Do you have ambition to live or retire abroad? (5 Viewers)

[Semper]

What if you are pretty ugly?

Bosnia.

 

[CapitalCitySaint]

Bosnia.

when my cousin used to live in Tacoma & I would go visit, I was always like “wtf. Why does everyone here look inbred?” The people of Washington state were really beat with the ugly stick.

 

[Consigliere]

Somebody showed me this yesterday:

How do America's poorest states compare to Europe's largest economies?

The poorest US state has a higher GDP per capita than Europe’s top economies, except for Germany. Is this set to continue being the case in 2025? #EuropeInMotion

www.euronews.com

I'm like, yeah but the standard of living is so much higher in Germany than in Mississippi. Plus good education, free healthcare, etc.

 

[efil4stnias]

Somebody showed me this yesterday:

How do America's poorest states compare to Europe's largest economies?

The poorest US state has a higher GDP per capita than Europe’s top economies, except for Germany. Is this set to continue being the case in 2025? #EuropeInMotion

www.euronews.com

I'm like, yeah but the standard of living is so much higher in Germany than in Mississippi. Plus good education, free healthcare, etc.

so then you have to ask yourself how does Mississippi, with a "per capita GDP" that exceeds Spain, rank the lowest in almost every metric?

Spain.
Portugal
France
Austria
Switzerland
Italy

WHERE IN THE !@#!@# is the money going?

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

WHERE IN THE !@#!@# is the money going?

Brett Favre

 

[saintmdterps]

I lived in South America for almost 2 years. Have been to Colombia, Ecuador & Brazil.

I would consider Spain, too, since I already speak Spanish but Italy is just

I have also been to a shirt ton of places in the Caribbean (& Puerto Rico) but I could not live on a small island. I love the beach and warm weather but I need the freedom to travel distances without having to get on a plane.

Also been to Canada to a few places. Too cold. Africa & Asia I have yet to explore but will likely be going to Africa this year though it’s not really for reconnaissance for places to live lol. Just for vacay.

I could live on a small island in the Caribbean. Montserrat is wonderful. So are Domenica and Illes de Saintes. A couple years ago there was a beautiful home for sale on Montserrat for 160k. I’ll upload the pic when I get home. Of course there is also the volcano and the “exclusion zone”…

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

I could live on a small island in the Caribbean.

I feel like i could too.. then again, ive never tried it … it’s like when i moved to Nashville a few years ago, thinking it’d be great to get out of the constant heat and humidity of TX and LA and experience all four seasons for once in my life.. 5 years there and countless snowstorms and countless times being frozen in where i couldnt leave my place due to the slicked over roads.. not to mention the endless unpredictable tornado threats - and now after all that wintry weather for only 5 years (Nashville’s considered the South but it really shouldnt be) - i feel comfortable stating that im happy being back in a hot/humid/tropical climate and will be ok with it for the rest of my life .

 

[sfidc3]

when my cousin used to live in Tacoma & I would go visit, I was always like “wtf. Why does everyone here look inbred?” The people of Washington state were really beat with the ugly stick.

I feel the same about folks in rural PA.....(not trying to offend here but it seemed that a ton of HS age girls already had kids as well)....

 

[t_rav_82]

when my cousin used to live in Tacoma & I would go visit, I was always like “wtf. Why does everyone here look inbred?” The people of Washington state were really beat with the ugly stick.

I bet those people are out of this world beautiful by comparison to rural Arkansas peeps. It sounds like an exaggeration, but in a town of about 2,000 you can count the attractive people on one hand. The amount of ugly is mathematically fascinating.

 

[Icon]

I bet those people are out of this world beautiful by comparison to rural Arkansas peeps. It sounds like an exaggeration, but in a town of about 2,000 you can count the attractive people on one hand. The amount of ugly is mathematically fascinating.

Maybe that's true about the rural parts......but I definitely found Fayetteville to be a different story.

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

What if you are pretty ugly?

That would make you a Kardashian

 

[UncleTrvlingJim]

There's a very strong correlation between attractiveness and wealth. Rich people (and their kids) can afford health club fees, pilates, makeup, dental hygiene, plastic surgery, etc.

I grew up in a fairly well off part of Louisiana and we had like Miss Teen Louisiana for like 3 out of 4 years just after I left high school (two of them were sisters and the father was mayor). And they were pretty, but also kind of normal for the area.

 

[UncleTrvlingJim]

I've been tons of places and would consider living in several of them, but ultimately, I'm too tied to the US. I get a lot of the frustration expressed here, but I'm well enough off that it doesn't effect me as much, and I feel an obligation to try to make it better for others.

 

[Sailorsaint]

As a young man in my 20s, while living in Hawaii, I noticed that you couldn’t turn a corner without seeing a beautiful woman. Hawaii was rivaled only by Singapore in my mind.

 

[t_rav_82]

Maybe that's true about the rural parts......but I definitely found Fayetteville to be a different story.

Yeah Fayetteville is pretty. The people, the area, all of it. That area of Arkansas is where they let the top 1% of the state go. But also, Fayetteville is made up of a ton of people from all over the country with it being a college town right on the border of 3 other states, and Walmart corporate next door. So the "pretty" of Fayetteville is skewed by other states bringing up the average. It's pretty, but it's not an accurate representation of the real Arkansas. haha.