NationStates Jolt Archive

So I've noticed a few theads discussing best/worst countries, noticed alot of national pride, I thought I'd attempt to bypass that and ask where people would most like to move to if they couldn't live in their current nation?

Personally I'd like to move the USA or Canada if i wasn't allowed to stay in my dear Britannia.

Probably Australia. I think they need my help. *nod*

Probably Australia. I think they need my help. *nod*

A fine choice, Australia would have been my third option.

I think I might like the UK.

Meh, well I really wouldn't want to leave. Gibraltar, maybe?

Meh, well I really wouldn't want to leave. Gibraltar, maybe?

Spanish weather but still British, Cunning:D

I wouldn't leave the USA. The outside world is scary

New Zealand. I like lamb :p:

Berlin, São Paulo, some small town in Nevada maybe

all in all I'd like a place with some distinct "attitude" to it

I wouldn't leave the USA. The outside world is scary

don't be afraid were far more scared of you :p

So I've noticed a few theads discussing best/worst countries, noticed alot of national pride, I thought I'd attempt to bypass that and ask where people would most like to move to if they couldn't live in their current nation?

Personally I'd like to move the USA or Canada if i wasn't allowed to stay in my dear Britannia.

The afterlife. I was born in the San Francisco Bay Area, and though traveling is fun, and Europe is awesome, I intend to die here as well.

Spanish weather but still British, Cunning:D

As I say, it'd still be a reluctant move. Regardless of being a British territory, it would still be a little too "foreign" for my liking.

EDIT: Plus, you can have too much sunshine. The British weather is more interesting.

As I say, it'd still be a reluctant move. Regardless of being a British territory, it would still be a little too "foreign" for my liking.

EDIT: Plus, you can have too much sunshine. The British weather is more interesting.

Aye, I Don't cope well with too much sun, and yes who doesnt like sun, rain snow and wind all in one day:D

Aye, I Don't cope well with too much sun, and yes who doesnt like sun, rain snow and wind all in one day:D

Heh, move to where I live.. you can get that ALL AT ONCE!

I'm an Aussie and I'm happy where I am - but if I had to move I'd consider New Zealand or New Caledonia in the Pacific (It's a good climate!).
I loved California when I visited - Santa Barbara was great! Yosemite was beautiful. Big Sur was cool. I was in Boston when the Red Socks won the world series. Boston feels a lot like my city, Melbourne , in Australia. I lived in England and could happily live there despite the weather (the English seem to thrive on it though - at least those who don't migrate to Southern France or Spain.)
Ah! Home is where the heart is - I think I'll stay in Oz and visit the rest!

I've already lived in America and France (as well as my native you kay). If I was turfed out of Britain, I'd probably like to try Berlin.

Japan. It is hi tech and beautiful.

the Netherlands or Britain maybe.

Canada I guess.

Pretty much anywhere that speaks English. With practice my German might be enough to get by, but that's about all the furrin I can speak.

New Zealand, or Australia.

I was thinking of the closest/fastest when I said Canada. They'd still be on my map tho no matter. As for over the ocean... Australia .. and I have to think more about it. I know there are many more places I'd enjoy living.

Actually, unless I have a snuggle partner .. I ain't going to a cold area. I'd go south.. Brazil or something.

I'd love to have a second home in Ireland tho, no matter the weather.

Canada-I like the cold!

Britain maybe.

Not a country, sorry.

Is there a tropical country with a public healthcare system, a relaxed attitude towards deviant sexual behaviour and public intoxication, and is a favourite tourist destination for rich Asian women?

I want to live there.

Is there a tropical country with a public healthcare system, a relaxed attitude towards deviant sexual behaviour and public intoxication, and is a favourite tourist destination for rich Asian women?


Belarus.

The UK, I guess; they sort of speak English. It'd also be close enough to Germany that I could work my way toward competency in case I should have to emigrate again.

Japan. It is hi tech and beautiful.

