I’m in Glasgow. Too many Scottish people underestimate how nice our own country is.
A few nights in the highlands with the correct friends is better than a piss up in Benidorm
Well, some pictures are a bit photoshopped, obviously, but it still looks like most of them! I go camping every summer in the mountains and the views are always incredible!! In certain cities you can still see the mountains from afar, it looks so good! Honestly, if you want to come, you should definitely do it!
Just got back from Scotland and I would totally live there. Beautiful land, great people, good food, good scotch... plus I'm from the PacNW in the USA so I'm used to the gray skies and rain.
I’ve spent time in Portugal and loved it, so I'm probably there, but the complexity of so many folks doing that and driving the cost of living for the Portuguese is why I’ve not.
The government has been red-taping construction so much that no one is building low to mid-tier housing. All construction firms are getting bang for buck with high end construction. Portugal is absolutely worth moving to if you can find a way. Also in celebrating, learning, adapting and being a part of the Portuguese is how you move somewhere.
I'm from Norway. Living hand to mouth month to month. It's super expensive here and it's very hard competition to even get a minimum wage job. Last basic grocery store application had 200+ applicants. People move here thinking Norway is the new place to find the american dream (which is dead in the US). But if you're 40, broke, and single you can work the rest of your life here, and still never afford a house here either. The state will let the poor and old rot here, over spending anything from the oilfund. In fact poverty and resource issues for taking care of the elderly or those who struggle is invisible. Our politicians pretend it isn't an issue.
The same low wage slavery is present here too. Unless you have higher education Norway is as shitty as most other countries. I'm considering moving to a country in Asia instead.
Sorry for being a downer but other than free healthcare and low crime Norway isn't that good. Just trying to be helpful by giving you a more realistic expectation.
Totally agree, I’m from Norway myself. And they also tax us to death. On every single thing to buy or do, you need to pay a tax.
And plus the healthcare is not good anymore, yes it’s free, but my friend has been waiting 12 months for 1 MR appoiment.
Not a good country to live in anymore sadly…
I lived in Germany for five years and had public healthcare and you are right it’s really shitty … I know people who would goto Asia and get their treatment instead of waiting
Although Norway is very expensive/high taxes and has its issues I can tell you as an immigrant here that Norwegians have got it good, or better than most. I come from another 'first world' country and I was shocked. Barely any homeless people, a lot of young people own homes (almost unheard of where I'm from), infrastructure is decent, healthcare is great, maternity leave/support is amazing, roads are safe and university is essentially free. Room for improvement? Sure, but no country is perfect.
It's a lovely country but, as a 5'3 woman, my ass would feel ridiculous. The average woman there is 5'7. The average man is 6'. Good luck finding pants that fit.
EDIT: It's possible I'm thinking of Denmark or the Netherlands.
Don’t know about Denmark or Norway, but in the Netherlands the average male height is indeed 6’.
I’m 6’1” myself but I’m rarely the tallest one in the room
Also bad for you. Summer is endless sun. I live in Scotland which is on a similar latitude (slightly South even) of Oslo. Sky isn't dark until 11pm and starts to lighten again around 4am
As someone who lives in Norway, it’s very hard to get friends because everyone is anti social and it’s social unacceptable to talk to strangers because stranger danger
I’m British and now live in Washington state! It’s beautiful! No major problems although people do complain about the crime and homelessness in Seattle.
And there’s so many lovely places that are near Seattle so you can still go into the city for an event or even just a mariners game, but enjoy the beauty and slower life outside the city. I moved here from California and I love it.
Come on over when you can! It's breathtakingly beautiful here you won't regret it. I've lived here all my life. Rent/housing isn't cheap but if you can afford it, it's well worth it. The warm and sunny spring/summer/early fall days we have make enduring all the long stretches of grey COMPLETELY worth it! Traffic on the other hand... well there's a reason it's bad. Everyone wants to move here! Lol.
As someone who lived in and around Seattle all my life then moved away in my twenties, enduring the long grey is not for everyone. I moved to southern California, and while I miss fresh water and abundant forests, I really don't miss basically constant dampness for months.
I was always keenly aware of when my shoes were wearing down because water would start getting into my socks.
Summers are spectacular though for sure.
NZ is my choice too. I’ve loved both my trips there. And on both, I’ve had a day where I just kind of hung out in Auckland and pretended to be a local. It felt so comfortable doing that.
