Consider me a weeb but I like Japan, it has some truly beautiful nature and cuisines to try across the country.
Yes, there is a bit of that anime or gaming side to it, they’ve birthed many favourite nostalgic franchises of mine like Crash Bandicoot or Pokemon.
I also really like their architecture with their traditional houses and castles, the whole thing just seems really peaceful and tranquil given it it is a “quiet and polite” country.
Their country might be set in their ways but that is what I think makes the country special, keeping its traditions, beliefs and culture for many, many years.
My bro likes Spain because of their food and hot sunny weather 😎
What about you? What country do you like and why?
antarctica:
- no bad politics
- no wars so far
- people there are mainly interested in science
- no economic abuse or exploitation
- pinguins!
- no air conditioning needed to survive the summer.
- winter is offline time, visitors won’t arrive or leave then.
- last place to stay cool during boomers heritage “heat death of our planet”
well sure, it has downsides too. Next Rollercoaster park is -tbh- unreachable, internet connection is sloo.oo…oow (or did they already finish the submarine fibre cable?) and sunbathing basically only brings you frost bites (if you’re lucky).
However i am not planning to migrate there.
No mosquitoes
Yet
Lmao, just you wait til evolution makes due
no bad politics
no bad politics😭
Me
have you ever worked for a japanese company? i don’t think you can know a country simply by visiting it.
my impressions of vietnam at 1 year and at 5 years with a family and a business are completely different.
Probably Iceland. No one bothers them and they don’t bother anyone. Doesn’t get hot, fjords and geysers to look at, puffins, bubble hotels, cool metal scene.
I agree,and I’m from Iceland. People who come complain about the weather though.
I second Iceland. Every time we’ve gone through or visited, though, the volcano near grindavik gifted us with a solo and a light show.
Like, it’s cool to be appreciated, but I wanna try out that posh blue spa thing. I’ve saved my money!
The people seem happy; even the cab drivers. Everywhere we went people seemed to be happy and helpful and nice. Either they all have their tourist game tight or they’re really just great people.
Norway. There are many reasons, but the big big one for me is the absolutely incredible nature AND the ability to properly enjoy it via Wildcamping. Being able to simply venture out into the forest for a weekend is such a nice thing.
I like the Scandinavian countries for some reason.
Don’t mean to be a dick but Crash Bandicoot was created and developed by Naughty Dog, a US company. It was published by Sony for the first several years, though.
Scotland, hands down. I feel so lucky to be living here. I was only going to stay three years & then go back to New Zealand and settle down. Thirty-five years later I’m still here. I fell in love with the hills - and the freedom to walk on them - the lochs, the ancient ruins. But most of all I fell in love with the people. Their craic, their warmth and craziness, their generosity, their music. I love that you can talk to anyone and you’ll often hear an amazing life story.
I love things like this: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/anti-deportations-group-issues-guide-24107754
I love the cultural richness that’s come from successive waves of immigration, from Italy, India & Pakistan, China, Poland and more.
I love the food. I love haggis and Arbroath smokies and Aberdeen butteries and shortbread and oatcakes and Tunnocks caramel wafers.
And least I forget, yes, I love the weather.
Was with you til the end mate the weather is pish.
Grew up between England/Belgium/States but the vibe is just not the same.
Fry-up with a few crispy roles is also hands-down the best breakfast in the world, other countries aren’t even trying.
Very heart warming article and wish my area was like-minded (the political leaders even acknowledged there was a covid outbreak going on). The page/article format is atrocious though lol, I kept thinking it was the end till I scrolled further like 4 times.
I’m from Sweden so I’m biased, but I cherish the leadership style in Swedish companies and it’s an important part of why I want to stay here. Honesty is valued, you don’t get punished for telling the boss like it is. The CEO doesn’t act like they’re better than you, and if you have opinions you can talk to them directly. I earn more than my boss because I’m more valued in the job market, and he’s fine with that. The net effect is that leadership won’t go around living in a fairytale and be surprised when a high stakes project fails. Risks are known and can be mitigated early on, and people feel empowered. I haven’t seen this in any other country except maybe Norway to some extent.
Fucking love Mexico. I’m not Mexican, but do speak Spanish… Hot dang it’s a parade down the street literally every day, everyone is super out-of-their-way friendly, and the things they make are amazing: furniture, glass, textiles.
I would love to live there but the cartel violence is terrifying, as is the lack of water. Also… They don’t want me!
What do you mean by them not wanting you?
Huge parts of Mexico are in a major drought right now, so there’s literally not enough water to go around. There is also a housing shortage in the cities (due to a lack of building new apartments, and due to the shortage of older tree-lined neighborhoods - as elsewhere, what’s being built now is not enough and not so nice), and gentrification is creating an affordability issue. It’s not dissimilar to the dissatisfaction in some US cities. Some of this is exacerbated by “digital nomads” who moved during COVID, but it’s also due to longer term government issues very similar to what the US is facing.
Anyway, “Gringo go home” is not an uncommon phrase graffitied on walls. I’d love to move there, but I don’t want to make life more difficult for locals, or be perceived as doing so.
Makes sense, thanks for explaining :)
China, it’s pretty much the only country where meaningful progress is happening right now.
My favorite country is China. I like that it has a lot of Chinas. There is Shenzhen-types of China with high-tech and Xinjiang-types with endless nature. Also I like China for its politics
New Zealand
Scenery so ridiculously beautiful they filmed a movie there known for ridiculously beautiful scenery, pleasant climate year round, legal weed, not likely to be a target of invasion, one of the few places to embrace their native population’s culture (Granted partially because the Maori put up a tremendous fight)
Yeah, I don’t want to be rich to be rich, I want to be rich to be able to move to New Zealand.
Seconded
Australia.
Stunning nature, nice people, killer animals; what’s not to love?
Denmark? Anyone?
