NationStates Jolt Archive


Have you ever lived in a different country?

Cabra West
16-03-2008, 12:11
As in, have you ever moved away from the country you were born in to live in another for any amount of time?

Just curious about the numbers here :)
Laerod
16-03-2008, 12:21
Yes, once if you don't consider Bavaria a different country, which I do, so twice.
Cabra West
16-03-2008, 12:24
Yes, once if you don't consider Bavaria a different country, which I do, so twice.

Well, according to Berlusconi, Bavaria is the most northern province of Italy, so yes, it would be a different country ;)
Cameroi
16-03-2008, 12:29
sadly no, but i wish to god i could.

the country i'd most like to live in probably doesn't exist, and even worse, i have no first had experience of any other then the one i was born and live in, but there's no way in hell i'm going to buy its self congragulatoryism and putting everyplace and everything else down.

there's BOUND to be better places, at least a little if not a lot. besides which of course, better and livability are very much derivative of what each individual can feel comfortable, and or at home with. which the only country i know and have ever lived in, i do not.

i mean i love the rocks and the trees and the little furry creatures, and the placeness spirits of particular magical sacred places you can find out in the woods if your heart is attuned to them, but the policies of its government, all of the years of my life, have only differed in shamefullness by degrees over time. this past most of a decade being among the worst.

especially now, that it emulates precisely what it used to say was worst and most wrong about every place else in general and certain other places in particular.

of course its the worlds biggest bully i'm refering to; america.

canada and new zealand are obvious candidates for better. and the more liberal parts of europe, and there are other things about other places that attract me as well.

i just kind of doubt there's any one place i'd be entirely happy with.

one thing i do know, if there is any, it damd sure ain't this one.

=^^=
.../\...
Laerod
16-03-2008, 12:32
Well, according to Berlusconi, Bavaria is the most northern province of Italy, so yes, it would be a different country ;)
When did he say that? :confused:

Also, poll double-plus ungood. Options 3 and 4 are not mutually exclusive.
Sirmomo1
16-03-2008, 12:35
Depending on where you mark the pointed where "visited" becomes "lived", I've either lived in one other country or three.
Philosopy
16-03-2008, 12:40
Nope, unless you count two week holidays as 'living' there.

Lived in plain old Blighty all my life.
Cameroi
16-03-2008, 12:41
Depending on where you mark the pointed where "visited" becomes "lived", I've either lived in one other country or three.

long enough to not have to pay out of state tuition to go to college there?
that or long enough to think of it as your more real and perminent home then anyplace you'd lived previously.

=^^=
.../\...
Cabra West
16-03-2008, 12:50
When did he say that? :confused:

Also, poll double-plus ungood. Options 3 and 4 are not mutually exclusive.

Can't find the quote now... I'll post it when I found it.

And why would the options need to be exclusive?
Cabra West
16-03-2008, 12:51
Depending on where you mark the pointed where "visited" becomes "lived", I've either lived in one other country or three.

I'd say if you've worked there or gone to school there, that would count as living there.
If you just went sightseeing or visited family or friends, that would be visiting, I think.
Andaras
16-03-2008, 13:56
Overseas holidays, but never can say I have 'lived' overseas.
NERVUN
16-03-2008, 13:56
Currently living in another country, but going to Japan was the first time I had ever been out of the US.
Isidoor
16-03-2008, 14:09
No, unless you consider holidays "living in another country".
I do have moved to another city though (well, I live there during the week because it's closer to university), and that city is currently striving for independence. (although I don't know what to think of that, they seem to be serious sometimes and satirical on other moments.) So I guess I live part-time in a wannabe independent country.
Sirmomo1
16-03-2008, 15:28
I'd say if you've worked there or gone to school there, that would count as living there.
If you just went sightseeing or visited family or friends, that would be visiting, I think.

Well, I've worked in a couple of foreign countries for a handful of days and I doubt anyone would say that's long enough to constitute living there.
Tech-gnosis
16-03-2008, 15:29
I've always lived in the same US state.
Rakysh
16-03-2008, 15:57
Lived in Egypt for 3 years when I was 4.