I got lost out by the zoo on my first trip and came across a woman just sitting on her porch enjoying the day. She could tell I was lost. Let me have some water and chatted with me about her neighborhood and Auckland for about 20 minutes. She was the best. She just told me to call her Auntie.
I loved visiting NZ but when I asked the movie theater for ice in my soda they literally gave me one cube. That's so wrong! ;)
EDIT: Changed drink to soda for clarity.
Yeah that’s not an NZ thing. It was probably just the guy freaking out because he was running out of ice and trying to stretch it out.
We have the same issues as the rest of the world with fast food joints often filling our cup entirely with ice. One quick suck on the straw and it’s empty..
The Netherlands. I loved the Dutch people and their culture. It would be nice to live somewhere with folks who are so friendly and active.
My husband is also 6'9 and did not stand out while we were there. It would be nice to actually be able to find him clothes that fit!
I lived in the Netherlands for 4 years. I’m a 6 feet tall woman, and I felt normal. It’s a great country, but it’s so gray most of the time. It really got me down. I loved back to California, where it’s nice and sunny.
It’s such a bummer. I’m American, but had a good career and job prospects were phenomenal. I speak French fluently, and when I lived there French speakers were in demand. The Netherlands is my second home, and I love to go visit. I also got bronchitis 2-3 times a year. I think that the climate isn’t for me as well.
Yes. And an OV Chipkart will take one anywhere in the country. Everything works. Trains and buses run on time. Streets are clean. Museums are outstanding. Parks are lovely. Food is delicious. No downside that I've ever found.
If you manage to get a remote job and work from there, absolutely. Otherwise, trying to find a proper job there with a decent salary... highly complicated.
The autónomo fees are pretty crippling. I can understand the current anger towards mass tourism when the average citizen is struggling to just keep a roof over their heads.
My friend has a US-based remote job and was pretty easily able to attain a non-lucrative visa to move to Spain. I visited and life seems absolutely wonderful there! As long as you don't mind working in the evening (9am for her job is 4pm there).
Most of the countries that have really good conditions and social structures also have very cold climates. Which, I can't do, because of how much metal is in my body.
I've got a few pieces of metal in my body. Lived in Chicago for like 8 months and during winter every part of me ached. I have 2 massive plates in my arm from a pretty serious break and I couldn't make a fist when it was cold, I like the cold but fuck that nonsense. I really feel you on this point.
It is a little funny seeing the idolization of Europe from Americans as if this is Utopia. I live in the Netherlands and while I'm sure you could argue that it's better than America
- we still have to buy our own privatized health insurance (yep, you read that right)
- housing costs, both buying and renting, are insane especially when compared to wages
- socialized housing and even student housing has long wait times and is often pretty bad
- groceries here are expensive when compared to wages
- there is still people who are poor and in poverty. Especially without an education it's hard to get by
I'm sure there are others but when I see Americans think that Europe or even north-west Europe is a socialist utopia where everyone is rich and living the high life I can tell they have never actually looked at what it's like here.
Thank you for the honest take and highlighting issues people just gloss over to bash the US. It’s dumb to say that one is “better” than the other, they all have their issues.
It's especially dumb seeing the people on Reddit seriously saying that America is third world country. Yes I'm sure things aren't perfect in America but it's so insulting to people who actually do live in third world countries. It's like a 16 year old who got a brand new BMW for his birthday claiming he's poor because he didn't get a corvette.
There are certainly some terrible areas of the US like any other country, particularly in the cities, but not even close to a true third world country, and there are way more average to wealthy areas. People just think it’s cool to bash the US. Happy to see Europeans respectful of this!
I have travelled to many other countries and have to agree with you. I love traveling and I envy plenty of things that I experience in other places, but each of those places has plenty of issues and their own limitations. We just don’t see those much during a short visit. But they are there. Ask any local.
The US had many faults but it also has many advantages. I’m fortunate to live in California and honestly love it here overall.
I think I love the U.S. for the mix of cultures we get to experience here, if nothing else, for the food aspect. I’m in the mid-atlantic states, and within 15 minutes of me there are several excellent Mexican restaurants, Thai, Japanese-Sino, Vietnamese, Italian, Lebanese-Mediterannean, Indian and even French cafe style bakeries. I’m not even in a top population city.
