View Full Version : If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you go?
MothBalls
10-02-09, 03:21 PM
If you had the opportunity and the means to do it, where would you live?
I'm not talking about vacation spots. Not some little island in the Bahamas to retire on. But seriously, where would you relocate to and why? Would you stay where you are?
I would stay where I am. Love it here. :yep:
Kapitan
10-02-09, 03:38 PM
i would move to fair banksjust so i could drive the dalton highway in the winter season and be an ice road trucker.
GoldenRivet
10-02-09, 03:42 PM
I would buy a piper cub
http://markwethli.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/24/pipercub.jpg
and a Stearman
http://www.airborne-aviation.com.au/joyflight/stearman2.jpg
throw in a custom log home
http://www.nahb.org/assets/images/Log%20Home.jpg
and a nice hangar
http://www.alamodoorsystems.com/products/Product%20Detail/4/Bi-foldHangarDoor_1231367458.jpg
And i would put them all on a private grass strip surrounded by wooded acreage
http://www.tontobasinrealestate.com/Property/default_files/NEW_runway.jpg
located in the piny woods of East Texas about 20-30 minutes drive in any direction to the nearest sign of civilization.
why?
It would only be my family, my dog, myself, a few howling coyotes and a million stars every night.
No traffic, no noise, no nosy neighbors, no headaches that i didnt create for myself.:up:
I reckon this place would do nicely:
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/7092/105737092mm1242199880.jpg
AVGWarhawk
10-02-09, 04:04 PM
Dowly's. I hear he loves it where he is. :yeah:
Sledgehammer427
10-02-09, 04:09 PM
I dunno why, but I always see myself living in one of those monotone apartments in New York City, with floor to ceiling glass windows....and drapes:oops::rotfl2:
But If I got the chance to I'd live life out like a mountain man, living in a cottage in northeastern U.S. with nothing but a muzzle-loader, bowie knife, and a trusty German Shepard
FIREWALL
10-02-09, 04:18 PM
I know where I'd like people to go straight to. :p2:
GoldenRivet
10-02-09, 04:20 PM
I know where I'd like people to go straight to. :p2:
Detroit?
NOOOOOOO!!!!!
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1922025
Skybird
10-02-09, 04:58 PM
Either some place in Bavaria, in the green, a small farm or blockhouse with nearby forests and meadows and mountains and as few people around as possible, or, more likely nowadays, a "Ganghaus" in my beloved Lübeck - no way to live "gemütlicher" than there.
http://www.deutschland-panorama.de/staedte/luebeck/ps/1_182_03.php
(panorama pic, click and hold to move perspective)
The tourism bureau advertises with the fact that in Lübeck there is more historic buildings and historic architecture from the 13th-15th century than in all other old cities in Northern Germany alltogether. That's for me, since modern city design and modern architecture is not my thing. The so-called Gänge (corridors) are very typical for Lübeck. These corridors are tight and narrow and branch off from the main streets, where they break through the house fronts in often extremely small, tight, low gates. The Ganghäuser ("Corridor houses") houses are very small, often consist of only one room per floor, meaning they are essentially two or three rooms put one over the other. By description this may sound terrible, but if you have seen these places from inside and lived there (I have spend christmas holidays in several different ones), you know how gemütlich they are. Plus the charming old town of Lübeck, finding a perfect balance between old houses and modern city life in the centre of the old town, plenty of harbour pubs and bistros, the old town is an island, adding to the somewhat isolationist, protected character of the place. That's what i call living quality.
There are also bigger houses, of course, and villas in more modern parts of the city around the oldtown, in very idyllic places at the two rivers embracing the old town. When I was a small boy, we lived there for several years.
Christmas night in the oldtown is something you would not forget, in a very narrow place there are five churches with seven towers, all of them equippped with extremely well-sounding bells, let the air vibrate in all the oldtown, when you walk at night while the bells are ringing, you feel the sound giving a gentle massage to all your body, filling your inside with a sound as if made of accustic gold. I still spend christmas with my parents there, occasionally.
Stealth Hunter
10-02-09, 05:01 PM
With the ferret.:haha:
Platapus
10-02-09, 05:02 PM
Vermont or NH always seemed nice. I would like to visit Maine, I hear that is a beautiful state.
I want to live where there are mountains, lakes, trees, and few people. :yeah:
antikristuseke
10-02-09, 05:06 PM
Right here, except I would have a racing circuit and a drag strip built nearby.
SgtPotato
10-02-09, 06:18 PM
Any place that are safe from zombies, I will live there.
Task Force
10-02-09, 06:26 PM
id go to finland maby... (or the moon... but I dont think we will for a long time.)
nice and cold there... tf likes the cold... :yep:
in a house off the 20 miles from the nearist town, with a replica 109 (with modernised gear may I say.) and a nice runway for it...
and a vehicle or 2 of choice...
