Where? ... and why?

[vogue]

Quite a number of my friends have chosen to emigrate,to live and work in another country for varying reasons.
So,where would you want to live and work if not in the country you are now? And why?

 

[Chewie]

I'm probably gonna head to the UK in a couple of years

 

[Athlai]

Probably head to the US myself. And for friends and family

 

[Shri]

My next decade will probably be spent in Australia. Would love to live in Canada after that.

 

[hendrix]

Everywhere I want to live and work is 2nd/3rd world, and I'm not stupid enough to believe in martyrdom in terms of salary (hey, one day I want to raise a family and actually be able to afford to retire by the time I'm 70), so the plan is to work in developed countries for reasonable salaries and take occasional 6-12month stints working in developing countries on aid/low salary jobs.

 

[Burgey]

JFC Shri, you're coming here for a decade?

 

[Burgey]

Move to husrtville. It'll drive watson mad

 

[Shri]

If I am lucky. If not, it will be four years.

 

[harsh.ag]

I have found life to be the same, more or less, regardless of where you live. Because after a while, it's all about you and the kind of person you are and the kind of people you attract. There is also the element of decreasing global diversity that plays into it, but even without that, human lives are quite similar across the civilized world (and I use that term only to distinguish from tribal life). This isn't coming from a cynical or boring angle either, at least in my head. I have a deep fondness for this, and when I travel, this internalization helps me view new places in a simpler, less stereotypical, and less exploitative light. I try to find the corner breakfast place where office goers stop for a quick snack, I try to find hole in the wall students eat at the most, I try to find the walking trails taken by men in the early hours of the morning, the Sunday afternoon sport people indulge in the family parks, the local market which opens on that one day, the weekend trips taken most out of the city, and so on. This view also results in reducing the tendency to act in ridiculous ways when you are new to a place just because it's new.

Given all that, I would like to move to Mauritius for a while. There are great cultural ties between India and Mauritius. It's incredibly beautiful. It's liberal, unlike Maldives, and also less expensive than Maldives. And there is a great friend of mine who lives there with his wife.

 

[Kirkut]

I'm probably heading to US this fall sem for my studies. I'm heading back to India immediately after completing my studies, no plans to emigrate.

 

[Howe_zat]

I have found life to be the same, more or less, regardless of where you live. Because after a while, it's all about you and the kind of person you are and the kind of people you attract.

Well, ****.

 

[Nate]

Would happily live in the UK.

 

[vogue]

Interesting to see that no one from the UK wants to move to live and work in another part of the world...

 

[Daemon]

Interesting to see that no one from the UK wants to move to live and work in another part of the world...

Was very much the rage back in the 16th-20th century..

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

plans to move to toronto permanently after 5 years or so

 

[Burgey]

I think we'll retire to either Positano or Byron Bay, or both and spend six months per year in each.

If it's Positano full time the idea will be to open a wine and cheese shop.

 

[Daemon]

Positano's beautiful, but it's not as quiet and peaceful as I thought it'd be. Ridiculous number of tourists.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah crazy in summer

 

[Spark]

Switzerland has basically everything going for it except the Swiss.

 

[harsh.ag]

Switzerland has basically everything going for it except the Swiss.

What about 'em?