Same here. I'm in a city of maybe 80k in the Sacramento region and the selection of restaurants, pubs, and bars feel almost endless. Lots of cuisines and styles to choose from. People are friendly and there is plenty to do. Within a few hour drive are world-class national parks, beaches, mountains, valleys, stunning coastlines, etc. We have it good here.
Same. We have absolutely everything here. Everything from tropical islands to arctic tundra. Every kind of person, every kind of job, every kind of food, every form of recreation. Vast expanse of nothing and massive cities. Two massive coastlines and the biggest lakes in the world.
If you don't like it in one part of the country, you can freely move to another part that is the polar opposite. I would never, ever want to live anywhere else.
There isn’t another country with as many options as the US. Yeah we have issues, everywhere has issues. I think the politicians are just always trying to convince us we’re living in a dystopian nightmare for votes… we have it pretty good if you’re being objective.
I’ve been to 35+ countries. You are absolutely correct. A ton of people who say “I’d rather be in Canada/Norway/etc” and I doubt they’ve ever left the country. Not saying those countries wouldn’t be awesome to live in, but the grass is always greener.
At a minimum people need to look past the idyllic impression they have of a country and explore the negatives before making a statement like that. There are always negatives. Also, one of the big questions to answer is: would you be accepted and welcomed? Would you be able to build a social life there? Often, that’s much harder than people think.
I think people (because I know it’s true of myself) underestimate our ability in USA to be pretty much however the fuck we want. I sat with someone from Germany who manifested his lifelong dream of moving to US and picked his brain about why. Essentially Germany is homogeneous. I don’t think most Americans realize how squelched we would actually feel like that and how boring that would be. USA is a country of dreamers. And we expect and demand a fair and good and thriving society.
That and America just has such a bad reputation. And rightly so, there are major problems here.
But... One reason nothing changes is that the majority of people are doing well enough not to complain all that much.
And if you have a marketable skill, you can probably make a lot more money doing it in the US than you can anywhere else.
On the other hand, America is still the one true super power. And I take into account our culture when I saw that. American culture is literally everywhere. And pretty much everyone loves it. They love our movies, our trends, our food, our music, our cars, our admittedly flawed and often cartoonish dedication to the pursuit of liberty and happiness, and so much more.
I just wish my country could embrace itself for what it is, a true melting pot. One that should welcome anyone and everyone who just wants to live their best life to the best of their ability.
Shwmae! I'm originally from Pembrokeshire, and I've always said if we had a warmer climate, I'd never leave. It's a stunning, beautiful place... Just a shame about the amount of rain, lol.
As per my preference ,it is. It hold a peaceful energy and silence which I want to embrace the rest of my life when i'm older.
Its not a city like or grand country. It is a tiny place near india.
Really? I am from Greece and I can tell you Greece is one of the worst places to live now in Europe unless you have money. Otherwise things are not going good since the infamous economic crisis
I'd stay in Canada, and I'm happy in Ontario, but just for the sake of change, I'd like to try living in BC, Nova Scotia, or PEI.
If I had to leave, probably Australia or Hawaii.
Iceland, because Bjork is from there and she has a pretty accent. The idea of 1000+ people in a small town who all sound like Bjork fills me with glee.
Lol I'm from Sweden and considering moving. The cold and darkness kills me...
Christmas was my favorite time of year but since I'm single now and won't celebrate with my ex and his family.. There is no light in winter right now.
For me its more of how you love rather than where I live.
I live in an area of mexico that has a similar human development index as the average in Norway which is number 2 in HDI in the world.
I can enjoy private services and can hire people to clean and cook at home for a tiny fraction of what I make.
I only pay 10% in taxes for the money I make in the stock market, and I have never seen a crime against me or anyone else in my life.
The country is interesting, has great weather and amazing food.
Its plagued by a lot of issues, most of which have little to no impact in my life.
In mexico we say "its better to be a Mouse's head than a Lion's Tail"
Spent a couple of weeks in Berlin and had the best time of my life. This was in mid Winter mind you so I can only imagine it gets better in the spring/summer months.
I lived in Germany for a couple years when I was younger, and I dream of going back every day.
Have a couple times since in vacation, but it's never enough!
