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Silversoul
Rhizome


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Re: Moving to another country [Re: Noetical]
#7582431 - 10/31/07 09:15 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Noetical said: get your degree
get your degree
get your degree
and
get your degree
And don't major in sociology(or any social science, really). I speak from experience.
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DimensionX
King of Birds


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Re: Moving to another country [Re: Silversoul]
#7582451 - 10/31/07 09:25 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I think language is an important factor if you want to move somewhere. It takes ages to learn a language, and even when you get pretty good at it, you can still be at a disadvantage compared to the locals when it comes to getting a job. Also if i was planning on living somewhere, i would find a place with the highest standard of living index. There are some really cool countries out there, with governments who actually care about the people and social welfare. Like Sweden, i think it has free health care, free education, free childcare and proper social security for if your in between jobs. I'm biased, but i would also look into Australia, we speak the same language and have a similar culture, but we are also pretty unique in our own strange way.... its a funny place, just think of the platypus, if there is a god it was obviously stoned when it made this place.
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MOTH
Wild Woman


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Re: Moving to another country [Re: Noetical]
#7582461 - 10/31/07 09:27 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Noetical said: get your degree
get your degree
get your degree
and
get your degree
Will you pay for my college? I have a complicated situation right now with that. Because I'm currently married to a poor rich kid who owns hundreds of thousands of property but doesn't see a penny, I will have a hard time getting a decent loan for school. I am still planning to go to the financial aid office though, and see if there is some way to make it happen regardless of how it "looks" on paper.
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Noetical
Flip Horrorshow


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Re: Moving to another country [Re: MOTH]
#7582502 - 10/31/07 09:43 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Kiss Ass and Move to Texas
Some times you have to shovel shit...
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MOTH
Wild Woman


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Re: Moving to another country [Re: MOTH]
#7582504 - 10/31/07 09:43 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Of course, I'd like to go to college eventually, no matter what. But I can't force it to happen. What makes me kinda mad is that I've let 3 opportunities to attend college slip through my fingers and now I don't know if I'll ever get another one. Right now I'm just trying to make myself happy doing something fun.
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aDoS
freedom lover



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Re: Moving to another country [Re: MOTH]
#7582550 - 10/31/07 10:08 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I wish you luck finding a new place to live. But I strongly advise to NOT go to India. I have a buddy who visited India...he said it was the most over crowded dirty place he has ever been. So unless you like smelling ass all day and being bumped into...don't go to India.
If you know Spanish, some South American countries might be a good choice. Argentina is a good place. Not very violent, nice people, they use ethanol as fuel instead of oil. From what I heard from a friend, prescription medication is over the counter.
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Skunk420



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Re: Moving to another country [Re: MOTH]
#7582553 - 10/31/07 10:09 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Move to Canada man it rocks!...
Edited by Skunk420 (10/31/07 10:11 PM)
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aDoS
freedom lover



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Re: Moving to another country [Re: Skunk420]
#7582556 - 10/31/07 10:11 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Skunk420 said: Move to Candada man it rocks!
Canada is America's puppet.
-------------------- "If we could sniff or swallow something that would, for five or six hours each day, abolish our solitude as individuals, atone us with our fellows in a glowing exaltation of affection and make life in all its aspects seem not only worth living, but divinely beautiful and significant, and if this heavenly, world-transfiguring drug were of such a kind that we could wake up next morning with a clear head and an undamaged constitution - then, it seems to me, all our problems (and not merely the one small problem of discovering a novel pleasure) would be wholly solved and earth would become paradise." - Aldous Huxley GIVE ME OPIATES OR GIVE ME DEATH
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Skunk420



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Re: Moving to another country [Re: aDoS]
#7582557 - 10/31/07 10:12 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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what do you think i live in Canada?
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TurntableJunky
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Re: Moving to another country [Re: MOTH]
#7582819 - 11/01/07 01:39 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Sydney, Australia for sure.
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Silversoul
Rhizome


