You will have to spend the next five years living in another country.

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You dont get to choose which, however you can make a bank of ten (no less) countries that you have never lived in before (including your current home) and your new home will be selected from among them.

If you post your list of ten, I will randomly select one of them for you so that you can see where you ended up.

Assume, for the sake of this hypothetical, that your moving costs are covered, visas are sorted for you and your household and you and anybody else in your household gets a similar job to what you have now.
Nah
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Despised posted...
Nah

Well, you posted with no list so Ive randomly decided youre off to Rwanda. Have fun.
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In exchange for what?

That just sounds like putting yourself in a potentially bad situation for no benefit.
Glob posted...
Well, you posted with no list so Ive randomly decided youre off to Rwanda. Have fun.
I run a dispensary so hopefully that's legal, if not since I get a similar job can I just be a drug dealer?
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Glob posted...
Well, you posted with no list so Ive randomly decided youre off to Rwanda. Have fun.
I really liked it there, when I visited.
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Despised posted...
I run a dispensary so hopefully that's legal, if not since I get a similar job can I just be a drug dealer?

You could be but that doesnt mean that you wouldnt have to deal with law enforcement and rival dealers, so you may want to consider a career change.

Irony posted...
Nah, I'd win

Youre off to Cambodia.

BeefEaster posted...
In exchange for what?

That just sounds like putting yourself in a potentially bad situation for no benefit.

Why is moving to another country a bad situation? It can be a great experience.
Baron_Ox posted...
I really liked it there, when I visited.

Just to be clear, it was genuinely random and not supposed to be some kind of penalty destination. It was just because they refused a list so they got a random country.
sorry, I didn't mean to imply anything.

I know that there are a lot of places more difficult to live than others, but if you're seen as a tourist and you learn some stuff (like bartering), you might have a better experience than you might have expected.
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Glob posted...


Why is moving to another country a bad situation? It can be a great experience.

Unpredictability. Unstable governments and economies. If I can't choose where I'm going, then it could also turn into a horrible experience very quickly
Baron_Ox posted...
sorry, I didn't mean to imply anything.

I know that there are a lot of places more difficult to live than others, but if you're seen as a tourist and you learn some stuff (like bartering), you might have a better experience than you might have expected.

No worries. I just wanted to be clear in case you felt that you were required to defend Rwanda because you felt I was having a pop at it.

Its not somewhere Ive been, but not somewhere Im opposed to going either.
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Ghana
New Zealand
Finland
Uruguay
Cape Verde
Croatia
Costa Rica
Singapore
Switzerland

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BeefEaster posted...
Unpredictability. Unstable governments and economies. If I can't choose where I'm going, then it could also turn into a horrible experience very quickly

Well thats why you get to narrow the field significantly so that its not just a random country. Did you not read the OP?
ai123 posted...
Czechia
Ghana
New Zealand
Finland
Uruguay
Cape Verde
Croatia
Costa Rica
Singapore
Switzerland

Enjoy your new life in Croatia!
Nothing specifies they have to be on Earth or real, so I'm going to list interstellar countries from my series. Well, one Earth-based one, but it's still fictional.

Atlantis
United Frulu Tribes
Republic of Mars
Rama Empire
Freezor Imperium
Archon Alliance
Cardaillian Empire
Lartian Dominion
Roltalken Syndicate
Clorgon Empire
rick_alverado posted...
Nothing specifies they have to be on Earth or real, so I'm going to list interstellar countries from my series. Well, one Earth-based one, but it's still fictional.

Atlantis
United Frulu Tribes
Republic of Mars
Rama Empire
Freezor Imperium
Archon Alliance
Cardaillian Empire
Lartian Dominion
Roltalken Syndicate
Clorgon Empire

I also didnt specify that we were communicating in English but its sort of implied, isnt it?
Glob posted...
Enjoy your new life in Croatia!
I certainly will. Looks beautiful.

Cheers!
'Vinyl is the poor man's art collection'.
Let in the refugees, deport the racists.
Choosing ten real countries is so much more difficult though. There's too many of them. I'll try to think of ones with people that I know.

USA
UK
Sweden
Australia
Japan
Norway
Netherlands
Finland
Ireland
France
Glob posted...
Well thats why you get to narrow the field significantly so that its not just a random country. Did you not read the OP?

I couldn't come up with ten countries I'd want to live in for 5 years so that means there's a chance I'd have to go somewhere I don't want to go. What's my motivation to do that?
Canada
Japan
Singapore
South Korea
France
UK
Netherlands
Switzerland
Australia
Italy
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Japan
Spain
New Zealand
Ireland
Italy
Germany
Portugal
Monaco
Iceland
Denmark
Austria
Singapore
UK
USA

Ok, I went with more than 10.
Glob posted...
You could be but that doesnt mean that you wouldnt have to deal with law enforcement and rival dealers, so you may want to consider a career change.