Was.... interesting. Going back for the first time this easter, so seeing it all again will be wierd.
Daistallia 2104
16-03-2008, 16:34
1 Month in Mexico and 17 years in Japan.
[NS]Click Stand
16-03-2008, 16:39
Never lived in a different country than the U.S. I don't plan on leaving either, since this is where all of my family is and where I am comfortable.
Rejistania
16-03-2008, 16:44
I'll spend one year in Ireland (or England as back-up plan) in less then 2 years as part of my studying.
Sirmomo1
16-03-2008, 16:52
I'll spend one year in Ireland (or England as back-up plan) in less then 2 years as part of my studying.

Where do you live now?
Laerod
16-03-2008, 17:07
Can't find the quote now... I'll post it when I found it.

And why would the options need to be exclusive?Because, due to the poll mechanics, they are.
Snafturi
16-03-2008, 17:18
I lived in Puerto Rico for two years. It is a commonweath of the US, but it's very different than the US. I plan on moving to Europe in the not too distant future.
Aquinica
16-03-2008, 17:27
I have lived in the USA for all of my life, but that doesn't mean that I won't travel to any where else in the world. Being someone who travels is more than just getting a gift there though, it is the feeling of traveling and if any of you don't see that then I don't know what you do see. This really makes you a selfish brat. I hope that what I have to say really means something to all of you, because I know that there are a few people out there that are saying as they read this "wow, this person is so right". And that good people is what I have to say on this topic.
Abju
16-03-2008, 17:43
I live in the United Kingdom now, and was born here. I pretty much grew up in Malaysia and lived there until around 5 years ago, but also lived in Indonesia, Singapore, Spain and (briefly) the United States (CA)
Mirkana
16-03-2008, 17:48
Lived in Cambridge, England, for two years during childhood. Unforgettable experience. I have like a million stories from that time.
Tixsao
16-03-2008, 17:49
I was born in South West Africa (now Namibia), moved to South Africa and have now moved to the UK... Still feels odd though, being born in a country that technically doesn't exist any more... Could really do your head in if you're not careful lol :D
Infinite Revolution
16-03-2008, 17:58
well, i'm not sure moving from jersey to scotland counts, it's technically staying in britain but so would moving from the falkland islands to scotland.
Veblenia
16-03-2008, 18:06
I lived in Saint Kitts for a year and a half. It really shook up my perspective on a lot of things; I'm dying to go back.
Laerod
16-03-2008, 18:24
Hm... Actually, does an occupied territory that's not a country count as a country?
Rejistania
16-03-2008, 18:51
Where do you live now?
NRW, Germany, EU, Earth
Venndee
16-03-2008, 18:57
My definition of 'lived' tells me that I did live in Singapore, seeing as how I was there for three years, and not anywhere else (though I have spent large amounts of time overseas.)
Sirmomo1
16-03-2008, 19:06
NRW, Germany, EU, Earth

Cool. Glad you're not from the Germany on Mars. Those guys are a bunch of losers.
Tapao
16-03-2008, 19:21
I moved from Scotland to England for Uni and now I'm planning on staying down here - got myself a house and everything!
Tomwyr
16-03-2008, 19:22
Germany, France, French Guyana, Djibouti, Brazil and now I'm back in French Guyana. Not counting the places I've been deployed to as "living there".
Whereyouthinkyougoing
16-03-2008, 19:24
Lived in the US for a bit more than a year.

well, i'm not sure moving from jersey to scotland counts, it's technically staying in britain but so would moving from the falkland islands to scotland.
Totally does.
Infinite Revolution
16-03-2008, 20:47
Lived in the US for a bit more than a year.


Totally does.

damn, i voted the wrong option then.
Dyakovo
16-03-2008, 21:00
Have you ever lived in a different country?
As in, have you ever moved away from the country you were born in to live in another for any amount of time?

