Would you live abroad?

[JimJohnson]

Would you ever go somewhere like Bali or Colombia and just live on the cheap for a couple years?

 

[Sunbiz1]

Already have, trying to get back permanently...

[video=youtube;376ugahcBv4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=376ugahcBv4[/video]

All the dumb tourists can have Punta Cana, gimme the mountains.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Lived in Finland, loved it. Go back every couple years.

 

[Nail Polish]

I've been other places..Many nice places to visit. Many are beautiful, but nothing is as good as America to live in IMO

 

[Hbkrusso]

always wanted to goto Scotland since the family left there for the Americas in the day and id love to go live way out in the outback in Australia or way out in the cut in alaska

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

always wanted to goto Scotland since the family left there for the Americas in the day and id love to go live way out in the outback in Australia or way out in the cut in alaska

Those long winters and 4 hrs of daylite would be intolerable. Summers would be great.

 

[Nick80]

I do.

 

[Icculus]

I wouldn't call it cheap, but I'm moving out here to Germany to live with my wife (just got married two days ago and I've been on a three week vacation following the obtaining of my Bachelors Degree) in ten to eleven months.

 

[NCChiFan]

I've spent a lot of time in Europe, no thank you, for some reason I get real claustrophobic over there, heh, even when out on my friends family farm (Germany). Wife grew up in Africa (mainly in Malawi, Zaire, and Zimbabwe/Rhodesia), she doesn't want to go back, life is cheap there. New Zealand would be ok but to me it would be more of a lateral move. The Caribbean is a no go, except for maybe the US Virgin Islands or British Virgin Islands. South America, again, no thank you. Central America, this gets dicey... There are a few countries but even those are beginning to have drug trafficking issues. Asia, um, no... Don't speak the languages out there. My 2c.

 

[theOHIOSTATE!]

Lived in Canada.....loved it. Dad isn't an American, but he has been here most of his life now.

Probably would consider immigrating if I fell in love with a Canadian chick. Hard to imagine living somewhere with no family whatsoever for me......especially if I had kids. Canada is a much more humane and citizen centered society.

I guess that doesn't qualify as living on the cheap...

I think it's coming up because a lot of young people are basically lost economically/professionally right now, and seem not to know where to turn.

I wouldn't personally go there right now bc that doesn't describe my situation, but If I was 25 with huge student debt and working Subway or as a barrista, I might consider it. I feel bad for the generation that graduated college in the last 5-6 yrs.

 

[JimJohnson]

I think it's coming up because a lot of young people are basically lost economically/professionally right now, and seem not to know where to turn.

Could be but I think another reason is that the young people are seeing the light and realize that working an 8-5 from age 20 till 65 isn't that appealing.

 

[JimJohnson]

I've spent a lot of time in Europe, no thank you, for some reason I get real claustrophobic over there, heh, even when out on my friends family farm (Germany). Wife grew up in Africa (mainly in Malawi, Zaire, and Zimbabwe/Rhodesia), she doesn't want to go back, life is cheap there. New Zealand would be ok but to me it would be more of a lateral move. The Caribbean is a no go, except for maybe the US Virgin Islands or British Virgin Islands. South America, again, no thank you. Central America, this gets dicey... There are a few countries but even those are beginning to have drug trafficking issues. Asia, um, no... Don't speak the languages out there. My 2c.

So just 'Murica huh?

 

[Hbkrusso]

Those long winters and 4 hrs of daylite would be intolerable. Summers would be great.

thems the baby makin months bro

 

[theOHIOSTATE!]

Could be but I think another reason is that the young people are seeing the light and realize that working an 8-5 from age 20 till 65 isn't that appealing.

It's usually more like 23-25 to 65 nowadays......at least for the incredibly shrinking American middle class.

In a life that is 85 yrs long in total is asking someone to work hard for half of it unreasonable? I really don't have a definitive answer, but I don't think just leaving to a low cost country necessarily solves the problem.

Now if you are asking about retiring in another country, that would be an ENTIRELY different matter.

 

[JimJohnson]

It's usually more like 23-25 to 65 nowadays......at least for the incredibly shrinking American middle class.

In a life that is 85 yrs long in total is asking someone to work hard for half of it unreasonable? I really don't have a definitive answer, but I don't think just leaving to a low cost country necessarily solves the problem.

Now if you are asking about retiring in another country, that would be an ENTIRELY different matter.

LOL but for many, ages 23-65 are perhaps the best years of one's life. So you're giving those away to the man. Shit, a lot of people don't even make it to 65 so they basically were working for the dream of retirement and never even got there.

 

[Nail Polish]

always wanted to goto Scotland since the family left there for the Americas in the day and id love to go live way out in the outback in Australia or way out in the cut in alaska

Id love to visit Scotland as well

 

[theOHIOSTATE!]

LOL but for many, ages 23-65 are perhaps the best years of one's life. So you're giving those away to the man. Shit, a lot of people don't even make it to 65 so they basically were working for the dream of retirement and never even got there.

You must have missed where I didn't take a stand one way or the other.

Hey, no one is advocating just working to work, but someone needs to be working before the robots take over, right?

Also, who is "the man," and how about working for the state, feds, or yourself....etc. etc. a non-profit, a coop....etc. etc.

 

[JimJohnson]

You must have missed where I didn't take a stand one way or the other.

Hey, no one is advocating just working to work, but someone needs to be working before the robots take over, right?

Also, who is "the man," and how about working for the state, feds, or yourself....etc. etc. a non-profit, a coop....etc. etc.

The man is anyone at the top of the ivory tower looking down upon his minions slaving away while the man counts his dead presidents and belly laughs.

Sure working for yourself is always an option if you have a good idea for a business. I could start a bar in Chicago but the odds of success are low giving the amount of money I would have to invest as well as the fact that the cost of living in Chicago would require my business to generate substantial income for me to make it. Conversely, if you're living in Bali, you could start a beach bar on the cheap and even if you're only making 10-20k a year, that is more than enough to live a good life over there. Plus you're on the beaches of Bali (beats Lake Michigan in the winter time).

 

[WCL]

The real question is "Would you punch a broad?"

Jim?

 

[JimJohnson]

The real question is "Would you punch a broad?"

Jim?

Abroad or domestically? Eh doesn't make a difference, sure I would. Maybe I should live abroad in Afghanistan?