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re: Bugging out to a different country - permanently
Posted on 6/10/23 at 8:42 pm to Leto II
Posted on 6/10/23 at 8:42 pm to Leto II
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I’m in Barcelona right now for the first time and love it here
Hell yeah! Spain is amazing. If you can deal with the commies in charge, its such a beautiful country.
Posted on 6/10/23 at 8:48 pm to LemmyLives
they can frick right off. they have some wicked storms in the mountains in PA especially. the thunder & lightening claps off the mountains & can make you hit the ground running and shite yourself.
I like basements during twisters so D Oh Jay can suck it.
I like basements during twisters so D Oh Jay can suck it.
This post was edited on 6/11/23 at 6:23 am
Posted on 6/10/23 at 8:53 pm to cajunangelle
We thought Idaho was safe, although coal country baws are a special breed of SSS.
Posted on 6/10/23 at 9:19 pm to LemmyLives
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I'm assuming you've been stationed there to even consider it. But, Japan (at least Tokyo) has issues which can only be ameliorated with corporate funding of your schools, apartments, etc.
I'd completely move there, but I don't know if most Gaijin could. I lived there as a kid, and consideration of others (not talking on your f@#*@ phone on a bus from Narita, etc) is something a lot of westerners can't get, and they don't understand how important it is. If it fits with your personality (drink lots, show lots of respect, follow rules) it can be great. Has anyone that hasn't been to Japan seen a guy pass out sleeping on his laptop in a train station, and he wakes up with the same laptop still in his possession in the morning? Yeah, that's the busiest train station in Japan (Shinagawa.)
How about Korea, like Jeju, Seoul, Daejeon, etc.? They're looser socially, and as long as you don't associate with the military crew in Seoul, people will seemingly treat you normally. I had a dude "corner" me outside of Daejeon station and just want to talk to me for half an hour because he wanted to practice his English. And there was a three/four story Spiderman "model" stuck on the side of a hotel for weeks.
Never stationed there but I've spent a lot of time in Tokyo (months, over time) and I speak the language. The culture suits me fine, and I have no intention of being a salaryman.
Is Shinagawa busier than Shinjuku, btw?
I used to get cornered that way in China. As for S. Korea, I don't speak any, but I had another American say he took the boat to S. Korea and a dude was basically waiting there trying to fight Westerners lol...
Posted on 6/10/23 at 10:07 pm to samson73103
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Costa Rica
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The wife and I have been twice. Beautiful country, friendly natives, and money goes along way especially once you're away from the tourist hotspots. The only negative is its very difficult for private citizens to own firearms.
The only problem with CR is their medical industry. Hospital administrations are like Mexican police. Panama doesn’t have this problem.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 12:03 am to Naked Bootleg
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The only problem with CR is their medical industry.
CR has a huge problem with squatters. If you leave for awhile and they move in, its damn near impossible to get them out. The CR government will side with them.
Re/Max: Squatter's rights and long-term renters in Costa Rica
Posted on 6/11/23 at 3:17 am to ronricks
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Mallorca, Spain is my eventual destination.
I was there a couple of days ago and it was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. It was full of tourists, so hard to tell what the real population was like. I could definitely see living there.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 5:46 am to Jasharts77
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Philippines is the obvious pick for me.
Too many Muslim extremists. When the US inevitably falls to communism, the Philippines will be in chaos. Hell, I was given a 45 revolver in March that my great Unc was issued to fight the Muslims in the Philippines in the early 1900's.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 7:25 am to CelticDog
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this is so dumb.
within 20 years?
no one knows that.
I don’t know it, but I know that this is the tendency of Latin American governments. Pinochet fixed Chile, and made them the shining star of S America. Now, they are heading left. Colombia has a refugee problem from commie Venezuela, which used to be prosperous. Now, Colombia is heading left. It’s a pattern.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 7:32 am to Spoonbilla
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Hell, I was given a 45 revolver in March that my great Unc was issued to fight the Muslims in the Philippines in the early 1900's.
Colt 1909. As a stop-gap measure, they were diverted from the civilian market to the military until the 1911 came out.
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Too many Muslim extremists
That's primarily out in the province in Mindanao. They're not running around Manila, Dumaguete, or Cebu doing Haji shite.
This post was edited on 6/11/23 at 7:35 am
Posted on 6/11/23 at 7:44 am to oldskule
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Idaho
I owned property in the Idaho panhandle for over 15 years and would’ve agreed with you until recently. Left Coast is invading. Did you see the story about the kid in Kellogg (the actual town where we had property) who wasn’t allowed to walk for graduation and had his forest service offer rescinded, for saying, “Guys are guys and girls are girls”? No place is safe from the Spirit of the Age.