Youre off to Cambodia.

Why is moving to another country a bad situation? It can be a great experience.
Nah im good I'll take my chances with drug dealer
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No bank I wanna roll the dice tell me where I'm going TC. Only ever lived in USA
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New Zealand
Iceland
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Canada
Ireland
France
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Puglia77 posted...
Canada
Japan
Singapore
South Korea
France
UK
Netherlands
Switzerland
Australia
Italy

Youre off to South Korea. Enjoy. Ive always had fun visiting there.

joaquintall posted...
Japan
Spain
New Zealand
Ireland
Italy
Germany
Portugal
Monaco
Iceland
Denmark
Austria
Singapore
UK
USA

Ok, I went with more than 10.

Enjoy Iceland, my friend.

HotDogMayo posted...
No bank I wanna roll the dice tell me where I'm going TC. Only ever lived in USA

Youre off to Malaysia. A bit of an adjustment, Im sure, but thats what makes it an adventure.

SocialistGamer posted...
Finland
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
New Zealand
Iceland
Japan
Canada
Ireland
France

The Emerald Isle awaits. Have a great time in Ireland.

itcheyness posted...
Trinidad and Tobago
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Tonga
St. Lucia
Bahamas
Solomon Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Palau
Fiji
Vanuatu

The Solomon Islands. I have a friend who lives there. Havent seen him for a while, but last time I did, he told me that moving there was the best decision hed ever made.
rick_alverado posted...
Choosing ten real countries is so much more difficult though. There's too many of them. I'll try to think of ones with people that I know.

USA
UK
Sweden
Australia
Japan
Norway
Netherlands
Finland
Ireland
France

Youre off to France. Im a tad jealous.

BeefEaster posted...
I couldn't come up with ten countries I'd want to live in for 5 years so that means there's a chance I'd have to go somewhere I don't want to go. What's my motivation to do that?

Well, it might help you stop being such a wet blanket.
Italy
Austria
Germany
Canada
Japan
South Korea
Finland
Iceland
Switzerland
New Zealand
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Canada
Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
Australia
New Zealand
Monaco
Switzerland
Belgium
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Guide posted...
Italy
Austria
Germany
Canada
Japan
South Korea
Finland
Iceland
Switzerland
New Zealand

Germany for you. If I was in your shoes, Id get a place near Alexanderplatz. I love that area.
Japan
UK
Australia
Sweden
Netherlands
Brazil
Greece
Canada
Spain
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GibraItar posted...
Canada
Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
Australia
New Zealand
Monaco
Switzerland
Belgium

I feel like youre hedging a bit there with all your UK ones. Its a non-issue though, as youre off to Belgium. Id much rather live there than Wales though, so Id say you got lucky.
Glob posted...
Germany for you. If I was in your shoes, Id get a place near Alexanderplatz. I love that area.

Honestly, I went with them because they're very close to my inlaws in Italy. Although Austria is the most beautiful place I've ever been to, and Germany near Austria isn't far off.

Basically I'm happy anywhere surrounding the Alps. Maybe even just on the Alps, if I can get a cabin and gas.
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bigtiggie23 posted...
Japan
UK
Australia
Sweden
Netherlands
Brazil
Greece
Canada
Spain
Djibouti

Brazil! Ive never been but I have a couple of friends there l, plus another who is moving there next year. Ive heard good things.
Guide posted...
Honestly, I went with them because they're very close to my inlaws in Italy. Although Austria is the most beautiful place I've ever been to, and Germany near Austria isn't far off.

Basically I'm happy anywhere surrounding the Alps. Maybe even just on the Alps, if I can get a cabin and gas.

I can certainly see the appeal. The Alps are beautiful. Im more of a city boy though.
Glob posted...
Youre off to France. Im a tad jealous.

It's a bit unfortunate as it was the bottom of my list for a reason, as I'm not sure if I actually know anyone there. But it is still Europe, so I do still have the ability to visit people I know in other European countries. Now to hope the French classes I took in grades 4-11 are helpful enough to get me by.
rick_alverado posted...
It's a bit unfortunate as it was the bottom of my list for a reason, as I'm not sure if I actually know anyone there. But it is still Europe, so I do still have the ability to visit people I know in other European countries. Now to hope the French classes I took in grades 4-11 are helpful enough to get me by.

Not knowing anybody isnt a problem for long.

When I moved to the country Im in now, I didnt really know anybody. There were some girls Id lined dates up with online but Id never met them so I wouldnt say I knew them.

