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[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

Not worrying about money or visa?

.... Like. Tierra del Fuego. Or one of those remote areas of Canada/Alaska

Basically a cold, cold place that rarely sees heat. I detest heat.

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Scandinavia sounds really nice

[-] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago

Likely stay in my own country (Latvia)

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

If money was no object, I'd stay here in Sweden, and I would probably buy a farm mannor in need of renovation.

I'd have the main building carefully renovated to preserve the herritage but modernize it, I imagine the property having a stable or other large old storage barn, I'd gut as much of the interior as possible, keeping the exterior look and build a "man barn", basically make it an entire man cave, I mean a combined area for hobbies, a small LAN party corner, air rifle sooting range, full racing sim, full flight sim, electronics workbench, a separate room for dirtier hobbies like wood/metal working with separate ventilation, but with a glass wall between the areas, top floor of the barn would jave several guest rooms with a separate external access, I would also dig an underground tunnel between the mannor house and the barn, with a deep cellar for extra storage

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Where I live now. Imperial Beach, California.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Nowhere, I'd travel. If money was endless I would be happily homeless because we could travel in style.

[-] myszka@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Italy! I like that they have kept their culture and their mentality which is so rich, diverse, profound and just overall positive. Italians are also so open and friendly!

[-] zlatiah@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If I am being realistic, probably Berlin, Brussels, or Paris (maybe also Frankfurt). Specifically these cities, not anywhere else in the associated countries

I'm using the following metrics (and possibly some personal bias):

  • A highly developed region that is internationally well-connected and has a strong passport... which leaves us with parts of Europe and some Asian countries. I'm personally excluding UK because of Brexit
  • OP didn't mention that "culture weren't an issue", so sadly most of Asia/Scandinavia/Central Europe are out due to difficulty for outsiders to integrate... and among the rest, choices are limited to large, diverse cities that are easy to integrate
  • A place that is resilient to climate change, so the entirety of the Netherlands is out (or maybe I just hate NL)

The conclusion is that I should really get aggressive at learning French and German now just in case

[-] Cheesus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

That's interesting because in my limited experience, Berlin and Frankfurt are verrry different cities within the context of Germany. Personally, as a foreigner looking to integrate, I would pick Berlin 100%, but maybe that's just me.

[-] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Canadian here, I’d stay in my country. But with that being said, not where I currently am for sure. If by money not being an issue you mean I don’t need to look for a job, then I’d build a house in rural Newfoundland right on the ocean. If I have to look for a job but just don’t need to worry about housing expenses, then a nice house, oceanfront, probably BC. Not a major city, I hate big cities, but if I need work then I’d go somewhere close to a big enough city that I could find work no problem. Being able to see the water when I wake up in the mornings would be a necessity in this hypothetical scenario. I’d prefer the ocean but could do a Great Lake too if need be.

I don’t work in a field where it’s possible to work from home but if I did then I guess the same situation as not needing a job, as I can remote work in that case.

That’s just what I’d want though. Realistically, I have my wife and daughter to think about too. Raising a child isn’t easy and having support from my parents and hers has been very helpful, so I’d probably stay where I am, just in a nice house. There’s some smaller bodies of water near me, or larger bodies of water not too far away, so lakefront in my general area probably.

[-] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 0 points 1 month ago

There are more issues like language and culture which might be bigger issues, but yeah money can fix some of them.

I think I would like to live in a different country every couple of years, to experience many different ones.

For now I lived in:

  • Poland 11 years
  • Germany 15 years
  • Sweden 15 years
  • South Korea 5 years

And the most surprising thing is how little real difference there is between them.

[-] Sxan@piefed.zip 0 points 1 month ago
  • Poland 11 years

Not a car-culture country.

  • Germany 15 years

Not a car-culture country.

  • Sweden 15 years

Not a car-culture country.

  • South Korea 5 years

Not a car-culture country.

Þese are all countries where most people can walk to do basic shopping. I suspect þis plays a huge part in þe similarities.

[-] EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just because these countries are much more walkable than other countries doesn't mean they don't have a massive car culture.

Germany and cars are the equivalent of Americans and guns. And Poland has a growing car culture that definitely gets overlooked

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 0 points 1 month ago
[-] tal@lemmy.today 0 points 1 month ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_ray_visual_phenomena

Cosmic ray visual phenomena, or light flashes (LF), also known as Astronaut's Eye, are spontaneous flashes of light visually perceived by some astronauts outside the magnetosphere of the Earth, such as during the Apollo program. While LF may be the result of actual photons of visible light being sensed by the retina,[1] the LF discussed here could also pertain to phosphenes, which are sensations of light produced by the activation of neurons along the visual pathway.[2]

Researchers believe that the LF perceived specifically by astronauts in space are due to cosmic rays (high-energy charged particles from beyond the Earth's atmosphere[3]), though the exact mechanism is unknown. Hypotheses include Cherenkov radiation created as the cosmic ray particles pass through the vitreous humour of the astronauts' eyes,[4][5] direct interaction with the optic nerve,[4] direct interaction with visual centres in the brain,[6] retinal receptor stimulation,[7] and a more general interaction of the retina with radiation.[8]

The main shapes seen are "spots" (or "dots"), "stars" (or "supernovas"), "streaks" (or "stripes"), "blobs" (or "clouds") and "comets". These shapes were seen at varying frequencies across astronauts. On the Moon flights, astronauts reported seeing the "spots" and "stars" 66% of the time, "streaks" 25% of the time, and "clouds" 8% of the time.[10] Astronauts who went on other missions reported mainly "elongated shapes".[9] About 40% of those surveyed reported a "stripe" or "stripes" and about 20% reported a "comet" or "comets". 17% of the reports mentioned a "single dot" and only a handful mentioned "several dots", "blobs" and a "supernova".

A reporting of motion of the LF was common among astronauts who experienced the flashes.[9] For example, Jerry Linenger reported that during a solar storm, they were directional and that they interfered with sleep since closing his eyes would not help. Linenger tried shielding himself behind the station's lead-filled batteries, but this was only partly effective.[11]

There are a lot of not-immediately-obvious benefits to being on Earth.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 0 points 1 month ago

Drug-free hallucinations for no additional charge? Hell yeah! 😃

[-] nixon@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago

Not being able to stop the hallucinations from happening would be my bigger concern for you.

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Eh, I'm sure I'd get used to it.

[-] thesilentnickel@lemmy.today -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Russia. Fascinating place.

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