my pronunciation of Welsh placenames and recognising words from the bilingual road signs and such (although in a lot of cases Welsh seems to engage in borrowing of English words with some orthographic modification...'tacsi' for taxi, 'bws' for bus and so on).

[RebelOne]

25. No, but when I was in Wales, they spoke English.n/t

[Lydia Leftcoast]

42. I took a train from Hereford to Bath in 2006 and had to change trains in Wales

I was standing on the platform in the Welsh train station, and they made the loudspeaker announcement in Welsh first.

Then, to my great relief, they repeated it in English. :-)

[applegrove]

8. I should go to Scotland. I've done genealogy online but that is the closest I've ever

gotten to the land of my ancestors.

[trof]

15. Continuing the myth of French rudeness.

No, ALL of them are not rude.
Even in Paris (the NYC of France), I found folks to be friendly and helpful.
There can be a certain brusqueness that's fairly typical of many U.S. cities, especially in the northeast.

I really can't remember a bad experience in my many visits to the country.
I'd pick a small French or Italian village to live in if I didn't have family (grandkids) here.
:-)

[RebelOne]

30. Well, when I was in Paris and tried to use my limited

French, I would be laughed at even though most of the French could speak English, but chose not to.

[pitohui]

66. they were nice to me in paris

and my french, such as it is, consists of maybe five very badly mispronounced words

i think if you're REALLY pathetic, they don't pick on you

they might pick on pretenders or social climbers who don't speak french well enough to meet their haughty standards but if you're obv. just hopeless they don't pick on us :-)

that's my latest theory, since my friends who speak french are the ones who say more about "rude paris" than those of us who are happily clueless

i thought it was great!

[DFW]

36. That's odd, I have no problem with France at all.

What happened, did you try and speak to them in a foreign language (like English) or something?
I am in France about once a week for work. The people there are anything but rude and couldn't
care less about my money.

[OriginalGeek]

4. I'd love to settle my weary bones down with

the bones of my ancestors around the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

[LiberalEsto]

5. Estonia

I speak the language, have family there.

[DFW]

37. Now THERE's a lingusitic challenge!

Estonian is similar to nothing except Finnish, which is no picnic. Unless Esti was a cradle language for you, kudos for learning it.

[LiberalEsto]

40. I didn't start learning English until kindergarten

My parents talked to me only in Estonian, even though they spoke fluent English. I wasn't allowed to speak English around the house until I went to college.

[DFW]

41. That explains it

And good for them. We raised our children bi-lingually, and one of them would now be waiting on tables
in New York, looking for legal work that isn't there, if she hadn't been bi-lingual in German. Instead,
she is now in Frankfurt am Main working at a highly-paid job with the German arm of a top British law firm.

[pitohui]

67. i love frankfurt!!!!

your daughter is so lucky!!!

[hifiguy]

6. New Zealand in a heartbeat.

Beautiful scenery, wonderful, easy-going people, utterly civilized but not too densely populated. Good wine, too, and they let you make your own whisky at home for personal use. And they speak English, or something very close to it. ;)

[kentauros]

52. And they have town names that get censored in search engines

due to how they are pronounced :P

Whakatane

[Pool Hall Ace]

7. The Netherlands

My niece is moving there soon! :)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. Several options, none of which are easy to get into

Japan, because I've lived there before (on a student visa), speak the language, know how to get along in the society, and have a lot of friends there.

The UK, because I like the culture and the people (aside from the yobs).

Norway, because I have some cool relatives there, the government is sane, and the scenery is so stunning that the whole country should be a national park

Other Scandinavian countries, same as Norway, only no relatives and not quite as spectacular scenery.

The only countries that seem to want older Americans (like me) are in Latin America.

[Chan790]

20. Well, on the good side of the LA front.

$250K will allow you to live like a billionaire in Santo Domingo...big house, gold faucets, cabana boys, private pool, gated community with its' own police force, the omnipresent threat of class riots.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

24. That's assuming one wants to live in Santo Domingo

I really dislike the idea of living like a billionaire in a poor country.

Also, I've looked at some of the "retire abroad" websites, and they all seem to think that people want to spend their retirements drinking beer on the beach with an occasional break for golf or tennis.

I need a place with lots of cultural events, bookstores, etc.

[Chan790]

26. I was kind of joking...

I thought the "omnipresent threat of class riots" made that obvious. Supposedly David Koch lives in mortal fear of a class uprising and spent millions to insure his safety and shelter when it comes, inevitably in his opinion. I don't think he thought that one through...he's clearly going to be on anybody's zero-hour short list. He'll be dead before the riots even commence.

Those retire abroad sites and the Dominican resorts in question are clearly catering to conservatives looking for retirement shelters. Retire abroad, avoid having to ever pay taxes on your IRA or pay for your fiscal crimes evil coprophagous Republican scum.

[pokerfan]

11. O...

[Tikki]

21. Us, also..have our spot picked out..

Osoyoos B C




The Tikkis

[pokerfan]

31. Me too

Nelson, B.C.



More here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=9766307&mesg_id=9766354

[Faygo Kid]

12. Canada, Sweden, Norway, maybe one of the Baltic countries

Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia. Look beautiful and very historic. Czech Republic, too.

