To want to emigrate to somewhere that gets sunshine?

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Very fed up of this weather.... Waiting for the spring to arrive but not holding my breathe. AIBU? All I want is to not wear a coat for 8 months of the year!!!

No culture in the Middle East?? Wtf - there's plenty of culture, just a different kind. Ditto Australia.

Meh.

Don't move. I live in Perth, it's the same shit as the uk, and everything's expensive. The health care you have to pay for, and we got stung massively on private health care, give me the NHS any day.

It rains here too, for about 3 months of the year, and the hot hot weather last a max 4 months. It's overrated.

But, I'm willing to swap :)

Of course there is culture in the ME, anyone who says otherwise is just plain ignorant.

We are in Muscat, Oman. Fantastic place! The weather is a little predictable, it has to be said. But for 9 months a year it is lovely. We are normally back in the UK for the grimest 50 C+ days (I have been here when it is 47C, it felt like my eyeballs were melting)

Oh, and beautiful birds, wonderful beaches, lovely people, females given respect and responsibility, and very few cockroaches (that I have seen)

Oman - swooooon!!! I had the privilege of the Bar al Jissah in March, snorkelling, wadi bashing, visiting the most amazing Mosque I have ever seen. I can honestly say Oman is amazing - the weather is pretty awesome too

South Africa has the best climate that I've experienced. It's dry heat, unlike Singapore. I think Johannesburg has a winter temperature of something like 18 degrees, i.e. not to different from most of a British summer. Though that statistic might be misleading, as I know it can be below zero overnight. And the houses, though much nicer than the UK, are not as well heated and insulated, so when it's cold, they get cold.

(Comparing my flat in centralish London with a house McMansion I stayed in just outside Johanesburg, that was probably five times the floor area and half the price of my flat.)

I too hate this awful cold weather - landlord is putting central heating in week after next [buhmm]

BUT I have lived in Oman, Japan and Greece and although the hot weather is great for a while, you do get sick of it and dream of rain and cooler weather. Used to miss the seasons here while I was in Oman.

And who said the ME has no culture!!!!??

I said Dubai has no culture, which since it was only built about 10 years I'm fairly sure is true. I am well aware of Islamic culture, but I don't think anyone on this thread has mentioned anywhere in the ME that's famed for it's art and architecture.

yanbu, we are actively plotting.

Have to say, this time of year is always the worst weather wise.

I don't think anyone on this thread has mentioned anywhere in the ME that's famed for it's art and architecture

Are you serious?! Are you still talking about Dubai? The ME is FULL of incredible architecture and has fostered some amazing artists, am gobsmacked at how you can just dismiss the culture of a huge swathe of countries because it's not on your radar.

Read my post again. You've misunderstood what I wrote.

Try the North West of Scotland - drought conditions near me with water arriving by tanker, no snow and the stuff falling from the sky is the ash from hill fires as it hasn't rained for two months. Same NHS, great schools....

Sorry, I read it again and I still don't understand!

Think I need to go to bed!

Good idea.

Juanca, I think you do need to go back to bed.
She said Dubai had no real culture as it was only 'built' over the last 10 years.
She then said no one has mentioned the fab art and architecture in the ME.
I got it Juneau

The first rule of MN, never admit you live in the ME and if you do, never, ever try to defend it. I have discussed it with several other people on this forum and we just agree to let it go, it isn't worth it. If it were any other place it would be considered ignorant to slag off a place you have never been. I have already encountered one such idiotic moronic example of this today on MN on another thread. Who cares, at least we are 3000 miles away from the provincial little Guardian readers.

You were doing so well until you made that rather silly remark about Guardian readers, theodora. It makes you sound as ill-informed as those you criticise.

well the pompous arses on MN make me feel jolly silly and make me want to fart and poke my tongue out and blow rasberries at people. They have not yet, pushed me into reading the Daily Mail as revenge though.

Agree that would be a vile fate.

No, the first rule of Mumsnet is to READ what other people write so you don't go off on a petty little rant about something that hasn't been said.

I am absolutely befuddled, just realised the j posters are two different people not someone arguing with themselves. I think I will go to bed now.

OP, YANBU.

Places to visit:

Anywhere roughly south of a line from southeastern Nebraska through southern Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana to southwestern Ohio. In the southern states, from central Texas to western Georgia and north to Kentucky.

I don't mind spiders, but those bastards can fuck off and die.

I grew up in a hot climate. Cockroaches the size of cattle, plus the skin on my face is all wrinkly, I look older than I am, and I probably have skin cancer to look forward to. I'm much happier in the UK overall.

I love living in a warm climate, it has made a huge difference to the quality of our lives. However, I really do miss the UK sometimes. Like this weekend - no easter eggs where we are!

I soooo want to live somewhere warmer, no idea where I would want to go though. Right now, in my freezing little bloody room, I would just take anywhere that is warmer!