You are quite right. If our prime minister should confess that he is a pentacostal or mormon or muslim he would have to resign immidiately becouse of the pressure from the public opinion. Religion are similar to superstition!!?
Bugbear
Where do you consider the best place to live in the world
by His Excellency 60 Replies latest jw friends
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LouBelle
LV101 - yes I have an American friend in San Diego and after visiting here he mentioned that there was a huge south african community. They even have "saffa days" where the make all the south african foods, have a braai etc. Moving anywhere on a South African passport is nigh impossible :/
aaaaaah I so need to put my head down and sleep.
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XBEHERE
Lucerne, Swiss Republic. Also Northern California (Wine Country).
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Simon
Canadian cities often come in the top 5 of best places to live.
If you can cope with it snowing one week and then being 20+ the next then Calgary ain't bad!
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Open mind
We love the San Francisco, CA Bay Area.
You can surf in the morning, hop in the car for a 3 hour (mid-week) drive and be snow skiing in the afternoon.
Food, music, eclectic mix of cultures, we love it.
If I had to pick a European city, Barcelona would be in my top 5, provided I was living off retirement funds.
One of these days we'll make it down under and visit the Kiwis and Aussies.
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Pacoima, ca
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Glander
Pacoima, Ca. !!
Now there's a man easy to please.
Great place for a business making wrought iron fences and window bars.
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Quarterback
I love the four seasons, but I find the Winter season to last so long. I love Ontario, with the lakes, and lots of open spaces. But, I would like to break up my home. Three months in the Caribean, and the rest of the year in Ontario.
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Joe Grundy
This is a very good question, and I have come to realise that only by living somewhere do you get to see it warts and all.
I lived in Cyprus 2005-2010, and you can get fed up and bored with antiquities, sea, sand, sun and cold beer. (Working on a building site in temperatures of 40/100 + for €25 a day isn't much fun, either).
I am happy with where I live in the UK - a mainly rural county with a beautiful coastline, and I have family here. But I love mainland Europe - the freedom to put the car on a ferry, drive off and turn right for Spain/Portugal, straight on for France, Germany, etc. (I confess to making up 'dream' journeys on my satnav.)
I've only been to the US once, on a case, and spent three weeks there (mostly rural Wisconsin). I liked Madison, WI, (there's reality then there's Madison) and even had a half-formed plan to move there and teach at UW. Didn't come to fruition and probably for the best. IMHO the US can be good if you are youngish, have a good job with medical insurance, and so on.
I once had the chance to go for a secondment job based in Miami as part of a joint FBI team covering the Caribbean. A dream job, perhaps, but the security information about the provided housing for me and my family was rather off-putting.
Like so many things in life, I think, you need enough money to give you choices. Living on an island (e.g. CY) is fine if you can afford to fly out as and when you wish. Living in a country with no NHS is fine if you can afford medical insurance or the bills as they arise. And, if you have family ties it's good to live within reasonable/affordable distance.
I still don't know where I will end up.
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moshe
When I see the right place, I'll know it.
