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On February 06 2011 22:08 DoXa wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2011 21:49 crappen wrote:On February 06 2011 21:45 DoXa wrote:I'm really happy with Switzerland. Sure there are bad things, but what country hasn't it flaws? If i had to choose something else I would go to a country similar to mine like the Scandinavian ones. I have heard only good things about Switzerland, so I have that country in mind. What is the flaws you are talking about? How is the media culture? I mean, is the media culture like in England, where they hang people out to laugh and critisize etc? Well I guess it's critisizing on a high level... Bureaucracy is an issue (but less than in the EU), you have a big difference in taxes depending on where you live, healthcare gets more expensive every year. living is pretty expensive and you'll have trouble to find a flat in the cities. You'll only find a job immidiately if you have an academic degree (we're lacking teachers, engineers and doctors). We have a lot of foreigners, about 25%, (from Germany, France, Italy and mainly the Balkan states) causing the society to get more conservative. We only have one major swiss TV-station, everything else is German TV. Freedom of speech is fully granted, which of course is a double-edged sword. We have one big Boulevard-Journal, the Blick. It's similar to the Bild, Kronenzeitung, the Sun, but less Boulevardish. The other big ones like Tagesanzeiger, Mittellandzeitung and Neue Zürcher Zeitung are rational and in my opinion good journals. edit: But if you find a good job, you'll be paid very well, you have the German, Italian and French culture in one country with all the food, wine, cheese etc. of them, you have direct democracy and more or less good politicians.
This is something as an American I've always been curious about, since I've been considering Switzerland after my degree. What language(s) should I know for moving there?
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On February 06 2011 19:38 Gingerninja wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2011 14:17 Irrelevant wrote: Japan, the MMA scene over there is simply amazing and the fans can't be beat anywhere in the world. Maybe 10 years ago... general populace is pretty apathetic towards it now. USA has a much bigger fanbase. Saying that I live in Japan and I love it, everything is so convenient. Apart from you know... the cold.
Really? I haven't been personally yet but our team has a few guys that fight over there every now and then and never heard a bad word spoken from any of them from the tiniest shows all the way to Dream/Sengoku.
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I like the United States the most, but my next choice would be Japan because I like the rise of technology there. SK would be alright too, but Japan has a better economy.
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On February 06 2011 23:33 Fruscainte wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2011 22:08 DoXa wrote:On February 06 2011 21:49 crappen wrote:On February 06 2011 21:45 DoXa wrote:I'm really happy with Switzerland. Sure there are bad things, but what country hasn't it flaws? If i had to choose something else I would go to a country similar to mine like the Scandinavian ones. I have heard only good things about Switzerland, so I have that country in mind. What is the flaws you are talking about? How is the media culture? I mean, is the media culture like in England, where they hang people out to laugh and critisize etc? Well I guess it's critisizing on a high level... Bureaucracy is an issue (but less than in the EU), you have a big difference in taxes depending on where you live, healthcare gets more expensive every year. living is pretty expensive and you'll have trouble to find a flat in the cities. You'll only find a job immidiately if you have an academic degree (we're lacking teachers, engineers and doctors). We have a lot of foreigners, about 25%, (from Germany, France, Italy and mainly the Balkan states) causing the society to get more conservative. We only have one major swiss TV-station, everything else is German TV. Freedom of speech is fully granted, which of course is a double-edged sword. We have one big Boulevard-Journal, the Blick. It's similar to the Bild, Kronenzeitung, the Sun, but less Boulevardish. The other big ones like Tagesanzeiger, Mittellandzeitung and Neue Zürcher Zeitung are rational and in my opinion good journals. edit: But if you find a good job, you'll be paid very well, you have the German, Italian and French culture in one country with all the food, wine, cheese etc. of them, you have direct democracy and more or less good politicians. This is something as an American I've always been curious about, since I've been considering Switzerland after my degree. What language(s) should I know for moving there?
English is fine in most academic jobs. i know alot of foreign people who work in international companies and only speak english. but if you'd like to make friends and socialize after some time, you need to learn the language spoken in your region. this would most likely be german, preferably swiss-german (yes it's a language, not only a dialect. but it is pretty similar to german), french or italian.
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Hmm.. I just realized I am quite happy where I am. Tried thinking of another country I would want to live in, and just went blank.
