Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Any where that there ain't no bleedin' immigrants! If you were to emigrate, you would become an immigrant to that place so it would be physically impossible
lgfualol Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Any where that there ain't no bleedin' immigrants! I hear North Korea is nice in the Summer
Guest Col city fan Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 I did it, with Melbourne the city of choice, best decision of my life. Love the lifestyle, love my sport and it's all year around here starting with The Australian Open, The Grand Prix, AFL and Rugby League, the Spring Racing Carnacal which includes the Melbourne Cup, the Big Bash, Boxing Day test. Plus all the other not so regular events such as last year we had the Asian Cup and The Cricket World Cup. The weather is pretty good most of the time, not as hot consistently as the rest of Australia. An hour from the beach an hour from the bush. Would encourage anyone to give it a go. And spiders? Big sods?Tell us a bit more about the lifestyle mate? An average day, type thing. ..
filbertway Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 If you were to emigrate, you would become an immigrant to that place so it would be physically impossible thatsthejoke.jpg
Guest Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 If you were to emigrate, you would become an immigrant to that place so it would be physically impossible I think that was the joke.
bovril Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 I think that was the joke. I think Joachim's was the joke, too. I'm confused.
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Yeah mine was definitely the joke and totally not me making an arse of myself in any way shape or form
Guest Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 I think Joachim's was the joke, too. I'm confused. If it was he is on another level to me and I apologise.
MPH Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Belgium or Denmark. Both seemed chilled out Denmark is a fantastic place to live. Very clean, everyone is friendly and they have a very good and well funded healthcare system but you get very heavily taxed for the privilege. There's like a national tax that is taken out before they even calculate your income tax. You also have to opt out of the state church tax otherwise its automatically taken out of your wages. The average worker when everything is added up pays about a 40% tax rate. The wages are a little higher to compensate for it though. The country relies heavily on its dairy exports to Europe ( including England) and vast swathes of the west of Denmark ( Jutland) is dedicated to farming. You'll see the Danish flag everywhere. For me, they get the balance right in so much as they will allow immigrants/asylum seekers in but will protect their Danish culture/heritage, With that being said, its a socially liberal country. I loved it there.
Guest Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Denmark is a fantastic place to live. Very clean, everyone is friendly and they have a very good and well funded healthcare system but you get very heavily taxed for the privilege. There's like a national tax that is taken out before they even calculate your income tax. You also have to opt out of the state church tax otherwise its automatically taken out of your wages. The average worker when everything is added up pays about a 40% tax rate. The wages are a little higher to compensate for it though. The country relies heavily on its dairy exports to Europe ( including England) and vast swathes of the west of Denmark ( Jutland) is dedicated to farming. You'll see the Danish flag everywhere. For me, they get the balance right in so much as they will allow immigrants/asylum seekers in but will protect their Danish culture/heritage, With that being said, its a socially liberal country. I loved it there. My son's partner is Danish. It's quite expensive to live there but it's dark for long periods of the year and cold. Wonderful people and countryside but I couldn't live there.
MooseBreath Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 My son's partner is Danish. It's quite expensive to live there but it's dark for long periods of the year and cold. Wonderful people and countryside but I couldn't live there. Are you sure you're thinking of Denmark? Copenhagen is barely darker or colder than London. I rejected a job there two years ago, it has nothing going for it over the UK imo.
VLC86 Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Austria is beautiful. I took a train from Munich to Italy and it was awesome. Part of the train line was closed so we had to take a bus through the mountains and villages - so good. When i was living in Italy last year we decided to go to Livigno on christmas eve and the road that meant avoiding another 50 miles on the journey was closed with no notice so you were lucky the roads weren't closed as well nightmare.
Guest Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Are you sure you're thinking of Denmark? Copenhagen is barely darker or colder than London. I rejected a job there two years ago, it has nothing going for it over the UK imo. No, I just made it up - duh! My son is there at the moment - wet and dark fairly early already. Cities in England get less than 7 hours daylight in the winter too. That's why people don't settle in the UK for the weather. That's why I'd only move to somewhere closer to the equator. 10 - 12h daylight constant temp that doesn't freeze or boil you.
goose2010 Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Vancouver for me with whistler just up the road cant really go wrong. If it was a bit closer to home probably the Algarve, I have the option to move to Edinburgh in the new year with work, I don't think I will take the option to be honest but it is tempting.