GoldenRivet
10-02-09, 11:06 PM
in a house off the 20 miles from the nearist town, with a replica 109 (with modernised gear may I say.) and a nice runway for it...
Nice :yeah:
Upstate Maine is my choice and I hope, my eventual destination. I have the land already, now i just need to build the house. I haven't been everywhere in the world but of all the places I have Northern New England is my clear favorite.
Tchocky
10-03-09, 05:32 AM
New England is lovely, never been to Maine.
On balance I'm going to have to side with Sgt. Potato here, safety is paramount.
kiwi_2005
10-03-09, 09:51 AM
The Himalayas mountains - away from modern technology go back to the hunter gather days and live in some log house depending on nothing but the basics. Maybe go in search of a yeti when bored or hang out with the Tibetan monks :yep: Technology is turning man into a slosh IMHO. I was in WoW last night some 15/16 yr olds in our guild were chatting away one asks what you doing later he replies oh might go download some porn "Wow dude your really cool so you going to go DL some porn" :roll:, being an officer in the guild i decided to kick him for being a retarded dickhe*d.
technology is a good tool for us but its turning man into a couch potato with series online addictions. Man when i was 15 i was out hunting rabbits. Now they in front of pc's arguing with each other on the internet while waiting for their porn to dl :haha: :shifty:
Cap Martin, South of France near Monaco, any house would do nicely...
And a couple of nice cars in the garage, A Ferrari 612 and a Range Rover Sport for getting the grocery's.
http://maps.google.nl/maps?hl=nl&ie=UTF8&ll=43.753272,7.480145&spn=0.006022,0.013937&t=h&z=17
Raptor1
10-03-09, 11:15 AM
Spitsbergen...Ah, wait, that would put me in Norwegian territory, nevermind...
UnderseaLcpl
10-03-09, 12:52 PM
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Platapus
10-03-09, 12:59 PM
Sounds like a legit deal to me!! :yeah:
Jimbuna
10-03-09, 01:57 PM
I'm quite happy living where I am but would like the ability, health and money to travel wherever I wanted to, whenever I wanted to.
mr chris
10-03-09, 02:13 PM
Great Keppel Island at half term just don't tell the wife.
Platapus
10-03-09, 02:18 PM
http://www.siloworld.com/SITES%20FOR%20SALE/SitesForSale.htm
Sure it is a fixer-upper and the location may not be that great. But plenty of privacy and storage space!
Right about here, but I'd like to have the ability to travel the world and spend time living in different places, Russia, Egypt, Japan, US, Oz.
EDIT: Although I've always dreamed of living in a nice heated castle, perhaps a bit like this:
http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t643/T643427A.jpg
Sailor Steve
10-03-09, 05:52 PM
Detroit?
NOOOOOOO!!!!!
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1922025
College Humor? That's a scene from Kentucky Fried Movie, actually a film-within-the-film called A Fistful Of Yen.
Credit where credit is due.
Task Force
10-03-09, 06:15 PM
Right about here, but I'd like to have the ability to travel the world and spend time living in different places, Russia, Egypt, Japan, US, Oz.
EDIT: Although I've always dreamed of living in a nice heated castle, perhaps a bit like this:
http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t643/T643427A.jpg
That castle would be nice... maby abit more more classic in designe tho...
Quad Cities. Because of my girlfriend ;)
Arclight
10-03-09, 08:32 PM
A comfortable hut on a scarcely populated island in the middle of the Pacific, with 2 palm trees nearby, full of coconuts and a hammock in between.
I'd be very content just wandering around, watching the surf from my hammock and diving the coral reefs.
:sunny:
Though a yacht and a seaplane would be nice, to get back to civilization every now and then. :hmmm:
joeljansson
10-04-09, 02:12 AM
A comfortable hut on a scarcely populated island in the middle of the Pacific, with 2 palm trees nearby, full of coconuts and a hammock in between.
I'd be very content just wandering around, watching the surf from my hammock and diving the coral reefs.
:sunny:
Though a yacht and a seaplane would be nice, to get back to civilization every now and then. :hmmm:
sounds good only missing a submarine and i come running after you arclight:yep::yep::yep:: EDIT : no seriously i would!
Raptor1
10-04-09, 02:15 AM
A comfortable hut on a scarcely populated island in the middle of the Pacific, with 2 palm trees nearby, full of coconuts and a hammock in between.
I'd be very content just wandering around, watching the surf from my hammock and diving the coral reefs.
:sunny:
Though a yacht and a seaplane would be nice, to get back to civilization every now and then. :hmmm:
No, no, then you're allowing them to spy on you with their satellites and cameras and listening devices in the pine trees. What you need to do is keep moving, never stay in one place for more than a week, in densly populated regions, so they can't find you.
Arclight
10-04-09, 02:34 PM
No, no, then you're allowing them to spy on you with their satellites and cameras and listening devices in the pine trees. What you need to do is keep moving, never stay in one place for more than a week, in densly populated regions, so they can't find you.
