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Forum: Europe
May 16th 2015, 6:28 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 2,200
Posted By dgdevil

Re: Looking for EU version of Los Angeles - climate, culture

Thanks. Have been discussing the options with my wife. All options look great. One advantage we have that earlier generations of expats didn't have is AirBnB: and the freedom to sample multiple...
Forum: Europe
May 16th 2015, 2:43 am
Replies: 14
Views: 2,200
Posted By dgdevil

Re: Looking for EU version of Los Angeles - climate, culture

20 years in the house. Any city with an Aldi (Nord/Sud)-owned grocery store is blessed.

"Cosmopolitan" - rock concerts, museums, parks, cool galleries, upscale movie theaters.
Forum: Europe
May 16th 2015, 2:28 am
Replies: 14
Views: 2,200
Posted By dgdevil

Re: Looking for EU version of Los Angeles - climate, culture

Thanks for the great responses.

Riviera. D'oh! Why didn't I think of that? Assume the French part is better than the Italian? Or are they both mired in tax-loving bureaucracy?

I am vaguely...
Forum: Europe
May 15th 2015, 5:08 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 2,200
Posted By dgdevil

Looking for EU version of Los Angeles - climate, culture

In a sentence, which European city would be closest to Los Angeles in terms of warm weather ("CSa" climate like Seville) and proximity to cosmopolitan vibes (no US-aimed sarcasm, please)?

My wife...
Forum: Central, South America & Mexico
Feb 10th 2014, 2:44 am
Replies: 4
Views: 2,888
Posted By dgdevil

Re: Moving family to Rio

Do a solo recon first, see what you think. I KNOW what you will think! "Nice beach, food, shame about everything else."

Now is not a good time, what with World Cup and Olympics. But if your job...
Forum: Australia
Jan 7th 2014, 11:36 pm
Replies: 199
Views: 29,483
Posted By dgdevil

Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio

They pay a lot of tax, but don't mind. In fact I have a successful buddy in Norway who wishes he could pay more tax. Not kidding.
Forum: Australia
Jan 7th 2014, 3:24 pm
Replies: 199
Views: 29,483
Posted By dgdevil

Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio

Not to mention the clobbering you take at the supermarket checkout and shopping mall. It's like Norway, but without the sovereign oil fund.

Manufacturing, btw, accounts for only about 8% of...
Forum: Australia
Jan 7th 2014, 2:24 pm
Replies: 199
Views: 29,483
Posted By dgdevil

Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio

Well, exactly. Whose pocket does the big, fat wage come out of?
Forum: Australia
Jan 6th 2014, 2:01 pm
Replies: 199
Views: 29,483
Posted By dgdevil

Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio

Boom, bust? When I was first there in the 80s, it was very Japanese. Maybe they stopped coming when the Japanese bubble popped, then went elsewhere (Hawaii, NZ?) and no one filled the gap.

Or...
Forum: Australia
Jan 6th 2014, 12:46 pm
Replies: 199
Views: 29,483
Posted By dgdevil

Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio

Admittedly, I just drove through them. But I liked the NSW towns of Kiama (beach), Bowral and Mudgee. Suburban Canberra, too.

Surfers might have been OK in the 80s. I went there a few years ago...
Forum: Central, South America & Mexico
Dec 10th 2013, 11:17 am
Replies: 4
Views: 4,204
Posted By dgdevil

Re: Moving to Brazil... Help!!!

First of all, congratulations on the marriage.

Secondly, don't commit to Brazil without visiting first.

Beyond that, I would establish yourselves professionally in your current location, pay...
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 5th 2013, 12:32 pm
Replies: 88
Views: 10,873
Posted By dgdevil

Re: New Zealand is not as I hoped

Both over-rated, full of trolls?
Forum: New Zealand
Jan 5th 2013, 5:32 am
Replies: 88
Views: 10,873
Posted By dgdevil

Re: New Zealand is not as I hoped

You only have yourself to blame, unfortunately. But helpful advice in this thread can help you turn things around quickly.

1. Better digs in better part of Auckland. Large swathes of the North...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 18th 2012, 1:48 pm
Replies: 130
Views: 21,886
Posted By dgdevil

Re: NZ vs UK - not all it's cracked up to be. Is it just me?

Kiwis (I am an expat New Zealander) like to consider ourselves to be friendly, outgoing, relaxed people. But something tends to get lost in translation, and certain gestures or jokes might get taken...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 16th 2012, 7:04 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,040
Posted By dgdevil

Re: is this the future for young people CURRENTLY in NZ?

Engaged at 17? Expelled from school? Estranged father? This story won't have a happy ending. Move along, folks.
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 29th 2012, 6:13 am
Replies: 23
Views: 20,565
Posted By dgdevil

Re: Wanganui or New Plymouth?

I did a rough reverse of what you are contemplating. Spent 5 years at high school in Wanganui after being raised in a nearby country town, and I later escaped NZ to the Hollywood Hills. If it's only...
Forum: Hungary
Sep 28th 2012, 8:52 am
Replies: 6
Views: 14,327
Posted By dgdevil

Re: Buying a property in Budapest

As a matter of interest, did you buy anything? I saw a bunch of places in Districts V, VI, VII and IX during my weeklong stay earlier this month, but found a wide price-quality differential. A lot of...
Forum: Hungary
Aug 18th 2012, 3:22 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 14,327
Posted By dgdevil

Re: Buying a property in Budapest

Just saw this, and signed up ... I am in the same boat, and may even be there about the same time. Wise people say you should live in the area for a year before buying. Not sure I could do that. And...
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