This post was edited on 6/11/23 at 7:53 am
Posted on 6/11/23 at 7:51 am to McLemore
The Republic of Alabamastan
Posted on 6/11/23 at 8:32 am to Filtiger
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I'm living here for 18+ years.
Where are you in Pi? We'll be back in January. If you're in Manila or somewhere close, I'd enjoy meeting up for dinner.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 9:56 am to tigerpawl
My primary concern is always health care. As you get older you need it more
Posted on 6/11/23 at 11:02 am to LemmyLives
Idaho is becoming California lite. Montana or South Dakota near the Black Hills. Get some land and live minimal. There’s not enough population for the US govt to care much about it
Posted on 6/11/23 at 12:36 pm to BengalOnTheBay
Not really close. I'm in Cebu. Lapu Lapu city to be exact.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 1:47 pm to Filtiger
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Not really close. I'm in Cebu. Lapu Lapu city to be exact.
Ah, nice. My wife keeps harassing me about going to Boracay for our 10th Anniversary. That's our reason for going back in January, to celebrate it with her family.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 2:37 pm to Tantal
Just got back from two weeks in CR. Six pack away from tourist spots was $10 for the locally brewed swill, Imperial. Groceries were way more expensive than in the US and we visited the local Pali and MaxiPali which is their Walmart.
Visited with a Canadian ex pat and health insurance is "free" but if you have a non life threatening procedure needed, then the waiting list is 3 months out. He had cancer several years back and was life threatening and he said the care was awesome and you are moved to the front of the line for these things.
He was getting a filling that day and said it would cost him $40 from a young, female CR dentist who he said was great. He told me anyone can buy property in CR and you don't have to worry about shenanigans with property rights. You do need a lawyer though to accomplish this. He said there was no tax on income and everything was taxed at the business level and not individual level. Of course this is probably why things are expensive there, someone has to pay for it.
We visited several beaches which were awesome, but we decided that the higher mountain areas would be where we would live if we were to move or have a second place. This was idle chat as we wouldn't do either. When we drove from the coast just an hour later in the higher elevations, the temperature dropped from 33 Celcius (91 F) to 22 (71 F).
The locals are fantastic and never seem upset about anything. We drove through a lot of small towns that were mostly likely poor and the school kids were clean cut, respectful and cheery. We did have interactions as we walked through towns to find little Sodas (cafes) to eat at so we weren't just viewing a Potemkin village in the tourist areas. You see these poor kids and their behavior and it makes you realize we definitely have a cultural problem with our supposedly marginalized, poor yutes in our country. I forgot to find out if they have a similar welfare system in CR but I highly doubt it.
With all of that said, it is still a 2nd world country. Impossible to find a public bathroom when you have to go, and there was trash everywhere around the beach towns. One day while cruising around just outside of a tourist beach a gentleman was taking a dump in a vacant lot about 10 yards from the road.
If you made the move to CR, it would definitely require some adjusting.
Visited with a Canadian ex pat and health insurance is "free" but if you have a non life threatening procedure needed, then the waiting list is 3 months out. He had cancer several years back and was life threatening and he said the care was awesome and you are moved to the front of the line for these things.
He was getting a filling that day and said it would cost him $40 from a young, female CR dentist who he said was great. He told me anyone can buy property in CR and you don't have to worry about shenanigans with property rights. You do need a lawyer though to accomplish this. He said there was no tax on income and everything was taxed at the business level and not individual level. Of course this is probably why things are expensive there, someone has to pay for it.
We visited several beaches which were awesome, but we decided that the higher mountain areas would be where we would live if we were to move or have a second place. This was idle chat as we wouldn't do either. When we drove from the coast just an hour later in the higher elevations, the temperature dropped from 33 Celcius (91 F) to 22 (71 F).
The locals are fantastic and never seem upset about anything. We drove through a lot of small towns that were mostly likely poor and the school kids were clean cut, respectful and cheery. We did have interactions as we walked through towns to find little Sodas (cafes) to eat at so we weren't just viewing a Potemkin village in the tourist areas. You see these poor kids and their behavior and it makes you realize we definitely have a cultural problem with our supposedly marginalized, poor yutes in our country. I forgot to find out if they have a similar welfare system in CR but I highly doubt it.
With all of that said, it is still a 2nd world country. Impossible to find a public bathroom when you have to go, and there was trash everywhere around the beach towns. One day while cruising around just outside of a tourist beach a gentleman was taking a dump in a vacant lot about 10 yards from the road.
If you made the move to CR, it would definitely require some adjusting.
Posted on 6/11/23 at 2:38 pm to tigerpawl
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Please - no lectures on "the grass is always greener".
Do whatever you want, but this is still the best country in the world for anyone who gives a frick about freedom.
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