Where would you move to if you could?

MrsE_2

Davesnave wrote: »

It is a little known fact that the greatest rock band in the world, The Who, tried to record their live album at Hull University in 1970, but on the night some of the equipment failed. In consequence, they recorded their next uni gig, which was at Leeds.

It was just as well things turned out that way.'The Who, Live At Hull' doesn't quite have the right ring for one of the best live sets ever recorded!*

*Yes, of course it's an opinion, and I'm biased!

The Who use to practice at Waterloo back in about 69-69.

I was a baby/toddler & the local teens (my sister) used to watch them practice.
She used to take me with her:D
So I've seen them live;)

StevieJ

Generali wrote: »

38C and not a cloud in the sky here for the last couple of days. Starting to get a bit oppressive. Thankfully it's started raining.

You could barely walk on the pavements over here without doing yourself a mischief, I being over once already, I can feel a whiplash claim coming on

BettiePage

Canada or Italy for me.

buxtonrabbitgreen

I loved Australia when I visited and have lots of family there. I loved the heat I can't bear being cold. Though it is a long way and I might miss family that I have here too. Though I have a ds who has lived in scandanavia for over half his life and doesnt miss anything about this country.

McCarthy

Holland

Austin_Allegro

Generali wrote: »

Lots of ex-pats are a thoroughly miserable bunch, hating where they came from and where they've moved to.

They don't address the fundamental stuff they hated that drove them to move in the first place IME.

Yes - JG Ballard wrote a novel about this called 'Cocaine Nights'.

Unfortunately, existential self-analysis is not high on the agenda of most of the Costa Del Chav brigade...

baileysbattlebus

Since this thread started I've been giving "somewhere else to live some" serious thought.

I ended up not voting in the poll, because I couldn't think of anywhere I would like to live for the rest of my life.

There are a lot of places I would like to go to for a few months, but forever? I'm not so sure.

Most expats, obviously not all, end up back here within 5 years.

I would like somewhere that has:

a low(ish) cost of living

nice weather, not too hot but not too cold.

not too wet, but not desert like

no hurricanes, tornados, volcanic eruptions, earth quakes or tidal waves

plenty of choice in the shopping department

half decent free health care

Any ideas?

neverdespairgirl

Apart from the low cost of living, I reckon the UK has all of that?

repoamuse

Australia. It's a very underpopulated country, with a nice climate. The economy is in a reasonable state, and the country still has plentiful natural resources, thus ensuring a bright future, and a decent standard of living for the vast majority.

baileysbattlebus

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Apart from the low cost of living, I reckon the UK has all of that?

That was the conclusion I came to, for all it's failures and the problems here at the moment, I couldn't really think of anywhere else I'd really want to live.

I have fancied living in other places, but I think that was it, fancied, I quite fancied living in Spain at one time, USA was another one, as was Cyprus, to name a few. But what if I HAD to go and live in another country.

When it came to serious contemplation about a forever country, I really couldn't come up with anywhere.

I whinge and moan about the UK as much as anyone -probably more than most.

My brother and his family are off to live in Belize this year, they have sold their house and BTL flat already, his wife is already out there with one son, supervising the house building.

Their grown up children are going with them. He is going out on a retirement visa.

He will be 49 next month, he has an RAF pension, which although not great here, will keep them comfortably there and it increases substantially when he is 55.

They are having a house built -5 beds 3 bathrooms costing about $100k including land. It's not being built by a big developer. They bought the land and employed a builder.

He did do several stints there when he was in the RAF and really likes it. It's English speaking, I think they drive on the same side of the road, the laws etc are very similar to here, probably because they were British for so long.

He is selling up here, lock, stock and barrel, which is something I would never do, if we ever did decide to move somewhere else, I would always have somewhere here, no matter how small as a "just in case".

I think that's my problem, it's the "just in case". I can talk the talk but could I walk the walk!