If you had to:

[Duleigh]

Thank you for your service.
What branch did you serve in???
I was the 5th generation to serve in the Navy.

USAF, Primarily the Strategic Air Command A good chunk of what I did for a living is here in The Pilot's Consent Switch

 

[stickygirl]

Canada, room to breathe
Thailand, beaches and food
Japan, to learn about a completely alien culture
Vancouver, assuming I could afford it of course, but proximity to mountains and sea. Or maybe Perth, Australia or Barcelona

 

[nice90sguy]

UK, India, India, London

...and that's after living a long time in the U.S.

My wife and I discussed this recently, as we have a chance to do some travelling, and possibly emigrating, in the next few years. We both decided we're city people who love Europe as a home, and big, diverse, racially torelant cosmopilitan cities -- and nothing, not even New York, seems to come close to London for that.

 

[Dearelliot]

America, Great place to live, healthcare.
Thailand, Great beaches Great sex.
Thailand...

 

[MillieDynamite]

USA
Nigeria
London or Paris (just for kicks)
Thinking about relocating to San Fransico but probably OKC maybe Denver (if I can stand to be so close to sis)

 

[RelentlessOnanism]

If you had to live in one country for the rest of your life what would it be?

If you had to travel in one country for a year what country would it be?

If you had to travel in one country for a month what country would it be?

If you had to live in one city for the rest of your life what city would it be?

OK I'll start: Italy, Turkey, Morocco, Istanbul

The UK. It's my home, and if I had to live in one place, I’d rather it be here than anywhere else.

The United States. It's big, it's varied and I like trashy American diner food.

Australia.

Hong Kong.

 

[jaykaythree]

Trashy American diner food.

As Burl Ives would say, "Oh, the sweet-tastin' joys of this life!"

 

[jaykaythree]

What's got me hung up is where to travel for a full year, and where to travel for a month.

But where to live out my life? My home, my America.

In what city? Chicago -- somewhat close to family, great food (I'm all about that deep dish), and a street grid that doesn't take long to figure out with study.

 

[MajorRewrite]

You’re a bunch of homebodies! Nothing wrong with that, of course.

 

[ericrodman101]

I haven't visited, but Argentina for the culture and the landscape and the weird history and the warm crazy literature and movies. Learning about it makes it feel like the west through a looking glass where everything looks normal but is really the opposite. Someone once said there are three types of country in the world: developed countries, developing countries, and Argentina.

And secondly, Korea - again I haven't visited, but it is a country with a buzz, a youthful vibe which offers fun and excitement, music and film and TV - can never get enough Kdrama - and as a gay man, the most beautiful young men in the world.

And for one city, how to go past London? What don't they have in London?

 

[Moon Glade]

I'm curious if you've ever had to deal with the Italian bureaucracy.

Barring any radical changes in the world:

1. United Kingdom. Better than most, more or less civilized, more or less peaceful, not much chance of being killed for my sexuality, etc etc.
2. New Zealand. I don't think I could see all of Down Undererer in a lifetime, let alone a year.
3. France. In particular, anywhere where I can get lots of wine, good Boulangerie and access to a lot of good Pâtisserie.
4. London. A hop, skip and a jump from the Continent and chock-full of culture, art, museums and European women.

Lived in Italy for four years back in the 70's and yes, they do like to stamp forms, but then the French are pretty good at it too.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

America or Israel
Israel
Israel
Denver or Jerusalem

 

[MillieDynamite]

Of course, those would be your answers.

America or Israel
Israel
Israel
Denver or Jerusalem

 

[Duleigh]

Of course, those would be your answers.

Hey, I've done 50% of those.

 

[Moon Glade]

A lot of interesting answers here. Actually I vacillate about my first choice. Lived in the UK for a bit and like the English and England but the weather made me lean toward Italy rather than the UK. It is nice to be in your own language...well it's almost the same.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Hey, I've done 50% of those.

Mary's done a month in Israel when she was younger.

 

[Duleigh]

Mary's done a month in Israel when she was younger.

I've really wanted to go there, but travel is no longer my thing, as for Denver, I've lived there twice, it was much more fun in 1977 than it was in 2007

 

[Fatdog25]

If you had to live in one country for the rest of your life what would it be?

If you had to travel in one country for a year what country would it be?

If you had to travel in one country for a month what country would it be?

If you had to live in one city for the rest of your life what city would it be?

One country for the rest of my life? America. It ain't perfect, but it's home. So much to see, so little time.

One country for a year? It's hard to choose just one. Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Ireland, England would be the top five.

One country for a month? Same as above, Japan would be sixth but not by much.

One city for life? Where I am now. Been here almost 40 years, planning on staying for whatever I've got left.

 

[Trionyx]

America, Great place to live, healthcare.

Meh, by most measures the health care in the US is well below most of the Western European countries. The US is below Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the Netherlands in cost, efficiency, and general outcomes, among other measures.

 

[Dearelliot]

Meh, by most measures the health care in the US is well below most of the Western European countries. The US is below Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the Netherlands in cost, efficiency, and general outcomes, among other measures.

Maybe, but not for me...I live in an affluent area in Jersey, although I am not, and have great health insurance and easy access to many Doctors, great hospitals and emergency depts.
For an old man in his late 80s that is important.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I've really wanted to go there, but travel is no longer my thing, as for Denver, I've lived there twice, it was much more fun in 1977 than it was in 2007

It has a very high cost of living now. That may be the only reason Pops hasn't relocated, with him having two GKs there and only Donnie here. Jo and would have to follow if they move there, and while I love the area, I rather visit there than live there. As I've said in another thread, Jo and I have considered SF, CA, because of our lifestyle. It's more accepting of our type of folks than here. Not that we have had real problems here, but minor ones all the time.

 

[Duleigh]

It has a very high cost of living now. That may be the only reason Pops hasn't relocated, with him having two GKs there and only Donnie here. Jo and would have to follow if they move there, and while I love the area, I rather visit there than live there. As I've said in another thread, Jo and I have considered SF, CA, because of our lifestyle. It's more accepting of our type of folks than here. Not that we have had real problems here, but minor ones all the time.

I just left there, I prefer the small mining towns in the mountains but I can't go up there anymore due to vascular conditions so I moved to sea level where it's easier to breathe

 

[friendlyoldman]

Thailand. I actually moved to this country 7 years ago and do not intend to return to my home land

India. Large enough to spend a year.

Iceland. Longer than a month would make me bankrupt.

Does not matter. I would die within a week if I had to live in a city for the rest of my life.

 

[lovecraft68]

I'd stay in the US, but I want to live in a tiny little town in the middle of nowhere. Population a couple thousand, quiet, boring as fuck and where I'd probably be seen as the bad element.

I have family in Fairfield Idaho...the town is so small that when my uncle served two terms as mayor part of the job was to plow the streets.

I don't think I'll ever do it, my wife grew up in Boston and for some unfathomable reason loves being in a city. I don't like cities, there's people in them.