scrubbedexpat091

It can be pretty unpleasant during rush hour. I rarely drove that far north though, so never had to deal with it unless going to LA or Orange County. Outside of rush hour the freeways move full speed a head still, SD never got as bad Los Angeles but is still a lot smaller then the big neighbor to the north.

Still have more congestion and annoying traffic in Vancouver....lol... I find on average it takes about twice as long in Vancouver to travel the same distance vs San Diego. 8 miles in San Diego using the freeways about 12 mins on average, same distance in Vancouver 30-45 mins which is how long it takes me to get home from work at 2pm from YVR to East Van which is about 8 miles, but the difference is in Vancouver its all city streets stop and go which is why driving in Vancouver is such a horrendous experience...

daveincolchester

The US Virgin Islands has a pretty high crime rate and they drive on the left hand side of the road.

Most of the vehicles there have the drivers side set up for North American driving, so it's an adventure.

dbd33

I met someone who was simultaneously living #11 and #14. She'd moved from Toronto to Tahiti and operated a dinghy and sailboard rental business. I can't say she seemed in constant ecstasy but when I met her she was in Toronto visiting her vexatious sister.

scrubbedexpat091

Fiji is on my bucket list.

I love tropical locations with an ocean.

Oink

Clacton-on-Sea. We used to go there for our holidays. It's lovely in the summer.

Partially discharged

Yep...been there and I noticed the drive on t'other side of road yet with Buicks and Chevy pickup trucks. Not a big fan of the caribbean as it is is virtually impossible to get away from it all and experience how the locals live etc but I've been the St Maarten and that was OK especially if you're into plane spotting close at hand and the french/dutch mix of the island is nice. I've also heard Martinique is nice.

Partially discharged

Yep...been there and I noticed the drive on t'other side of road yet with Buicks and Chevy pickup trucks. Not a big fan of the caribbean as it is is virtually impossible to get away from it all and experience how the locals live etc but I've been to St Maarten and that was OK especially if you're into plane spotting close at hand and the french/dutch mix of the island is nice. I've also heard Martinique is nice.

dbd33

One of my kids was in Martinique a couple of weeks ago. That's why moving to the Central African Republic is better than moving to Canada, you get lots of holidays and can go to exotic places.

Partially discharged

And the CAR isn't exotic enough.

Londonuck

Yep France for me as well. Wouldn't turn my nose up at Italy as well.

Danny B

Palawan island, Philippines.

Piff Poff

At the moment we are still wanting to move to Ontario, but OH has thrown a bit of a curve ball into the mix and has suggested RVing for a couple of years - selling up everything, including the E Type but keeping the Torino and if he's keeping that then I'm keeping my Capri lol. Then just bumming around, then settling into something more modest. I wonder if we should get the something more modest and then just RV for the winter, then we wouldn't have to pay for storage for the cars.

vikingsail

So very very true the gateway to hell!

DandNHill

Gordon Barlow

Many, many years ago (!), my new wife and I left our jobs in Toronto and drove one of those snowbirds' cars down to Florida on our way to Nassau, Bahamas, where we found work and saved enough to go travelling before ending up in Cayman. Any Canadian resident looking for overseas work should at least consider one of the the West Indian islands. They offer a Western lifestyle, good salaries, usually - and some of them don't even levy Income Tax. (I think Bahamas and Bermuda impose a salaries tax, but other income isn't taxed there.) Cayman has quite large communities of Canadians and British expats, and many of the other islands have smaller communities of both. (Our expats make up 60-70% of the total population.)

Cayman is not a place to retire to, unless you're filthy rich. (We were grandfathered in, so we don't have to be multi-millionaires; but any newcomer retiree would.) It's wildly expensive, and the government is generally anti-expat - although it makes an exception for its own employees. For other information, you can check in at BE's Caribbean forum.