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Posted by timothy on from the offworld-colonies-are-nice-this-time-of-year dept.

New submitter tsakas writes: "I am an IT researcher from southern Europe looking for a good place to relocate. Markets are pulling the teeth out of the strong European countries by destroying the south. The U.S. is in debt and there is no way of telling how long this can go on. China and India are on the rise. Brazil and Australia are looking good. The question: Which city would you choose to go and start a family if you were to stay there for a) 5, b) 10 and c) 20 years?"

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  1. Mars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Earth is screwed

    1. Re:Mars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dude, I'm not saying Earth is all that, but post-industrial Mars is a wasteland. Until they get the manufacturing sector working again, you're better off at home.

    2. Re:Mars by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Funny

      Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids.

      Actually, raising your kids on Mars is 2.66 times easier than on Earth.

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      Ezekiel 23:20
    3. Re:Mars by nschubach · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh, you have room, but the TSA won't let you take more than a few ounces.

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      Every time I start to have faith in humanity, I ruin it by driving to work between 7 and 8 am.
  2. that's quite ambitious by bitt3n · · Score: 5, Funny

    here's how I would do it: first 5 years in US, which probably won't collapse before then, and if it gets close, we'll just hornswoggle the Chinese into buying a bunch of movie studios like we did with the Japanese. Next 10 years in China. Make sure you pick up Mandarin. Parlay your ability to quote verbatim the scripts of popular 80's action movies into a career as executive of a floundering movie studio. Walk out of the office one day saying "I'll be back." Never go back. Next 20 years in Brazil, where you'll leverage your Chinese connections to become a major wheeler dealer in a revival of the opium trade. The most important thing is to leave no trace as you proceed. You don't want families 1.0 or 2.0 paying you and Conchita an unexpected visit in your Sau Paulo hacienda.

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    how many pairs of boxer shorts should you own?
  3. Re:Oh Canada! by zill · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seattle: 69 degrees
    Vancouver: 19 degrees

    Jesus! Didn't expect 100 miles to make that much of a difference. We sure drew that border at the right place.

  4. Not Canada! by kiwisteve · · Score: 5, Funny

    All the houses are crap and Mike Holmes is going a round fixing them ONE AT A TIME!!!