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If you were forced to emigrate where would you go?

EpicurusEpicurus
edited November 2010 in General Banter
If you were forced to emigrate to one city/location outside of your country, where would you go and why?

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  • letitgoletitgo
    edited November 2010
    Vancouver, BC. Beautiful city, beautiful wilderness, mild weather.
    or
    Some village near Saigon, Vietnam. Similar reasons as above, but Asian. Not so mild weather, though - hot.
    or
    Pondicherry, India. The cleanest, and most orderly city I saw after a month touring in India - near a Auroville, which holds my interest as a well planned intentional spiritual community.
    I hope you get more answers! I am nearly ready to let go of the good old USA, which is moving closer to being a military state internally and externally at great cost.
  • ShutokuShutoku Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Kyoto Japan, to study at Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji.
  • B5CB5C Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Scandinavia
  • The_Fruit_Punch_WizaThe_Fruit_Punch_Wiza Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Sri Lanka maybe, and try to make a difference in assuaging the conflict there.
  • mr.alfredmr.alfred
    edited November 2010
    Hands down India. For reasons unknown to me, I have been obsessed with India since I was a child. Maybe Mumbai, maybe the countryside. Not really sure. There are two halves to me, an urban half and a rural half. I lean more toward the urban. That's where the people are.
  • ChrysalidChrysalid Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Japan, although it's probably nothing like what I've seen in films and TV.
  • ShiftPlusOneShiftPlusOne Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Chrysalid, yeah Japan is almost like any other western country. The culture is a little different, but if you're a foreigner, you'd never blend in anyway, so there's no point trying. I liked Kyoto and Hiroshima, but other than that, it just felt like a very expensive version of Melbourne.

    I'd probably pick St. Petersburg. Why? I don't know, I suppose because of it's history.
  • IronRabbitIronRabbit Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Par le vous francais? Take off, eh?
  • NomaDBuddhaNomaDBuddha Scalpel wielder :) Bucharest Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Epicurus wrote: »
    If you were forced to emigrate to one city/location outside of your country, where would you go and why?

    Japan ( Tokyo or Okinawa), South Korea or England. I would choose those countries because they have some high standards of living (comapred to my country) and an apparently stable social system ( which lacks in my country).
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    edited November 2010
    New Zealand (I still have the emigration paperwork from after the 2002 mid-term elections). If only they would utilize nurse anesthetists, I'd be all set down there.
  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
    edited November 2010
    A European country would be the most easy to settle down and get used to, and I'd probably pick Germany or France since I can get by in both languages.

    But I'd also be open to S Korea (Seoul), Japan (not quite sure where), China (Beijing, specifically) or Taiwan.
  • so_complicatedso_complicated
    edited November 2010
    Hehe,I love Europe, I would propably stay here. Maybe Austria, Serbia...or Belgium! Yes, Belgium is great ;)
    If outisde Europe, it would be Taiwan for sure.
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