Do you ever about emigrating?

[Tenmus]

I always notice how much better I feel in the hot weather and with longer days and it gets me thinking. I think about it more and more.

Probably just a castle in the sky, but I bet I wouldn't regret it if I did it...

Yep!

Planning to move to Israel within the next couple of years.

I’m not originally from the UK, and I emigrated to the UK. I’ve also lived longterm in the US, France, and the UAE as well as my native country.

Yes, I would go tomorrow if circumstances permitted.

Yes, but only idly really. I wouldn't want to move anywhere very hot though!

Sometimes. It would be nice to have a beach on lifestyle all year round and move to Australia or California or somewhere. But being away from my mum and sister would be too hard.

I'd love to move to an island. Hawaii. Or the Middle East.

I’ve emigrated twice now and doubt I will ever move back to England. There are so many interesting places to live in the world, why restrict yourself to one?

DH would but I do not want to leave friends and family. We compromise with lots of long holidays!

I did and although I now live somewhere lovely, I do fantasise about somewhere predictably warm without the 6 months of grey skies ( it may be my age speaking, but I feel done with it). The benefit is I have no emotional connection to this country I’m living in, but I will wait until kids are grown - 9 years and counting! I’ll have citizenship by then ( in next few months actually) and can easily return if I want to. This flexibility is important to me.

I'm not a fan of hot weather. I can cope with the few days we have of it in the UK but that's enough for me.

So I certainly never had plans such as retiring to Spain or whatever. Colder and darker would be my preference!

DH was headhunted for a job in NZ about 15 years ago but it was just that bit too far away so we decided not to go. It was and still is the right decision for us.

I have lived in 3 countries for decades. 2 very hot and the UK. I chose to stay in the UK. I have nationality to these countries but not in the UK.

We left the UK in August, however we’ved moved to Sweden, so not somewhere hotter. The weather is still nice though, and I guess more reliable than the UK. Its early twenties where we are and will be for at least two weeks, we are colder in winter, but the summers are nice.

@Simonjt do you mind me asking what made you make the move? Are you or your partner Swedish and do you speak the language?

Yes. I'm a dual national and would want to move to Kenya if my health would allow it.

Speaking of moving to hot places, I was just talking to my friend who's just spent 3 months staying with her son who mived to Northern Queensland. What an absolutely bonkers place to live! She said everyone spends about 23 hours a day in air-conditioned buildings. Nobody goes outside because of the crazy heat and humidity, and the beautiful beaches are empty, because if the heat doesn't kill you the crocs, sharks or jellyfish will! My friend is a very robust, stoic type and even she found it unbearable to the point of being a bit scary! I think the weather is ok for about 3 or 4 months of the year.

I don't cope with heat very well so I would prefer a warmer climate in winter and then a northern European Summer.

We have UK/EU nationalities so while we don't exactly plan it, it is on our mind.

And at least 15 years in the future.

We were both immigrants to the UK, but with citizenship, we’d both wanted to leave the UK for a while, before we met he was lining up jobs in Denmark. We wanted somewhere that wasn’t too far travel wise and wasn’t too different culturally to the UK. In the end we narrowed it down to Canada and Sweden, we spent a lot of time in each, I think in the end we did eight weeks in Canada and about nine in Sweden over the period of a year. We chose Sweden in the end as we’d be a lot better off financially and things like university would be affordable, its also easier for people to visit as its such a short and cheap flight. My husband is Swedish, as soon as we narrowed our choices down I started learning Swedish, our son was already fairly fluent, and our daughter was a toddler, so she’ll be local fluent as she grows. My Swedish is good enough for work, but my written isn’t the best, so anything written I have to do takes a while, but to be honest English is used so much at work my written progress is really slow as generally I use English when completing reports etc.

I like it here more than him, he hadn’t lived here since he was eight, and I think he surprised himself with how much he found it hard at first as when you leave a country you don’t consider how muchs its changed since you left.

My daughter lives in northern Australia…Mackay yes everyone has air conditioning yes it’s hot and us beaches are deserted ppl don’t sunbath skin cancer is high ,,,,but saying that temperature does come down to around 24 in certain months and they have a beautiful lifestyle they have been there for 8 years and would never return to the uk …I would be gone in a heartbeat but my son lives in the uk

We left the uk over 20 years ago. We have no plans to return but haven’t ruled out a move to another European country - dual nationality

No. Visas and language barrier make it unattractive to me.

Plus I hate the heat and the world is only getting hotter.

Kind of? I think about New Zealand all the time, but know that the reality of moving there permanently now would be fraught with issues. We (DH and I) spent a lot of time living and working over there, both individually and together, when we were younger and it was perfect for us at that stage, when we didn’t have kids and worked all the hours we could and spent any free time we had drinking, exploring, hunting, riding, snowboarding… all that good stuff. It’s nostalgic.

Yes, often.

I used to live in America and would love to go back. We might do it in a few years depending on how our kids are doing. I’d love them to come with us, not sure I could leave them. 😭

Moved to France in 2006, and, despite divorce, will never move 'back' to the UK.

I like going on holiday. But I miss home, so I always want to come back too. I like the mild disappointments my country has to offer. I like my culture and history and people, mostly, at arms length. The politics is a bonfire 🔥 but we have been here before, and we will again. This storm too, shall pass.