Uganda may not be a great fit for a lot of people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Uganda
Living in the world's most welcoming countries
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Re: Living in the world's most welcoming countries
#32have heard recently alarmingly high crime rate in Costa Rica for Foreigners, I would stay out of Costa Rica
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
My understanding (I don't live in the UK) is that the BBC is wholly or partially government funded. As such there are certain things the BBC cannot do within the UK, because it would unfairly compete with other UK media companies which don't have similar government funding. (But I could be completely wrong, if so... please correct me :)
I'd be very interested to hear how they implement it, because it's fairly resistant to VPN trickery too.
Possibly leveraging the same technology they use for Blocking BBC iPlayer via VPN's.
People I know abroad say that works quite well.
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#34There are very good reasons people DON'T live in those countries though. Most have to do with things westerners take for granted, like stable electricity, not needing to bribe cops, and being able to easily purchase goods when you need to.
YMMV as always. Places aren't easy to move to unless they are trying to create a place that is hard to move to.
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#35This is an interesting list but I would caution that it appears to be written for a European audience. For Americans, I don't think it takes into account current political climates, and general safety of westerners. Oman and the Philippines are beautiful places to go, truly wonderful, but they can also be very dangerous for Americans.
> they can also be very dangerous for Americans Evidence?
In Philippines and Columbia, kidnapping for ransom is still a thing in certain areas, particularly of "rich" westerners.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is altitude a problem? Like, do you find yourself out of breath very easily?
Colorado Springs is about the same altitude (~6000ft), Denver is only a little lower. By and large you don't notice unless you do something that makes you breathe hard, in which case it'll take you a while to catch your breath for the first few weeks. Honestly the biggest annoyance about living at altitude is baking recipes require adjustment pretty much all the time, you can't just use a bread recipe designed for se…
A British friend of mine lives in Colorado. He loves everything about the place, except for one thing: he can't get a decent cup of tea there for love nor money. (Because water boils at too low a temperature.)
Re: Living in the world's most welcoming countries
#37have heard recently alarmingly high crime rate in Costa Rica for Foreigners, I would stay out of Costa Rica
Two of my coworkers experienced armed home invasions while on holiday in Costa Rica (5 years apart, within the last 10 years). One of them had the same people come back the following evening.
It's a small sample size but it's a hell of an anecdote!
Re: Living in the world's most welcoming countries
#38It would be nice to have a guide to developed world countries with easy paths to permanent residence and/or citizenship.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Colorado Springs is about the same altitude (~6000ft), Denver is only a little lower. By and large you don't notice unless you do something that makes you breathe hard, in which case it'll take you a while to catch your breath for the first few weeks. Honestly the biggest annoyance about living at altitude is baking recipes require adjustment pretty much all the time, you can't just use a bread recipe designed for se…
A British friend of mine lives in Colorado. He loves everything about the place, except for one thing: he can't get a decent cup of tea there for love nor money. (Because water boils at too low a temperature.)
Now I'm wondering about pressure-cooking tea...
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I live in Colorado. You get used to the altitude in a few weeks.
Altitude, yes. Lack of humidity, nope. My body shrivels up in Denver.
That was really hard for me at Estes Park, higher in the mountains near Denver. Growing up in Indiana, humidity tolerance is practically baked into my genome.