# MD looking for a home, Australia or US?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/md-looking-for-a-home-australia-or-us/546346>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 12, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/md-looking-for-a-home-australia-or-us/546346 "2010-07-12T01:10:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/md-looking-for-a-home-australia-or-us/546346/41 "2010-07-14T03:37:07Z")

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There’s shortage of doctors everywhere, not just in the bush (in Australia).

However, after[Jayant Pate](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayant_Patel)l I am not sure a doctor with the nick ScamArtistry would be welcomed.

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/md-looking-for-a-home-australia-or-us/546346/42 "2010-07-14T06:48:48Z")

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> [@TheoS](#):
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> I have lived in the US all my life- I love my country and would put my life on the line for the basic freedome I enjoy.

Yes, if you want U.S. “I’M FREE!” brand Freedom, then you should probably go to the U.S. **TheoS** here would give his left nut for the freeedome (and all we have is the Thunderdome - a poor substitute to be sure.) But if you move to the U.S. you might have to surrender the freedom not to be completely free. It’s a tough choice, wait a minute, do they even _have_ choice where you come from??

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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/md-looking-for-a-home-australia-or-us/546346/43 "2010-07-14T10:23:41Z")

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Just to clarify, ‘in the bush’ in Australia generally means anywhere greater than 70km or so from the centres of Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane, and 50km from the other capital cities (Canberra excluded…you only have to get about 10km away from our national capital to be out in the sticks And thank GOD FOR THAT :D)

So, you don’t have to be a long way from 21st century civilization to still enjoy the benefits of a rural existence here. Just sayin’.

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**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/md-looking-for-a-home-australia-or-us/546346/44 "2010-07-14T11:29:33Z")

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> [@kambuckta](#):
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> …you only have to get about 10km away from our national capital to be out in the sticks…

Some would say you don’t even have to go that far. 😛

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