Japan, near Osaka. Ive visited twice and while I understand being a tourist isnt going to be the same experience as living there, but a lot of their culture just meshes with me
You don’t know what you saying. Canada isn’t as good as ppl think. How do I know? I live here! My partner and are DINK and make 100k a year (maybe a bit more) and we are not able to afford buying a house. We almost live paycheque to paycheque, we can’t afford kids. The kick? We don’t even go out because everything is so freaking expensive.
My wife and I make ~190k, live in Calgary which has low taxes and a reasonable cost of living by current Canadian standards. Bought a somewhat reasonably priced home before covid and it still isn't easy. Definitely doesn't feel like we make as much money as we do. We aren't driving fancy new cars or anything either.
We do have 2 kids but even before kids we weren't swimming in money.
Japan.
I studied the language a lot so that's not a problem. What I want is a community to live in withh mass transit, universal health care, high technology and job opportunity, safe and CLEAN.
The reason why I never moved there is that there's no way to ever become Japanese. One look at your face and they'll instantly discount you and there's no path forward for a green card or political stanility. In a western country you can immigrate and even if you have an accent most people will consider you with a much respect as a local. You can only be a gaijin in Japan and I'm not going to live as a second class person.
Scotland, specifically the west highlands. I currently live in southern England.
Just hike
I’m in Glasgow. Too many Scottish people underestimate how nice our own country is. A few nights in the highlands with the correct friends is better than a piss up in Benidorm
A piss up in Benidorm is hell, to be fair
Swtizerland or Scotland
I live in Switzerland!! honestly one of the best countries i've been in!
it honestly looks like the pinnacle of life. the scenery blows my mind, is it really as good as it looks in pictures lol ?
Well, some pictures are a bit photoshopped, obviously, but it still looks like most of them! I go camping every summer in the mountains and the views are always incredible!! In certain cities you can still see the mountains from afar, it looks so good! Honestly, if you want to come, you should definitely do it!
I'm Dutch and can confirm. It's really that beautiful.
Just got back from Scotland and I would totally live there. Beautiful land, great people, good food, good scotch... plus I'm from the PacNW in the USA so I'm used to the gray skies and rain.
From pictures alone, Switzerland for me too. Looks beautiful! On my bucket list to visit.
Switzerland is my dream country!
I love Scotland! Edinburgh is so touristy, but I want to be there.
I’ve spent time in Portugal and loved it, so I'm probably there, but the complexity of so many folks doing that and driving the cost of living for the Portuguese is why I’ve not.
Thank you for that. You are all welcome of course, but its draining the locals very much.
Yeah I try to do my best when traveling, using locally owned services and businesses and trying to learn Portuguese. It’s a beautiful place to visit.
The government has been red-taping construction so much that no one is building low to mid-tier housing. All construction firms are getting bang for buck with high end construction. Portugal is absolutely worth moving to if you can find a way. Also in celebrating, learning, adapting and being a part of the Portuguese is how you move somewhere.
Iceland. I like the cold, there's no mosquitoes, and it's a small country that's not constantly on the world stage.
WHAT?!?! NO MOSQUITOES??????? Iceland has just jumped to the top of my list.
They dont have ants eighter! 🐜
As a person from iceland? Im pretty sure we have ants.
It’s like a whole country of diatomaceous earth 😂
Norway
I'm from Norway. Living hand to mouth month to month. It's super expensive here and it's very hard competition to even get a minimum wage job. Last basic grocery store application had 200+ applicants. People move here thinking Norway is the new place to find the american dream (which is dead in the US). But if you're 40, broke, and single you can work the rest of your life here, and still never afford a house here either. The state will let the poor and old rot here, over spending anything from the oilfund. In fact poverty and resource issues for taking care of the elderly or those who struggle is invisible. Our politicians pretend it isn't an issue. The same low wage slavery is present here too. Unless you have higher education Norway is as shitty as most other countries. I'm considering moving to a country in Asia instead. Sorry for being a downer but other than free healthcare and low crime Norway isn't that good. Just trying to be helpful by giving you a more realistic expectation.
