Reply to: Top 50 places to live

[Helios]

What about the Dominican Republic? Easy citizenship for most and almost no tax. If you run out of money you can always become a pope.

[Mordac]

Prague's a great place to live.

Not many Scotsmen, for a start...

[ScotsmanInPrague]

For what it's worth, I live in Prague and work ... well, wherever. Starting a new contract in Canary Wharf Monday.

Prague's a great place to live.

[sasguru]

A place is only as good as the people you know there.

Next ....

[AlfredJPruffock]

You cant beat the sheer romance of Basingstoke.
For dirty weekends its got to be Rotherham.

You can keep your
Brussels and Amsterdam
Give me back my weekend in Rotherham

[hyperD]

Perth/Fremantle I found just too remote and in the evenings would go walkabout and try and find somewhere interesting and go back to my hotel feeling rather disappointed.

I was fortunate enough to be living with locals and they took me to some great bars and restaurants. Even got to know the guy at the local offy who showed me the hidden cellar of special wine - fantastic.

I think if I was on my own, I would have had a different opinion.

[Joe Black]

"Lots of houses in Perth have a pool"

So I believe do lot's in places like Auckland/Wellington etc.

Having a swimming pool in your back-yard though doesn't necessarily make a place you'd want to live full-time, anymore than Coober Pedy with it's abundant sunshine as well as nice cool underground houses.

My pref if I moved to Australia would be Melbourne (even though it rained half the week I was there) or Sydney. Perth/Fremantle I found just too remote and in the evenings would go walkabout and try and find somewhere interesting and go back to my hotel feeling rather disappointed.

[Bitbucket]

But perhaps a fortune on aircon for your house.

If you want all the things you mention in your first sentence though, then you might as well just head off to NZ.

Personally I'll join the various others in saying that I found Perth/WA quite boring, certainly Fremantle etc seemed overrated and sort of a one horse/one street town. Nice to visit but so is Alaska...

Lots of houses in Perth have a pool , reason being is that its cheaper than aircon , quick beer (Not Fosters) and then jump in the pool to cool off.

When I went to NZ I was almost mugged by loacl Maori , it rained everyday and it was just like England. Not that I have anything against England but you want to go somewhere different

[DodgyAgent]

Merthyr Tydfil

I once got arrested there for using a Tesco trolley to support me on the way home from the rugby club. great place.

[lORD lUCAN]

People tell me that Perth WA is nice but boring after a while and a bit remote from anywhere else. What do you think, BB?

Prefer Sydney, Perth is too quiet with too many inbreds, SAS is from Perth, you can tell by his incredibly small feet and his unusual smell of cabbage

PS Normandy is incredibly beautiful this time of year. Just unfortunate the French live there.

[bogeyman]

Merthyr Tydfil

[Joe Black]

Depends what you want , if your young then Perth is not for you , but if your looking for somewhere safe to bring the kids up , cheap property prices , a great outdoor life and a place where your not spending a fortune on central heating then Perth is not bad.

But perhaps a fortune on aircon for your house.

If you want all the things you mention in your first sentence though, then you might as well just head off to NZ.

Personally I'll join the various others in saying that I found Perth/WA quite boring, certainly Fremantle etc seemed overrated and sort of a one horse/one street town. Nice to visit but so is Alaska...

[Torran]

Like anywhere, not sure there is. If you do ab initio and get your frozen ATPL, you still have to find the 1500 total hours before you get airline a/c status.

Sponsorship is hard to come by and is age restricted.

Go to PPRUNE forums for more details and ask questions their. If you can afford it as a freelance, flying for recreation is fantastic in Oz. And cheaper.

Plus in WA you get to land on the road if there aint an airstrip and you fancy a pint

[hyperD]

Like anywhere, not sure there is. If you do ab initio and get your frozen ATPL, you still have to find the 1500 total hours before you get airline a/c status.

Sponsorship is hard to come by and is age restricted.

Go to PPRUNE forums for more details and ask questions their. If you can afford it as a freelance, flying for recreation is fantastic in Oz. And cheaper.

[Joe Black.]

No, simply in between contracts at the time. Just hour building on twins for recreation - stayed with some friends there that I knew from UK who worked at Kwinana ref.

ah ok. I am considering doing my commercial pilots license, but not sure how much work is around for pilots, especially in WA.