Actually doing the opposite: moving to the US east coast because of job offer. Going because the job looks interesting. I wouldn't otherwise move to the US and certainly not the east coast (hubris and abrasiveness of those on the east coast US I've worked with so far - I'm so hoping they are not representative!), but perhaps Oregon or Northern California (having lived on Canadian west coast for last few years)
1) Where would you live, if not in America
Canada (west coast for the climate or the Prairies for the great people and lack of barriers to taking up new jobs/careers)
London UK (for the great multicultural culture that has developed there in the 90s, negatives are the outrageous cost of living) or Southern England (southern counties for the beautiful countryside), but the high cost of living and the difficulty in getting UK to recognize my foreign qualifications and experience have mitigated against that, so far
Baja California, Mexico for retirement (warm - year round, dry, easy going place) but probably not work (would first have to develop strong Spanish skills in order to understand the country better - for working life purposes)
Oman (older, stable, Arab country with UK connections, opportunity to experience the Arab world)
Other stable and calm Arab countries e.g. UAE, but not Saudi
Southern France or Northern Italy (for beautiful countryside and mild climate)
Spain... maybe... haven't spent much time there yet, in order to assess it
Scandinavia.. maybe.. but haven't yet spent anytime there
2) What's stopping you from going?"
Employment/pay/job security: hard to get find work in other countries and hard to live without the money that comes from work. Having lived in UK and Canada so far and about to add the US to that, I'll probably move again in a few years time. So finding work and the current poor timing (i.e. currently moving to US) are the barriers for me
p.s. advice re moving to the US appreciated: blog at movingtous.wordpress.com
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Actually doing the opposite: moving to the US east coast because of job offer. Going because the job looks interesting. I wouldn't otherwise move to the US and certainly not the east coast (hubris and abrasiveness of those on the east coast US I've worked with so far - I'm so hoping they are not representative!), but perhaps Oregon or Northern California (having lived on Canadian west coast for last few years)
1) Where would you live, if not in America
Canada (west coast for the climate or the Prairies for the great people and lack of barriers to taking up new jobs/careers)
London UK (for the great multicultural culture that has developed there in the 90s, negatives are the outrageous cost of living) or Southern England (southern counties for the beautiful countryside), but the high cost of living and the difficulty in getting UK to recognize my foreign qualifications and experience have mitigated against that, so far
Baja California, Mexico for retirement (warm - year round, dry, easy going place) but probably not work (would first have to develop strong Spanish skills in order to understand the country better - for working life purposes)
Oman (older, stable, Arab country with UK connections, opportunity to experience the Arab world)
Other stable and calm Arab countries e.g. UAE, but not Saudi
Southern France or Northern Italy (for beautiful countryside and mild climate)
Spain... maybe... haven't spent much time there yet, in order to assess it
Scandinavia.. maybe.. but haven't yet spent anytime there
2) What's stopping you from going?"
Employment/pay/job security: hard to get find work in other countries and hard to live without the money that comes from work. Having lived in UK and Canada so far and about to add the US to that, I'll probably move again in a few years time. So finding work and the current poor timing (i.e. currently moving to US) are the barriers for me
p.s. advice re moving to the US appreciated: blog at movingtous.wordpress.com