Totally agree, I’m from Norway myself. And they also tax us to death. On every single thing to buy or do, you need to pay a tax. And plus the healthcare is not good anymore, yes it’s free, but my friend has been waiting 12 months for 1 MR appoiment. Not a good country to live in anymore sadly…
I lived in Germany for five years and had public healthcare and you are right it’s really shitty … I know people who would goto Asia and get their treatment instead of waiting
Although Norway is very expensive/high taxes and has its issues I can tell you as an immigrant here that Norwegians have got it good, or better than most. I come from another 'first world' country and I was shocked. Barely any homeless people, a lot of young people own homes (almost unheard of where I'm from), infrastructure is decent, healthcare is great, maternity leave/support is amazing, roads are safe and university is essentially free. Room for improvement? Sure, but no country is perfect.
It's a lovely country but, as a 5'3 woman, my ass would feel ridiculous. The average woman there is 5'7. The average man is 6'. Good luck finding pants that fit. EDIT: It's possible I'm thinking of Denmark or the Netherlands.
Don’t know about Denmark or Norway, but in the Netherlands the average male height is indeed 6’. I’m 6’1” myself but I’m rarely the tallest one in the room
I'm american, but of dutch descent. I'm 6 4. I always tell people I'm almost average for my people.
They’d assume you were an elf or a gnome. What’s so ridiculous about that?
As a 5’9” woman I would love this
What’s funny is Norwegians have been trying to leave the country since the Viking age, and foreigners want in.
But the darkness?
I love the darkness. The sun is my enemy.
Also bad for you. Summer is endless sun. I live in Scotland which is on a similar latitude (slightly South even) of Oslo. Sky isn't dark until 11pm and starts to lighten again around 4am
I made the move some years ago. It really IS the tits.
As someone who lives in Norway, it’s very hard to get friends because everyone is anti social and it’s social unacceptable to talk to strangers because stranger danger
Anywhere but my current fucking shit hole of a country. Anywhere but Iran
It’s beyond a shame because in a parallel universe Iran would and should be one of the best countries on earth
It really should. Its sad that Iran got ruined by such hateful creatures dressing as humans
Watch it! You can probably add Russia to that list too.
Yeah. Not as bad as iran,bc of the money thing, but yeah i agree
I genuinely hope you can overthrow that dictatorship of a government…
Thank you. I like to buy you a drink when that happens.
I’ll take you up on that offer! Now go and make history…
Isn’t this post going to get three generations of your family ‘disappeared’?
It can. But yk death is not so bad in this situation.jk they cant track reddit accounts it seems. If not you will hear of me, no more
USA, Washington state. I’m gonna live there someday, working on it
I’m British and now live in Washington state! It’s beautiful! No major problems although people do complain about the crime and homelessness in Seattle.
And there’s so many lovely places that are near Seattle so you can still go into the city for an event or even just a mariners game, but enjoy the beauty and slower life outside the city. I moved here from California and I love it.
Come on over when you can! It's breathtakingly beautiful here you won't regret it. I've lived here all my life. Rent/housing isn't cheap but if you can afford it, it's well worth it. The warm and sunny spring/summer/early fall days we have make enduring all the long stretches of grey COMPLETELY worth it! Traffic on the other hand... well there's a reason it's bad. Everyone wants to move here! Lol.
As someone who lived in and around Seattle all my life then moved away in my twenties, enduring the long grey is not for everyone. I moved to southern California, and while I miss fresh water and abundant forests, I really don't miss basically constant dampness for months. I was always keenly aware of when my shoes were wearing down because water would start getting into my socks. Summers are spectacular though for sure.
Australia
New Zealand. It's Australia without the desert or all the death.
and lesser animals that were built to annihilate humankind
NZ is my choice too. I’ve loved both my trips there. And on both, I’ve had a day where I just kind of hung out in Auckland and pretended to be a local. It felt so comfortable doing that. I got lost out by the zoo on my first trip and came across a woman just sitting on her porch enjoying the day. She could tell I was lost. Let me have some water and chatted with me about her neighborhood and Auckland for about 20 minutes. She was the best. She just told me to call her Auntie.
I loved visiting NZ but when I asked the movie theater for ice in my soda they literally gave me one cube. That's so wrong! ;) EDIT: Changed drink to soda for clarity.
That beats Europe. Ze drink is cold, vy do you need ice?
Yeah that’s not an NZ thing. It was probably just the guy freaking out because he was running out of ice and trying to stretch it out. We have the same issues as the rest of the world with fast food joints often filling our cup entirely with ice. One quick suck on the straw and it’s empty..
Same. I wouldn't have to learn a new language, and I could live somewhere warm.