Just curious about the numbers here :)

No, unfortunately I haven't, and probably won't since I recently bought a house...


Aunque, si Nanatsu me tendrá, yo recoja todo ahora y me moveré a España...
;)
Sirmomo1
16-03-2008, 21:29
No, unfortunately I haven't, and probably won't since I recently bought a house...


You can sell houses.
Sel Appa
16-03-2008, 21:29
There's a pretty good chance I will one day.

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Dyakovo
16-03-2008, 21:38
You can sell houses.

True
Magdha
16-03-2008, 22:43
No, but I would.

If I had the means to do so (and spoke the right language) I would move to a genuinely free(r) place in a heartbeat. Probably Dubai or Liechtenstein.
Yootopia
16-03-2008, 23:38
Yes. There we go.
Mad hatters in jeans
17-03-2008, 00:38
not really, i wouldn't consider England a different country from Scotland. But i would like to move abroad to a sunny island with lots of sunshine and warm weather and nice beaches and a warm sea and i could go on but well i don't know.
I'd like to be free
Call to power
17-03-2008, 00:46
I traveled allot as a kid but saying I live on Earth makes me sounds like a 14 year old (then again I never really "live" anyway)

I will change national residence if I can be bothered but thats hasselhoff (actually I could do right now *plots*)

I'd like to be free

mortgage? :p
Eofaerwic
17-03-2008, 00:50
well, i'm not sure moving from jersey to scotland counts, it's technically staying in britain but so would moving from the falkland islands to scotland.

Isn't Jersey a crown dependency rather than technically part of the United Kingdom? I'd say moving from British territories (Channel Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibralter, technically the Isle of Man) to the mainland UK does count, moving between the home countries (e.g. Scotland to England) realistically doesn't.

I was born in the UK then lived between 2 and 16 in Belgium before coming back the the UK for A-Levels/Uni and once studying is completed I'd prefer to settle in the UK, but I'll probably end up traveling around a bit wherever there are research positions really.
Infinite Revolution
17-03-2008, 02:18
Isn't Jersey a crown dependency rather than technically part of the United Kingdom? I'd say moving from British territories (Channel Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibralter, technically the Isle of Man) to the mainland UK does count, moving between the home countries (e.g. Scotland to England) realistically doesn't.



yeh, it's not part of the uk but is british.
The Blaatschapen
17-03-2008, 02:25
No, while I travel a lot (Tuesday to Finland :D), I've never settled down somewhere.

But maybe I'll do just that when I'm finished with studies or so. Austria, Spain, Brussels or Iceland look nice to me :)
Kirchensittenbach
17-03-2008, 03:46
I tried living in MadHatterland, but with all the crazy crap going on there, i thought i was on acid :D
Posi
17-03-2008, 09:27
I've lived in Alberta. I've heard that the southern US considers it its own sovereign nation.
Dorstfeld
17-03-2008, 09:39
I moved to Britain from Germany in 2004 and have been there ever since.
Turquoise Days
17-03-2008, 09:41
I'm from the UK, and living in California now. That all ends in June though. :)/:(
Sirmomo1
17-03-2008, 10:45
I'm from the UK, and living in California now. That all ends in June though. :)/:(

How have you found it?
Dorstfeld
17-03-2008, 10:50
I'm from the UK, and living in California now. That all ends in June though. :)/:(

California near Hemsby, Norfolk? :D
Bunnyducks
17-03-2008, 11:51
Lived in Greece and Spain for a year each when studying. A year in Lebanon with UNIFIL and little short oftwo years in Sweden when I was just a baby. So that makes 3..?

No, while I travel a lot (Tuesday to Finland :D)..
Why? Oh WHY!?!
Mad hatters in jeans
17-03-2008, 14:13
I tried living in MadHatterland, but with all the crazy crap going on there, i thought i was on acid :D

hey acid is nothing compared to my mental states okay, at least acid ends at some point.
*watches pretty colours float across the room*;)
Novo Illidium
17-03-2008, 14:27
Lived in Aus 'till I was 9, then lived in Taiwan for 4 years and am currently living in HK.
The Archregimancy
17-03-2008, 14:29
I've lived in the UK (Scotland & England), Belgium, Iceland, the USA (Maryland, Georgia, New York & Virginia), and Australia (Victoria). In each case I lived there for at least a year, and in every case except Iceland at least four years.

