Emigrating ...

[oracleslave]

I think there is a quite a large expat community in Bangalore.

Traffic is a biatch. Heat and in particular the humidity is restrictive. Leela Palace was nice though.

[sasguru]

So to summarise:

India: too hot ...
Canada: too cold ...
Australia: full of twats...
NZ: too boring
US: too fecked
Europe: speak foreign
SA: too criminal

Buggered. SW London it is.

[ThomasSoerensen]

malaria, dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, cholera, diptheria, hepatitis A & B, Japanese encephalitis, schistosomiasis and typhoid

this was referring to the UK, right?

[d000hg]

As countries, NZ has a great reputation and the US is pretty stereotyped. But, remember just how vast the US is.
There MUST be places in the US where they have decent schools
There are certainly places great for IT
There are places with any climate you would like
There are probably places where everyone isn't stereotypically American

The problem is finding if anywhere in the US ticks all the boxes. Personally, I think there probably is but it might take a while to look...

[DimPrawn]

As countries, NZ has a great reputation and the US is pretty stereotyped. But, remember just how vast the US is.
There MUST be places in the US where they have decent schools
There are certainly places great for IT
There are places with any climate you would like
There are probably places where everyone isn't stereotypically American

The problem is finding if anywhere in the US ticks all the boxes. Personally, I think there probably is but it might take a while to look...

Yeah, and the USA just lets Britons walk in, take a job and settle down...work permits are a cinch.

[tim123]

Yes I know we've done this one before, but its more urgent this time. So where's the best place with :

1. Good weather
2. English speaking, reasonable economy with growth prospects in IT
3. Reasonable property costs
4. Good schools

What's you definition of Good Weather?

Some people might suggest Cyprus, but for me that would be awful weather.

tim

[bogeyman]

Yeah, and the USA just lets Britons walk in, take a job and settle down...work permits are a cinch.

I think you've hit a bit of a nail of the head there.

The assumption by some posters that:

a) They are so wonderful that their (non-EU) country of choice will welcome them with open arms

b) They can persuade their significant other and offspring (if applicable) to up sticks and go with them.

I'm on the way to managing a) but cannot for the life of me see b) happening.

[expat]

I think you've hit a bit of a nail of the head there.

The assumption by some posters that:

a) They are so wonderful that their (non-EU) country of choice will welcome them with open arms

b) They can persuade their significant other and offspring (if applicable) to up sticks and go with them.

I'm on the way to managing a) but cannot for the life of me see b) happening.

a) I don't expect welcome with open arms, but I would have been likely to have been accepted as a skilled immigrant to many places when I was younger. Now I'm too old, though ironically my sister has emigrated to NZ, OK since she is younger, but actually I will probably have to work for more years yet than she will, so actually I do have more useful working years to contribute....

b) This is an important consideration. I/we took our kids to France, where they grew up. In later years I have had belated concerns about what we did to them (and I know it was sometimes hard), but they have both recently expressed thanks for the experience and education that gave them. But it is not something to do lightly.

The same would apply at least as much to some of the more distant, albeit English-speaking, options. You can decide for yourself with a simple checklist: you can't and shouldn't decide for a family nearly so easily.

[Sysman]

Traffic is a biatch. Heat and in particular the humidity is restrictive. Leela Palace was nice though.

I'm afraid the heat and humidity would do my head in. I really do like fresh air.

[Grinder]

Did anyone suggest Dubai yet?