Ah, right, forgot to mention the high-tech underground lair to hack into their network and use it against them. :cool:
sounds good only missing a submarine and i come running after you arclight:yep::yep::yep:: EDIT : no seriously i would!
You'd be more than welcome. :salute:
I guess the secret lair could be expanded with a u-boat pen, housing a restored Type VII. :hmmm:
FIREWALL
10-04-09, 03:13 PM
To be honest I'm happy where I'm at on my little island. :yep:
Task Force
10-04-09, 03:59 PM
could that island be Alcatraz???
Jimbuna
10-04-09, 04:02 PM
To be honest I'm happy where I'm at on my little island. :yep:
Bikini Atol no doubt :DL
Task Force
10-04-09, 04:03 PM
Bikini Atol no doubt :DL
I hear the fish there taste alittle funny...:rotfl2:
FIREWALL
10-04-09, 04:33 PM
could that island be Alcatraz???
Bikini Atol no doubt :DL
:03: :DL
Radtgaeb
10-04-09, 04:43 PM
Monaco or Ronda, Spain.
Castout
10-04-09, 05:23 PM
With lots of money??
Turkey probably:D
I just think it's such an exotic place to be
SteamWake
10-04-09, 07:31 PM
No matter where you go.. there you are. ;)
AngusJS
10-04-09, 08:17 PM
Hong Kong. It's diverse, it has interesting architecture and geography, there are hiking trails and beaches, and all of China is at your doorstep, the best country in the world in terms of tourism IMO.
And you can eat Chinese food everyday!
Torvald Von Mansee
10-04-09, 11:40 PM
I'd have a luxurious yacht, w/various other forms of transportation attached to that yacht (RV in the hold, floatplane w/catapult on the deck, etc.) I'd than sail the world!! :D
MothBalls
10-04-09, 11:55 PM
No matter where you go.. there you are. ;)
That's not true. I've taken many trips and never left the farm.
I reckon this place would do nicely:
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/7092/105737092mm1242199880.jpg
haha someone photoshoped the water.. it certainly isn't blue.
PS.. GO STORM!!
I'd live in an island off the coast of Queensland Australia. Lovely.. as long as there is internet availability and plenty of beer.
Torvald Von Mansee
10-05-09, 12:32 AM
That's not true. I've taken many trips and never left the farm.
Hmmm...what's that growing off the cow turds?
That's not true. I've taken many trips and never left the farm.
"We spent the rest of that day and most of that night tryin' to find my brother Bill
Caught up with him about six o'clock the next mornin'
Naked, singing on the windmill
He said he flew up there
I had to fly up and get him down
He was about half crazy"
VipertheSniper
10-05-09, 03:32 PM
I was always fascinated of Iceland. So if I had the choice I would like to live there, although it probably wouldn't be easy.
Blood_splat
10-05-09, 03:42 PM
Chernobyl.:yeah:
ETR3(SS)
10-05-09, 03:44 PM
At sea, in a submarine. Pulling into port occasionally to resupply then out to sea again. :lurk:
Sledgehammer427
10-05-09, 04:20 PM
well, you can't do it by yourself :D
nikimcbee
10-05-09, 07:15 PM
could that island be Alcatraz???
Dammit, that was my geuss:damn:
:haha:
joeljansson
10-07-09, 02:40 PM
Ah, right, forgot to mention the high-tech underground lair to hack into their network and use it against them. :cool:
You'd be more than welcome. :salute:
I guess the secret lair could be expanded with a u-boat pen, housing a restored Type VII. :hmmm:
Thanks man so when do i move in?:D
Arclight
10-08-09, 02:09 AM
When I win a lawsuit against Bill Gates. :lol:
Just bring your own hammock. ;)
joeljansson
10-08-09, 02:20 AM
When I win a lawsuit against Bill Gates. :lol:
Just bring your own hammock. ;)
Ok so what colour on that law suit i have here?:cool:
Rockstar
10-08-09, 04:16 PM
After Im done cruising I'd like to live at either Swans Island or Mount Desert, MAINE. Great views and property is dirt cheap.
Ow wait. I have to change my original 'stay put' answer to Lesbos island. You cant go wrong with that... just cant. :hmmm:
Ow wait. I have to change my original 'stay put' answer to Lesbos island. You cant go wrong with that... just cant. :hmmm:
Personally I'd prefer the Island of Hot Bisexual Women over Lesbos Island any day but that's just me.
Platapus
10-08-09, 05:21 PM
Personally I'd prefer the Island of Hot Bisexual Women over Lesbos Island any day but that's just me.
Well that beats the crap out of my plan to live on the Island of Misfit Toys. :har:
Stealth Hunter
10-08-09, 06:52 PM
Personally I'd prefer the Island of Hot Bisexual Women over Lesbos Island any day but that's just me.
Second. The Lesbos in Greek Mythology weren't exactly keen on having men in their midst... neither were the Amazonians.
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