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If you had to leave your country and choose another one to live, where would it be?
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Depends on where you are in this very very very large country. Vancouver has palm trees, left outside all year. I'm in a zone called "Southern Mediterranean" - we have friends who are contemplating an olive grove, based on one they've seen on one of the Southern Gulf Islands. There is a farm near Duncan, BC who are putting in tea bushes. It's all about micro-climates in my neck of the woods.
And you wouldn't be the first, trust me..... You probably have friends here already.
As someone who loves the language, and has learned it on and off for about 4 years now, I can promise you it is NOT "easy to learn".
If you learn the case system and all the endings, that's about 70% of the battle, but the other part is tough too - the kantakerous vocabulary
Ich interessiere mich für Deutch, weil es so mit English verwandt ist. (I'm interested in German because it's related to English...English being a Germanic language and all.)
Bier is the German spelling
For me, while I love the German language, and have experienced German hospitality (and have seen some incredibly funny instances in person of the stereotypical "Germans are anal" bit...) I think I'd rather continue to visit rather than live there.
I love their Brötchen, but when the staple is Brötchen and Kartoffeln (potatoes), I think I'll pass...although I did love the Wiener Schnitzel *in* Wien (Vienna)
For me, there's really only one choice - Singapore. I have loads of really good friends there, and have managed to visit 3 times in the last 12 years (and would like to cut my ratio down to every 2 years visiting, rather than every 4...)
But when you take into account the way the postal codes work, it represents a rural area in Montréal
But when you take into account the way the postal codes work, it represents a rural area in Montréal
That's because Montréal is known for their H0's.
And the only other H0 is the Akwesasne tribal reserve on the U.S.-Canada border.
I don't know why people say they want to live in Japan. Great place to visit, but probably a difficult place to live for most Westerners, even if you spoke Japanese. You probably need to be a certain type of Westerner to truly feel OK. I've been there like 15 times, and I don't know if I could live there.
Canada would get my vote. It's a fantastic place. Australia is similar in many ways, but like someone else mentioned, the politics is so messed up that no progress is ever made. You can say the same thing about other countries, but it's really bad in Australia. Only Melbourne has a proper transport system, and even that's not fantastic. It's like they invested in infrastructure years ago, and will never do it again. Other cities never bothered.
And everything you buy here, even local goods, are 2x more expensive than in North America. It's probably more expensive than the UK or Europe.
Canada would get my vote.
It's a fantastic place. Australia is similar in many ways, but like someone else mentioned, the politics is so messed up that no progress is ever made. You can say the same thing about other countries, but it's really bad in Australia. Only Melbourne has a proper transport system, and even that's not fantastic. It's like they invested in infrastructure years ago, and will never do it again. Other cities never bothered. And everything you buy here, even local goods, are 2x more expensive than in North America. It's probably more expensive than the UK or Europe.
Well, I selected USA because in May, I left my native land and moved to New York to marry my American wife (fiancée at the time).
It's an awesome place, I haven't really felt any major pangs of Homesickness, although I would probably have felt those if I moved to a small town. I have found that I enjoy watching Baseball (more than I liked cricket) although, I became a Mets fan, but I'm used to being the underdog. I love the fact the Subway system is always running (well, the E is a little messed up on Nights at the moment) and there is great cuisine everywhere. Although I've picked up a little bit of 'hood and I do like Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits....
I guess New York is a really cosmopolitan city, and apart from the Tall Buildings, isn't very different to my hometown of London.
It's an awesome place, I haven't really felt any major pangs of Homesickness, although I would probably have felt those if I moved to a small town. I have found that I enjoy watching Baseball (more than I liked cricket) although, I became a Mets fan, but I'm used to being the underdog. I love the fact the Subway system is always running (well, the E is a little messed up on Nights at the moment) and there is great cuisine everywhere. Although I've picked up a little bit of 'hood and I do like Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits....
I guess New York is a really cosmopolitan city, and apart from the Tall Buildings, isn't very different to my hometown of London.
New Zealand is my number 1 pick, followed by Australia then I dunno where else. I adored New Zealand when I went there.
The one place on the list I would not want to live is UAE. Been there many times and I just don't understand why people like it.
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I learned something new today! I never knew palm trees could live in Canada.
The one place on the list I would not want to live is UAE. Been there many times and I just don't understand why people like it.
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I learned something new today! I never knew palm trees could live in Canada.
Hard to belive I'm the first to say it, but I'd probably pick Mexico. After living in Texas for sixteen years, it wouldn't be much of a stretch, culturally speaking.
Come visit Chicago sometime. It's even better.
I think I'll have to plan a trip for when the Mets are in Chicago next, or better yet, when the Rangers visit the Blackhawks...
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Technically, they don't live in Canada... They live in a very very very tiny small speck of Canada, the very bottom left corner. Microclimates are everything here.
But come and visit them sometime! One day I was in Vancouver, and chatting with a couple of visitors from Michigan - whose knowledge of Canada was of the bit that was across the Detroit River. Which is closer to the typical Canadian winter experience. They would not believe me when I told them that Vancouver Palm trees were not trucked to a hot green house in the winter.
An update to a previous post.... I found out last night that someone is about to plant an olive grove, on a commercial basis, here. Not just a homeowner planting olives for bragging rights.
True story.
Well, some French people can be jerks if you don't speak French. (from what I've heard/read)
In what sense?
It's much easier for me, at least. Romance languages just don't work with me. Spanish, French, Italian ... you name it.
As someone who loves the language, and has learned it on and off for about 4 years now, I can promise you it is NOT "easy to learn".
If you learn the case system and all the endings, that's about 70% of the battle, but the other part is tough too - the kantakerous vocabulary
Well so far its been okay for me. Hasn't been excruciatingly difficult, so to speak.
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True story.
The language is a romantic language so it has potential to be considered a beautiful language ( I would vote Italian the most beautiful) however people from France I have met were anything but friendly unless they were trying to sell you something.
Some americans can be jerks if you don't speak english (from what I've heard/read).
Some americans can be jerks if you don't speak english (from what I've heard/read).
Oh heck, any country can have jerks. You shouldn't base anything on what a few jerks do. Jerk-dom is pan-national.