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jm wrote: If you wanted to move from the USA to Europe, which top three countries would you consider? Make cost of living a factor in some and not in others. I appreciate your input! 1) England (mainly because I speak the language, but near enough to London for frequent trips to ROH) 2) Austria (near enough to Vienna to attend the opera frequently) 3) France (near enough to Paris for ditto) |
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jm wrote: If you wanted to move from the USA to Europe, which top three countries would you consider? Make cost of living a factor in some and not in others. I appreciate your input! 1) England (mainly because I speak the language, but near enough to London for frequent trips to ROH) 2) Austria (near enough to Vienna to attend the opera frequently) 3) France (near enough to Paris for ditto) |
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JohnT wrote: "jm" wrote in message ... If you wanted to move from the USA to Europe, which top three countries would you consider? Make cost of living a factor in some and not in others. I appreciate your input! john Can we assume that you know that you will need a Visa and that you can at least get by in the language of your chosen Country? Given the above, the choice is, of course, subjective but you could consider - Spain France Croatia I assumed the OP was taking a sort of survey of the countries WE (the respondents) would like to live in, not asking our advise as to where HE should go! JohnT |
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"jm" wrote in message If you wanted to move from the USA to Europe, which top three countries would you consider? Make cost of living a factor in some and not in others. Top 3 Switzerland (german part) Southern Germany Belgium Netherlands Okay there are four but couldn't decide between Belgium and Netherlands. Why these countries? Climate is quite nice. Location is good. People are okay. Customer service in shops, restaurants, garages, etc is good, even if you don't speak the same language. Low 3 France People are so unfriendly that I wouldn't live there. There is no customer service. I think there are no such word in French ;-) If you want to buy anything it takes forever. Even buying food from supermarkets takes forever. And the client is always wrong. No one cares about rules, laws or regulations. It's like third world country if you look how people act. If you don't speak _fluent_ French, forget it. No one cares about other people. If you like extremely selfish people, move to France. Italy Too relaxed way of life for me. A bit same as France but the generally the customer service is a bit better and people are more friendly. But for everyday life it's bit too "relaxed". Anyway, it's a nice country as a holiday destination. Britain Why? Location and the climate. Otherwise it would be just fine. |
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"Magda" wrote in message A friend of mine, who has been living in France for two years, said exactly the same to me yesterday. But I see none of that; we don't live in the same France ! Żou have just stayed too long in France. You have started to think all stode unfriendly faces, huge delays, frequent strikes, 2 hour lunch breaks, low qualiyt customer service and slfish attitude are normal. You should move to Germany (for example) for few months and you would notice a fairly big difference :-) But if you like selfish people, you are never in hurry and you like to make scraths to other people cars, France is a good place to live for you. |
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jm wrote: If you wanted to move from the USA to Europe, which top three countries would you consider? Make cost of living a factor in some and not in others. I appreciate your input! john I would select France, Holland, and Belgium, in that order. Before you move over have a look at my page http://www.enjoy-europe.com/hte/chap22/living.htm. I've lived in Europe several times and this chapter from my book recounts many items of interest. John Bermont -- ------------------------------------------------------ * * * Mastering Independent Budget Travel * * * http://www.enjoy-europe.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ |
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On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:33:24 +0200, Kaitsu wrote:
No one cares about rules, laws or regulations. It's called being relaxed. We don't all have to be like the Germans or Swiss. -- Tim C. |
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On 20/07/2004 10:33, Kaitsu wrote:
France People are so unfriendly that I wouldn't live there. There is no customer service. I think there are no such word in French ;-) If you want to buy anything it takes forever. Even buying food from supermarkets takes forever. And the client is always wrong. No one cares about rules, laws or regulations. It's like third world country if you look how people act. If you don't speak _fluent_ French, forget it. No one cares about other people. If you like extremely selfish people, move to France. Not true at all, in my experience. I'm an Englishman, and I've been living in the south of France for about 2 years now. OK, so I have met /some/ people who were rude or selfish, and I've had to queue for unreasonable amount of time in the supermarket a /few/ times, but in those respects it's the same as in most other European countries. There are a few things that do annoy me about France, though, such as the amount of bureaucracy that exists (e.g. basic things like getting my phone line connected by France Telecom took weeks to sort out). |
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Could ask you the same question!!!
john On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:28:07 +0200, Magda wrote: On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 19:59:43 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, (jm) arranged some electrons, so they looked like this : ... If you wanted to move from the USA to Europe, which top three ... countries would you consider? Make cost of living a factor in some ... and not in others. ... ... I appreciate your input! *Who* are you ? |
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Could ask you the same question!!!
john On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:28:07 +0200, Magda wrote: On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 19:59:43 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, (jm) arranged some electrons, so they looked like this : ... If you wanted to move from the USA to Europe, which top three ... countries would you consider? Make cost of living a factor in some ... and not in others. ... ... I appreciate your input! *Who* are you ? |
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