Next.

You pass the patriotism test!

AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!!!

Do you have dual citizenship in one or the other or both ? (!)

As the grandchild of two Dalmatians, I THINK I still have the Right of Return

in Croatia, but not sure since they joined the European Union -- I understand that many countries

who enter the EU are discouraged from this process.

I'd still like having the option, of course, so if you know anything about its current position,

post-EU membership, I'd appreciate knowing.

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You're EU...Never mind.

The beer is also much better.

Real ale is the best beer in the world.
The UK is an ok place to live, but very expensive and....well...quirky.

I really miss the beer now that we're back in the States.

The beer is DEFINITELY better than the typical big US brewer's swill.

It would be difficult to get National Health unless you become a citizen. It is expensive to live there... but I'd do it if I got the chance.

I'm a dual US/Irish citizen. Then again, I don't recall really being asked about it. Once they establish you have right to work, you start paying taxes and NHS is one of those taxes, so I guess they figure if you pay in, you can use it?

Europe is too restrictive for me outside of Scandinavia. Maybe New Zealand.

I'd move to Denmark, Sweeden, Iceland, Netherlands or any other country that treats it's people with respect.

We are stuck here.

It's almost always windy, but the air is clean and fresh and I found the people to be very friendly and they very much love to teach people about their culture.

I hope to go back, one day.

UK part time in the next 5 years! I'm a unabashed English History nut job, and I just feel more at home there. Always have.

A lot of countries extend citizenship to the grandchildren of their native-born. My mom was born in Ireland. You have to come up with the requisite paperwork (birth certs, marriage certs etc) but it may be worth it if you are so inclined.

I love America, my dad's family came over on the Mayflower, but not so much that it would keep me from living in England or Ireland (i have a lot of friends and family in both countries). The lure of being able to just live around all that history is too great a pull for me.

OR Galway.

If its Galway, it'll be deep in Connemara. Little cottage full of books, a cat, and a couple of dogs is all I require--as long as its walking distance to a pub(!)-- and I'll be good to go.

Donegal rabbits taste better as well. No idea why but they do.

I've had this tune on my mp3 collection over the past year:

that I'd stay right here, but I'm torn.

I like it in the US, but I would also like to live in the jungles of Costa Rica.

Maybe half a year in each place.

Will never happen, but it's cool to dream about.

To be honest ..most of us aren't going anywhere... so rest easy

Somewhere in the countryside

costa rica -- no army -- peaceful country -- warm weather. costa rica had some great deals about 8 years ago -- now it's caught on and can be very expensive.

i have to be in a place that's warm all year. i'm in phoenix and some of our winter days get too cold -- anything below 70 is too cold for me.

Actually, I've been "planning" that for too many years now...Need to get my ass in gear

I might return to the states after a few years depending on how much I enjoy life here. I'm lucky enough to have dual citizenship so it was a realisable option for me. After a spell here I can easily say each place has their good and bad points, some people just romanticise certain things making them seem grander than they are.

For instance I was quite chuffed to get not one, but two bottles of nasonex for just under 8 quid when it cost me 35 bucks a pop in the states. On the flip side I've got to get my nyquil through amazon.com as well as my american popcorn. Which reminds me, time to restock.

I always bring home a couple of boxes of Nurofen Plus (they'll last a couple of years for me, and there isnt anything better for my backaches), TCP (stinky but effective!!!!) and a whole host of shampoos and stuff.

Oddly, Boots makeup is cheaper in the U.S.?

But it's a comfort smell to me, so I understand. Reminds me of my gran!!!

But damned if I can find a cold medicine as good as NyQuil here. Night nurse just does not compare. Also have a tonne of Advil from the states as I can't get that here either. :/

Their snickers, milky ways and twix taste odd due to different chocolate being used which is also quite interesting. But the Cadbury is my downfall. Delic and so many choices!

Real fish and chips as well.

Gawd bless you fast show

That sounds as vile as scotch eggs and tuna on jacket potatoes!

I did indeed get homesick at the end of the year, but if I could migrate while maintaining the same standard of living, it would be a huge temptation for me.

I would NEVER give up my US citizenship, though.

I moved to the US.

And, my nephew and his wife are Canadians and they love their healthcare!

Those Canadians know how to do coffee! God I miss it.

I have looked into it -- my two hesitancies would be the weather and the food. Otherwise I would be interested in someplace like Costa Rica or Belize.

They merely express their insanity in different ways.

My family has been here on one side for 50,000 years and on another 500. I have no other ethnicity. I refuse to give America over to right-wing psychopaths.

The third time I went to the UK on business I figured I knew enough about their driving rules to try it myself. It was going OK: driving on the left, steering wheel on the right, etc. until I came to my first roundabout. Around I went with no clue about where to exit. The traffic was heavy, I went around the second time and choose my spot and went for it. Wrong!!!! Just missed a car in a head-on collision. I've never driven in the UK after that. But the train service from Gatwick to Southampton is great.

Or maybe the British Virgin Islands...

...just because of the food. South for the climate of course.
It's amazing to me that in London the food is indescribably awful, in ways that are really hard to imagine, and that all you have to do is hop on a fast train to Paris to get the best food on the planet. Can't some humanitarian move a few chefs north of the English Channel? Is there no one who will save the English from their execrable food?

If it were easier, I'd already be there.

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Best thing I've ever done for my family

I actually did some investigating of the options a few years ago and it looks like I basically strike out everywhere: over 50, not financially independent, no professional degree, chronic illness.

Or I'd be a Kiwi by now.

How different my life would have been....

Alas, my budget would never allow it...

well, at least as a potential vacation spot first... but it might be considerably nice to see it for myself first.

to Germany but you got the language barrier and it gets cold and rains a lot in the winter. I
think southern Italy may be better, good food and a warmer climate.

but if I could, I would move to the home of my mother's parents: Norway. I have had the opportunity over the past 8 years to make numerous trips to meet family (lots of doctors, educators and ministers), and love my extended family and the sense of "the commons" that permeates the parts of Norway in which I have spent time.

Since I have family there.

According to a recent University of British Columbia study, the "Happiest" country.

Where they dont spy on their citizens and are the first to stand up for human rights

We went there in 2008, and we fell in love with it.

My husband is from there and we own several places there. Our idea is to spend the majority of our time over there in ten years.

I need to make a trip back to Rome...to Fontana di Trevi specifically..... I made a very specific wish there ..and it came true 10 months later (guess what did I wish for).. and custom says that if your wish is fulfilled you are supposed to come back.

preferably somewhere near the mountains. I know S.A. would be much cheaper, but I don't know if I would like to live in one of their cultures full time. I'd have to explore the idea and think about the positives/negatives. I don't have to live in a city, but I would like to live close enough to a good-sized city that I could make a day trip out of it.

If I could afford it, I'd own property in either the UK or Canada. Live there half the year, live at current residence half a year. Then I could make an evaluation before making anything permanent. I love the USA, but I am disillusioned. Not sure if it will or can get better at this point, but also not sure anywhere else is all that much better. Every place has its problems, but not every place has my family.

And I don't have to learn a new language.

England was too expensive.

This country simply can't get anything done anymore.

I love it here. I do hope to travel and visit many of the wonderful places mentioned here.

I happen to like kangaroos.

in a heartbeat.

I do like being near or within driving distance of the most important people. If we could all be shifted, I would go to the UK as that's close for a lot of interesting travel.