Your dream country live in?

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In this hypothetical you don't have to worry about potential language barrier or immigration. You would just be one of the citizens.

What country you would like to live in and why?

@ByeByeMissAmericanPie I am lucky enough to live and work near Freo, every time I drive the coast road to go to work it just thrills me! Not at the minute though, it has been raining for a week, which is why I want to spend the Aussie winters in Italy.

I have fabulous memories of the place, but the sun was shining and the Fremantle Doctor arrived every afternoon. Bliss.

Mind you, we’re officially in summer in the UK but it’s tipping down, and has been for days.

England from April to July
Canada in August/September and the two weeks around Christmas
England in December (pre-Christmas)

Just need to find somewhere now for October, November, January, February, & March…!

Japan

@ByeByeMissAmericanPie Yes we get that weather about nine months a year, its wonderful, and thank god for the Freo doctor. But winter here means temps around 18 to 20 degrees and lots of rain. A bit like an Irish summer really. . I am counting the days till spring!

Greece. Specifically Paxos or North East Corfu.

The weather. The food. The scenery. The laid back lifestyle.

I moved to Denmark 14 years ago, love it and plan to live here for the rest of my life...

but...

I sometimes glance over at Norway with a certain amount of jealousy, since it has largely the same perks, far better scenery (Denmark is just so... flat..) and most importantly a language that is technically almost the same but not utterly, utterly ludicrous to pronounce like Danish is....

Happy in Scotland, but also love Gozo and Iceland.

Home (Denmark). It’s my happy place, although I’m also very happy & settled in the UK.

Any of the Nordic countries (maybe not Iceland as it's too isolated) or Germany.

Canada sounds great (heatwaves aside) but as I've never been I'd need to see it first.

And despite all the wailing on MN, there are far worse places to be than the UK.

@NewLevelsOfTiredness

I moved to Denmark 14 years ago, love it and plan to live here for the rest of my life...

but...

I sometimes glance over at Norway with a certain amount of jealousy, since it has largely the same perks, far better scenery (Denmark is just so... flat..) and most importantly a language that is technically almost the same but not utterly, utterly ludicrous to pronounce like Danish is....

Have you see the "Nordic class" videos by Kelly Louise Killjoy? They are very entertaining, you will probably enjoy the gentle teasing about the various languages.

You can find her on Instagram or Tiktok or Youtube.

The interesting thing is Danish is impossible to pronounce for English speakers (and maybe others too) but when they speak English they barely have an accent.

The west of Ireland. Just lovely.

From places I’ve been to Australia and New Zealand, for the outdoorsy lifestyle and way of life. Somewhere I’ve never been but think I would quite fancy living is Canada.

I moved to The Netherlands 20 years ago, never looked back.
It's home for me and I have Dutch nationality now.
I love the village I live in. I learnt the language and we do cycle everywhere when we can. Kids are very content, schooling is very different to my experience of growing up in the UK and probably not for everyone. Through friends back home I get the impression my kids/ young adults are a lot more relaxed and happier about things in general. I think I saw somewhere that Dutch kids are ranked no 1 for happiness (can't think for the life of me where I read that, I may have made it up )

The Dutch are a straight talking say it as it is nation, which took some getting used to in the beginning but I did. I now have to be quite careful when talking to family and friends back home that I'm not too blunt.

Having said all that, it's very flat here and I really miss the rolling hills.

I quite fancy Norway if I needed to move. I've done some work there, I've done a research project there and I've holidayed there and enjoyed visiting every time.

Norway.

Everywhere has ups and down but having worked there a lot if it wasn’t England then it would be Canada, if I became wealthy then Singapore

Love England where I am.

Second choice Ireland.

@Chicchicchicchiclana

France. Near the coast in the Languedoc region. Somewhere like Beziers.

This is exactly where I am as I type this, can confirm it's wonderful :)

France. Almost anywhere in France. Love the food, the wine, the scenery, the climate, the people. god I wish I was there right now.

Australia.
Or Japan.

I'm American, so I am biased, but my best holiday ever was a seven week road trip around the U.S. We saw so many amazing places and traveled 10,000 miles and barely scratched the surface of what we could see. We slept in a California lighthouse, a navajo hogan, a hotel entirely made of a single redwood tree, got caught in a hurricane where it rained frogs, traveled on a boat through a bayou full of alligators, visited a relative whose entire yard was filled with prairie dogs that kept popping up from holes and making little noises--just so many adventures. And by the end of the trip, we almost wanted to just homeschool the kids and keep going forever. We met so many interesting people and saw such a different side of life. I love traveling to other parts of the world, too. But I was amazed at how many wonders I found in my own country.

I like where I'm from (Virgin Islands), but I'm constantly daydreaming about moving to New Zealand, Canada or Norway.

Greece, specifically Crete, specifically Chania.

@PrincessNutella

I'm American, so I am biased, but my best holiday ever was a seven week road trip around the U.S. We saw so many amazing places and traveled 10,000 miles and barely scratched the surface of what we could see. We slept in a California lighthouse, a navajo hogan, a hotel entirely made of a single redwood tree, got caught in a hurricane where it rained frogs, traveled on a boat through a bayou full of alligators, visited a relative whose entire yard was filled with prairie dogs that kept popping up from holes and making little noises--just so many adventures. And by the end of the trip, we almost wanted to just homeschool the kids and keep going forever. We met so many interesting people and saw such a different side of life. I love traveling to other parts of the world, too. But I was amazed at how many wonders I found in my own country.

I always think that about America. Everywhere similar but so different.I’ve only done one road trip there but you definitely leave wanting more. Fantastic country .