Watched a recent Modern Marvels on History channel, showed massive under ground tanks Japan has built to prevent flooding from hurricanes etc. Their most costly civic engineering project ever. Very impressive. They are moving all the major shit underground.. so even when a quake hits.. it's bound to take less damage. Smart ppl.

Somewhere on the British Isles.

Pretty much anywhere that speaks English.

so the world?

Smart ppl.

then why does Godzilla always kick so much arse :p

Some quaint island in the pacific with welcoming natives.

I'd give Spain a try.

Canada, prob PEI. Though I'd have to reopen the PEI railway.

1. Sweden (AWESOME MUSIC!)
2. Netherlands (NO DRUG LAWS!)
3. France (STABLIZED, PLUS A D-BAG PRESIDENT TO MAKE FUN OF!)
4. Germany (NO LONGER NAZI'S, NOW THATS AMERICA!)
5. Japan (AWESOME VIDEO GAMES AND THEY SPEAK ENGLISH!)


Note: I live in America.

I like Holland to much to leave, but if I have to I move to Belgium, so i always can return to smoke some weed. How cool it is allowed here.... Never ever leave

Panama (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pm.html) or Andorra (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/an.html)

If I had to leave the US I would probably try for Canada first.

I would probably move to Germany, Swiss or the Balkan.

Ireland or Japan.

The afterlife. I was born in the San Francisco Bay Area, and though traveling is fun, and Europe is awesome, I intend to die here as well.

That brought a tear to my eye. Amen, bro.

If I had to leave the Bay, I'd probably go to Vancouver.

My first backup is Canada, in case Dubya starts a war with china or something.

My second is New Zealand, as most poeople can't even find it on a map.

I like wide open spaces and countryside. And I love the Rockies. And snow, tons of snow. I think I may have to emigrate to the Kootneys. Shucks that's like eight hours from here. :p

My first backup is Canada, in case Dubya starts a war with china or something.

My second is New Zealand, as most poeople can't even find it on a map.

And NZ has hobbits and elves!:eek2:

I'm not sure. It depends on how recent events play out.

I will try Belarus, and if it will be not possible than Ukraine. At least in these countries there are many people who know Russian language. I am from Russia myself.

Hungary, due to love interest. Switzerland. Cos I can!

Germany, maybe.

I'd stay in the UK tbh, but if I was to move, somewhere in Eastern Europe would be my home.

I think I would also try Romania on account of my freaky historical interests and because Romanian would be easy to learn for me for it´s Latin roots.

I would and will, some day, emigrate to Japan.

for me St Kitts or Antigua or Tristan da Cunha

Thailand. Definately Thailand.

I plan on always living between the U.S. and Central Europe.

Berlin, São Paulo, some small town in Nevada maybe

all in all I'd like a place with some distinct "attitude" to it



don't be afraid were far more scared of you :p

If you are going to come to Brazil, don't go to São Paulo. It is a big messy city with huge traffic problems, and a lot of pollution - Birmingham UK with signs in Portuguese.

Try almost any state capital other than São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro or Salvador.
(Rio is too touristy and has severe problems with gang violence, Salvador is too expensive and has a very large underclass community that cause some major security headaches.)

I emigrated - to Brazil. If I were to move again it would be because of a business opportunity - so where is unpredictable

im tempted to emmigrate from the UK at the moment, as a liberal i feel a great deal of dis-satisfaction and alienation from my government and as a result my country, New Labour consists of a number of foul politicians who i despise and the conservatives are even worse, the are 2 partys i would consider voting for (Liberal Democrats and Green Party) however as neither has a realistic chance of being elected, i see no future for myslef here.

The US. If not, then the most-USified part of any other country.

im tempted to emmigrate from the UK at the moment, as a liberal i feel a great deal of dis-satisfaction and alienation from my government and as a result my country, New Labour consists of a number of foul politicians who i despise and the conservatives are even worse, the are 2 partys i would consider voting for (Liberal Democrats and Green Party) however as neither has a realistic chance of being elected, i see no future for myslef here.

