If Money Was No Problem, Where Would You Choose To Live?

If money was no object I’d live in a different high-end hotel throughout the world as the mood strikes me. Flying there of course on my private 747 :slight_smile:

I just had a craving for some sopapillas. :laughing:

with Honey…… :heart_eyes:

Båstad, Skåne, Sweden

London Paris New York Båstad was a bumper sticker I saw a lot as a kid.

Lucerne, Switzerland. Postcard perfect when I visited there. Stunning in every way. Google it if you are bored.

Anywhere where I can shine my lights without distributing neighbors. Prefer ranch.

Wellp, a neighbor here, a neighbor there… they all add up.

Just look for BLF members as neighbor’s! Maybe we should start our own neighborhood.

Interesting thread :smiley:

I live in Switzerland (close to Luzern) and I love it here.
Civilised people, very calm (is not for everyone), expensive and wonderful landscapes.

If you like cycling or hiking this is heaven.

Still, sooo many places to visit…
In my “places to go” list is Boulder (Colorado) and somewhere lost and quite in Canada.

Cheers!

I would live where I live. In Silesia.
I’ve lived for several years in other places (only within country) and cultural differences meant that I didn’t feel well there. I didn’t feel at home.
So I returned.

Now political situation in the country is literally terrible and month after month this is becoming less and less bearable.
Also I can’t help but notice that moving 400 km west would double my income.

But this is home. And even though I’ve never been as dissatisfied with it as I am now - I’m not moving out yet.

I don’t know what was in the first thread, but I’ll take a stab at it…

What’s with this tyranny of “non-controversy” that has infected every single forum on the internet?

It’s almost as if, by design, people have been systematically muzzled, where certain opinions and subjects that oppose a certain agenda are labeled “crime-think”, and anything arbitrarily labeled “offensive” is relegated to ever-smaller parts of the internet. It’s almost like diversity is not a strength or something…

It’s almost like a certain group of people, an ironically-named “internet defense force”, a propaganda arm of some ‘tribe’, who admittedly employ thousands and have an essentially unlimited budget… it’s like they’ve sought moderator positions at every major discussion forum, or just outright bought and took over each forum.

People have become so brainwashed and pussified and cowed by Marxist political correctness… it has infected everything. And so, our civilization will continue to swirl the toilet as anyone who voices any dissent is silenced and banned everywhere. The truth is no defense.

This forum simply does not “do” politics and/or religion as there is a history of topics sometimes becoming battlegrounds for differing ideology. The forum rules, do clearly state we should avoid divisive subjects. That was not followed… It is actually a pretty good policy. This forum is owned and moderated by one person, no team, no conspiracy. sb56637 is quite fair-minded. I have no connection to him, but do admire his even-handedness.

Anyway, to answer OP’s question.

I’d probably stay in the US, foolish as that might be given the direction we’re headed. We still seem to be the cleanest dirty shirt, so to speak — at least in pockets of the country.
I hate the cold, but the northern part of the country has better demographics. Yet, they also have the most tyranny. Sometimes, civilized is synonymous with gullibility and no balls, it seems.
The southern half of the country has better freedoms, and is more hospitable climate-wise… but the potential for bloody hostilities in a without rule of law scenario is greater here. A financial or economic crash would do it.

So it’s really hard to say. Wherever I decided, I’d want to be close (bike-riding distance) to a town of ~50k. I’d want some neighbors nearby for security (isolation is bad). I’d want to build partially underground for thermal efficiency. I’d want a nice solar set-up and a well. Lots of both pasture and trees. An edible orchard — fruits and nuts and such. A pond.

In sum, I’d want a great deal of self-sufficiency, but other options close at hand. A community, but comprised of people who aren’t violent, low IQ scumbags… but who are also not gullible simps and sheep.

So that pretty much rules out everywhere in the entire world.

Yeah, and the problem is that some people have, well, quite polarized opinions on political subjects, are not willing to be reasonable at all with others, and are not willing to listen to facts and prefer to ramble on.

Back on track now, I’d personally just stay where I live. I personally love Canada, and rather than escaping to a “better” place, I’d rather try and change the environment around me.