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Re: Moving to another country [Re: MOTH]
#7582871 - 11/01/07 02:40 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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You know, I just remembered something: If you look around, there are lots of job offers to go teach English overseas, and it's full immersion, so they don't require you to speak their language.
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Booby
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Re: Moving to another country [Re: MOTH]
#7582872 - 11/01/07 02:41 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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When the fair comes to your state volunteer to be a roustabout. It's not leaving the continent but it'll certainly be a change living with a bunch of Mexicans in a cramped trailer with low pay eating tortillas. And you can always hop on a bus and go home.
Who knows, maybe you'll like it and will find a place as a bearded lady.
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Re: Moving to another country [Re: Silversoul]
#7582878 - 11/01/07 02:53 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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If it's experience and adventure you crave, I wouldn't reccomend moving right away. Instead, travel to as many places as you can. Know of a place that looks cool? Go there. Ever wanted to see this-or-that monument? Go there. Do whatever you want. Once you've been to many places, you'll be able to compare them and come to a better decision on where to move, if you ultimately decide to.
Some things you might wanna take into account. How many people there speak English? Could you get by with being unilingual? Are you willing to learn an entirely new language for a place you may be unhappy with later on? How do they handle drug offenders? Which substances are illegal, and which ones are not? What kinds of areas do you like to be around? Beaches? Forests? Mountains? Do you prefer colder temperatures? Warmer? Like heavy snow? No snow at all? Consider everything.
Some of those may seen insignificant, but they matter a lot if you're going to be spending a large portion of your lifetime there. Choose carefully, and good luck.
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Merkin
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Re: Moving to another country [Re: MOTH]
#7582887 - 11/01/07 03:07 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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those countries you've mentioned sound pretty unsafe to me (india, south america) I don't know about ice-land but that doesn't sound like you could enjoy summer there :p..
Personally I'd go to Melbourne Australia. voted most liveable city in the world. It's cheap, and has everything for whatever kind of person you are. I know cos I live there myself :P
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wrestler_az
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Re: Moving to another country [Re: zepp420]
#7582893 - 11/01/07 03:10 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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zepp420 said: Getting a job in a foreign country without being able to speak the language is a 100% failure believe me I know.
except when that foreign country is the states.
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Edited by yageman (04/20/06 4:20 PM)
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zepp420
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Re: Moving to another country [Re: wrestler_az]
#7582900 - 11/01/07 03:20 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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wrestler_az said:
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zepp420 said: Getting a job in a foreign country without being able to speak the language is a 100% failure believe me I know.
except when that foreign country is the states.
Haha! True.
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StreetFreak
smellin' like a plant


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Re: Moving to another country [Re: Lion]
#7582904 - 11/01/07 03:24 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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bug said:People are the same everywhere.
So true.. same shit, different flavors..
I've had the same thoughts about moving to another country, but now I think I would rather just travel a lot. Ahhh the conveniences of America
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StreetFreak
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Re: Moving to another country [Re: Noetical]
#7582907 - 11/01/07 03:26 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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MOTH just dread your hair and get it out of your system
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Gr8fulJ420
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Re: Moving to another country [Re: MOTH]
#7582927 - 11/01/07 03:48 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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The American dollar won't go nearly as far as it used to abroad, especially in the more developed partner nations. That would make the adjustment/settlement period a little shorter depending how prepared you are.
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Cya later, friends.



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Re: Moving to another country [Re: StreetFreak]
#7582943 - 11/01/07 04:04 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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moth i think i met you in person, but i'm confused. did your old user name be emlynshade? i ask because your post is resonating with me in a way emlynshades used to.
i just made a post in dreamer's journal somewhat relating to this. basically how i deal with the need for adventure when its not practical to just get up and go somewhere (which i have done several times)
i think bug is right though, when you get somewhere new, pretty quickly you find yourself back in the same spot.
personally i've gone the route of giving up on adventure for now, and just slowly building towards the grander adventures of my fantasies.
as silversoul said, i'm going to be doing festival vending next summer to let the adventure back into my life while hopefully building on my grander schemes. if your husband is the tall skinny guy with much passion for philosophy and metaphysics, then i'd say i'd love to attempt to nomad around with you guys the coming summer.
this post has been very interesting for me. i run a parallel life where i am on a grand adventure as for some reason i felt like explaining to dreamer. then i see this post about adventure. in my adventure i'm supposed to be a vendor at festivals. silversoul suggests to you that you be a vendor at festivals to experience adventure. in my paralellel life i like to see signs in things.
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