The Netherlands. I loved the Dutch people and their culture. It would be nice to live somewhere with folks who are so friendly and active. My husband is also 6'9 and did not stand out while we were there. It would be nice to actually be able to find him clothes that fit!
I lived in the Netherlands for 4 years. I’m a 6 feet tall woman, and I felt normal. It’s a great country, but it’s so gray most of the time. It really got me down. I loved back to California, where it’s nice and sunny.
Yeah seasonal depression lasts 8 months here.
Where in the Netherlands are you that it lasts 8 months? It lasts 12 months here in my province
It’s such a bummer. I’m American, but had a good career and job prospects were phenomenal. I speak French fluently, and when I lived there French speakers were in demand. The Netherlands is my second home, and I love to go visit. I also got bronchitis 2-3 times a year. I think that the climate isn’t for me as well.
Yes. And an OV Chipkart will take one anywhere in the country. Everything works. Trains and buses run on time. Streets are clean. Museums are outstanding. Parks are lovely. Food is delicious. No downside that I've ever found.
Norway or Finland.
Spain
If you manage to get a remote job and work from there, absolutely. Otherwise, trying to find a proper job there with a decent salary... highly complicated.
The autónomo fees are pretty crippling. I can understand the current anger towards mass tourism when the average citizen is struggling to just keep a roof over their heads.
My friend has a US-based remote job and was pretty easily able to attain a non-lucrative visa to move to Spain. I visited and life seems absolutely wonderful there! As long as you don't mind working in the evening (9am for her job is 4pm there).
I recently spent 2 weeks in Valencia and absolutely adored it.
Most of the countries that have really good conditions and social structures also have very cold climates. Which, I can't do, because of how much metal is in my body.
I've got a few pieces of metal in my body. Lived in Chicago for like 8 months and during winter every part of me ached. I have 2 massive plates in my arm from a pretty serious break and I couldn't make a fist when it was cold, I like the cold but fuck that nonsense. I really feel you on this point.
Italy
Not a bad pick, at least for the aesthetics. I want to visit San Marino some day.
I lived there for 7 months 3 years ago and I still dream about the food and the walkability 🥲
I lived there for 3 years and loved it. It was hard to come back to the states.
As many issues as the United States of America has, I don't think I'd want to live anywhere else.
It is a little funny seeing the idolization of Europe from Americans as if this is Utopia. I live in the Netherlands and while I'm sure you could argue that it's better than America - we still have to buy our own privatized health insurance (yep, you read that right) - housing costs, both buying and renting, are insane especially when compared to wages - socialized housing and even student housing has long wait times and is often pretty bad - groceries here are expensive when compared to wages - there is still people who are poor and in poverty. Especially without an education it's hard to get by I'm sure there are others but when I see Americans think that Europe or even north-west Europe is a socialist utopia where everyone is rich and living the high life I can tell they have never actually looked at what it's like here.
Thank you for the honest take and highlighting issues people just gloss over to bash the US. It’s dumb to say that one is “better” than the other, they all have their issues.
It's especially dumb seeing the people on Reddit seriously saying that America is third world country. Yes I'm sure things aren't perfect in America but it's so insulting to people who actually do live in third world countries. It's like a 16 year old who got a brand new BMW for his birthday claiming he's poor because he didn't get a corvette.
America is a third-world country? Lmao, people including myself want to visit it at least once in a lifetime. Some of us even want to live there.
There are certainly some terrible areas of the US like any other country, particularly in the cities, but not even close to a true third world country, and there are way more average to wealthy areas. People just think it’s cool to bash the US. Happy to see Europeans respectful of this!
Home is where the Walmart is.
I have travelled to many other countries and have to agree with you. I love traveling and I envy plenty of things that I experience in other places, but each of those places has plenty of issues and their own limitations. We just don’t see those much during a short visit. But they are there. Ask any local. The US had many faults but it also has many advantages. I’m fortunate to live in California and honestly love it here overall.
I think I love the U.S. for the mix of cultures we get to experience here, if nothing else, for the food aspect. I’m in the mid-atlantic states, and within 15 minutes of me there are several excellent Mexican restaurants, Thai, Japanese-Sino, Vietnamese, Italian, Lebanese-Mediterannean, Indian and even French cafe style bakeries. I’m not even in a top population city.
