I just have to say Berlin is one of the most wonderful city ive ever been to. Clean, low crime and the vibe and the althaus architecture is amazing. Then we can talk about the ladies..... but remember if you don't speak German then you're in trouble.

Always felt safe in this city and love every bit of it....... If I had to choose one euro city to have a second home, this one would be it. The german food I also really liked out and about.... and Ka de We shopping place.

sorry i don't wish to answer, i'm striking because i have too much taxes to pay...
Addtionnally french politics are UTTERLY annoying

Budapest is quite great, really cheap to live, huge party and music scene, lots of small and not so small adult related companies are here. You can find basically anything in the city center, lots of international food etc etc.

Socal is fucking expensive, heavy smog, horrible traffic, shitty people.

I will be moving to Norcal soon.

Willkommen in Deutschland.

surprised nobody mentioned liberia ?...

You couldn't pay me enough money to live in Bangkok. Great to visit, but the non-stop traffic, congestion, pollution, and noise wears me down after a few weeks. Hua Hin is decent enough though. You can have a nice, chill beach life there and you're just a hop away from Bangkok.

Another thing to consider, is where can you legally live long term with your American citizenship? It's not so easy to just pack up and move somewhere and stay long term.

there is great medical team there :winkwink:

in hungary you have to speak hungaria,
and in czech republic, czech
what's the better ?

It depend what nationality you are,Czech is slavic language while Hungarian is ugro-finish language,so if your native language dont belong to any of these groups you are screwed :1orglaugh
But hungarian is probably harder as they have "unique" words for words which are usually universal in other languages ,for example police is "rendőrség" ,and i cant remember that word no matter how hard i try it,while czezh word is policie . Only words which i know on hungarian is "kosonom" (which means thank you) and egt(which means one)

hungarian: egt
finish: yksi
estonian : üks

the non indoeuropean thing would be hard

Western part. Not on Gran Canaria, we are shilded by Tenerife, so we don't get such storms from the west.

when you move to CZ as a non czech speaking foreigner, i suggest to use www.foreigners.cz

they sort out the things for you that you will never achieve without the knowledge of the czech language - or at least shorten the process immensely

i used them for my permanent residence and it cost me like 10 bucks - and for that they filled the application forms and went with me to the foreign police (where ironically not one single person speaks english)

This is actually one of the reasons why i think CZ is best to immigrate - dont think any other country have such informative site like expats.cz and others.

I spend half the year in Colorado and half about an hour north of Sydney.

Nice way to split up the year.

L.A. is like a chocolate covered TURD...

Seems rich on the outside surface but dig a bit deeper and it all SHIT! :2 cents:

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/fakecrap2.jpg

NO IT IS NOT.

You need to consider that normally you are issued a tourist visa which is usually 90 days and sometimes renewable once...meaning you can live in the country legally for 3 or 6 months...then you must leave or become illegal.

If you over stay your visa then you are subject to deportation and you might be banned from reentry for an extended period of time...usually 3 to 5 years depending on the country.

You can not open banking accounts...have utilities in your name...and other things that one would normally do while actually living in a place on a tourist visa. Other visas are sometimes available but vary in length of time they allow you to reside and are often very difficult to get (all this varies country to country of course).

It takes a lot of research and $$$ to actually relocated legally to another country.

How about not betraying your own country?

People from the Baltics do not need to expat to CZ because they have the same thing.
I am sure you are misnaming something.

nope, he does not

met quite a few people from Estonia already

Anywhere the whores and weed are cheap.

I concur

Thanks I hadnt even considered this...... I will do my research.

So does it make sense to just live in 4 cities? 3 months in each?

That way you get around the immigration laws?

I need one more city!!

I agree Hua Hin is a better place to buy a condo, but I like city life. Iused to hate BKK the first 10 years I came here but Ive adjusted. I dont take standard Taxis- only motos and skytrain. I dont ever get stuck in traffic and use luxury hotels and pools as my office.

BKK is a vibrant transient city, you can meet 10 people from 10 different countries while smoking a fag outside of Paragon mall.

Whats not to like?

I find CZ to be an easy language to learn, with immersion.

Answer to #1: Tampa Bay
Answer to #2: Not Tampa Bay

One thing is for sure. There's no such thing as a perfect place to live. Its a give and take situation depending on what someone considers important.

I concur, but there are definitly plusses and minuses in every city.

I grew up in LA so its old to me , you just moved there so you are probably loving it....?

You back in the office Theo - can you hit me on Skype please.

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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Singapore or Hong Kong. While housing is expensive, both places are safe and have great public transportation. You can find good quality medical care as well. Flights are cheap for weekend trips to other parts of Asia. It's quick to setup a company in both places and the corporate taxes are low.

In the end it comes down to the list of things that are important to YOU! I could live in many different places but I don't think there is one city that fits the bill. I'm currently doing long term rentals and moving every 2-3 months to a new city.

For the expats out there, who are you guys using for health insurance?

hit me up! Got some questions to ask you.

Liz! long time no see :-)

Will shoot you an email to the one in your sig.

That's how I want to live - I think I am half way there. Does this avoid immigration bullshit???
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Hong Kong is one of the most exciting, buzzing city Ive been to....... but its insane expensive. Rentals are high and for buying $400k USD will buy you at the most 400 sqft apartment. And even then, you'll have to search and search to find one at that price. I believe the average price per square foot is around $11k USD about now.

Yeah that would keep me away from HK - sounds fun to visit though.Sound like NY or SF

Depends on the country, some places only give you 30 day tourist visas. How far is Hua Hin from Bangkok? I am suppose to head to Thailand in a few weeks :winkwink:

Taken from another site.

An old vagabond in his 60s told me about it over a beer in Central America, goes something like this: The more places you see, the more things you see that appeal to you, but no one place has them all. In fact, each place has a smaller and smaller percentage of the things you love, the more things you see. It drives you, even subconsciously, to keep looking, for a place not that’s perfect (we all know there’s no Shangri-La), but just for a place that’s “just right for you.” But the curse is that the odds of finding “just right” get smaller, not larger, the more you experience. So you keep looking even more, but it always gets worse the more you see. This is Part A of the Curse.

Part B is relationships. The more you travel, the more numerous and profoundly varied the relationships you will have. But the more people you meet, the more diffused your time is with any of them. Since all these people can’t travel with you, it becomes more and more difficult to cultivate long term relationships the more you travel. Yet you keep traveling, and keep meeting amazing people, so it feels fulfilling, but eventually, you miss them all, and many have all but forgotten who you are. And then you make up for it by staying put somewhere long enough to develop roots and cultivate stronger relationships, but these people will never know what you know or see what you’ve seen, and you will always feel a tinge of loneliness, and you will want to tell your stories just a little bit more than they will want to hear them. The reason this is part of the Curse is that it gets worse the more you travel, yet travel seems to be a cure for a while.

None of this is to suggest that one should ever reduce travel. It’s just a warning to young Travelers, to expect, as part of the price, a rich life tinged with a bit of sadness and loneliness, and angst that’s like the same nostalgia everyone feels for special parts of their past, except multiplied by a thousand.

Amd why did you wait so long to post in the thread. I already know this curse as I kind of operate my life in the same regard. Thanks for posting, it clarified everything for me.

parties, beaches, clubbing... most of you sound like mid 20s singles with guaranteed 5-digit monthly revenue

Ahh there always has to be a pooper..... every party has one.:1orglaugh