Topic: if you could live anywhere - page 38. (Read 45812 times)
I want to live in Miami. Lovely place must visit If you have never visited before.
If i could live anywhere then i would choose places where their climate is cold. I really like cold places. It is so good to sleep all day when it is cold. I like eat some spicy foods or noodles when its cold. And there's no need to use air conditioner when it's cold so less electricity consumption. 
I can't live anywhere, because i don't think that i can adjust anywhere.
Canada, Switzerland, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Finland...
i live in the US. i want out. so far my top spots are new zealand and australia. i also keep hearing alot of good things about sweden, switzerland, and norway. we live in a big world and i know other people would like to be in places i have not even considered yet so i'm kinda curious to hear what you guys think.
norway
norway
Is there wifi here? ahahhaah. Anyway it's very nice
I will live in Spain, oh i love that.
The moon.
I also wanna live in switzerland, on that mountain in the picture. that's a great view. I saved some pictures of it
I would live in Rome - love the architecture, love the shoes, love the gelato, and ofcourse the men! Second would be London - really like the gray weather and bustle of the city.
My Favorite is Copenhagen, Denmark.
Great Education & Quality of Life.
Scandinavia is awesome!
Great Education & Quality of Life.
Scandinavia is awesome!
New Zealand or Australia would be great.
I'd want a a farm in a area where it never gets below 70 degrees.
If I could live anywhere it'd be Salar de Uyuni
I would live in some colder places like canada england etc i love winter
lets swap places, I'm in UK. too cold here
Japan or other asian country. I like it and want to live there.
I would live in some colder places like canada england etc i love winter
Don't really like my native country and i really want to move in Europe, any country but not France. I don't like France 
America is a place where you can select to pursue a lifestyle of your choosing. Want a college education? Want a graduate degree? Want to live in a small town, a big city, or the sea shore? All is possible. Not easy, maybe, but possible. And some even make the decision to live a downsized lifestyle. You know, just because you can afford a new car, you are not required to buy one. No one says you have to buy as big a home as you can afford.
I am going to retire in a year or so, so am very much thinking about a geographic change. Someplace warmer. With a good farmers market.
I am going to retire in a year or so, so am very much thinking about a geographic change. Someplace warmer. With a good farmers market.
I'm also an American who feels the way OP does. I've researched and thought long and hard about it. Here is my criteria and highly depressing conclusions:
My criteria:
1) Developed enough to have alright Internet access. Not so developed that it feels like a modern country. I miss the way the early nineties felt, and I suspect I would have been much happier if I'd been an adult in the eighties. I want a slower pace of life. I want to drop out of the rat race and appreciate the smaller things in life. I want to be a part of a community, not a competition. I want to be somewhere that still has lines (for things other than voting) and predominately still pays for things with cash (or crypto, heh). I feel like there's something incomplete about the way we're currently living, and it's hard to articulate.
2) Marijuana friendliness. I absolutely do not want to live anywhere with laws that are harsher than decriminalization. I would prefer complete legality, but that's still a rarity. I'm tired of paying obscene amounts of money for a plant that grows freely anywhere, and it should be my right as a human being born on Earth to consume it.
3) Warm weather. I live in an area that sees both winter and summer, and I've concluded that I tolerate heat much, much better than I tolerate cold. Unfortunately it seems like the closer to the equator one gets, the more third world it gets.
4) Progressive values in general: I want to experience the other side of the spectrum after living in a right winger paradise for so long. Please note, countries that claim progressive values, but then allow them to be undermined by fascist regimes don't count for this one.
5) Rural areas are livable: For economic reasons, I've tried living in two major metropolises in my life for a period of one year each. I fucking hated it both times. I need to live in the sticks. But I don't want to sacrifice internet access to achieve this, or be bumped back to a pre-industrial standard of living for it. For this reason I feel like there's a goldilocks zone as far as how well developed a country is. Too developed and it becomes what I dislike about America. Underdeveloped and you're just plain not living a modern lifestyle. In spite of this, I need to be within a couple hours distance from a small sized city (thinking like 20000 to 30000 population), at least.
6) General happiness and work life balance. The mood in just about everybody I meet is cynical and bitter. There's no sense of pride anymore. I want to live somewhere that everybody doesn't feel generally defeated. i don't want to live somewhere that values 80 hour work weeks. I want to live somewhere that people value life.
7) Political stability: I don't want to live someplace where a new government may be installed at the bat of an eyelash, and may bring with it an entirely new set of values by which to govern under. I want to live somewhere established.
I would include cost of living and availability of jobs in this list, but then the entire world is discounted. So instead, this is basically a fantasy about what I'll do if crypto blows up and I can afford to live how I want to.
Highly depressing conclusions:
After spending way too much time thinking about this, the best bet as far as a balance of my criteria above is Uruguay. It's definitely not everything on the last. I worry that it's progressive values aren't necessarily how to population feels, just the government, and it's not exactly the most politically stable place on Earth so it would definitely be a compromise as far point 7 because the politics could change at the drop of a hat. But it's warm enough, has beaches, not too developed but still comfortable, and marijuana friendly.
