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If money was not an issue, would you move to an entirely different state or country? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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If yes, where would you move to?

If no, why not?

I ask this as someone who has moved around a lot (5 states) for better working opportunities. I often hear people say they wish they could leave their current city/state/country, but money is often (understandably) an issue.

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[-] Alpha71@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I would like to try Colombia. It's alot cheaper than where i currently live and it doesn't' have winter.

[-] ChoadPuncher@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

My masseuse is Columbian and says that it's a pretty tough part of the world but beautiful in its own way. Lots of crime and corruption but the people there are very hospitable and welcoming. Just don't get caught up in any of the drug trade or indebted to any authorities.

[-] charlytune@mander.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

The three things that stop me moving to another country are money (or ability to get a job for the money I need), family (I have an elderly mum who I need to be around for) and residency issues (thanks Brexit). I guess if I was super rich I would be able to get residency more easily, but in the absence of a teletransporter it wouldn't fix the family issue.

[-] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If I had infinite money I would've moved to Japan, if I had like hundreds of thousands or millions I'd moved to Taiwan, if I had only the money to move and get settled (i.e. stable job and and a roof) I'd moved to one of the Scandinavian countries, Finland or Netherlands. I guess Canada and the UK would also be fine by me just for cultural and lingual reasons.

[-] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

1000% the only reason I haven't left where I am is because of funds. Moving out of country is expensive. As to where, a few options are on the table if I could go but would take more understanding the positives and negatives of each location a little more.

[-] greywolf0x1@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Trying to move to Senegal against all financial odds.

[-] morgin@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Would totally move to a different state, meet new people, different country tho? Not now at least

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Language is really the issue. It really narrows my options. I guess new zealand or Australia might be nicer, though I here Australia my be moving backwards (I mean right lol). All in all, I would like to live somewhere people come first, not profits.

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[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago

If money was no object I'd move a lot of other people out of my current state and I'd stay here. Geography and climate are fine for me, but there's too many fucking Republicans. Money no object, every last one would be relocated to a holding urn in low orbit of Venus.

[-] crispy_kilt@feddit.de -1 points 8 months ago

If money were* not an issue

When using be in an if clause for an unreal conditional sentence, always conjugate it as were, no matter what the subject is. Even if the subject is first-person singular (I) or third-person singular (he, she, or it), still use were with an if clause in unreal conditional sentences.

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/conditional-sentences-was-instead-of-were/

[-] theherk@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I like to use “were” in subjunctive mood too, but what do you hope to gain in this correction? I see the value in controlling how you speak but I genuinely don’t see the value in correcting others. Language is descriptive not prescriptive, so while this is valuable toward teaching your children it just makes you look an asshole in the public square.

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