So where would you move?

Canada. Spain if I could speak the language.


I love the British people. I HATE their government and the system of government.

Spain if I could speak the language.

I have aquired a teacher for that. :D

I love the British people. I HATE their government and the system of government.

We share a common hatred. And i'm a brit myself. :p

Spain if I could speak the language.

Spain´s the shiznvitz, man!

Spain´s the shiznvitz, man!

I know, I was in your countryz last summer.

I know, I was in your countryz last summer.
Taking their women, you foreigner?! :mad:

(and their jerbs!?):p

Taking their women, you foreigner?! :mad:

(and their jerbs!?):p

Especially their jerbs.

I know, I was in your countryz last summer.

I knowz!

If I had to leave the U.S., I'd definitely go to Israel.

Once there, I would run for public office, solve the Arab-Israeli crisis, and recieve the nobel peace prize.

Second choice is the U.K. They speak English and I find the accent a turn on. :)

I was born in libia so i would move back there

Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand or Germany.

Australia. I've lived briefly a few places in Europe and couldn't see myself living there long-term.

South Korea

I'm unlikely to move absent pressure to leave. I'm already in America, where am I going to go that's better than here? If I got thrown out like Ferdinand threw the Jews out of Spain, I'd probably go to Australia. It seems nice, and I like the desert.

Probably the UK.

I like wide open spaces and countryside. And I love the Rockies. And snow, tons of snow. I think I may have to emigrate to the Kootneys. Shucks that's like eight hours from here. :p

Try Sandpoint, Idaho. I lived there for a while. You've got the Selkirk Mountains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkirk_Mountains), The Bitterroot range (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitterroot_Mountains), and Lake Pend Oreille (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pend_Oreille) right there. Also there's the Schweitzer Mountain Resort! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweitzer_Mountain) Of course, that isn't exactly moving outside the USA if you currently live here.

This thread is depressing as it reminds me that, after two years, I only have eight days left in Australia. God damn it, Britain, you'd better have worked damned hard on not-sucking since October 2006.

This thread is depressing as it reminds me that, after two years, I only have eight days left in Australia. God damn it, Britain, you'd better have worked damned hard on not-sucking since October 2006.

Yeah...about that...

There are a few places I'd want to live during my career. They're cities though, since that is what matters. The country they happen to be in is incidental.

Sydney
New York
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Singapore
Shanghai
Vancouver
London, maybe

I don't know, Finland is good but maybe Scotland.

So I've noticed a few theads discussing best/worst countries, noticed alot of national pride, I thought I'd attempt to bypass that and ask where people would most like to move to if they couldn't live in their current nation?

Personally I'd like to move the USA or Canada if i wasn't allowed to stay in my dear Britannia.

I can't think of anywhere...
There's plenty of places that I'd like to visit though.

Essentially anywhere richer would be acceptable, save the Gulf States.

I live in California, and I would go to somewhere in Western Europe or Japan.

This thread is depressing as it reminds me that, after two years, I only have eight days left in Australia. God damn it, Britain, you'd better have worked damned hard on not-sucking since October 2006.

Britain has got exactly the same message for you :)

Good news, then. I've learned that I am big in Japan, Germany like me more than the 'other' sort of Englishman, I'm okay with the former Yugoslavia, and a surprisingly large part of Melbourne will mourn my departure. Britain, on the other hand, hasn't been big in Japan for a century, is a joke to the typical German, is guilty of war crimes in Yugoslavia, and is just a big pile of pommie nonsense to Melbourne.

I'm coming back in a bad mood. I might rob Tesco then leave again. That sounds good. Ideally I'd go dahn sarf, smack Gordon over the privacy intrusions he's allowing, then vote for him so long as he accepts that criticism, then rob Tesco and leave again. We'll see.

im rather too old to emmigrate now.

i suppose i should say canada since ive visited our northern neighbor many times and loved every visit.

but canada is too freaking cold. i couldnt take the cold, the snow or the humidity.

so ill say australia as there are nice hot dry towns there that i think i could be happy living in.

not that i can think of why they would let me in but i guess thats not a part of this thread.