I also worked briefly in Jamaica, and spent a couple of months in what's now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but in neither case was I there long enough - or intending to stay long enough - to say I was 'living' there.
Mad hatters in jeans
17-03-2008, 14:30
I've lived in the UK (Scotland & England), Belgium, Iceland, the USA (Maryland, Georgia, New York & Virginia), and Australia (Victoria). In each case I lived there for at least a year, and in every case except Iceland at least four years.

I also worked briefly in Jamaica, and spent a couple of months in what's now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but in neither case was I there long enough - or intending to stay long enough - to say I was 'living' there.

which place did you think was the better place to stay?
The Archregimancy
17-03-2008, 14:53
which place did you think was the better place to stay?


I'm afraid that the boring but true answer is that they each have their own pros and cons.

For example, I recently returned to the UK after 6 years in Australia, and while I really miss the food culture in Melbourne, I'm not sure I'd want to live through another drought and heat-wave stricken summer; and while the London area's cultural life is second to none (compared to all of the above), I wish there were more places to go for affordable decent quality food. Just two simple examples of how these things cancel themselves out.

The only two places I've really disliked were Lynchburg, Virginia and the north Atlanta suburbs. I'd rather go back to Kisangani than live in either of them again. Seriously.
Nanatsu no Tsuki
17-03-2008, 17:46
Aunque, si Nanatsu me tendrá, yo recoja todo ahora y me moveré a España...
;)

Vamos, si no te molesta dormir con mis gatos pues tienes campito en mi casa.;)

That being said, I've lived in several parts of Spain, spent 5 months in Co. Donegal, Ireland, I spent 3 months in Frankfurt, Germany, lived in Lansing, MI for 2 years and 1 year in Puerto Rico.
Mott Haven
17-03-2008, 18:20
Hm... Actually, does an occupied territory that's not a country count as a country?


Tricky one. Only if it was a country prior to its occupation. Otherwise it is still "undecided". If it's the West Bank and Gaza you're talking about, Egypt and Jordan pulled a fast one on the world. By dropping their claims to the territory and recognizing no sovereign entity in their place, they washed their hands of the whole mess, got the opportunity to create their own peace treaties with Israel (which they did) and de-nationalized the populations of those regions. This doesn't normally happen in history. Nations generally do not simply abandon territories.

The only other arguably occupied but non-country territory is the Western Sahara, but Morocco claims it as theirs, so its not exactly the same. Other chunks of occupied territory in the world today, like the Kurile islands, belong to a recognized nation and so still count as countries. Although Russians and Japanese will disagree over which country you actually visited if you visit the Kuriles, but the Russians have yet to propose any logical reason for not returning the islands (occupied in WWII) to Japan, and Japan is too nice to bomb anyone over it.
Turquoise Days
17-03-2008, 20:54
How have you found it?
Its great! It would be even more great if I had a car and was over 21.
California near Hemsby, Norfolk? :D
No idea where that is... San Diego area for me!
Sirmomo1
17-03-2008, 21:04
Its great! It would be even more great if I had a car and was over 21.


Ah, but when you're older than 21 you will never again get to be an under-age drinker.

So what composes the :) and :( sides of your return to the UK?
M-mmYumyumyumYesindeed
17-03-2008, 23:17
Never have and probs never permanently will.

I love other cultures, and I would like to travel, but i just really like England.
Rhursbourg
17-03-2008, 23:23
lived in South Africa for a about a Year
Nanatsu no Tsuki
17-03-2008, 23:24
Its great! It would be even more great if I had a car and was over 21.

No idea where that is... San Diego area for me!