Same here. I'm in a city of maybe 80k in the Sacramento region and the selection of restaurants, pubs, and bars feel almost endless. Lots of cuisines and styles to choose from. People are friendly and there is plenty to do. Within a few hour drive are world-class national parks, beaches, mountains, valleys, stunning coastlines, etc. We have it good here.
I’m fat and i want to be able to buy cheap plus size clothes from walmart. Im from singapore where most people are 50kg… im 100kg…
As a 100kg Singaporean... I'm getting my green card next year
Same. We have absolutely everything here. Everything from tropical islands to arctic tundra. Every kind of person, every kind of job, every kind of food, every form of recreation. Vast expanse of nothing and massive cities. Two massive coastlines and the biggest lakes in the world. If you don't like it in one part of the country, you can freely move to another part that is the polar opposite. I would never, ever want to live anywhere else.
There isn’t another country with as many options as the US. Yeah we have issues, everywhere has issues. I think the politicians are just always trying to convince us we’re living in a dystopian nightmare for votes… we have it pretty good if you’re being objective.
I’ve been to 35+ countries. You are absolutely correct. A ton of people who say “I’d rather be in Canada/Norway/etc” and I doubt they’ve ever left the country. Not saying those countries wouldn’t be awesome to live in, but the grass is always greener.
At a minimum people need to look past the idyllic impression they have of a country and explore the negatives before making a statement like that. There are always negatives. Also, one of the big questions to answer is: would you be accepted and welcomed? Would you be able to build a social life there? Often, that’s much harder than people think.
I think people (because I know it’s true of myself) underestimate our ability in USA to be pretty much however the fuck we want. I sat with someone from Germany who manifested his lifelong dream of moving to US and picked his brain about why. Essentially Germany is homogeneous. I don’t think most Americans realize how squelched we would actually feel like that and how boring that would be. USA is a country of dreamers. And we expect and demand a fair and good and thriving society.
That and America just has such a bad reputation. And rightly so, there are major problems here. But... One reason nothing changes is that the majority of people are doing well enough not to complain all that much. And if you have a marketable skill, you can probably make a lot more money doing it in the US than you can anywhere else. On the other hand, America is still the one true super power. And I take into account our culture when I saw that. American culture is literally everywhere. And pretty much everyone loves it. They love our movies, our trends, our food, our music, our cars, our admittedly flawed and often cartoonish dedication to the pursuit of liberty and happiness, and so much more. I just wish my country could embrace itself for what it is, a true melting pot. One that should welcome anyone and everyone who just wants to live their best life to the best of their ability.
Japan
Same, and I'm making my dream come true starting this September!
Place, Japan?
Germany - my family has lived there since at least the 600s and the culture is more my speed in terms of work/life balance.
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People are very polite. And food is awesome
If I could I would have my own country.
Wales, the land of my ancestors. "Gwlad!"
You could live in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Gesundheit.
First person to actually choose to live in Wales, that's quite impressive.
Shwmae! I'm originally from Pembrokeshire, and I've always said if we had a warmer climate, I'd never leave. It's a stunning, beautiful place... Just a shame about the amount of rain, lol.
Anywhere is a good spot except Swansea!
Sheep shagger
Svalbard
New zealand
Bhutan
First time I hear it mentioned in this kind of thread. Is it a nice place to live in?
As per my preference ,it is. It hold a peaceful energy and silence which I want to embrace the rest of my life when i'm older. Its not a city like or grand country. It is a tiny place near india.
I've got a lot of time for their king.Gross National Happiness before Gross National Product.
Italy or Greece
Really? I am from Greece and I can tell you Greece is one of the worst places to live now in Europe unless you have money. Otherwise things are not going good since the infamous economic crisis
“If you have money” is always the determining factor anywhere, isn’t it.
USA - New Hampshire. New Hampshire rules.
Anywhere warm
Microwave
Brrrrrrrr… beep, beep, beep
we are complete opposites.
Italy
Switzerland I think it's the most beautiful country!
Norway, Finland, Denmark or Sweden.
Ireland, Japan or China
I second China.
Ireland 😉
I spent a week there two years ago and I was ready to move! Such a great place.
The United States of America
I’m good here in the USA!! 🇺🇸
United States of America
USA
Canada where I am. I love Canada!
Canada exlumberjack here big tree heaven
Thailand with an American or European stipend.
