# If you had to leave your country, where would you move to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 8, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-leave-your-country-where-would-you-move-to/492371 "2009-04-08T07:00:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-leave-your-country-where-would-you-move-to/492371/81 "2014-01-23T15:02:37Z")
No love for **Brazil**? I guess I wont be attending any Dopefest then. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-leave-your-country-where-would-you-move-to/492371/82 "2014-01-24T16:04:03Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > Heh… I was born in a small Bavarian village and I keep thinking I will have to go back sometime. Probably not to live since I don’t want to learn another language. 😃 Yes, you must! The people, as you know, are very friendly and you surely would learn the language in a snap. One of my main incentives for moving there is to get more [Enzian](http://www.worldwidespirits.de/en/Grassl+Enzian+Kraeuter+from+Upper+Bavaria+gentian+herbs.htm) liqueur, since its not sold outside Bavaria AFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_York](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_York](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_York)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-leave-your-country-where-would-you-move-to/492371/83 "2014-01-25T00:21:24Z")
> [@MichaelQReilly](#): > > Ireland is great and all, but the weather sucks, so that leaves only New Zealand for snake free locales. Well, NZ is not exactly a tropical paradise, they don’t call it the “land of the long white cloud” for nothing. Things are expensive there and thousands of Kiwi’s arrive in Australia looking for a better life. Having said that, the place is stunningly beautiful. Everywhere you look is one amazing view after another. I like NZ but couldn’t live there. If I had to leave Australia I’d live in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![48Willys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/db5fbb/32.png) [@48Willys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/48Willys)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-leave-your-country-where-would-you-move-to/492371/84 "2014-01-26T05:09:25Z")
Since I like to travel a lot, I need a large country. Preferably one with English as a primary language. So… 1. Canada 2. Australia 3. New Zealand (kinda small though). 4. Brazil 5. Russia 6. South Africa 7. Surinam (I have spent some time there). 8. Ireland 9. England 10. Guyana (next to Surinam). 11. Chile Ok enough already! Just do not put me in a very small country. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-leave-your-country-where-would-you-move-to/492371/85 "2014-01-26T06:48:23Z")
My first tier would probably be other First World Anglophone nations (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) Second tier would be other reasonably well-off European countries and East Asian countries (South Korea, Japan, Germany, France, Scandinavia, Netherlands, Italy north of Rome) Third tier would lower level European nations and the Southern Cone countries of South America (Spain, Italy south of Rome, Chile, Argentina etc.) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-leave-your-country-where-would-you-move-to/492371/86 "2014-01-26T16:11:35Z")
Honestly, I’d be fine in pretty much any industrialized nation. My top picks would probably be something like France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Hungary (I especially have a lot of friends and family in the last two, so that helps.) The UK would be fine, but I’d like to go to a non-English speaking country. That’s just a bit more interesting and fun for me. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-leave-your-country-where-would-you-move-to/492371/87 "2014-01-26T23:27:12Z")
> [@EpicNonsense](#): > > If you had to leave your country, where would you move to? > > By country, I mean the country you are currently living in… > > \*\*Here’s the catch… you must reside in the chosen country for at least 2 years… and you cannot travel out of that country until 2 years are up. \*\* > I currently live in the U.S. If I had to move I’d probably choose Canada… more specifically, Vancouver. Seems like a good place for me from the people I’ve met from there and the research I’ve done. I’ll be checking it out some time in the next year for a little bit. I was wondering, what if your first, second, and third choices rejected you? Start calling various embassies to find the least objectionable country?😃 ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-leave-your-country-where-would-you-move-to/492371/88 "2014-01-27T00:51:06Z")
Ciao, Italia! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-leave-your-country-where-would-you-move-to/492371/89 "2014-01-27T21:09:07Z")
Costa Rica, Uruguay or any of several Carribean countries. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-leave-your-country-where-would-you-move-to/492371/90 "2014-01-27T23:50:10Z")
I have a near-lifelong affection for all things Canadian and could, I think, live there quite happily except for one thing…I hate cold. All things considered, If money were no object, I’d like to live in Belize. I have no aptitude for languages, so pretty much limited to the anglophone world. SS [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-leave-your-country-where-would-you-move-to/492371.md?page=4)