If you could live anywhere, where would you choose?

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12 years ago

I would like to visit Queensland and Western Australia. I would like to see the city of Albany in Western Australia. I curious as to what the climate is like south of Perth.

I prefer southwest Washington State which is between Seattle and Portland, Oregon. The costing of living is cheap and rarely snows except up in the mountains. The summers warm and dry but the winters are wet. There aren't many jobs except for being a lumber jack or working in a saw mill. I have worked a summer in a plywood mill in Olympia, Washington.

Rick

KathyCH Member

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12 years ago

#322

Cambodia so peaceful

stumpy Laos Expert

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12 years ago

#323

At the risk of repeating myself, Laos.

Reyhane79 Member

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12 years ago

#324

I prefere Istanbul.. the live city with colourful enjoyments

John C. ViP

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12 years ago

#325

In an unknown, off the beaten track island like Mustique, or Mayreau.

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=325421

Gezgin Member

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12 years ago

#326

Cannot name a country but I could say Asia.

mirajuddin Member

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12 years ago

#327

i will choose my Home its the best place for me to live

Line Luna New member

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12 years ago

#328

I really love living in Copenhagen right now, but it would be great to live in New York, just for a year or two

houwayda Contributor

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12 years ago

#329

since i m stuck here then i have to adopt with it :p
i love my Tunisia <3

joyce22 Member

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12 years ago

#330

'Pandora' without hesitation, I'll paint myself in blue...

aryavrat ViP

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12 years ago

#331

Sweden or Ireland

messi007 Guest

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11 years ago

#332

i would love to live and work in Qatar or an European country. Anybody out there that can make my dreams come true?

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

15635POSTS

11 years ago

#333

messi007 wrote:
i would love to live and work in Qatar or an European country. Anybody out there that can make my dreams come true?

The only person in this world who can make your dreams come true is YOU!
(But I wonder: Why Qatar - a dreary desert kingdom with nothing but oil industry???)

husoi Active member

38POSTS

11 years ago

#334

I would go back to Atlantis.

messi007 Guest

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11 years ago

#335

Its a personal decision. I would appreciate if you can help me get a job in qatar or wherever you can. Thanks

coolcamp Active member

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11 years ago

#336

Home is where the heart is. Right now mine is in Kenya.

stumpy Laos Expert

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11 years ago

#337

Have to agree with coolcamp. I choose Laos

Bob K VIP Member

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11 years ago

#338

When we leave this part of our "adventure" (10+ years in the Caribbean) we are thinking of Portugal or Budapest for a year or so.

Bob K

messi007 Guest

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11 years ago

#339

Dubai

Bidara sary Serial expat

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11 years ago

#340

I would like to be back home in my country Indonesia, even it's for only a day

Really homesick at this moment
I need some get away to break the routine

Princess81 Active member

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11 years ago

#341

I'd love to live in Istanbul ,Turkey ..Its the most beautiful city I've seen so far in my life .For me it has it all

cccmedia Ecuador/Colombia Expert

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11 years ago

#342

The weather here in Quito is the most perfect I could find -- 67 or 68 degrees F. on average every month of the year, due to unique location at altitude and the Equator.

But I was brought up on an extended-family property of 42 acres in upstate New York and am now missing out on being in such a beautiful outdoor environment. We had a lake, fruit trees, walking trails, super-fresh air.

So I'm working on a plan to rent at a secret "botanical garden" location about 45 minutes from the city, for one week every month, starting in a few months.

Among the advantages of being outside the city proper will be: outdoor swimming. The location is 1,500 feet lower in altitude, and so is warmer than the high-flying capital.

cccmedia in Quito, Ecuador

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

15635POSTS

11 years ago

#343

cccmedia wrote:
67 or 68 degrees F.

What is that in internationally recognised units?
(My body height is slightly more than a Fathom. Really!)

El_Jost Serial expat

732POSTS

11 years ago

#344

beppi wrote:
cccmedia wrote:
67 or 68 degrees F.

What is that in internationally recognised units?
(My body height is slightly more than a Fathom. Really!)

LOL
Is 100 feet the length of a centipede?

cccmedia Ecuador/Colombia Expert

10285POSTS

11 years ago

#345

El_Jost wrote:
beppi wrote:
cccmedia wrote:
67 or 68 degrees F.

What is that in internationally recognised units?
(My body height is slightly more than a Fathom. Really!)

LOL

To recap, the daily high temperature in Quito, Ecuador, averages 67 or 68 degrees F. every month year-round. 68 Fahrenheit equals 20 degrees Celcius. "Room temperature" is defined as being 68-72 degrees F. or 20-22 degrees C., according to The Free Dictionary.