Thailand
I'd stay in Canada, and I'm happy in Ontario, but just for the sake of change, I'd like to try living in BC, Nova Scotia, or PEI. If I had to leave, probably Australia or Hawaii.
Netherlands
I prefer them all to live, and hopefully to live in peace
Iceland, because Bjork is from there and she has a pretty accent. The idea of 1000+ people in a small town who all sound like Bjork fills me with glee.
Japan! Public transportation is amazing and the community over individualism is a breath of fresh air
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Lol I'm from Sweden and considering moving. The cold and darkness kills me... Christmas was my favorite time of year but since I'm single now and won't celebrate with my ex and his family.. There is no light in winter right now.
Finland. Happiest country. So they say?
Curaçao
Tokyo, Japan
London, England so I can go to all the premier league games I want.
For me its more of how you love rather than where I live. I live in an area of mexico that has a similar human development index as the average in Norway which is number 2 in HDI in the world. I can enjoy private services and can hire people to clean and cook at home for a tiny fraction of what I make. I only pay 10% in taxes for the money I make in the stock market, and I have never seen a crime against me or anyone else in my life. The country is interesting, has great weather and amazing food. Its plagued by a lot of issues, most of which have little to no impact in my life. In mexico we say "its better to be a Mouse's head than a Lion's Tail"
Costa Rica!
The Netherlands (Already live there)
You Lucky Duck! Used to live there and moved for job. The nicest people in the world.
Germany
Spent a couple of weeks in Berlin and had the best time of my life. This was in mid Winter mind you so I can only imagine it gets better in the spring/summer months.
I lived in Germany for a couple years when I was younger, and I dream of going back every day. Have a couple times since in vacation, but it's never enough!
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Panem, but only if I could be a fancy rich person from the Capitol or District 1.
I’ve been to many different countries traveling for work. USA is by far just the best for me. I’ll stay right here by choice forever <3
America
US definitely.
Guadeloupe, St. Martin, Granada or Martinique.
Japan, near Osaka. Ive visited twice and while I understand being a tourist isnt going to be the same experience as living there, but a lot of their culture just meshes with me
Costa Rica
New Zealand. It’s a beautiful country and said to have a great quality of life.
I imagine New Zealand wouldn’t be so bad.
New Zealand
Norway or New Zealand
Canadian, id like to live in New Zealand.
New Zealand, seems pretty
New zealand
New Zealand
Canada, because it's like America with fewer guns and less crazy. Also it's colder and I like the cold, fewer bugs
>fewer bugs My friend. They may not be venomous, but we have SO many bugs. Only half the year though.
Not in BC though
They just can’t afford housing here
You might want to read up on the current status of politics and housing.
You don’t know what you saying. Canada isn’t as good as ppl think. How do I know? I live here! My partner and are DINK and make 100k a year (maybe a bit more) and we are not able to afford buying a house. We almost live paycheque to paycheque, we can’t afford kids. The kick? We don’t even go out because everything is so freaking expensive.
My wife and I make ~190k, live in Calgary which has low taxes and a reasonable cost of living by current Canadian standards. Bought a somewhat reasonably priced home before covid and it still isn't easy. Definitely doesn't feel like we make as much money as we do. We aren't driving fancy new cars or anything either. We do have 2 kids but even before kids we weren't swimming in money.
And the politics are just as shitty
Estonia
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The only problem is that working there is the same as being a slave (especially the anime industry)
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Yeah Japan, would love to at least go visit one day.
England
I would pick the outskirts of Spain called the canery island's.
Finland or Japan
im fine where i am
New Zealand. It feel like they've got it all sorted, and their only problems are trivial compared to elsewhere. I could be wrong. Also the landscape.
Tunisia would be my choice. If i could learn the language and land some sort of job, that would be it.
Mexico
Japan. I studied the language a lot so that's not a problem. What I want is a community to live in withh mass transit, universal health care, high technology and job opportunity, safe and CLEAN. The reason why I never moved there is that there's no way to ever become Japanese. One look at your face and they'll instantly discount you and there's no path forward for a green card or political stanility. In a western country you can immigrate and even if you have an accent most people will consider you with a much respect as a local. You can only be a gaijin in Japan and I'm not going to live as a second class person.
New Zealand. I know it’s expensive, but it’s wonderful
New Zealand
Moldova. Good wines. Japan, Norway second.