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If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be, and why aren't you there already?

Redcupcoffee 7 Aug 6
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I am quite happy right where I am! The Garden Spot of Pennsylvania.

@Redcupcoffee Medium sized city, surrounded by family farms, many Amish and Mennonite, but many not. Fresh produce all summer, a lively art and arts community downtown. I live on a dead end street, quieter than when I lived in the countryside. I can walk to a major grocery store, restaurants, my doctors office. I am minutes from two hospitals, sports complexes (I don’t go, but I could!), movie theaters. There are still real estate bargains to be found, beautiful old homes, well kept yard, huge trees, nice parks. I moved around a lot with my parents growing up, came back here my last two years of high school and stuck!

@Redcupcoffee Just read your profile. We have a very active LGBTQ community here. We had a Gay Pride festival on one of the streets downtown. I was manning the Planned Parenthood tent for a few hours. Lots of people strolling all day, and it was a very warm day. Thought I would throw that out there if you were shopping for a place to move! ?

@Redcupcoffee About 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia, easy train ride. Trains that stop here go to New York and once a day to Chicago. If you look on Google Map, we are about three hours from Washington, two and a half to Baltimore or Wilmington DE. Lowest unemployment in Pennsylvania. Millersville University, F & M College, Elizabethtown College. NJ, DEL, MD beaches not too far away. Several rail trails crisscross the county. Minor league baseball team. I can send you links to tourist and Chamber of Commerce links.

@Redcupcoffee OK, I sent you some links. And as our state motto says “You’ve got a Friend in Pennsylvania!” ?

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Panajachel, Guatemala. Soon I hope.

I have a Canadian friend who goes there almost yearly; loves the place, loves the people. I told him I was looking into Ajijic, Mexico, and he greatly encouraged me to check out Panajachel; both apparently have large expat communities.

@Condor5 that is correct.

@Condor5, @Redcupcoffee it is a beautiful place with majestic views and amazing people.
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@Erick67 isn't there also a large lake, as there is by Ajijic?

@Condor5 Lake Atitlan. Panajachel is on the north shore. The lake is surrounded by 3 volcanos. There are 12 pueblitos around it.

@Erick67 looks and sounds like a gorgeous place. My friend wanted me to go there last year with him and his girlfriend, but I was already planning a week in Honolulu and couldn't do both. Maybe next time.

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I want to live in a little town in Southern Germany. I'm not there yet because it takes money to relocate and also to apply for a visa, citizenship, and passport. I'm working on it though.

@Matias By skilled, I'm assuming you mean plumbing, carpentry, HVAC, and the like. I'm not one of those, but I have fueled aircraft before.

@Redcupcoffee I really need to get a passport too. At least I would have that.

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Eventually, every place becomes a disappointment; but I would like to go back to Amsterdam.

@Redcupcoffee Dutch people, water, general feeling of laissez-faire.

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I'd move to New Zealand. Only way to pull that off is to be independently wealthy.

@Redcupcoffee I have looked into it. Pulling the trigger is a little tricky.

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Hawaii, in retirement. I'm not there because it's financially infeasible. I expect that situation won't change.

@Redcupcoffee Much more easily said than done. I love your can-do attitude tho. =]

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Has anyone invented a convertible tiny house that can sit on land or float on the ocean? Because that's where I want to be. As to why I'm not there, besides the above-stated conundrum... financial constraints.

I do believe there are such homes now. Do some research.

@Condor5 I might just have to that.

@ghettophilosopher sounds like a nice way to live. I know that in many major port cities people live on houseboats; Portland, OR, for example. You might even check on Youtube for such craft. Now you've got me thinking about it.

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I like where I am now, near Puget Sound, just North of Seattle. I would also live in the SF Bay Area, Vancouver or Victoria, BC or any number of places in Australia or New Zealand.

If Trump doesn't get impeached after the midterms I will move out of the USA. To Canada, Australia, or New Zealand. Probably to Victoria, BC. I've lived there before, housing is so much cheaper than Vancouver, I don't really want to work anymore, and there isn't a quarantine for my dog. I'll get preferential status to immigrate to Canada as I did my undergad there, worked there, and am in one of the highest scoring fields.

There isn't anything stopping me other than a lot of paperwork for immigration, selling my house, buying a new house, moving... I could do it anytime.

@Redcupcoffee Hell yes! I don't want to live in a country that elects DJT to the presidency and then the republicans all side with DJT against the USA, to the benefit of our greatest enemy, and enriching themselves. Starting trade wars, elevating the DPRK to our status, disrupting the NATO alliance and G7...

On track to overturn Roe v. Wade, foster racial division and hatred, trying to return to a past better left behind.

They've already talked about draining funds from Social Security and Medicare which might lead to a civil war. If they haven't already started a big war to distract the public from all of the corruption...

At least the republicans held Nixon to account. That's not happening this time.

Do I want to, no. Will I, unless it looks like there is a clear light at the end of the tunnel, yes.

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I am pretty happy where I am, but I do love Singapore! It is just a bit too humid to live there permanently.

I can’t really explain. I have been all over Asia but there was just something I loved there. My husband used to say it was because it was like a lot of other Asian cities but cleaner and more civilised. I don’t think it was that, but the combination of Chinese, Malay and Indian cultures along with the British colonial influence make it special. We couldn’t have afforded to live there anyway, it’s one of the most expensive place in the world to live.

