BIG Big world

[MiniN]

the world is such a big place, how do you decide where to live?

[snagged]

You don't truly decide... initially you live where you were born and grew up... then circumstance dictates thereafter (education, job, relationship etc.)... only when you are retired... or stinkin rich can you truly 'choose' where you want to live... bummer!!

I've just re-read the above and am not sure if it actually makes sense - but i'll post it anyway...

(runs off for more caffine to help engage brain!)...

[4getmenot]

yer I'd say you dont decide, you are just born into the world into that place

[Champagne]

Not many people do decide where they live. Most people will dwell in the vicinity where they were brought up, others will be dictated by work, and then there are the small few with billions of pounds and too much time on their hands who buy up large properties with a beach in the Carribbean. The b&stards!

[snagged]

...and if I were stinkin rich and had no commitments...

I wouldn't live in just one place... I'd spend the rest of my life travelling the world... stopping off where I fancied... and moving on when the mood took me...

[ladyshy]

Close your eyes, pin on a map.... it's a more intellectual version of pin the tale on the donkey! Good luck.

[MrBen5]

Hmmm, you only decide where you dont want to live. Then the world doesnt seem as big after all...

[fruitsalad]

i would like to live somewhere less over populated, new zealand would be nice

[Murielmci]

Not every where will take you! America and Australia have very strict criteria these days, NZ too most probably. And who would choose to live in a country with famine or child conscripts but they are rarely able to make a choice due to lack of money and resources and then immigration policies.

[mixmash]

The present is where we should live.

Lets not kid ourselves - yes the world is a large place and only a few of us live where we should and that is truely in the moment - the now - the physical world could be complete fabrication!!!

And i say to those who think those who live where they choose because they have material wealth - money may buy you a house but will never buy you a home.

[mibn2cweus]

♫ Any world that I�m welcome to ♫

[NiceCupOfTea]

Where should we live? The trees - as in we should never have come down from them, to para-para-phrase Douglas Adams. Monkeys are content, humans aren't 'cos we are nosey too but also have an amazing capacity to memorise stuff and feel constantly regretful about things we didn't try.

Failing that, just hope to end up in a place with people you love who will live with you in a place you like.

[Bohne]

I suppose I was born into a family in a house in which I lived for 20 years.
Then I decided to move to England.
Six years later I decided it was time to return home.
I chose myself a little flat about 20km from the house I spent the first 20 years of my life in.
Seven years later, shortly before getting married I moved in with my boyfriend about another 20km further away.

Three months ago, we moved into a bigger place.
Would not have been my first choice, but it was available at the time, so we took it.
Again, I only moved about 5km away.

Why would I want to leave all my friends and move further than that if I can avoid it?

[simsfreq]

At the moment I live where I was born, but when I go to uni I'll choose which one to go to based on the type of place it's in (City-based, by the sea etc) ... I suppose different people have different ideas of the perfect place to live.

[miss_jordan]

where it's warmest and the men wear the littlest amount of clothing!! heheh xx

[jedimistress]

In the UK it would be wherever you feel that special warmth and atmosphere. I feel it in Somerset, Skye and other Islands, though I live in Devon. It's just as lovely, and I feel happy and privileged every day I live here.

Places I feel cold, harsh, depressing atmosphere and I wouldn't want to live there were Wales & Fife.

Other countries are indeed beautiful, but many are too unfamiliar to settle in that's why many of us remain in the country we were raised.

[Carol Anne]

If you were just dirt poor and from some crummy nation in west Africa or the middle east and not a genuine refugee, you would naturally choose Treasure Island. GB.
Just find your way through Italy or Germany, France or Belgium and claim your pot of gold!
No spoken english required.

[koster]

If you are a teacher of English as a Foreign Language, there are a lot of countries you can work in...

If you look at http://www.tefl.com/jobs/search.html, there are jobs in 53 different countries available right now.

(By the way, I am an EFL teacher... in Scarborough!)

[broadgate]

my perfect place to live would be on a massive hill... the sea and a beach on one side, and a huge city on the other. that way u could wake up one morning looking at the sea, and the next morning lookin at an urban cityscape. if money were no object id search the world over to find that place... but until then the north west of england is my world