If I _had_ to chose one though, it would be Canada perhaps, or maybe USA, some state hosting a MLG
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On February 06 2011 23:41 DoXa wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2011 23:33 Fruscainte wrote:On February 06 2011 22:08 DoXa wrote:On February 06 2011 21:49 crappen wrote:On February 06 2011 21:45 DoXa wrote:I'm really happy with Switzerland. Sure there are bad things, but what country hasn't it flaws? If i had to choose something else I would go to a country similar to mine like the Scandinavian ones. I have heard only good things about Switzerland, so I have that country in mind. What is the flaws you are talking about? How is the media culture? I mean, is the media culture like in England, where they hang people out to laugh and critisize etc? Well I guess it's critisizing on a high level... Bureaucracy is an issue (but less than in the EU), you have a big difference in taxes depending on where you live, healthcare gets more expensive every year. living is pretty expensive and you'll have trouble to find a flat in the cities. You'll only find a job immidiately if you have an academic degree (we're lacking teachers, engineers and doctors). We have a lot of foreigners, about 25%, (from Germany, France, Italy and mainly the Balkan states) causing the society to get more conservative. We only have one major swiss TV-station, everything else is German TV. Freedom of speech is fully granted, which of course is a double-edged sword. We have one big Boulevard-Journal, the Blick. It's similar to the Bild, Kronenzeitung, the Sun, but less Boulevardish. The other big ones like Tagesanzeiger, Mittellandzeitung and Neue Zürcher Zeitung are rational and in my opinion good journals. edit: But if you find a good job, you'll be paid very well, you have the German, Italian and French culture in one country with all the food, wine, cheese etc. of them, you have direct democracy and more or less good politicians. This is something as an American I've always been curious about, since I've been considering Switzerland after my degree. What language(s) should I know for moving there? English is fine in most academic jobs. i know alot of foreign people who work in international companies and only speak english. but if you'd like to make friends and socialize after some time, you need to learn the language spoken in your region. this would most likely be german, preferably swiss-german (yes it's a language, not only a dialect. but it is pretty similar to german), french or italian.
it's a dialect no matter how hard you guys try to denie it
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I would like to live in Sweden, I like that country. Scandinavian countries are overall nice.
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Switzerland would be a good guess. It is very much like Northern Italy but without Silvio. I have tons of relatives and friends (both Swiss and not) and they all like it quite a bit. Not very exotic though.
But the UK is a pretty good pick as well, I have to say. I like it here.
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Canada. Its kinda like USA, only with less americans. And better weather.
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On February 06 2011 21:29 norlock wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2011 21:20 RvB wrote: I am perfectly happy in the Netherlands. We aren't as socialistic as scandinavia ( luckily ) and we aren't very right wing either ( moderation is the key ! ) I like the culture I even like things like Rembrandt!!! And I am only 17 haha. I love it that we are in general very direct and tolerant and we got pretty girls the mix between south europe and north europe a lot of models actually come from the Netherlands for this reason.
Btw to the guy that said Germany had pretty girls man have you ever been there? I've been there a couple of times and I have never seen that many ugly girls in my life lol. You should look better than, they have really good looking girls. And don't be so patriotic, netherlands is not that good. A lot of dumb people as well. OT, I would love to go to france ore Italy, just the good weather and lovely nature. Also the culture is very traditional and beautiful.
well if liking your own country is already called patriotic.. Kind of weird imo but well if you think so.
And ofc Germany has good looking girls but from what I have seen there are more good looking girls in other countries than in Germany.
Anyway Italy also seems like a nice place especially the language ^^ And spending some times in the US would be nice to but I can't see myself move permanently.
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I would say New Zealand, australia or south korea. Because i like australia since i was there in 1999 and new zealand has some amazing nature to explore (lotr <3)
but i really like south korea for all the kindness, people, healthy culture, sports and nature. After all this i got to say i like it here in little Denmark in lower scandinavia, the welfare is great, maybe a little too cold for a long time but overall i like my small country, not too much world influence and control. It's great in scandinavia. And the healthcare here defintely plays a great role too, which makes me any scandinavian country a preference for me.
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isn't crazy? like 10-15 years ago, everyone would say I want to learn japanese and travel there! since then, south korea, literally out of nowhere, has this crazy rising and now everybody talks about SC, K-POP, hanbok, k-dramas, food... how did this happen anyways? did SK government went batshit and invested tons of money in tourism and self promotion or something?
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On February 07 2011 00:00 PetitCrabe wrote: isn't crazy? like 10-15 years ago, everyone would say I want to learn japanese and travel there! since then, south korea, literally out of nowhere, has this crazy rising and now everybody talks about SC, K-POP, hanbok, k-dramas, food... how did this happen anyways? did SK government went batshit and invested tons of money in tourism and self promotion or something? Kindof,
they invested a lot into getting good internet.
