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Bumping a post to "the top" does not help your topic get noticed.
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From zero replies to nine overnight. I'd beg to differ on that, but I won't bump any posts on this forum any more, my apologies, new here.
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Originally Posted by kent_moore
El Nido, Palawan
The place is very tolerant to americans. Infact the country where it is located is voted as one of the coutries that loves America/Americans more than Amercians love the USA.
It is voted as one of the best beaches in the world.
Warm and humid weather for 8 months, expect heavy rains in 4 months.
People are friendly, majority can communicate in English and politics are stable (not the entire country though).
I can't comment on the safety, probably same level as average America in terms of safety.
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Awesome, I'll type that in wikivoyage and learn more.
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You can't just pack your stuff and move.
First of all you should first visit some places then decide which one you like. Then you need to have some useful skills to get a job, or how else you want to live? Then you need to find out the immigration regulations for that country. And last - you need to have some savings to survive, while you look for a housing and a job.
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I know. But I like to daydream as if it's possible (that may end up being the only way). Kind of build a mental list of places I'd visit and check out if I were able to, and figure out why.
Oooooh it's in the phillipines? Okay I have checked that out before. There were things that appealed to me about that place and things that didn't. What's the marijuana culture there like? Also cyanide fishing? Is that healthy for the people who eat the fish?
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Being bum and college drop out doesn't mean he has no savings.
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I do have some savings. I didn't win the lottery but I would like to conduct this thought experiment as if I had. It's kind of a long term goal of mine to be able to relocate someday, but I'm tempering it for the time being until it becomes possible.
Also, I love how "no bachelors and can't get one right now," automatically means bum. Sadly, that's probably a fair assumption.
This was suggested to me repeatedly in a different forum as well. I'll wikivoyage that again tonight. Starting to kind of get the impression about Thailand that from on the outside it doesn't look that nice, but the unwritten rules there kind of make it a paradise. I wonder about how well I'd be able to adapt to an Asian country though.
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The place you're looking for using that criteria doesn't even exist. I don't understand why people make threads like this. You want to live in an interesting place, but take out all the things that make it interesting.
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That's a fair point. I even acknowledged it in the OP. No place is going to meet ALL of my criteria, I'm just trying to figure out where would be the best fit for myself if I
could someday go. Something to daydream about.
What do you mean by saying I want to take out all the things that make it interesting?
People make threads like this because they're dissatisfied (for whatever reasons, whether that feeling be justified or not is irrelevant, it's all subjective) with their current situation and there's little they can actually do about it but wonder what life could maybe be in a parallel universe.
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How does not having a degree prevent you from moving? That doesn't even make sense. A lot of people don't have degrees and seem to get around just fine.
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It severely limits my options. Most of the really good countries seem to have stringent educational requirements to even qualify to immigrate there. One reason for this thread might be to learn about more overlooked options that I previously didn't know about that may be attainable someday.
Not only do you need a degree to qualify for citizenship in many places, but you need one to be able to support yourself adequately (especially in a new, foreign land, all by yourself); and I don't know about the rest of the world, but here that absolutely means having a bachelors.
Also, moving in the first place requires a bit of a stack. Something I'm actually working on, but it's a slow process, and I have to suffer a little for every bit I save. Getting there though. A bachelors would make achieving that stack in a timely manner much more realistic.
I would love to hear stories of people who don't have degrees and get around just fine. Maybe it could inspire me or give me an idea I hadn't thought of yet.
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There is a HUGE difference between living in a small village in the developed world and living in a small village in a place like the Philippines. Given the OP's criteria, he wouldn't be able to handle living in a small village in an underdeveloped country. He would freak out in a few minutes.
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ahh I see now. as humorous as that sounds like it'd be for somebody watching me in that position, I don't think I'd like to go through that. I think it definitely needs to be a developed country.
Thanks for the responses guy! I know this sounds dumb but you guys feeding my imagination with your knowledge and experiences would really help me out a lot at this time in my life.
Also, is there a "Show new replies to your posts," type function on this forum? I can't find it anywhere.