A country fit to live in? Thailand? And where else?

[laolover88]

Pretty depressing! Only 5 countries plus one city in the whole world fit to live in!? Sounds like that Randy Newman song.Too hot, too cold, too poor, too dangerous, too bureaucratic, too ethnocentric!

Canada, UK, Thailand, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore I have lived and worked in those 6. And a few others. Once you don't have family and/or work ties you can pretty much live anywhere.Now I live here. I wonder why?

[fey]

my guess is its either due to finances or vices

[lovelomsak]

my guess is its either due to finances or vices

I agree when you have enough money come here and enjoy your vices.

[mesquite]

The US will be a great place to live and work, especially work, after Trump has been in office 3-4 years.

[The Dancer]

The US will be a great place to live and work, especially work, after Trump has been in office 3-4 years.

They will need to build a yuuge beautiful wall to keep the American people from fleeing if the jackas gets anywhere near the WH.

[marcofunny]

I see very few people talking about southern Portugal and Spain both countries offer dozens of advantages and has very pleasant weather and culture and surprisingly life cost in some cities is even cheaper than Thailand, my own favorite cities are Faro in Portugal and Seville in Spain, 10 months of sunny lovely weather and someone could live really comfortably for less than a 1000$ a month.

Edited March 5, 2016 by marcofunny

[bendejo]

How about Nigeria? The people are very friendly and generous, and everyone shares -- everyone knows each other's bank account numbers.

[Ireland32]

Ecuador is popular

[gk10002000]

As a US ctizen, In the USA a tax free state such as Florida works for me. Great beaches. Lots of stuff to do, night life, classical concerts, casinos, beach stuff, great sea food. Split your time between Florida and Thailand which of course has great stuff to do. One can get relatively cheap but decent housing in many parts of Florida. You don't need to live in Downtown palm beach or boca raton. A few miles make a big price difference

[seancbk]

As a US ctizen, In the USA a tax free state such as Florida works for me. Great beaches. Lots of stuff to do, night life, classical concerts, casinos, beach stuff, great sea food. Split your time between Florida and Thailand which of course has great stuff to do. One can get relatively cheap but decent housing in many parts of Florida. You don't need to live in Downtown palm beach or boca raton. A few miles make a big price difference

If Florida is tax free why hasn't the entire population of the USA moved there?

But then I Googled it and Florida has more taxes than I've ever seen.... they even expect you to pay tax on online shopping!

To what were you referring??

[thrilled]

I have read Beize is nice.My plans live in Thailand 4-5 months A year.The US about 4 months and travel the rest of the year

[melvinmelvin]

I see very few people talking about southern Portugal and Spain both countries offer dozens of advantages and has very pleasant weather and culture and surprisingly life cost in some cities is even cheaper than Thailand, my own favorite cities are Faro in Portugal and Seville in Spain, 10 months of sunny lovely weather and someone could live really comfortably for less than a 1000$ a month.

agree with that, Spain and Portugal are fairly good choices

Cyprus and Malta also have a lot to offer

[Jingthing]

As a US ctizen, In the USA a tax free state such as Florida works for me. Great beaches. Lots of stuff to do, night life, classical concerts, casinos, beach stuff, great sea food. Split your time between Florida and Thailand which of course has great stuff to do. One can get relatively cheap but decent housing in many parts of Florida. You don't need to live in Downtown palm beach or boca raton. A few miles make a big price difference

If Florida is tax free why hasn't the entire population of the USA moved there?

But then I Googled it and Florida has more taxes than I've ever seen.... they even expect you to pay tax on online shopping!

To what were you referring??

He's talking about state income tax.

[seancbk]

As a US ctizen, In the USA a tax free state such as Florida works for me. Great beaches. Lots of stuff to do, night life, classical concerts, casinos, beach stuff, great sea food. Split your time between Florida and Thailand which of course has great stuff to do. One can get relatively cheap but decent housing in many parts of Florida. You don't need to live in Downtown palm beach or boca raton. A few miles make a big price difference

If Florida is tax free why hasn't the entire population of the USA moved there?

But then I Googled it and Florida has more taxes than I've ever seen.... they even expect you to pay tax on online shopping!

To what were you referring??

He's talking about state income tax.

Thanks JingThing.

[kiniyow]

Costa Rica used to be good but has gotten expensive lately and has Safety Issues as the Majority of Central/South America