Beppi's height, at one fathom, is six feet or 1.8 meters. Maybe it's an inside joke, but it's unclear why Brother Jost found that hilarious.

cccmedia in Quito, Ecuador

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

15635POSTS

11 years ago

#346

cccmedia wrote:
Beppi's height, at one fathom, is six feet or 1.8 meters. Maybe it's an inside joke, but it's unclear why Brother Jost found that hilarious

A Fathom is 183.7cm to be precise, but that's besides the point: It is an awkward unit only used in (and known to) a certain niche (fishermen in this case) and it is,(rightfully, in my opinion) extinct nowadays. I used it to show my opinion of other awkward, non-standard units that are still in use (and known to) certain niches (USA, in this case) and should be extinct in my opinion.
Thanks,El Jost, for finding this hilarious!

cccmedia Ecuador/Colombia Expert

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11 years ago

#347

beppi wrote:
cccmedia wrote:
Beppi's height, at one fathom, is six feet or 1.8 meters. Maybe it's an inside joke, but it's unclear why Brother Jost found that hilarious

A Fathom is 183.7cm to be precise, but that's besides the point: It is an awkward unit only used in (and known to) a certain niche (fishermen in this case) and it is,(rightfully, in my opinion) extinct nowadays. I used it to show my opinion of other awkward, non-standard units that are still in use (and known to) certain niches (USA, in this case) and should be extinct in my opinion.
Thanks,El Jost, for finding this hilarious!

And thank you, Beppi, for clearing this up.

I had no idea this kind of 'inside baseball' was available
on this thread

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

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11 years ago

#348

I like the term "inside baseball".
Thanks and Happy Easter Holidays!

Gordon Barlow ViP

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11 years ago

#349

Jost was chuckling at Beppi's teasing of CCC about using Fahrenheit temperatures instead of "internationally recognised units". Beppi giving his height as a fathom was rather clever, and it gave me a smile too.

As a traditionalist, I like the idea of keeping the old measurements as long as possible. My home island in the Caribbean is a British colony, but we still use the old measures - pounds & ounces, miles & inches, Fahrenheit, etc. Our liquid measures can sometimes cause confusion. Our service stations sell gasoline (petrol) in Imperial (British) gallons, not US gallons; and a British gallon is 25% larger than a US gallon. One local car-rental company tells its US customers that although prices are higher here than at home, there are "five quarts to the gallon in Cayman".

Well, that's worth a smile, too! (Hint for those who don't speak English as their native language: the joke is in the derivation and meaning of "quart".)

cccmedia Ecuador/Colombia Expert

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11 years ago

#350

Gordon Barlow wrote:
Our liquid measures can sometimes cause confusion. Our service stations sell gasoline (petrol) in Imperial (British) gallons, not US gallons; and a British gallon is 25% larger than a US gallon.

How Imperial is that!

So tell us, sir, if you could choose to live anywhere, can we presume it would be George Town, Cayman Islands? And if so, aside from tax-haven issues, why?

cccmedia in Ecuador

Reader tip: Gordon Barlow's website can be accessed by clicking "Website" below his avatar.

Gordon Barlow ViP

1188POSTS

11 years ago

#351

Thanks for the "reader tip", CCC. And may I say you look exactly like Elvis in your photo! I'm sorry I'll never get to hear you in action.

We have lived in Cayman for 37 years now, and it's home. When we came here, our only child was 2 1/2 years old, and it was a perfect place to bring up a little boy. Ten years before that, we were living in Nassau, Bahamas - yes, another tax-haven; that was our first one - and that was perfect for us as newly-weds. Absolutely perfect. But we left to see a bit more of the world, and by the time we were next looking for jobs, the politics had turned a bit nasty in Nassau, so we left it off the list of places I gave the employment agency in London. We got lucky, with Cayman.

We're both retired, now, so high wages and freedom from Income Tax is no longer a factor in where we live. Our home is a bit of a shack, really, but it's very comfortable - and life on the Island is comfortable, too - first-world facilities, though with third-world politics. The worst thing about the place is that it's pretty expensive, and a drain on our savings. When it gets too bad for us, we'll sell up and go to Norway to be with our son and grandchildren. Also expensive, of course, but he has a cabin in the forest we could live in rent-free, at least in the summer months. That would be nice.

cccmedia Ecuador/Colombia Expert

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11 years ago

#352

Gordon Barlow wrote:
Jost was chuckling at Beppi's teasing of CCC about using Fahrenheit temperatures instead of "internationally recognised units". Beppi giving his height as a fathom was rather clever, and it gave me a smile too.

