Emigration

[avalon]

Following on from the recent thread, "If you had to recommend a country'', I was curious about how many people, given the opportunity, would actually sell up and go.

 

[Hill Wimp]

If everything was in place, new job, house etc then i would certainly go.

 

[Archie_tect]

Too much hassle now, though before the children were born we could have done, had the opportunity arisen, just never considered it... did you avalon, or had your family already settled?

 

[The Jogger]

Irish man abroad, Liss, Hampshire

 

[compo]

I would like to move to the south of France and live my days out in the sun but I am unable to persuade my wife of the advantages.

 

[Hill Wimp]

We emigrated seven years ago and knowing what I know now I wouldn't do it again.

Out of interest why would you not do it now?

 

[cosmicbike]

Often thought of New Zealand, looked into with a degree of seriousness a few years back. We need a 3 week stay there to decide if we could live, and I'd need a guarantee of work too...

 

[screenman]

We already have a great country to live in, unfortunately it is some of the people we have to share it with that is the problem.

 

[Jefferson Meriwether]

I'd happily emigrate to either Wales or Scotland. Just in case anyone starts jumping up & down and telling me they don't count because they're a part of Britain I think they do because, Britain or not, they're still different countries

I think I could happily emigrate to Ireland; I'd want to have a longish holiday there first to get a feel for the place before I say for definite one way or the other.

I'm not really all that keen on the idea of emigrating anywhere else.

 

[ceejayh]

I've never had any thoughts of emigrating but I would love to move to the Lake District...particularly Ambleside or Grasmere. Imagine having that scenery to put up with while out on the bike...sheer hell .

 

[The Jogger]

I have lived here for thirty six years and loved it but previous to that I was NI since I was two so it is debateable as to whether I have lived here all my life (so far) or not. Mrs jogger who was born and bred here doesn't like the cold weather and would like to try sunnier places. We intend in the next few years to retire to inland Malaga, Periana or some place like that and we will still be young enough to enjoy it and get out and about on the bikes. Now it's just wait on the VS which is just around the corner well in the next year or two and then make the move.

 

[Archie_tect]

Anywhere popular with day trippers can be a nightmare to live in during the holiday season... visitors expect so much yet contribute little to a place except congestion, litter and hassle.

 

[colly]

We already have a great country to live in, unfortunately it is some of the people we have to share it with that is the problem.

That is true, but I have a feeling that would be the case no matter where you lived.

 

[Archie_tect]

The best place for me will always be where Mrs A_T is... that's my home.

 

[Hill Wimp]

We sold the house and moved to Australia with nowhere to live and no jobs to go to. It took us a long time to find work and in the meantime we had to live off the money from the sale of our house. We did eventually get sorted out but having to start all over again means we will probably still be paying off the mortgage after we retire.
Living somewhere else is not like going on holiday, you still have to work, pay the bills, deal with bureaucracy etc.
We have very little time or money for holidays and I now feel that if we had stayed in the UK, saved up and taken six months off work to visit Australia, we would have seen more of the country than we've in the seven years that we have lived here.

That's a shame to hear and i'm glad you are now sorted. I'm not brave enough to up sticks completely without work/home being in place so well done for doing it. I did it years ago after my A levels and lived in Italy for a year but i saw it more as a gap period rather than a permanent move. I had no defined time that i was going to be away and i suppose i was just bumming around which was great. It's funny how a job and a mortgage make you more cautious. Still early retirement is not too far away for me so i think lots of long trips will be the answer .