Any recomendations on Expating

Discussion in 'Economics' started by AKUMATOTENSHI, Mar 20, 2011.

  1. Someone's been short the last 600 points.....
     
    #61     Mar 29, 2011
  2. It all depends on what lifestlye you like,
    and what hobbies,business you do .
    for trading ,,in Asia -pacific region you need to trade the US markets in the evening/night , for the mediteranian region it would be in the afternoon /evening . FX / currency would different times again
    what culture do you like ? european , arab,south american or Asians ?
    what religion do you prefer,,,christian, moslem or Buddist ,etc.?
    each country has specific culture related. to religion.
    do you prefer warm climate or cold climate ?
    what kind of taxes would you want to pay ?depends on your citizenship deemed residence staus if you can defer taxes . married or single ? then narrow down the choices , take a holiday ,and meet a few people to experience the local lifestyle.
     
    #62     Mar 29, 2011
  3. zdreg

    zdreg

    then how can u be comfortable in both taiwan and japan?
     
    #63     Mar 29, 2011
  4. d08

    d08

    Why not? The countries are quite similar in many ways - climate, geography, parts of culture. Japan has shintoism and buddhism, Taiwan has taoism, to my understanding they are not completely different.
    Even though I like that area the most myself as well, the taxes are not that low and living can be a bit on the expensive side. I haven't seen the OP talk about taxes yet.
     
    #64     Mar 29, 2011
  5. TD80

    TD80

    I'm not sure whether you are talking real ex-patriation (aka citizenship change), or if you are just looking for foreign residency.

    I realize your handle is anime-related but I will not assume that you are Japanese-American. Even if you are Japanese-American though, good luck getting Japanese citizenship. If you are not full blooded Japanese, you have not a shot in hell frankly speaking. We are talking about the most xenophobic country in the first world, (and damn near the world altogether).

    Not that I don't like the Japanese, but we just have to realize, they really don't like us (non-full blooded Japanese) from an ethnicity perspective. I mean they really don't like that about you, even if they don't show it.

    At any rate, while I agree Asia is the place to be business-wise, I'm not so sure it is the place to be citizenship-wise. I think there are some (privately-sourced) western European solutions to this problem, which will not necessarily mean you have to live in western Europe...

    I agree with some of the others here that it is probably best you proceed with caution and diligence on this matter, and try a few locales out on a temporary basis before going all-in if we are talking about citizenship change.
     
    #65     Mar 29, 2011
  6. Strange. When I last looked into it, vodka, loose women, and cocaine were all cheaper in Russia than USA.
     
    #66     Mar 29, 2011
  7. The Cook Islands.
     
    #67     Mar 29, 2011
  8. Denmark and the southern part of Sweden(Malamo) are my favorite places in Europe.
     
    #68     Mar 29, 2011
  9. Bob111

    Bob111

    http://images.businessweek.com/ss/10/06/0622_most_expensive_cities/16.htm

    Moscow is 15(use to be #3,NY is 29)

    this 2 bedroom apartment will be smaller than my bathroom in US..

    dunno about cocaine and women,but i know about thing or two about alcohol prices(and quality of "local" one)
    here is imported absolut in moscow supermarket-

    http://www.7cont.ru/good/33796/

    about $30 for 0.75L

    same bottle in US-

    http://www.missionliquor.com/Store/...OD=001190&PNAME=Absolut+Peppar+80+Proof+750ml

    $ 17.99

    heh..and don't forget-if you are black(or any other,but white skin color)-you are dead in moscow(and pretty much in every other city)..have fun :p
    instructions from embassy of Kenya:

    http://en.kenemb.ru/news/74-moscow-protestant-chaplaincys-task-force-on.html
     
    #69     Mar 29, 2011
  10. I don`t look that far, and i hope that point in my life will never come.I don`t want to maintain that mummy type of body and prefer to die when it discontinues function properly.You can try to live 300 years if you want.But that`s you, not me.

    I`d prefer to die on a fresh chick:D

    And Russia is not all about Moscow,anyway.But if you don`t like it, then fuck Moscow and...fuck Russia,TOO!Fuck everything that you don`t like...I wanna see more happy people, too.I agree

    :)

    I`d like to go to Nepal.But i need a fresh chick to go with me!:D
     
    #70     Mar 29, 2011