I like San Diego. Visited there last year.
Turquoise Days
17-03-2008, 23:31
Ah, but when you're older than 21 you will never again get to be an under-age drinker.

So what composes the :) and :( sides of your return to the UK?
Dude, under age drinking sucks ass. Seriously, even if you're not drinking its like being a second class citizen. I can't go and sit in a pub, watch live sports, or go to a gig and not be put in a section where the view consists of a pillar (I'm looking at you, House of Blues San Diego). Going to a house party nearly always ends in legging it through peoples back gardens, trying to avoid the cops, and god forbid coming back from Tijuana even slightly tipsy. Jeez. Aside from that, I really like California - it's got everything I could want. Where else can you surf and snowboard in the same day. The people are nice, the food good, and seriously - this place is beautiful.
I like San Diego. Visited there last year.
It's nice, isn't it. Bit of an urban sprawl, but the coastal communities in North County are cool.
Der Teutoniker
17-03-2008, 23:36
of course its the worlds biggest bully i'm refering to; america.

Sounds like someone lacks historical, and social perspective, but I'll forgive you, the education system has many failures....
Sirmomo1
17-03-2008, 23:40
Where else can you surf and snowboard in the same day.

France? Not that I can ever imagine anyone ever wanting to do that other than to say they had.

Oh, and come to L.A and tell me California is beautiful :D
Turquoise Days
17-03-2008, 23:46
France? Not that I can ever imagine anyone ever wanting to do that other than to say they had.

Oh, and come to L.A and tell me California is beautiful :D

Heh, most of the surfing in France is on the Atlantic coast - a small distance from the Alps.

And yes, thats why I'm not going to LA - I like my misconceptions the way they are. :p
Sirmomo1
17-03-2008, 23:49
Heh, most of the surfing in France is on the Atlantic coast - a small distance from the Alps.

And yes, thats why I'm not going to LA - I like my misconceptions the way they are. :p

I assume you're a student. Are you on an exchange thingy or have you spent the whole time at an American uni?
New Stalinberg
17-03-2008, 23:49
Why the fuck would I ever want to move away from the US?

The only other logical places I would move to would be:

A) Liberia, since it was founded by America which means they love freedom as much as we do.

B) Israel, the 3rd greatest country in the world since they've kicked the asses of every country surrounding them on multiple occasions in the name of defending freedom. That and not wanting to die.

C) Mongolia, just because it would be cool and I could live in a tent with a satelite dish which is just hardcore

The rest of the countries can go fuck themselves.
Turquoise Days
17-03-2008, 23:51
I assume you're a student. Are you on an exchange thingy or have you spent the whole time at an American uni?

Exchange year. *nods*
Sirmomo1
17-03-2008, 23:55
Exchange year. *nods*

Those are awesome. Be prepared for reality to bite you in the bum as soon as you get settled back to living in England.
Nanatsu no Tsuki
18-03-2008, 03:20
It's nice, isn't it. Bit of an urban sprawl, but the coastal communities in North County are cool.

Yes, it was very nice. I also spend some days in Rainbow Co. and Temecula. But I like San Diego a lot. I thought the dock area looked awsome in Christmas.:):)
Rameria
18-03-2008, 03:23
Yep. Born in the U.S. and live here now, but I've also lived in Kenya, Sierra Leone, Malaysia, Botswana, Italy and Belgium. I also lived in Zambia for two consecutive summers, and France for six months during uni.
Boonytopia
18-03-2008, 09:59
Yep, born in Canada, moved to Aus when I was a baby & have lived in the UK a couple of times.

My choice is here, but I'd really like to try living in France too.
Dyakovo
18-03-2008, 13:17
Vamos, si no te molesta dormir con mis gatos pues tienes campito en mi casa.;)

That being said, I've lived in several parts of Spain, spent 5 months in Co. Donegal, Ireland, I spent 3 months in Frankfurt, Germany, lived in Lansing, MI for 2 years and 1 year in Puerto Rico.

¡Yay! *la ropa de packs, vende todo lo demás, y aloja un avión para Spain*