By the end of my first couple of weeks I had a wide circle of friends. Expats tend to look out for each other so its probably easier than you think.
Glob posted...
Not knowing anybody isnt a problem for long.

When I moved to the country Im in now, I didnt really know anybody. There were some girls Id lined dates up with online but Id never met them so I wouldnt say I knew them.

By the end of my first couple of weeks I had a wide circle of friends. Expats tend to look out for each other so its probably easier than you think.

I just meant that if this was a real situation, it would have been nice to take advantage of it to meet some people in person that I only know online. Possibly also meet up again with some people that I have met in person previously, but that's mostly just the USA, and weirdly Australia. I'm Canadian for the record. So it's not that it was a problem, it just doesn't have as much incentive. But I could only think of 7 that I know for sure I know someone from it. Of the others, I'm reasonably certain I know someone from Finland, but can't specifically think of who since I don't always remember who is from what country when interacting with people online, and Ireland was the other one along with France that I'm just not sure of.
rick_alverado posted...
I just meant that if this was a real situation, it would have been nice to take advantage of it to meet some people in person that I only know online. Possibly also meet up again with some people that I have met in person previously, but that's mostly just the USA, and weirdly Australia. I'm Canadian for the record. So it's not that it was a problem, it just doesn't have as much incentive. But I could only think of 7 that I know for sure I know someone from it. Of the others, I'm reasonably certain I know someone from Finland, but can't specifically think of who since I don't always remember who is from what country when interacting with people online, and Ireland was the other one along with France that I'm just not sure of.

Okay, I understand a bit better now. Thanks.

Personally, I would barely factor in whether or not I know people there when choosing where to live, but thats just me.
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Do I get magical knowledge of the primary language spoken there?

Either way:
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Scotland
England
Wales
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Germany
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I honestly don't think I could trim it down to just 10 countries. Travelled to a lot while in the Navy and there are so many amazing places around the world.

Also it would REALLY depend on the city or region in some of these countries. Like there are some beautiful and awesome places in South America but some areas are really poor and kind of run down. So it can vary wildly.

Overall though I'd say for beauty, weather, and just general enjoyment a lot of the places I went to on my Mediterranean deployment would be quite nice. The Med, into the Black Sea. Also the Baltic Sea area nordic countries.

For the purposes of playing along I'll just throw out 10 but my answer could be different if asked tomorrow. Give me

Norway
Sweden
Finland
Iceland
Switzerland
Italy
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
Bulgaria

This is leaving off SO many places. Places like Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, other great Med spots like France and Spain, Greece, and Croatia. This isn't even taking into South America. And purely for food I could live in certain spots of India. Indonesia too. Then you have all the places like Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and others. Seriously. But anyway I gave you my list.

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AssultTank posted...
Canada
UK
Ireland
Germany
Grand Caymans
Sweden
Norway
Spain
Poland
Switzerland

Enjoy Poland. I never have, but my trips there have always been business rather than pleasure.

gamepimp12 posted...
Canada
Japan
France
England
South Korea
Puerto Rico
The Virgin Islands
Wales
Hong Kong
South Africa
Morocco

Youre off to Japan.

LeCh0nk posted...
Do I get magical knowledge of the primary language spoken there?

Either way:
New Zealand
Scotland
England
Wales
Ireland
Italy
Germany
Australia
Portugal
Denmark

No, you do not, but you do get to live in Italy, so its not all bad.

Finis-XII posted...
England
Ireland
France
Wales
Japan
Denmark
Sweden
Switzerland
Finland
Spain

Spain for you. Once again, hedging with England and Wales.
archizzy posted...
I honestly don't think I could trim it down to just 10 countries. Travelled to a lot while in the Navy and there are so many amazing places around the world.

Also it would REALLY depend on the city or region in some of these countries. Like there are some beautiful and awesome places in South America but some areas are really poor and kind of run down. So it can vary wildly.

Overall though I'd say for beauty, weather, and just general enjoyment a lot of the places I went to on my Mediterranean deployment would be quite nice. The Med, into the Black Sea. Also the Baltic Sea area nordic countries.

For the purposes of playing along I'll just throw out 10 but my answer could be different if asked tomorrow. Give me

Norway
Sweden
Finland
Iceland
Switzerland
Italy
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
Bulgaria

This is leaving off SO many places. Places like Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, other great Med spots like France and Spain, Greece, and Croatia. This isn't even taking into South America. And purely for food I could live in certain spots of India. Indonesia too. Then you have all the places like Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and others. Seriously. But anyway I gave you my list.

Good to see a fellow traveller. Enjoy Sweden.
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