I think I’d wind up in Uruguay and like it. But I would be wishing it could be possible to emigrate to New Zealand.
Canada. Hopefully an area of it with decent weather.
I don’t think it changes my first choice of New Zealand, but I totally forgot about Ireland, it being so close. Could easily get a job there, and most Irish folks I know are great fun to be around. Slightly more relaxed pace of life as well. Would suit me.
Germany and Spain would also be options if I were retired, but it would probably take me too long to work up my rudimentary knowledge of their languages to make a career there.
Uruguay could be worth considering, too - I have a friend who lives for 6 months and in the UK for six months, thereby enjoying a virtually constant mild summer.
Well, my home away from home is Hungary and my folks are both from Poland, but if my purpose is to leave a political situation for a more desirable one, I’m not sure either work for me. I have lots of friends in the former and family in the latter, but if the point is getting out from under a political situation I don’t like, neither are an option. For that, I dunno, New Zealand, Canada, one of the Nordic countries. I’m pretty easy like that. Just not a place that is warm year-round. I do not do hot weather well, and I like seasons. My perfect clime is 60 and partly cloudy all day.
Incidentally there is a show in HGTV, called International House hunters, which will give you a reasonable idea of the housing costs in other nations.
As a Canadian, I’m a little surprised that so many people feel if America should go seriously off the rails that here is a great place to be.
Once they’ve fully befouled America, they’re surely not heading into Mexico in the hopes of finding clean water/air and more resources to exploit.
And there’s not a lot to stop them coming North should they get it in their heads.
(Oh yes, the world would be outraged. But seriously who’s putting their boats into the water to take on the US, especially one already spun off it’s rails?)
Just sayin’, ya might wanna think that through a little further, that’s all.
One of the cool things about CR is that it has a wide variety of climates. The Caribbean coast is muggy, the central plain has areas which are dry and others where it rains a lot, the Pacific coast is dry on the north, not as dry on the south, and the mountains tend to be on the wet side.
Depending on your sector you don’t need it. I’m in project-based IT and I’ve worked multiple international projects in Spain where the team included one or more people who didn’t speak Spanish. Real estate is a sector where the foreign market is a very large slice; for the areas with most expats a partner who speaks Spanish (and specially who can read Spanish legalese) would be useful, but not strictly necessary (lawyers, registrars and notaries will produce documents in English for a modest* additional fee).
- Which may not be modest at all, but you’re supposed to say it is.
Vancouver or Victoria. Although Canada is enticing, the rest of the country is too cold for this California boy. Otherwise, Ireland, the UK, Germany, Australia or New Zealand.