I moved this thread to Chit Chat as it really shouldn't have been in the 'Hook up' forum to start with, and has started to stray from the initial topic anyway.
Thanks for your reply! I just called a couple of agencies in Whistler, seems I'm chasing this market at this point I'm eating my hands here.... the apt. I wanted to buy in 1998 has just doubled its value :eek: And my friend in Vancouver ,keeps telling me " TOLD YA, TOLD YA, TOLD YA........"
"One of my big aspirations in life is to use the privileged position I was born into to help alleviate the abject poverty that infests my country (Argentina)" Did you know that in 1900 Argentina was richer per capita than the USA?
Ken you're referring to the expat exemption which is now over 80K. You can't get that while living in the states, even if you are pulling your "salary" from your own little Bahamian or wherever corporation. Currently I'm an hour north of Seattle in the Jan Juans. Perfect place imho. You can drive to Seattle or Vancouver in the same amount of time, or hop on the ferry and be in Victoria with all the potential of Vancouver Island at your disposal. It really is a great area. Seattle itself has gone downhill in the last decade with a massive influx of folks from that fiscally challenged state to the south, and no longer has much of the charm it did into the early '90s. But I still like to visit. I've considered Nevada, and just visited Reno. A bit cheesy those gambling towns, but the high-sierra there are simply beautiful. Winds were blowing almost 50 for a day of my visit and the dust became a bit much and I don't even have allergies. For an outdoorsy person I might even vote for Ely or Elko, which gives you access to Moab, UT and Sun Valley, ID without too much driving yet Nevada tax benefits. For someone who is loaded you could do worse than live in Sun Valley, at least for half the year. What a beautiful area, and you can get away from it all in very short order yet have access to good infrastructure. The outdoor activities in Idaho rival anyplace except maybe New Zealand. Although not a trader this guy is an Austrian who is quite well traveled and he likes Thailand, in the north: http://www.gloomboomdoom.com/lifestyle/indexlifestyle.htm If you haven't read his book its highly recommended too. I'd love to check out Thailand as I can only think its probably great, and I enjoy scuba too. What about forming a Bahamian corp and maintaining residency there while sampling a virtual smorgasbord of these alternative locals. Then you can come back here and give us the skinny.
Oh this is a long interesting thread. Actually, I love to try to live in various cities in the world, and making a life by trading is the ultimate solution. I have been raised in Japan, and used to live in LA for a while. Yes, the weather is great in CA, but what I found is it spoils the brain. I like four seasons. I liked NY stay, too.
What do you mean exactly? What are the cons of living in an"always sunny" place for your experience? thx
"spoils the brain" Find the same problem living in Fla......was much more productive living up north.....maybe most men needs adversarial conditions to really succeed!
Mark, I wake up in the morning, go outside and find it's sunny day. Basically, this repeats everyday. If you have sunny day 'sometimes', you would appreciate it and feel good about it, but if it's 'always', the fine weather is nothing special to you and feel technically nothing. In short, you will be spoiled. I guess some cold temperature is essential to discipline of human mind. As Spiderman mentions, it helps productivity, too. However, I still love LA, and it's my second hometown.