The second best bet in the world as far as my criteria above is the state of Colorado. Unfortunately it sounds like it's pretty cold over there due to elevation, and it's way too modernized for what I'm daydreaming about. Every progressive in the US seems to be working their way over there for lack of any other viable options, so housing prices are about to skyrocket. It would also deprive me of the experiences of learning a new language and adopting a new culture, something I would look forward to.
If I didn't fucking hate winter Canada would probably be my first choice, but weather really does weigh into my criteria that heavily.
My highly depressing conclusion is that there is no place on Earth where I can live that ideally suits the lifestyle I'd like to pursue. Even if there were, I wouldn't be able to afford to move there anyway so it's all just a daydream.
My criteria:
1) Developed enough to have alright Internet access. Not so developed that it feels like a modern country. I miss the way the early nineties felt, and I suspect I would have been much happier if I'd been an adult in the eighties. I want a slower pace of life. I want to drop out of the rat race and appreciate the smaller things in life. I want to be a part of a community, not a competition. I want to be somewhere that still has lines (for things other than voting) and predominately still pays for things with cash (or crypto, heh). I feel like there's something incomplete about the way we're currently living, and it's hard to articulate.
2) Marijuana friendliness. I absolutely do not want to live anywhere with laws that are harsher than decriminalization. I would prefer complete legality, but that's still a rarity. I'm tired of paying obscene amounts of money for a plant that grows freely anywhere, and it should be my right as a human being born on Earth to consume it.
3) Warm weather. I live in an area that sees both winter and summer, and I've concluded that I tolerate heat much, much better than I tolerate cold. Unfortunately it seems like the closer to the equator one gets, the more third world it gets.
4) Progressive values in general: I want to experience the other side of the spectrum after living in a right winger paradise for so long. Please note, countries that claim progressive values, but then allow them to be undermined by fascist regimes don't count for this one.
5) Rural areas are livable: For economic reasons, I've tried living in two major metropolises in my life for a period of one year each. I fucking hated it both times. I need to live in the sticks. But I don't want to sacrifice internet access to achieve this, or be bumped back to a pre-industrial standard of living for it. For this reason I feel like there's a goldilocks zone as far as how well developed a country is. Too developed and it becomes what I dislike about America. Underdeveloped and you're just plain not living a modern lifestyle. In spite of this, I need to be within a couple hours distance from a small sized city (thinking like 20000 to 30000 population), at least.
6) General happiness and work life balance. The mood in just about everybody I meet is cynical and bitter. There's no sense of pride anymore. I want to live somewhere that everybody doesn't feel generally defeated. i don't want to live somewhere that values 80 hour work weeks. I want to live somewhere that people value life.
7) Political stability: I don't want to live someplace where a new government may be installed at the bat of an eyelash, and may bring with it an entirely new set of values by which to govern under. I want to live somewhere established.
I would include cost of living and availability of jobs in this list, but then the entire world is discounted. So instead, this is basically a fantasy about what I'll do if crypto blows up and I can afford to live how I want to.
Highly depressing conclusions:
After spending way too much time thinking about this, the best bet as far as a balance of my criteria above is Uruguay. It's definitely not everything on the last. I worry that it's progressive values aren't necessarily how to population feels, just the government, and it's not exactly the most politically stable place on Earth so it would definitely be a compromise as far point 7 because the politics could change at the drop of a hat. But it's warm enough, has beaches, not too developed but still comfortable, and marijuana friendly.
The second best bet in the world as far as my criteria above is the state of Colorado. Unfortunately it sounds like it's pretty cold over there due to elevation, and it's way too modernized for what I'm daydreaming about. Every progressive in the US seems to be working their way over there for lack of any other viable options, so housing prices are about to skyrocket. It would also deprive me of the experiences of learning a new language and adopting a new culture, something I would look forward to.
If I didn't fucking hate winter Canada would probably be my first choice, but weather really does weigh into my criteria that heavily.
My highly depressing conclusion is that there is no place on Earth where I can live that ideally suits the lifestyle I'd like to pursue. Even if there were, I wouldn't be able to afford to move there anyway so it's all just a daydream.
I have been entertaining the idea of moving out of the country. I am thinking of moving over to Europe. I have no real reasons for leaving other than looking for some move fun and to learn about other cultures.
I would hate to have to choose only one place "anywhere in the world" and live there forever. Here is a partial list of places I'd like to live for at least a year or two, in no particular order:
London , paris , amsterdam , shanghai , Hong Kong , sydney , melbourne , Tokyo , Barcelona , New york , San Francisco , Returning, at the end, to portland, of course !
London , paris , amsterdam , shanghai , Hong Kong , sydney , melbourne , Tokyo , Barcelona , New york , San Francisco , Returning, at the end, to portland, of course !
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