Once you hit your 30s, time really does begin to accelerate, and the kind of romance of just chucking it all and travelling/exploring does get harder unless you have incurable wanderlust. Once you become Old®, most, when they move, do so to find a new stability rather than adventure.
Moving to England?
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Fuck that. I want to die lighting up a smoke after running to catch a helicopter. My wander lust has only grown, especially after aging out on having children. Time really has begun to accelerate for me. I mark my years by where I’ve travelled.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑05 Jan 2018, 9:59pmOnce you hit your 30s, time really does begin to accelerate, and the kind of romance of just chucking it all and travelling/exploring does get harder unless you have incurable wanderlust. Once you become Old®, most, when they move, do so to find a new stability rather than adventure.
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We don't want your sort here. You wouldn't like it anyway we all have dirty feet.
Seriously mate I get the allure of London I love it but I'm glad I don't live there. I live about 40 miles away and the prices of property here is bad enough.
My advice would be visit and enjoy it for a short while but live elsewhere.
Inder is correct the economy is in the shitter and will get worse after Brexit. Which is the dumbest of dumb moves ever.
Seriously mate I get the allure of London I love it but I'm glad I don't live there. I live about 40 miles away and the prices of property here is bad enough.
My advice would be visit and enjoy it for a short while but live elsewhere.
Inder is correct the economy is in the shitter and will get worse after Brexit. Which is the dumbest of dumb moves ever.
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I suppose I'm just going to have to get used to this viewpoint. There's no stopping the actual move, it's just the location that I have about 30% control of.BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 1:58amFuck that. I want to die lighting up a smoke after running to catch a helicopter. My wander lust has only grown, especially after aging out on having children. Time really has begun to accelerate for me. I mark my years by where I’ve travelled.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑05 Jan 2018, 9:59pmOnce you hit your 30s, time really does begin to accelerate, and the kind of romance of just chucking it all and travelling/exploring does get harder unless you have incurable wanderlust. Once you become Old®, most, when they move, do so to find a new stability rather than adventure.
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Excellent thread, peeps. Very informative and fun too.
Question for Wally: why did you move to New Zealand anyway? (police on your back? ) And yes, I've heard and read that it's one of the most desirable countries to live in.
Question for Kory: have you and the missus considered the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota)? It's regularly regarded as having one of the highest standards of living in the US, and has a tremendous music and arts scene.
Question for Wally: why did you move to New Zealand anyway? (police on your back? ) And yes, I've heard and read that it's one of the most desirable countries to live in.
Question for Kory: have you and the missus considered the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota)? It's regularly regarded as having one of the highest standards of living in the US, and has a tremendous music and arts scene.
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It’s complicated, although the easy answer is Mrs W is a kiwi.muppet hi fi wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 10:01pmExcellent thread, peeps. Very informative and fun too.
Question for Wally: why did you move to New Zealand anyway? (police on your back? ) And yes, I've heard and read that it's one of the most desirable countries to live in.
Question for Kory: have you and the missus considered the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota)? It's regularly regarded as having one of the highest standards of living in the US, and has a tremendous music and arts scene.
Have to say it is the best place in the world for kids to grow up.
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Oh, I should have guessed it was about a woman!101Walterton wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 10:51pmIt’s complicated, although the easy answer is Mrs W is a kiwi.muppet hi fi wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 10:01pmExcellent thread, peeps. Very informative and fun too.
Question for Wally: why did you move to New Zealand anyway? (police on your back? ) And yes, I've heard and read that it's one of the most desirable countries to live in.
Question for Kory: have you and the missus considered the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota)? It's regularly regarded as having one of the highest standards of living in the US, and has a tremendous music and arts scene.
Have to say it is the best place in the world for kids to grow up.
And yeah, I read a fairly recent book (12 years ago?) by a Yank who'd lost his parents in the Holocaust, and moved to NZ. The portrait he painted of it was of paradise: his kids walking to school in bare feet cuz there are no more poisonous or predatory animals left (very much UN-like Australia); just the whole theme of the book was how welcoming and beautiful the country and culture was, especially, as you say, for children. Can't remember the writers name tho - he also wrote a book on cat culture (in NZ).
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Haha definitely no women involved!!!muppet hi fi wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 11:07pmOh, I should have guessed it was about a woman!101Walterton wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 10:51pmIt’s complicated, although the easy answer is Mrs W is a kiwi.muppet hi fi wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 10:01pmExcellent thread, peeps. Very informative and fun too.
Question for Wally: why did you move to New Zealand anyway? (police on your back? ) And yes, I've heard and read that it's one of the most desirable countries to live in.