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I've lived in a few different places in North America, Canada the US and Mexico, also the West Indies, Bermuda, Ecuador and Nicaragua. All of those places had pros and cons but the most important factor was always my own personal state of mind.
Yesterday is a cancelled cheque and tomorrow is but a promissory note, only today is cash. How you live your life has more to do with you than anything else, where is just a contributing factor but not the crucial one.

Bermuda is a beautiful place . Mom lived there for over fifty years .

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When I was approaching retirement , I gave a lot of thought to where I wanted to live , even including moving to another country . I spent 4 years looking at homes online , and made a few trips to view homes , in person . I had arranged to fly in and meet with a real estate agent , on a Wednesday , and sent her the MSL numbers of homes I wanted to see . I asked her to check for what flood plain they were on , which eliminated a few , and asked her to plan a circle trip to view as many as we could , which eliminated a few more . I was away for the preceding weekend , but Monday , after work , I stopped in at the library and viewed some more . I sent her a new MLS listing and told her it was the OMG house , to please add it to the list , which she did . After viewing the OMG house , we stopped at a Chinese resturant for lunch . As I was getting back in her SUV , lightening cracked directly overhead . Not thunder , CRACKED . I looked up , said , "OK , I got it ," got in her car and told her instead of looking at more houses we may as well go back to her office and write up the paperwork .

@Redcupcoffee I've been living in it for the past eleven and a half years . They told me another couple drove in from Louisiana the weekend after my visit , intending to put in a bid . But I got in first .

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I have been all over the country and I have decided that the Florida Keys is where I am going to finish my life. I am not there already because I am not quite ready to go yet.

@Redcupcoffee It is all internal but it really has to do with the inner peace I feel when I am there. I could go on for pages with the details.

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I am already there, moved here in 1995. left a few times briefly, but keep coming back.

@Redcupcoffee 'tis a terrible place, [visitnorthcoast.com.au]

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A bigger city where I could meet more people to aid in the search for that person that would be as excited about me as I them. I haven't moved because I have a son that is also my life and I couldn't imagine moving away from him as I share custody with his other mother.

I'd stay in Michigan...I grew up near Lansing and went to college in Grand Rapids so I'd be open to either Of course I'd LOVE to live in either Ann Arbor or Traverse City!

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Florence, Italy is prone to bouts of nationalism, even back in 2009 when I was there. An aitheist in a city full of Churches, that level of irony usually requires a monkey's paw. The city is breathtaking, but my Italian is Rusty if not complete shit, and there would be moths flying from my pockets if these pants had pockets.

@Redcupcoffee a few blocks from the Duomo is the oldest Art supply shop in Europe, Zecchi, they still use the old techniques for making their supplies, even a full on apothecary. What we could budget to afford we coveted when we got back to the states. I love the artists who set up in the Piazza.

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Edinburgh Scotland, and because immigration is more difficult than you think

GwenC Level 7 Aug 7, 2018

@Redcupcoffee most immigration is skills based - you have to meet certain criteria to qualify. With the whole brexit thing, it is hard to convince the UK that someone there couldn't fill a particular job. It would probably be easier to find a native citizen and get in via spouse visa

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Iceland; not sure, have a hard time learning new languages

Thought they spoke English there . What language do they speak there ?

@Cast1es Danish

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Somewhere with awesome scuba diving, mountain climbing, camping, backpacking, and a decent amount of non-Trump supporters.

So maybe Washington or Oregon here in the states, or maybe Argentina?

As for why I haven't? Reality. No money to go anywhere, and no job to support myself when I get there. But, there is always vacation time.

Perhaps vacation time , could include some job hunting ? Good luck !

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I’d just like a better pad somewhere in my city (NY) I’m trying to stay away from the coast with tsunamis and hurricanes

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I would choose to stay right here on my farm, in Central Alberta, Canada. I love my life here, the mountains are only an hour away, it isn't overcrowded, we have free healthcare, I will get a pension and old age security at 65, my family(that i like) lives nearby, no one is getting shot, etc. not much to dislike about it.

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I’ve lived in Italy for 30 years (age 0-21). Then I finished college in Spain (2 years). Then Boston, then Italy again, now Florida.

Each place is amazing in its own way, with inevitable drawbacks. I’m growing tired of Miami, heat, traffic, fake lips and boobs entering a room a minute before their owner ?

I miss Asia, but I wouldn’t really live there for too long I think... I don’t know... The US is great for working, Europe is tiny and old and beutiful, with languages and history and amazing food... I miss it so much, but it’s harder to make a living there. I wish I could just live in a million places for a year at the time. I’d start with Asia. It’s so different.

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I'd live in Italy. More specifically, Sophia Loren's bedroom. I'm not there already because we haven't met, and I've met countless beautiful leading lady actresses in this life but not Sophia. If we had met, she'd have fallen instantly in love with me and I'd be living there right now. Oh yeah! And Morgan Fairchild would sure be jealous!

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For me, it isn't where I live, it is who I live near. SamSam and Austin are less than 30 minutes away. I'm where I belong and where I want to be.

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Songkhla, Thailand, and I'm here already.

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@redcupcoffee where would you live?

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