POLL: If you COULD afford it, would you emigrate?

[Ripper]

As Britain as a Country is falling to pieces and you are basically screwed if you are a law-abiding citizen who works hard and pays their taxes (especially if you are stupid enough to own a car and register it in your own name and insure it and tax it - oh, and have a current MOT...) would you, if you could be guranteed to be financially ok, consider emigrating?

We must all have thought about it at sometime or other but would you actually do it?


PS And you can emigrate to ANY country you choose: Austrailia, US, Canada, Iraq..

[Cath]

I stopped my parents going through with it in 1991 - 1994

What an idiot i was :rolleyes:

Would emigrate now :nod:

[Johnny]

Yes I would .. but not for the reason that the country is falling to bits .... I would hazzard a guess that most people feel that way at their system in there own countries

I'd move for the fun of moving and the new and different culture ..... oh and of course It would be nice to have a summer once a year instead of this pissy weather

[JB]

I would and have done.

[--Lorien--]

Soon as I get more experience under my belt enabling me to work abroad with my degree, then i'm as good as gone! :)

[The Architect]

Weve been looking into going to New Zealand, just got to get a few more points and were there!!! :)

[sleeka]

My plan is to go to canada for a few months next year once i have finished my degree and scraped some money together, in the hope that i will see what it is REALLY like in the winter, aswell as the summer to see if i can make my dream of moving out there a reality. :D

[Kuddy]

Been looking into it recently (again) and just working up the courage to do it. Got to be english speaking, hot and not full of Americans.

[prophet of doom]

hmmm lets see... taxed to the hilt, shite weather, can't say or do anything in case it is racist, sexist or ageist, no-one can afford a house, cant smack your own kids, so they do what they like, have no respect(and there the ones that will be running the country when i am old!), crime on the up (kids again), speed cameras everywhere, my shed has been done over twice in as many months and the police cant do anything about it... but they managed to cop me doing 56 in 50, oh whats the difference between a natural blonde and a traffic cop..... with a natural blonde you can see the cu*t behind the bush! :rant: :rant: :rant:
god thats better, if you can afford it GO, now, run while you can, dont look back, can i have your car if you go?
i really hate MONDAYS.................... :D

[gaz.thomas]

Yup. Wheels are turning for a temporary relocation as I type this... As for becoming a permanent emigree I'm not too sure. If my folks go ahead with their proposed move to Malta then there's not alot to keep me here.

Apart from the weather of course ;)

Gaz
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[Nicely]

Having dual nationality, I'd be back in Oz tomorrow if it weren't for the missus :rolleyes:

[DaveyBoy]

One of the Southern states in the USA or anywhere in Austrailia, English speaking, nice food, people are patriotic, they have cool roads, cheap petrol and big V8s!!! :D

[dtmpower]

I already did , go for it , great chance to break away...

[manic_mechanic]

Yes I would .. but not for the reason that the country is falling to bits .... I would hazzard a guess that most people feel that way at their system in there own countries

I'd move for the fun of moving and the new and different culture ..... oh and of course It would be nice to have a summer once a year instead of this pissy weather

Couldn't agree more - I'd miss my family tho...............:(

[Mint_Sauce]

Those of you who have emmigrated, was it worth it in the end?

[John Bennett]

Parhaps one day, except the job's good at the moment (just a bit scared of being stuck in Newcastle all my life).

Is England relatively that bad though? I mention emigrating and everybody at work tells me I'm daft as tax and living conditions aren't that bad in England compared to most developed countries :confused: .

[Draven]

definitely would, altho i think the only place worth going to really is canada
good employment, "seperate" from america, not viewed as a threat by any nation, low tax, speed camera's outlawed, actually get real snow in the winter not 2 square inches of sludge that hurts when used as a snowball, or more acurately small projectile lump of ice, police actually "police" the place and uphold the law, sense of right and wrong distilled to children from an early age etc etc

[DaveyBoy]

Yeah, Canada would be good too, but not a French speaking area :wack:

[John Bennett]

How much would it cost to get my S13 shipped over to Canada? :D

[Phil L]

we are planning on it...

So my car will be up for sale in about 1-2 years time :)

[Yak]

How much would it cost to get my S13 shipped over to Canada? :D

They have them there anyway. :) Just with the KA lump and yellow lights where the vents in the nose should be :(

[teamcapsule]

Definitely. I'd like to try living in Japan for a few years.

[ChrisGee]

If i had the money i would be off to malta to live with my gf, set up my own guarage and live a happy man.

But i havnt the cash so shes coming here :D

For a few years anyway

Chris_Gee

[sleeka]

we are planning on it...

So my car will be up for sale in about 1-2 years time :)

Can i have first dibs on your car then????
Should be able to afford insurance by then!

[John Bennett]

They have them there anyway. :) Just with the KA lump and yellow lights where the vents in the nose should be :(
HUD's galore though :thumbs:.

Got to keep my own car though. I have to keep this heap going as long as possible (it's my first car, after all :smitten: ).

[Squizz]

Voted... :thumbs:

Checking out a move to New Zealand.

Slightly larger land mass than UK. Population supposedly less than 5 million compared with 66 million here! :eek: There's no way I want to consider living in this country 10-15 years from now...

Oz doesn't appeal to me, Canada doesn't appeal to the Mrs, but we both agree on NZ. Looking into the points system now. :cool:

[Kenji]

I have already lived in Japan for a year (1999-2000) and would go there again, no problems. If only I had the money. Getting started over there is quite hard.

[AL]

looking at moving to Japan in the early part of next year, all things going to plan :)

ALs junkyard MKII? You never know ;)

[Deacon]

i want to move to either spain or new zealand :)

there have me... they need plumbers :D .. british qulifications get in ...just have to do a 6 week course in new zealand to get to there "standards" :D

[SFC]

We thought about it at various points over the last two years but in the end settled for the mountains of mid-Wales, best of both worlds. :)

[Aitch]

I can afford to, and I'm planning to emmigrate.

[seb]

When I leave it'll be for terrain and climate more than anything else. I want somewhere with big mountains :)

[SteveDunn]

I'm off to Perth in about 12 - 18 months :)

[Ripper]

When I leave it'll be for terrain and climate more than anything else. I want somewhere with big mountains :)

Wales, perhaps? :wack:

[Moby-Dick]

having spent a year in Canada , I'd move there if I could find work that paid well enough.

[ade200]

Australia seems to be popular - until you find out that their Police are as bad as ours with speeding!

[RADS_S13]

only to sumware like OZ or NewZealand so I could still get a S13 as soon as I got out there :D

[Chavbo]

i'd love to move to Canada for good one day, preferably Toronto as we have family friends over there who could help me out with basic jobs etc. until i get set up myself. been before and fell in love with the city, very busy but so relaxed at the same time :)