So that's the way it is, eh?

Yo, Beppi, I got your "internationally recognized units"
right here!

Fathom that!

.

cccmedia Ecuador/Colombia Expert

10285POSTS

11 years ago

#353

Gordon Barlow wrote:
we'll sell up and go to Norway to be with our son and grandchildren. Also expensive, of course, but he has a cabin in the forest we could live in rent-free, at least in the summer months. That would be nice.

The COL is low here in Ecuador, but if I ever had to leave for other reasons, I'd be off to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay.

Like my city -- Quito -- it's a UNESCO World Heritage Site with cobblestone streets and, in Colonia's case, old remnants of its days as a Portuguese fortress town.

It also has low pollution levels, a waterfront, many parks, a casino and a tree-shaded "centro" of shops and eateries.

Also, it's just 45 minutes by boat from the metropolis of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Of course, being an international boat ride, that figure doesn't include documento time.

cccmedia in Quito, Ecuador

El_Jost Serial expat

732POSTS

11 years ago

#354

cccmedia wrote:
El_Jost wrote:
beppi wrote:
What is that in internationally recognised units?
(My body height is slightly more than a Fathom. Really!)

LOL

To recap, the daily high temperature in Quito, Ecuador, averages 67 or 68 degrees F. every month year-round. 68 Fahrenheit equals 20 degrees Celcius. "Room temperature" is defined as being 68-72 degrees F. or 20-22 degrees C., according to The Free Dictionary.

Beppi's height, at one fathom, is six feet or 1.8 meters. Maybe it's an inside joke, but it's unclear why Brother Jost found that hilarious.

cccmedia in Quito, Ecuador

Hi cccmedia,
Not to worry!
When I first saw Bebbi's name I also found that to be most amusing.
But that would need quite a bit of 'inside baseball' to explain so I'll just leave you this photo from Basel to ponder

PS The pic. shows a group of "Bebbis".

Gordon Barlow ViP

1188POSTS

11 years ago

#355

cccmedia wrote:
The COL is low here in Ecuador, but if I ever had to leave for other reasons, I'd be off to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay.

Well, Ecuador is on my list of bolt-holes, in a SHTF situation. (I blogged "Looking for boltholes" twice, in September 2012 - available via Google.) Not Uruguay, though - the difference being that my wife has been to Ecuador, to visit our son and his little hippy family, several years ago, in Vilcabamba. Of course all that is just in case Cayman becomes way too expensive for us.

cccmedia Ecuador/Colombia Expert

10285POSTS

11 years ago

#356

El_Jost wrote:
Hi cccmedia,
Not to worry!
When I first saw Bebbi's name I also found that to be most amusing.

Amusing and confusing: you've created a new spelling of his name.

Many thanks, though, for providing the colorful picture of Basel "Bebbis" on parade.

Sir Gordon's reference to a "bolt hole" turned out to mean a "safe and friendly place." (Merriam-Webster) However, he seems to be cooling on his earlier SHTF-plan of living in a cabin in the Scandinavian woods.

cccmedia in Ecuador

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

15635POSTS

11 years ago

#357

El_Jost wrote:
PS The pic. shows a group of "Bebbis".

Sorry, but I insist on my doble P!
(Althoug I'm a fan of the Basel carnival, too - we've been there three times so far!)

cccmedia Ecuador/Colombia Expert

10285POSTS

11 years ago

#358

This is about: the most amazing place to live, that I 'almost' bought.

Back around the early 80's when I was living in Manhattan, NYC...I discovered an apartment for sale on the 21st floor of a building on Central Park South near Sixth Avenue.

It had an incredible view. The condo faced right up the 'belly' of Central Park. Price-tag: 300K.

I inspected it, imagining from that high level the seasonal change of tableau from white in winter, to green in spring and summer, to the turning of the leaves into myriad colors in the fall. Sweet. I was ready to enter an offer.

As it happened, my financial-wizard (but somewhat controlling) Uncle Marvin gave this one-bedroom apartment a thought...and ruled it out as too pricey. At that time, he had the power to block me from accessing my own savings. I could have afforded to finance it.

Fast-forward five years when I ran into the seller's rep at a Manhattan cocktail party. Of course, she told me the condo I couldn't buy...had appreciated in value into the millions. I'm sure she said at least five million.

That was 30 years ago. Who knows what that little slice of Central Park South is worth today!

cccmedia in Ecuador