Where Should I Move To?

Away from tectonic plates boundaries.

PDX - City of Roses in the house !!!

wj

Australia (Syndney area?) seems really cool. Can't wait to visit.

I started the thread mainly out of interest to what people will say. That said, I like where I live, but I am seriously concerned about it being a major potential earthquake zone in the vicinity of tectonic plates.

Is there a list of which places in North and South America would be earthquake free zones?

Here's what I got:

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Holy cow, Dennis - it never ceases to amaze me what some people consider great living conditions.

I second this suggestion. I live in Colombia, and love my country, but I would like to move to uruguay or maybe Argentina. Their culture is very similar to some European countries, believe it or not. Besides, they are full Paypal supported countries, which is not the case for Colombia.

I wouldn't recommend North Carolina because you can't be an Amazon Affiliate here, not many earthquakes though. It's hard to recommend a State, because there are some great cities to live in in every State.

Clint

WOW, what a useful post. :rolleyes:

Typical flatlander...Making mountains out of mole hills again.


I was born and raised in Boulder/Denver (5200 ft+) and I still struggle up here at about 8300 ft.

Here's some examples of the effects of altitude (not including altitude sickness):

Because the air is so thin, water boils at a much lower temp. It takes a good 10-11 minutes to boil an egg, and the yoke is still a little soft. It took me 4 hours to boil an artichoke.

I bought some protein shake powder yesterday in Town and then brought it back up to 8300 feet. It's bulging. When you open any plastic container that's vacuum sealed, the container is bulging and will explode when you tear open the seal. You need to be careful or you'll have powder every where.

10,000 ft is above "timber line", which means there too little air for trees to breath, so there's no trees.

Great for drunks, winos and misc. alcoholics...Because Blood Alcohol Content measures a ration of alcohol to oxygen in your blood stream, your BAC is much higher at altitude because you have less oxygen in your blood. You haven't had an alcohol buzz until you've drank at altitude.

My question to you is:
WHY do you want to move? Is it because you want different experiences? Do you want a great place to retire? Do you want to have tons of fun? Are you single? Married? Kids?

My list would go like this:

1. If your single nothing compares to Medellin Columbia. The Paisa's are amazing people and the women magnificent. A condo that runs 400K here goes for about 160k your taxes instead of being 6k to 12k (depending on where you live) are about $400 to $800 a year. The weather is great and the nightlife of Parque Lleras is some of the best in Colombia.

2. If your wanting big city that's spread out and diverse with amazing culture, very old world feel and modern conveniences then may I suggest Montevideo Uruguay. It's about as expensive as the states but has no natural disaster potential, no nuke plants and it's government could not begin to finance totalitarianism, there revenues would not support it.

3. If you're into retirement and slower pace then Cuenca Ecuador would be a great ticket. Very reasonably priced, wonderful people, great expat community and small. It's only got about 450,000 people. So, not much nightlife but a relaxed life.
This would be great for wife/kids type of life.


It really depends on your real motivation for wanting to relocate?
But those are some Ideas!

Patrick

Bohol Island in the Philippines

Ah...TB is happy........he just doesn't like living on the Cascadia Subduction zone when it's slated to blow any time now. Having a mag 9 quake go off right under your feet doesn't do ya much good no matter how well you know yourself.

Hello guys , hey you should go to Paris or Switzerland.After moving there you will enjoy your life a lot.
:p

Dear God not Paris.
I am looking at the south of France possibly. Have only heard "bad stuff" and super high prices in Paris (tons of rats, unemployment, ethnic and religious intolerance).

I have been traveling about a year now, it's true, wherever there is an Internet connection you are good to go ..

My next place to check out where I wanna puts some roots down is the Island of Malta.

Kinda small BUT.. English heavy country, strong dollar, lots of affordable property, great schools.

After that believe it or not (Google it) I am going to look into living in Lichtenstein. GREAT economy. A wee bit north for me but it's double land-locked so maybe the weather is milder I dunno ..

wj

Very in depth questionnaire. Long enough to provide a good variety of options while short enough for me to not get tired of going through the process. Thanks for sharing.

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I agree Matt...it's my favorite place to visit...and maybe live one day. :-)
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Bruce