On 7/6/2010 3:01 PM, Wes wrote:
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If he has a skill they want, his politics would be no problem at all.
He'd fit right in.
Do you know how they feel about American retirees in the U.K.? Because
that's my skill set. I would feel right at home politically, probably.
But again, England is too cold and damp. But here's a question for you
all. If you were young and had some money and could go anywhere in the
world to live your life, how many of you would choose someplace other
than America to live? Believe it or not there are a lot of nice places
in the world to live besides the U.S.
Hawke, there are a lot of nice places to live in the USA also. Your idea of what is nice
likely varies from mine. For example, Louisiana is paradise for some, that would be a
sweat hole for me. I loved Colorado and really enjoyed Texas but without the extended
family with me, I'm going no where but Michigan. Really, my part of Michigan is a ****
hole, nobody needs to come up here. 
Too many people ruin their paradise by bragging
about it to outlanders.
Wes
I've been all over the U.S. and I've found a lot of places I would like
to live, and have. But I'm talking about other nations. I just saw one
of those shows on home buying/restoring/renovating on TV. This one had
an English couple that were looking at homes in Spain that they were
going to buy for their retirement. It looked really nice. They found a
very nice home there but I was shocked they paid in the 400K range for
it. My point is lots of Europe is real nice. Parts of Spain, Italy, the
south of France all are beautiful. Germany and Switzerland too. My
problem is the language. No way am I ever going to learn a new language
at my age. But the thing is that America is a good place to live but so
are many other places too, and it seems like Americans think everyone's
life outside America is real bad. The truth is the rest of the world is
catching up with us and more and more places are as good as we have
here. So where else would people choose to live if not in America?
Hawke