Question for Kory: have you and the missus considered the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota)? It's regularly regarded as having one of the highest standards of living in the US, and has a tremendous music and arts scene.
Have to say it is the best place in the world for kids to grow up.
And yeah, I read a fairly recent book (12 years ago?) by a Yank who'd lost his parents in the Holocaust, and moved to NZ. The portrait he painted of it was of paradise: his kids walking to school in bare feet cuz there are no more poisonous or predatory animals left (very much UN-like Australia); just the whole theme of the book was how welcoming and beautiful the country and culture was, especially, as you say, for children. Can't remember the writers name tho - he also wrote a book on cat culture (in NZ).
My kids wear bare feet and drives me crazy. I can’t even walk down the path in bare feet.
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Mark my words, we’ll all want to head to the Southern Hemisphere in short order. I’ve been scoping out Chili and Argentina.
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Bit cold there. or maybe too spicy.BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑07 Jan 2018, 2:34amMark my words, we’ll all want to head to the Southern Hemisphere in short order. I’ve been scoping out Chili and Argentina.
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Kory, there are other factors that play just as an important part on your standard of living as how much you earn and how much things cost. You can do the McDonalds test but that only paints one picture.
Price / cost comparisons don’t include things like lifestyle or climate.
For example if you live in a place with a cold climate you will spend more on heating, obvious, and I am sure price comparisons pick that up. However if you live somewhere cold or has long winters you spend more on everything, clothes, food, entertainment etc..
If for example you live in Auckland where most of the year it isn’t cold, you spend more time outdoors doing stuff that doesn’t cost anything. People socialise outside or at home and that is also cheap.
Local lifestyle is often not related to income alone.
Price / cost comparisons don’t include things like lifestyle or climate.
For example if you live in a place with a cold climate you will spend more on heating, obvious, and I am sure price comparisons pick that up. However if you live somewhere cold or has long winters you spend more on everything, clothes, food, entertainment etc..
If for example you live in Auckland where most of the year it isn’t cold, you spend more time outdoors doing stuff that doesn’t cost anything. People socialise outside or at home and that is also cheap.
Local lifestyle is often not related to income alone.
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Ok now I want to move to Kiwiville.
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Yeah, that's what makes this thread valuable to me. I don't know how in the hell people decide if they can live somewhere without being intimately familiar with it first.101Walterton wrote: ↑07 Jan 2018, 2:33pmKory, there are other factors that play just as an important part on your standard of living as how much you earn and how much things cost. You can do the McDonalds test but that only paints one picture.
Price / cost comparisons don’t include things like lifestyle or climate.
For example if you live in a place with a cold climate you will spend more on heating, obvious, and I am sure price comparisons pick that up. However if you live somewhere cold or has long winters you spend more on everything, clothes, food, entertainment etc..
If for example you live in Auckland where most of the year it isn’t cold, you spend more time outdoors doing stuff that doesn’t cost anything. People socialise outside or at home and that is also cheap.
Local lifestyle is often not related to income alone.
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No, it hasn't come up yet. The determining factor in any of these cities is the reputation of the ballet there, particularly the criteria trio of decent artistic director, good repertoire, and reputation for fair contracts. If it's not on the list, it's probably lacking in one of those, but it may be that she doesn't know anyone that's worked for Twin Cities Ballet, and doesn't have any info. I'll ask her about it, thanks!muppet hi fi wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 10:01pmQuestion for Kory: have you and the missus considered the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota)? It's regularly regarded as having one of the highest standards of living in the US, and has a tremendous music and arts scene.
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We do have the Andahazy Ballet company, whose founders studied with the Russian Bolshoi Theatre. My late sister Anne studied with Andahazy before getting into acting, and apparently they're greatly respected universally.Kory wrote: ↑08 Jan 2018, 1:41pmNo, it hasn't come up yet. The determining factor in any of these cities is the reputation of the ballet there, particularly the criteria trio of decent artistic director, good repertoire, and reputation for fair contracts. If it's not on the list, it's probably lacking in one of those, but it may be that she doesn't know anyone that's worked for Twin Cities Ballet, and doesn't have any info. I'll ask her about it, thanks!muppet hi fi wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 10:01pmQuestion for Kory: have you and the missus considered the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota)? It's regularly regarded as having one of the highest standards of living in the US, and has a tremendous music and arts scene.
http://andahazyballet.com/
Is your wife a dancer or a teacher? I don't know much about dance/ballet, but for some reason I've known quite a few classically trained dancers in my time (I have a sister in law who teaches some form of dance in Madison, WI, which is another locale with a great arts reputation).
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