Emigrating. Don't know where yet.

[daywalker]

With people graduating and being foisted from studentdom onto the working world, I came to the conclusion that if i'm going to have to live in the working world, i'd prefer it to be in some tropical paradise instead of a rainy city in Britain. I've narrowed down the conditions to:

a) English-speaking. I'm rubbish with languages.

b) Fairly lax work ethic. I'm a lazy man.

c) Sunny and warm.

Any suggestions on countries that fit this much appreciated.

[enola48]

Australia?

South AFrica?

India? If you don't mind some foreign language - English is an official language so almost everyone speaks it.

[Sid]

Key West Florida.

[novium]

California!
it's english speaking (although, to be fair, picking up a bit of spanish is inevitable, but totally worth it. dos cerverzas por favor! )
The weather is mild and wonderful, warm and sunny but never humid. In santa cruz, they get 300 days of sun a year.

Gorgeous and hugely varied natural environments- from the sierras to the beaches to the redwoods and the deserts, the central valley and the bay area.

Getting sort of expensive in certain areas, but lots of job opportunities.

also: accents are seen as highly desirable and sexy.
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sed tamen ira procul absit, cum qua nihil recte fieri, nihil considerate potest.

[Rob]

South Africa:

1. A cold day is 17 degrees
2. Food and drink is cheap, typically pound a beer in some good place
3. Petrol costs 55 pence a litre
4. The food in restaurants is amazing, and cheap. Servide is top notch
5. Housing is cheap
6. Pleniful supply of weaponary.

[JM]

Quoting rob from 10:04, 26th Jun 2006
South Africa:

1. A cold day is 17 degrees
2. Food and drink is cheap, typically pound a beer in some good place
3. Petrol costs 55 pence a litre
4. The food in restaurants is amazing, and cheap. Servide is top notch
5. Housing is cheap
6. Pleniful supply of weaponary.

hmmmm, could it possibly get any better than that!
*packs bags*

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"Life can be full of many problems"; this can be translated into "tormenting you is how the big man gets his jollies"

[yours truly]

Quoting daywalker from 23:51, 25th Jun 2006
With people graduating and being foisted from studentdom onto the working world, I came to the conclusion that if i'm going to have to live in the working world, i'd prefer it to be in some tropical paradise instead of a rainy city in Britain. I've narrowed down the conditions to:

a) English-speaking. I'm rubbish with languages.

b) Fairly lax work ethic. I'm a lazy man.

c) Sunny and warm.

Any suggestions on countries that fit this much appreciated.

South Florida...trust me I live here. sunshine, relaxed, and they speak god's language. couldn't get any better for you.

[Sid]

New Zealand is shit. I was there last year and I thought I'd gone back to the 1970's - Jimmy Nail on the radio twice in one week says it all. In the supermarkets I'd see kids with no shoes on, what the fuck?!! When I was on the plane leaving NZ I asked for champagne to celebrate my leaving the place I was that glad to be rid.

I would like to point out that the majority of my stay was in Auckland. I did go up north for a weekend and although there was nothing to do it was very beautiful. But Auckland sucked balls.

Quoting dunqn from 01:43, 26th Jun 2006
New Zealand.

a) they speak a version of english
b) they're not germany or japan, let's be honest.
c) it's pretty warm in the north.

NZ also has a small population (less arseholes), they're far nicer than Australians, there's a huge range of scenery, etc.

[exnihilo]

I've always preferred Australia to NZ. I find Australians to be very modern thinking and forward looking, very full of passion, particularly younger Australians; New Zealanders on the other hand do seem very parochial, slightly bitter and very stuck in the past. But then they are a small country right next door to a bigger and richer one, it happens.

[rob 'f*ck off' wine boy]

Quoting Sid from 15:22, 27th Jun 2006
New Zealand is shit.

I wonder what they made if you...oh wait, I don't.

[novium]

oh god. Not only florida, but south florida?
The last place I'd suggest moving. Humid, weird, huge bugs, weird, and did I mention it's humid?