So I've noticed a few theads discussing best/worst countries, noticed alot of national pride, I thought I'd attempt to bypass that and ask where people would most like to move to if they couldn't live in their current nation?

Personally I'd like to move the USA or Canada if i wasn't allowed to stay in my dear Britannia.

Already moved from Germany to Ireland, and I like it much better here.
If I had to move on, I guess I'd go to the UK, or possibly back to Canada.

I'm very likely going to emigrate to France, at least for a few years.

In no particular order:
Austalia
The UK
New Zealand
Canada
Mexico

Oh, great thread...

Coastal Croatia (I know, it all is), Western Canada (Vancouver or Victoria ideally), anywhere near the water in Spain or Portugal.

Language isn't an issue because I find that sleeping with it is a fast tutor.

I am in Boston, MA now and recently lived in DC for a decade.

My far distant ancestral homeland: Switzerland.

Here's a place no one would expect... I wouldn't mind emmigrating to IRAQ.

Hold on before you ask if I'm insane let me explain.

To clarify I would like to emmigrate to northern Iraq. With the exception of Turkish Airstrikes waking you up in the middle of the night there is hardly any evidence of war.

That and their economy is booming.
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But seriously, possibly Canada, Great Britian, or Ireland.

Uzbekistan or Sweden.


Right now, I'm content with moving to Saint Petersburg xD

Israel. No question.

If I had to emigrate (and actually, that's not so far off), it would be either Asia or Antarctica. Ok, you might be thinking, one place that is packed with people and one that is absolutely vacant? How does that fit?

Well, Asia because I like the people there, I like the culture, which is thousands of years old and has still brought us innovations like mangas (and the beloved game from which I drew my nation's name). Also east asia is a center of technology and freedom of research unmatched in the west, were money goes into social stuff and research and its application is curtailed by pc.

Antarctica, because if I cant be amongst the people I like, I don't want to be amongst people at all :D.

Singapore
Shanghai


Out of interest, why Shanghai and Singapore?

Personally I am seriously considering:

* Paris. I'd love to do a stint at some of the institutions there, work wise. Life wise, it has some fantastic cultural life and, odd though it may seem, I prefer contemporary French culture to British. Having watched Sarkozy on Al Jazeera yesterday, that just increased, too.

* Marseille. I like the atmosphere, and some of the local cultural institutions are good, but it doesn't beat Paris.

* Seville. My favourite city. The best archaeological institute in Spain, one of the biggest Erasmus universities is nearby (Granada) and the cultural life is excellent.

* Cairo. If I ever retire, it'll probably be here. Lovely city, but I wouldn't work there, or try to do anything important.

Outside contenders: Alexandria, Heraklion, Nicosia, Athens, Toulon, Almeria.

Out of interest, why Shanghai and Singapore?
Shanghai because it's the place to be at the moment. Everyone who is money-driven, ruthless and utterly amoral apparently goes to Shanghai at the moment - the advertising industry takes centre stage. I just wanna see how long I can stand it.

Singapore sounds like an exciting place. I've only stopped over at the airport, and the weather would screw with me something fierce, but the combination of various influences and the complete reliance on world trade make it something of a bastion of globalisation.

well i would like to live in.

1. denmark or sweden( good quality of life, liberal society)...
2. canada ( i dunno why but it sounds like a very peaceful and comfortable and free place to live in)
3. united states- coz its cool and it still has a lot of opportunities in study and work ...( especially in smaller and more specific fields)

i am in NZ currently though ....haha

First Choices: Germany, the Netherlands, or France.
Second Choices: Switzerland, Luxembourg
Third Choices: Norway, Sweden, or Denmark
Fourth: Belgium or the United Kingdom
Fifth: Well if I'm this far down the list and can't find a place I like then I'm pretty much fucked :p .

