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Definitely NOT Switzerland.. You have no idea... They have rules about everything ! From when you can wash your clothes (I kid you not, there's a day and time to use the washer/dryer) , when you can wash your car, they have zero motorsport facilities, all in all they are a nation of informants to the police... They will call the cops on you on the freeway to report you are speeding...

Sure is a pretty place, but if you are a car guy with a moderate enjoyment of your freedoms, ugh....

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Anywhere but france.

Chalk up another reason for France then!
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NZ, especially the South Island. Stunning place. From what I understand they actually have a pretty good socialized healthcare program. If you're a visitor you have to go to a foreign hospital and pay for your healthcare.
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Been to France, there are a lot better places to spend your money.
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Switzerland.. it's beautiful, they have great food/chocolate, beautiful cities, the people are friendly, less socialist than most of Europe, a lot of history..no contest
They're totally gun nuts there too, and they give you an assault rifle to take home if you're in the reserves, and they have free ranges and gov't supplied free target ammo too..

My kind of country, though i'm sure it fails in other ways.

If i could pick anywhere to live, it would be someplace where the gov't had very little control over the countryside.
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I've lived in a few places, so I am screwed! There is no ONE place, or I'd live there...

I'd want England's Car culture, Australia's no bull#$%& attitude, Germany's autobahns, France's medical system and bread, Italy's dress code, Sweden's baseline genetic stock for good looking girls, Monaco's taxes, The US' attitude towards free enterprise and respect for success, the friendliness of Costa ricans, the politeness of Canadians, California's weather, and still pretty much nothing from Switzerland ;-) I jest, you Swiss...
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Uruguay or Argentina,
Uruguay is a direct flop of Southern Calif. 30 deg. south of the equator and on the Atlantic. Similar weather and Eruopean history. Argentina used to be the best but expensive. I hear it is cheaper now.
There's a bit too much political unrest in Argentina for my tastes. Plus, i was engaged to an Argentinian woman. Trust me, you don't want to go down that road...

Canada is way too cold, almost all of Europe has way too many taxes.
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I've lived in a few places, so I am screwed! There is no ONE place, or I'd live there...

I'd want England's Car culture, Australia's no bull#$%& attitude, Germany's autobahns, France's medical system and bread, Italy's dress code, Sweden's baseline genetic stock for good looking girls, Monaco's taxes, The US' attitude towards free enterprise and respect for success, the friendliness of Costa ricans, the politeness of Canadians, California's weather, and still pretty much nothing from Switzerland ;-) I jest, you Swiss...
How about Luxembourg? Over 40% of the population are transplants from other countries...you're sure to get a little bit of every culture there. BTW Swiss girls are just as attractive as any Swedish girl IMO.
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i would definitely be spending a fair amount of time in Argentina if i had the funds. shoot dove and some ducks all morning, then kill 1/2 a bottle of local wine with a nice steak for lunch then take a nice nap then it's back to dropping appetizers outta the sky for the afternoon!
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One of my favorite You Tube vids of all time is one of the Argentinian police opening fire on a professional soccer team during a professional soccer game.

No one does crazy like Latin America.
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Definitely NOT Switzerland.. You have no idea... They have rules about everything ! From when you can wash your
clothes (I kid you not, there's a day and time to
use the washer/dryer) , when you can wash
your car, they have zero motorsport facilities,
all in all they are a nation of informants to the
police... They will call the cops on you on the
freeway to report you are speeding...



Sure is a pretty place, but if you are a car guy
with a moderate enjoyment of your freedoms,
ugh....
as a Swiss citizen, I have to say that is what makes the country so great. Everything is orderly and there are few problems with antisocial behaviour.

If you want to enjoy your car you can just cross the border into Italy
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Hate to burst a lot of people's bubble but "Chinese food" in China is NOT the same as what we are used to here. A lot different and for the most part not for Western tastes.

Even something simple like "sweet and sour chicken" is far removed and most people will not enjoy sorting through the bones and "rest of the bird" to find the meat. Yes, we have become spoiled over here...
I think you have this backwards. The "Chinese food" served in the US is generally crap (only exception I've found are places in Monterey Park and probably Vancouver). Most everything I ate in China otoh was awesome (though there were a few dished that I didn't care for), and at the very least, made with fresh ingredients.

Best food I've ever eaten in the world was in Shanghai. The US has spoiled the rest of the world with McDonalds, KFC and Starbucks...
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Oz, New Zealand, Switzerland, Costa Rica, not particularly in that order.
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as a Swiss citizen, I have to say that is what makes the country so great. Everything is orderly and there are few problems with antisocial behaviour.

If you want to enjoy your car you can just cross the border into Italy
That is what we used to do when we lived in San Diego
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Australia? Other than speaking English, what is the allure? I have a much better chance of owning firearms in Mexico than Australia.
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Australia? Other than speaking English, what is the allure? I have a much better chance of owning firearms in Mexico than Australia.
The northern part is tropical and fasirly rural. The food is good and the people are friendly...and they speak english. And it is not Canada or France. No reason to move to Mexico. I can go to California or Arizona and there is not much difference.
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Denmark or Canada, I love Toronto but probably enjoy Victoria more :-)

2 countries that have awesome people. Agree with the Japan comment. I have done that for too long already.

Next would be back to the US or Austria, can always cross the border to visit my relatives in Germany.

The US is actually not thy bad of a country.

Next up is either Peru or Uraguay, great places for family from what I've heard from friends.
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Oz, New Zealand, Switzerland, Costa Rica, not particularly in that order.
I owned property on the Pacific in Costa Rica for 15 years and lived on it for a few, visited a lot. We sold it and I like the place but I don't want to live there again. I met a lot of people from Argentina and others that just lived there for awhile, they loved it but at the time it was very expensive.
I haven't been to Uruguay yet but it seems more modern and functional than Costa Rica. I want to go but so far haven't talked my wife into it. It is lpretty much a direct flop of SoCal with similar weather and 600 miles of coast line.
When we sold the property in Costa Rica lots of people were moving to Nicaragua, but now that Ortega is in power I don't want to go back there either.

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