Guess I'm eurocentric, but would like it there, I think. Pretty damn sick of what's happening here.

[LeftishBrit]

13. Canada, because I could go there without problems, as I have dual citizenship.

[blueknight]

14. i think

panama or thailand. i love hong kong, but wouldnt want to live there. also austrailia or new zealand, been to both, just lovely people

[Throd]

16. Andorra

[applegrove]

17. I met a family from Andorra when I was on a farm vacation as a kid. I always wanted to go

there after that.

[DFW]

46. I've been there. Bring a heavy jacket if you go in the winter!

It's waaaay up there in the mountains (spectacular scenery, tho).

[WinkyDink]

61. Seriously? I've been, and it's a commercialized HELL-HOLE.

[rucky]

18. Brazil

but I need to learn more Portugese first.

[RedCloud]

58. THIS is the winner. Ding! Ding!

[femmocrat]

19. Canada, because I speak the language.

And they have free health care.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

33. Canada, because I speak one of the languages

I guess that rules out Quebec for me.

:hi:

[Lucinda]

22. Costa Rica or Belize

I have friends in both countries.

[kayakjohnny]

23. New Zealand or Brazil.

Possibly South Africa.

[Lucian]

27. Ireland, France, Norway, or Greece.

I'm fascinated by the Celtic ruins of Ireland and would love to study those for my PhD, so that's why I'd want to live there.

If I moved to France, I'd live in the Provence region. I love the lazy lifestyle there. They're never in a hurry, they know how to eat, and everyone is friendly there.

I love the fact that Norway has the highest happiness index and the socialized medicine. That would be the practical place to live.

If I moved to Greece, I'd live in the Cyclades, especially Thira or Mykonos. I love the white houses and the perfectly blue waters of the Aegean Sea.

[Odin2005]

28. New Zealand.

Wonderful folks and it's nice and isolated if the world goes to hell.

[pink-o]

29. Italy. I've been many places in the world, but none compares.

I love the Med, and I could live in Malta, Morocco, Spain, France, Greece, Turkey--anywhere around that Sea. Otherwise, give me Sydney. I love Australia, but I hate flying there, so the geography puts it out of the running.

Oh, BTW, I'm assuming this hypothetical includes the phrase..."If money were no object..." Cuz I love Rome, but could never afford it.

[WinkyDink]

63. I missed Malta on my travels, dang it all.

[Chan790]

32. Spain.

I'm already working on citizenship and I speak the language intermediately...but with no accent, like a true native.

[DFW]

34. Although I can speak the languages of Sweden, Netherlands, France and Andorra...

I moved to Germany because one of the friendly natives asked me to...

and that was an offer I couldn't refuse!

[OriginalGeek]

45. You made the right call.

[DFW]

47. No regrets on my part, anyway!

I had to get SOMETHING right, didn't I?

[Taverner]

38. Canada. New Zealand. Chile. Argentina. UK. Thailand. Holland. France. Costa Rica.

There are many places I could live

[Sisaruus]

43. Finland

[Demonaut]

48. Utopia, just turn left at Shangri-la

[GoCubsGo]

49. Canada

Preferably, British Columbia or Nova Scotia. I have been to both, and really loved them, especially BC. I am particularly fond of Victoria, BC. It's so very British, yet so very Canada. Kind of like living in the UK, only with hockey and mountains. I really love Canadians, too. The ones I have met are all very friendly and have a great sense of humor.

If not there, New Zealand or Australia would be cool. Or, anywhere in Scandinavia There are also parts of Italy I wouldn't mind living in, especially around Lake Como. But, it's not like I would ever be able to afford that.

[KC]

50. I'd

move to Scotland ( relatives there ) or Canada

[rurallib]

51. one of them socialist countries

[Luciferous]

53. I would choose New Zealand, my husband would say England because

his family is from Liverpool and he has dual citizenship.

[Paper Roses]

54. Belgium. Great people, beautiful country.

[WinkyDink]

64. Absolutely. And Belgium seems to get overlooked!

[kentauros]

55. I think all of us that want to move to New Zealand

should get together, pool our resources and set up shop on Waiheke Island :D

[Gidney N Cloyd]

56. Wyoming.

Sonny: So what country do you want to go to?
Sal: Wyoming.
Sonny: Sal, Wyoming's not a country.

[Myrina]

57. Czech Republic

My ancestral countryside. Although anyplace on the Mediterranean would be lovely, too.

[lunatica]

59. Mexico because it was my first home and I miss it terribly

But I'd love to do some serious traveling elsewhere

[WinkyDink]

60. Either Cornwall, England, or Normandy, France (maybe Alsace).

[Tuesday Afternoon]

62. maybe

Bermuda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda

or

Australia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia

[pitohui]

65. if i "had to?" a cheap one!!!

to be honest i don't know if there are too many countries left that are cheaper than louisiana

as an american who would not be allowed to work in italy or france i guess i would have to shoot myself in about five months

well, as an american who prob. wouldn't be allowed to work in any foreign country it's hard to say but even central america, the one time haven, i couldn't last for long although i could prob. eke out a couple of years rather than a couple of months from my pitiful life savings

they're saying ecuador might be an option???

[kaiden]

68. Baja Mexico is supposed to be nice.

You can lease a property for 99 years and keep it in your family forever.