If you are going to come to Brazil, don't go to São Paulo. It is a big messy city with huge traffic problems, and a lot of pollution - Birmingham UK with signs in Portuguese.

Try almost any state capital other than São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro or Salvador.
(Rio is too touristy and has severe problems with gang violence, Salvador is too expensive and has a very large underclass community that cause some major security headaches.)

I emigrated - to Brazil. If I were to move again it would be because of a business opportunity - so where is unpredictable

Birmingham has nothing on São Paulo traffic :p Crowdest subway in the world, no bicycle tracks, junky buses, and traffic all day long. As for the other capitals, Belo Horizonte is becoming more and more like São Paulo. A tip would be to go to southern state capitals like Curitiba, which is a great place to live in. Florianopolis has great beaches and less hassles than the touristy Rio.

Amsterdam for its society and infrastructure, or Dubrovnik for its eastern european charm. Some small city in New Zealand. Prague! Beautiful capital of a growing country. MANY places in Germany. Some quiet village in Crete to retire and plant wine... I guess it depends on when I'm moving. Right now, I'd stick for Amsterdam.

There are lots of places that seem neat... note I haven't been to the places I'm about to list so I'm not sure how awesome they are.

New Zealand (I've met a number of kiwis and I haven't met one that I don't like)
Spain (seems like it would be pretty cool)
France (wine, cheese, bread... all essential foods)
Belgium (a country known for beer, chocolate and waffles... really, how can you go wrong?)

Oh, and I would probably happily move to Italy as well (but I've been there so it didn't make the first list), I would probably develop an overinflated ego though due to being constantly hit on, but at least men there hit on a woman properly.
Also, Hawaii is nice. I'm not sure if I could live there for a long time though, I've heard that islands (especially ones that are geographically isolated) tend to have the sort of issue where no matter how long you've lived there, you're still not part of the club because you're not *from* there.

Ireland or Norway.

Canuckistan.

I would like to emigrate sweden. For two reasons. The girls and also for the fact that living expenses is a lot lower there than in Australia :p

1. New Zealand
2. Norway
3. Italy
4. Costa Rica
5. Sweden
6. Japan
7. Australia
8. Finland
9. Canada
10. Jamaica

Seychelles. They have the most amazing beaches.

Shanghai because it's the place to be at the moment. Everyone who is money-driven, ruthless and utterly amoral apparently goes to Shanghai at the moment - the advertising industry takes centre stage. I just wanna see how long I can stand it.

Sounds lovely! lol. You'd do just fine though, you know your game well. For finance work, it's probably the place to be for the next for years. Living there probably kinda crappy though. Go in, get the money, get out...

Singapore sounds like an exciting place. I've only stopped over at the airport, and the weather would screw with me something fierce, but the combination of various influences and the complete reliance on world trade make it something of a bastion of globalisation.

I lived in SG for 2 years. It's a weird place, and the more you look at it, the weirder it gets. I'm still not sure if I liked it or not. I wouldn't live there again, but I'm glad I did.

Out of interest, why Shanghai and Singapore?

Personally I am seriously considering:

* Paris. I'd love to do a stint at some of the institutions there, work wise. Life wise, it has some fantastic cultural life and, odd though it may seem, I prefer contemporary French culture to British. Having watched Sarkozy on Al Jazeera yesterday, that just increased, too.

* Marseille. I like the atmosphere, and some of the local cultural institutions are good, but it doesn't beat Paris.

* Seville. My favourite city. The best archaeological institute in Spain, one of the biggest Erasmus universities is nearby (Granada) and the cultural life is excellent.

* Cairo. If I ever retire, it'll probably be here. Lovely city, but I wouldn't work there, or try to do anything important.

Outside contenders: Alexandria, Heraklion, Nicosia, Athens, Toulon, Almeria.

You surely know what quality is, sir.:wink: