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Poll: do you live in the country you were born in?

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Re: Poll: do you live in the country you were born in?

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Post by buster »

ionwake wrote: post #73
buster wrote: post #5

Living in Berlin and really can't think of another european city i would want to live in. USA? Nope. China? Nope. Singapore? Maybe. Australia? Maybe.

Zurich?

Thing is: friends of mine recently returned from Zurich after over a year of working there and apparently they got much "hate" for being germans working in Zurich, for whatever reason. Not saying suisse people are racists, the ones i know are nice people! Also it's expensive. And i am not the mountain-vacation-type of guy. ;)

(the last point is probably more of a reason then the first)

Re: Poll: do you live in the country you were born in?

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Post by lotsofcows »

webignition wrote: post #62
geoffw8 wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, not technically .... they are very much different countries! Although we're 'appy to 'av ya. :)

Yes, they certainly are different countries. I say technically as by definition they are but in the way they are treated I'd say they're not. I'd say the difference between Wales and England as a whole is no different in spirit to the difference between Yorkshire and Essex or Cornwall and East Anglia.

Wales' counties have the same powers as any other county in the UK. However, Wales as a country also has devolved powers in it's own right.

As anywhere else, different areas have different levels of cultural self-identity - in that sense I can understand a comparison between Wales (country) and Cornwall (county) although not to Yorkshire, etc.

Re: Poll: do you live in the country you were born in?

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Post by kvanrhee »

Here's a question for you who moved countries as a kid.

I was born and raised in the Netherlands. My girlfriend was born in California and lived in 6 different states before she moved to the Netherlands when she was 18.

When we discuss having kids, the question 'Where?' always pops in. My girlfriends idea on this, is that we should move to the states have kids there. And then by the time they go to primary school, move back to the Netherlands. She considers the Netherlands to have a more healthy environment for raising kids, but also would want to expose them to her home country and culture.

Just curious to your thoughts on this.

Re: Poll: do you live in the country you were born in?

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Post by bauer »

djcrayon wrote: post #48
beedogs wrote: post #12

US -> Australia here; left for personal reasons. I would probably still be in the US otherwise. I miss the memory of the US sometimes, and the people I left behind. Also New Haven pizza.

US -> Scotland here; will probably return to US for the pizza.

Do a pizza startup? :)

Re: Poll: do you live in the country you were born in?

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Post by Alterlife »

antman wrote: post #69
Alterlife wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some countries have more opportunities. Some countries have more freedoms. Some countries have more resources and that translates into more money, more technology and a better quality of life. . Pick one, or all three.

The third sentence should be split to two items.

I figured, but three is a just such a nice number for lists :-) .
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