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Dreamer Tatum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 09:32 AM
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Poll question: If you had the opportunity to leave the US, where would you choose to live?
Edited on Wed Jun-29-11 09:34 AM by Dreamer Tatum
I have the chance to live in Mexico City again. Got me to wondering...where would you want to go, and why?
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sufrommich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 09:33 AM
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1. I'd go to Canada, it's close and I have family there. nt
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Dreamer Tatum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 09:34 AM
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2. Sorry, poll thing broke. nt
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 09:34 AM
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3. Canada. It's close, I love the weather, and Mr. Brickbat and I could get jobs relatively easily.
Edited on Wed Jun-29-11 09:35 AM by Brickbat
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 09:36 AM
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4. New Zealand
Or Australia
Or The Netherlands
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 09:36 AM
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5. Canada. We have family there.
And the place is wonderful. We plan on retiring there anyway. Just haven't decided which area yet.
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JonLP24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 09:39 AM
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6. Maybe Neatherlands
not sure what it is like to live in almost every country outside the US.
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pampango Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 09:40 AM
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7. I love Mexico City, but I'd have to go with Toronto - cosmopolitan, clean and Canadian.
:)
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dembotoz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 09:40 AM
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8. maybe england, but canada would be nice too
hmmmm
prob canada
much prefer hockey over soccer
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Luminous Animal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 09:42 AM
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9. I love Mexico City but I've wanted, for a long time, to live in Barcelona.
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 09:54 AM
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10. Sorrento, Italia
or maybe Haarlem, near Amsterdam. If I was rich, maybe London. Canada way too wintery for me, I'm a snow impaired person. Costa Rica, not bad at all.
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Tom Rinaldo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 09:55 AM
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11. Ireland. n/t
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mrmpa Donating Member (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 10:06 AM
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16. ditto eom
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piratefish08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 09:55 AM
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12. Vermont
:-)
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 09:58 AM
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13. I have; I now live in the UK.
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Terry in Austin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 10:18 AM
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18. I've heard you can pick up the language pretty quickly
A definite plus!

;)


Good move -- I'd go back in a heartbeat!
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 10:39 AM
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25. Me too...
...
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bhikkhu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 10:04 AM
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14. Norway, Sweden, France, Spain, Italy, New Zealand...
But I'm not going anywhere at my age, I think.
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Luciferous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 10:05 AM
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15. New Zealand. Tried talking my husband into it, but he says it's too isolated.
I like that it is a fairly liberal country and I can easily meet their immigration requirements.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 10:08 AM
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17. j'aime paris. nt
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hifiguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 10:20 AM
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19. Another enthusiastic vote for New Zealand.
Spent a couple of weeks there in 2003. Beautiful country, mellow, laid-back people, fabulous food/wine, pace of life like it was here when I was a boy in the early 1960s and about as far away from the open air lunatic asylum the US is becoming as is possible. Perfection itself. I'd be there in a month if I could afford/figure out how to do it.
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 10:23 AM
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20. Costa Rica, maybe. Or the Amazon jungles n/t
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pscot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 10:24 AM
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21. The south of France
Provence, Cote de Rhone.
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lutefisk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 10:36 AM
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22. Nobody has made a "don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out" comment. Things must be bad
In the past, this kind of discussion would have resulted "love it or leave it" comments, but now I can't really blame anyone for dreaming about leaving.

I'd go to Canada for practical reasons, otherwise I'd be okay with all of the above place suggestions!
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sufrommich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 11:09 AM
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35. I didn't take this as a question of "where would you rather live".
More like "where would you live if you couldn't live here".

Truthfully, just the thought of leaving my state would make me sad. I would choose Canada,if I had to go,mainly because I could see Michigan from my house.:-)
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 11:35 AM
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42. Yeah, same here because
like you I wouldn't want to leave where I am now. I love Massachusetts. And I love the Hilltowns of Massachusetts.

:)
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sufrommich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 11:40 AM
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44. Massachusetts looks like a very pretty state. There's no place
like home.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 10:37 AM
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23. Somewhere in South America
things are hopping
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 10:38 AM
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24. Back home.
No question about it.
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Johonny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 10:47 AM
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26. on the moon
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 10:48 AM
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27. Amsterdam
:smoke: :hippie: :P
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 10:50 AM
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28. South of France - near Marseilles
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Pool Hall Ace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 10:57 AM
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29. Germany or Netherlands
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Zorra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 11:00 AM
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30. I left the country for 5 years after Bu*h was selected.
I go there because it is a paradise and everything is already set up for an easy, fun, and anonymous bohemian lifestyle on the beach.

You'll have to waterboard me in order to find out where.
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krabigirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 11:02 AM
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31. Somewhere in se Asia, but my family wouldn't go for that. I guess France maybe.
I have relatives and in-laws there.
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 11:04 AM
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32. The United States
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 11:07 AM
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33. When my mother is gone, I'll probably go live n a tourist area
on the coast in Mexico or El Salvador.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 11:08 AM
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34. seattle area. i love the ocean, cool, rain, green green green and liberal. i still
Edited on Wed Jun-29-11 11:11 AM by seabeyond
like the u.s. the best. i would choose to stay in u.s.
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L0oniX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 11:15 AM
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36. French Polynesia ...but I need a bigger sail boat ...I only have a 30' cruiser now
Edited on Wed Jun-29-11 11:16 AM by L0oniX
You asked me why???




oh ...and did I mention French health care?
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Phoonzang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 11:21 AM
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37. Vancouver, British Colombia. nt
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WatsonT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 11:24 AM
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38. New Zealand looks very nice
and I speak the language (sorta).
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 11:26 AM
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39. Belize.
Edited on Wed Jun-29-11 11:26 AM by Tommy_Carcetti
Warm, tropical climate and an economy built on ecotourism. The coastal regions are similar to Florida pre-sprawl.

I wouldn't want to move anywhere cold unless I was forced to. Sorry, Canada, no offense.
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peace4ever Donating Member (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 11:26 AM
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40. I have been invited to Germany for an interview... I am very hopeful I get the job
I have lost confidence in our system and want to provide a better future for my family.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 11:29 AM
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41. be sure to take your mask with you
or an oxygen bottle...
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 11:38 AM
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43. Depends on how much money I would have.
Lets say I were to hit the Lotto then I would likely go to Europe somewhere near the Mediterranean. I would also look at South America. Uruguay or Argentina look nice.
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Hell Hath No Fury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 11:41 AM
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45. First choice, Canada.
Second choice, England. Third choice, Sweden. I am a littl old to learn a new language, which is why I went with my first two choices. Sweden is where my Dad's family is from, and I can get dual citizenship (I am checking into it) but the climate and language changes would be hard for me. :(
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