Hmmm To ABove.
I thought these threds were for like minded people of ALL casts and denominations. Regardless. To enjoy a common goal.
SOME. Apparently don’t know the meaning og “blending and enjoying.
Ah Well. Ce-La-VIS.

Abobe (ing).
When in breeding cycle. Pick where the best wages are for YOUR experiences. Regardless. You after the money for later. NOTHING else.
I travelled worldwide in construction. Started at 13 yrs. retired at 49 yrs.

Later. (depending on income. health etc. Pick the climate YOU like. We all different so impossible to advise. ME. I like the sea. and the Tropics.
Shorts. T’Shirt and sandals ALL YEAR, Is perfect.
Sticky skin and sweat running down bare chest is ideal. but not so hot now I’m “older” hey.
Lived on my yachts x 2 After Marriage and breeding cycle till late 50’s. Settled down in Queensland. Tropics. On coast. with Island views.
Summer temp’s ALL yr. Worked n Desert with True. 45 to 53Deg C. and on North Sea (UK) Trawlers as a youth in Minus 15/20.
plus a session on Alaska Pipeline in mid ’60’s for CJB at Minus— I don’t want to remember thank you. AFTER coming off a section in Sahara Desert over Atlas Mountains prior to. Cape Town to London to Kodiak.
That was an interesting transition. Believe me. A lot of us came out in Boils.

Personal choice. Tropics in a climatically stable area. IE. 1 Cyclone through town in 28 yrs.
But wherever req’d for income till retirement.
THEN. Wherever you have worked and planned for for the prev 50+ yrs…
Tropic of Capricorn (27km South of here) is a VERY stable part of this planet on any Continent.
I’ve sailed. worked, and travelled a large part of it. MY choice. YEPPOON QLD.
Look it up on Google.
Plan early. Remember. your WHOLE working life. Basically, (for the average human) is working towards a comfortable retirement. Enjoy it on the way.

Heading off for a few weeks cruise on MED. In a week or so. Then Brother in Brantford, Ont. for some fishing in Canada and Alaska. Yumm.
Now 77yrs. and loving life.

Good to know.

But this policy is becoming ever-more oppressive, everywhere.
Yes, the battles do become tiresome because most people on all sides are just really ignorant, stupid…
It’s a small price to pay though, when the alternative is the loss of honest discussion in a true marketplace of ideas, where anyone who dare voice a controversial (but rational and logically-sound) viewpoint gets banned or ‘warned’.

The RULES…… State. No Politics. NO controversy.
Live together… Peacefully.

I’ll bite the balls off anybody that picks me. But.
Otherwise. Live peacefully. It’s easier.

WHERE’s the problem.
If a person Can NOT carry on a conversation. Discussion. Whatever.
with a peaceful demeanor.
Piss orft…… Not welcome. Simple.

I speak my mind in general. BUT never at another NAMED/Identified Individual.
(Normally)
In general, That’s usually fine.
Just DISCUSS… Whatever. On a General level. NO names or insinuations.
It’s usually fine.

Have fun all.

I’d probably find someplace in the Scottish wilderness.

I don’t think the policy is anything new for forums that have a narrow focus and a specific reason for being. I have been an admin on another forum, nothing to do with flashlights, for over 18 years. We have always had an off-topic area, but also have had specific rules against divise or controversial subjects unless it has a direct bearing on our forum focus. Even then we ask, we demand that civility is maintained. I don’t see anything wrong with that.

We are all here as guests of sb56637, much like anybody here would be a guest in my living room in my home. I don’t allow smoking in my home or yard. If someone can’t handle that they will have to decide to accept that or leave. It is the same principle here. Maybe not the best analogy but it is the best I can do off the top of my head.

Cheers!

One other thought on forums and their “restrictive” rules.

I believe many of us truly enjoy the ability to interact with others who share one of our passions, some would say our obsessions, without having the intrusion of strife that is irrelevant to the main topic of interest, flashlights, or whatever.

If I really want to discuss politics I will go to a city hall or county commission meeting. There’s one this coming Tuesday. :frowning: I am not totally blameless here. I once drifted off into “politicaland” during a period of personal distress and was nudged somewhat gently back into reality by one of the other members. I don’t think I ever proferred by thanks; but am now grateful to have had the error of my ways pointed out to me. So thank you.