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Well, even though Sweden is pretty baller and I'm perfectly fine staying here, there are a few places I'd consider moving to:
Japan. I've always been a fan of Japan and it's culture, and even though I'm aware of a lot of possible downsides with living there (especially as a foreigner), it's still attractive to me. Spain. I don't know, just always been attracted to the countryside there. Plus I already know some spanish. South Korea. Do I even need to explain? China. Interesting country. Got some downsides, but I'm not completely sure they outweigh the upsides. Russia. Unsure about it, but I wouldn't say no if I had the opportunity. I do know that russians seem to like me though. And I've even been mistaken to be russian a few times, so blending in wouldn't be a problem. xD
When it comes to language barriers - Personally I've always had it easy with new languages, and if you move somewhere you can easily get the hang of it after a month if you try. Not really concerned about that. More concerned about culture barriers though, but that's inevitable...
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On February 06 2011 21:46 Spiegel wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2011 15:54 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:On February 06 2011 15:52 Spiegel wrote:On February 06 2011 13:53 valheru wrote: Already in Australia (go to Sydney if you like it hot and Melbourne if you like it cool, the rest are pretty shit) which would be my number 1 anyway. I would choose somewhere in Scandinavia if it wasn't for the language barrier, though I could probably pick up german I already speak a little. Canada probs 2nd most reasonable english speaking country. I don't want to live in a country that may teach creationism to my future kids or has no universal healthcare or a horrible national reputation so America is out. I don't want to live in a country that is ruled by a monarch so Britain is out.
I would like some insight on why Americans are so gullible as to take creationism seriously. In the words of the joker "why so religious?". I would live there out of curiosity, but never raise children there. In a place as complacent and oppressive of freedom of expression as America. In what way does America oppress freedom of expression? Not in a way that is particularly harsh in comparison to some countries. But in comparison to Scandinavian countries It seems like Social pressure and general ignorance about political ideas makes it difficult to express and honest opinion. Persecution of atheists would be an example of social pressure keeping mouths shut and pens unused. I have heard its pretty bad. And seen some very bigoted mainstream news. I live in Australia so I only have data, American media, and second hand anecdotes to go on. You couldn't be more wrong, unless you're thinking of the Deep South, widely regarded as the worst region of the country(from what I learned in US history, it always has been). I think that the sources you're using do a fair amount of cherry picking. The rest of the US may be less socialist than Europe, but no such oppression exists. A good half of my friends are atheist, and honestly, no one really cares that much.
On February 07 2011 00:03 Dee-Kej wrote: Russia. Unsure about it, but I wouldn't say no if I had the opportunity. I do know that russians seem to like me though. And I've even been mistaken to be russian a few times, so blending in wouldn't be a problem. xD I went to Russia and stayed with my family for a few weeks. The quality of life is not that great over there, though I do like the subway system and the infrastructure in general. Though even though I speak Russian, I never really thought of the people there as particularly friendly(unless they wanted me to buy something of course). But if you ever go there, stay away from the police as much as you can.
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Costa Rica -- I absolutely love the weather over here, it's perfect imo. The weather usually stayed around mid 70s year long. Beside the weather, one thing that attracted me is their women. What can I say? you just can't resist the Latin women. Also, prostitution is legal over here so I don't have to worry about jail time if I do it.
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On February 06 2011 17:41 Iplaythings wrote: DENMARK! why? welfare state suits my beliefs well ( id be called a communist in the US if I moved there el oh el). awesome weather (i cant handle when its above 25 degrees) you cant get more then 75 kilometres away from the nearest beach ~ hawt girls
and I have my family here, why not? I approve this one, great points !
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On February 07 2011 00:12 Copymizer wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2011 17:41 Iplaythings wrote: DENMARK! why? welfare state suits my beliefs well ( id be called a communist in the US if I moved there el oh el). awesome weather (i cant handle when its above 25 degrees) you cant get more then 75 kilometres away from the nearest beach ~ hawt girls
and I have my family here, why not? I approve this one, great points ! I read somewhere that Denmark is the only country where life expectancy went down with an increase in wealthiness. That is what I call enjoying life.
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The USA. New York City to be exact. I live in Canada, about a 5 hour drive north of New York.
Paris wouldn't be so bad if I was a rich fucker.
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france or canada i think
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