Quoting yours truly from 00:58, 26th Jun 2006

Quoting daywalker from 23:51, 25th Jun 2006
With people graduating and being foisted from studentdom onto the working world, I came to the conclusion that if i'm going to have to live in the working world, i'd prefer it to be in some tropical paradise instead of a rainy city in Britain. I've narrowed down the conditions to:

a) English-speaking. I'm rubbish with languages.

b) Fairly lax work ethic. I'm a lazy man.

c) Sunny and warm.

Any suggestions on countries that fit this much appreciated.

South Florida...trust me I live here. sunshine, relaxed, and they speak god's language. couldn't get any better for you.

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sed tamen ira procul absit, cum qua nihil recte fieri, nihil considerate potest.

[Malcolm]

Why does it have to be an English speaking country? I'm looking at the Netherlands, good quality, high paid IT jobs can be found out there, and indeed on the rest of continental Europe.

But if it has to be English speaking, it's widely believed Australia's your best option - lower living costs matched to a higher quality of life.

[Thalia]

I could never live in Australia. Even though i know that you rarely find the big creepy-crawlies in populated areas, i'd constantly be worried about something really poisonous coming along and biting me

Hell, when i was in Washington state, i was checking my bed and walls every night for spiders - but then my aunt had been bitten by a brown recluse the year before despite the fact they don't live in Washington, so i guess i had an excuse :-/

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The shadow proves the sunshine...

[orudge]

Having spent a week or so in California now, I would be very tempted to move here at some point in the future - it really is a lovely state, and so varied, too. However, I'd also like to check out more of the world - Australia and New Zealand are both places I'd very much like to visit sometime, as well as Canada, South Africa - hell, to be honest, I'd like to visit as much of the world as I can. One day...

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[Marco Biagi]

Quoting novium from 19:01, 27th Jun 2006
oh god. Not only florida, but south florida?
The last place I'd suggest moving. Humid, weird, huge bugs, weird, and did I mention it's humid?

Cuban exiles.

Alligators.

And escaped pythons.

And escaped pythons eating alligators.

(It must be true, I read it on the BBC website.)

[jennyo]

Quoting yours truly from 00:58, 26th Jun 2006

South Florida....they speak god's language. couldn't get any better for you.

As in, 'If English was good enough for Jesus Christ it's good enough for me'?

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Did you know that lollygagging promotes communism and causes sterility?

[Guest]

Cook Islands!!! They even grow pineapples there...

[Sid]

Hmm..

Fine cuban cigars, big fat ones, (you like big fat ones, don't you Marco?) and certain drugs from South America are widely available and cheap if you're into that sort of thing. If not, you wouldn't notice.

There are aligators but you can easily buy a big gun for protection, so that covers pythons as well. And if they're eating each other who cares? Just lie back and enjoy the sun.

Added bonus of Florida, in the summer there is a thunder storm everyday, it's great!!! You get to see proper lightning, just don't get too close to it. There is the occasional hurricane, but if you thrive on adventure and aren't a wimp you might even enjoy it providing you don't die or anything, scale 1-2 are the best, after that you should buy some pampers just in case and maybe a suit of armour, if you do the Americans will think you're 'real cute' looking so medieval and English, they might invite you to a banquet.

And palm trees!!!! Palm trees everywhere, I love palm trees!

Outdoor swimming - pools and the sea, just watch out for those sharks, they'll eat ya up!

You get to eat BBQ every night!

This list is endless!!!

And about the bugs, they're funny. I was sitting poolside and watched this English family crap their pants when they saw a cricket, oh how my sides ached, well that was just the sunburn, but it was funny nonetheless.

Quoting Marco Biagi from 01:41, 28th Jun 2006

Quoting novium from 19:01, 27th Jun 2006
oh god. Not only florida, but south florida?
The last place I'd suggest moving. Humid, weird, huge bugs, weird, and did I mention it's humid?

Cuban exiles.

Alligators.

And escaped pythons.

And escaped pythons eating alligators.

(It must be true, I read it on the BBC website.)

[raheli]

While I, also, loathed New Zealand, I do have to say it is easy to get a work visa. But this probably tells you something about the country.