Guest Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Vancouver for me with whistler just up the road cant really go wrong. If it was a bit closer to home probably the Algarve, I have the option to move to Edinburgh in the new year with work, I don't think I will take the option to be honest but it is tempting. Edinburgh is a beautiful city (but dark and cold and wet for too long )
MPH Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Are you sure you're thinking of Denmark? Copenhagen is barely darker or colder than London. I rejected a job there two years ago, it has nothing going for it over the UK imo. I'd pick it over the UK any day of the week. Much cleaner and much better hospitals, the people are friendlier and you pretty much only here the one language wherever you go. It IS more expensive, though but you usually get what you pay for and get a higher wage for it... better standard of living IMHO. and i got the general feeling that there is more expected of the people and that everyone who was physically able to contributing to society. A real feeling of the right kind of national pride. But it DOES get quite cold in winter.. who moves somewhere just for the weather though?
MooseBreath Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 No, I just made it up - duh! My son is there at the moment - wet and dark fairly early already. Cities in England get less than 7 hours daylight in the winter too. That's why people don't settle in the UK for the weather. That's why I'd only move to somewhere closer to the equator. 10 - 12h daylight constant temp that doesn't freeze or boil you. London gets eight hours sunset to sunrise on the December solstice. Nantes, near where you live, gets 8.5hrs, while Copenhagen gets 7.25 hours. Not a lot of difference. And of course Copenhagen gets the most light between March and September. Was all this just your way of trying to tell us how warm and sunny it is 50-odd miles away in Northern France?
MooseBreath Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 I'd pick it over the UK any day of the week. Much cleaner and much better hospitals, the people are friendlier and you pretty much only here the one language wherever you go. It IS more expensive, though but you usually get what you pay for and get a higher wage for it... better standard of living IMHO. and i got the general feeling that there is more expected of the people and that everyone who was physically able to contributing to society. A real feeling of the right kind of national pride. But it DOES get quite cold in winter.. who moves somewhere just for the weather though? I heard a few things about it being quite insular and racist. My girlfriend at the time, being mixed race was dead against it. Plus the weather was a big factor. I can't stand cold winters. There would have to be something spectacular about a place for me to move there if it is any colder than the UK and Denmark just didn't seem worth it. I'm sure it is a nice place though.
z-layrex Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 I would like to live in Edinburgh if that counts. Otherwise Seattle or Canada somewhere. Probably quite doabbale as me and my gf can work anywhere. I would miss family and friends though. I was considering Leicester to work at the Glenfield and houses were so much cheaper.
The Railway Man Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Copenhagen is ok but not a place anyone should seriously chose to emigrate to through choice. Scandics in general are the most boring people in the World.
MPH Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 I heard a few things about it being quite insular and racist. My girlfriend at the time, being mixed race was dead against it. Plus the weather was a big factor. I can't stand cold winters. There would have to be something spectacular about a place for me to move there if it is any colder than the UK and Denmark just didn't seem worth it. I'm sure it is a nice place though. I didn't get the sense of it being a racist country, Historically, The Danes forged their empire in the North of Europe and even now huge places like Greenland are part of the Danish Kingdom where danish is the national language. places like Britain had a more cosmopolitan aspect to its kingdom. taking in nations of significantly different skin colour, ect So i DID note a huge lack of black people in the area i lived in and i can imagine this being un-nerving to some. Maybe With me not being mixed race or black maybe i just didn't experience/see any racism? if you live in Denmark you are pretty much expected to adapt to the danish way of life and respect their culture. so maybe this isn't as appealing to some people emigrating from far off shores?.
Guest Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 London gets eight hours sunset to sunrise on the December solstice. Nantes, near where you live, gets 8.5hrs, while Copenhagen gets 7.25 hours. Not a lot of difference. And of course Copenhagen gets the most light between March and September. Was all this just your way of trying to tell us how warm and sunny it is 50-odd miles away in Northern France? Nantes is nowhere near where I live. And if you checked my destination was madeira not France. London gets less than 8 hours daylight in December and when you take into account the shitty weather then it's as though it's night for at least 18 hours. In case you didn't realise emigrating is about living in the country the whole year and not just in the summer. Sometimes I wonder why I bother replying to your obvious wumming.
Guest Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 I heard a few things about it being quite insular and racist. My girlfriend at the time, being mixed race was dead against it. Plus the weather was a big factor. I can't stand cold winters. There would have to be something spectacular about a place for me to move there if it is any colder than the UK and Denmark just didn't seem worth it. I'm sure it is a nice place though. Denmark is quite racist. And now you're pointing out how cold the weather is there - not that it's much different to the UK. Do you just argue for the point of arguing?
sphericalfox Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Canada's looking pretty good at the minute.
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