Fantasy Relocation!

[cabbagecabbage]

DH and I are talking about relocating in the next few years. He works for an international company now (that sounds very jet-set phrased this way but we aren’t) and our house isn’t under water. We hate Chicago winters. YOLO, etc.

Anyway..we have no firm destination in mind and it’s all an exercise in fantasy so far. If you were to uproot and move, where would you go?!? This is a two part question: What is your domestic destination? What is your international destination? Extra credit for a short explanation of why you pick it.

[Crystal]

Domestic - Charleston. I can't explain it, but my soul belongs there (haha).

International - Uhhh. I can't pick a place I've never been, so I'll go with Aruba. Because there's a beach and it's out of the hurricane zone.

[wambam]

Domestic - Asheville or some other mountainous city. I want a reasonably sized city, but I also want to get to the mountains in like 20 minutes.
International - I haven't been many places, but I guess Paris.

[sproctopus]

Domestic- NOLA. I love the people there. And I usually don't enjoy humans.

International- Malawi (along the lake) with a vacation home in Switzerland. Malawi because it's honestly the most beautiful place I've ever seen and everyone is insanely friendly. Switzerland for chocolate and cappucinos.

[bbdoll]

Domestic - some little new England small town. I really enjoyed Boston, so maybe somewhere near there. I am not a big city girl by any means.
International - Ireland - loved the people and the slower pace.

[sewf]

Domestic- Colorado. Not Denver, but my ILs live in Castle Rock, so somewhere within 1-2 hours. I love CO weather, and it is my husband's turn to be close to home.
International- Ireland. I have never been, but my h has, and it's his favorite place.

[brandy0331]

Domestic: Savannah, GA
International: out of places that I have been, probably Stockholm. I’ve always wanted to go to New Zealand.

[jigsy]

Domestic - I think I am already here - I love living in Los Angeles.

International - I loved Scotland and I have thought about what it would look like to live there. I feel like it is basically the opposite of Los Angeles though, so I might hate actual life. But, my heart felt at home there.

[sarahsays]

Domestic - Charleston. I grew up in that area and it's my favorite city.
International - Northern Italy or New Zealand. My H lived in Northern Italy for a few years and adored it. I've never been to New Zealand but I have friends who live there and I think I'd like it.

[cajunmom]

Domestic: I'm not sure. Somewhere with mountains and a low population. Wyoming?

International: There's so many places that I think would be fantastic but of the places I've been, Scotland. Like jigsy said, I have never felt like I belonged more in a place than I did there. It was like I'd waited my whole life to feel at home and being there felt like home. 

[raangoli]

Domestic - San Diego or there about. I would love a temperate climate year 'round.

International - London, but Brexit gives me pause.

[lilac05]

Domestic: St. Louis or possibly Indianapolis. Closer to my parents...and as they age and their health deteriorates, proximity to them outweighs almost everything else. We're 5 hours away now, and when everyone is healthy, that's a good distance. But my dad has been in and out of the hospital lately and I hate that I can't just drive there for the day.

International: At this stage in life, nowhere. Before kids and when I still took my parents' presence in my life for granted...I would have considered almost anywhere that I could get to an international airport within a couple of hours (by car, train, or plane).

[cuddlyevil]

Domestic: New Orleans. I would hate the summers, but love everything else.

International: Scotland or New Zealand.

[sapphireblue]

If I weren't being realistic about things like being far away from family or the cost of living:

Domestic: Santa Cruz--I have lived there twice and loved it and really felt like I fit in there.

International: lots of places but likely Italy. I have been there a few times and love it. I also think I would love Ireland and New Zealand but have never been to either place.

[iammalcolmx]

International: Salvador Bahia Brazil

[calle28]

Mar 8, 2018 14:01:09 GMT -5 jigsy said:

Domestic - I think I am already here - I love living in Los Angeles.

International - I loved Scotland and I have thought about what it would look like to live there. I feel like it is basically the opposite of Los Angeles though, so I might hate actual life. But, my heart felt at home there.

Same as Jigsy. Live in LA, I've been here all my life and can't imagine living anywhere else. The traffic stinks, but the weather, diversity and things to do can't be beat!

Honestly, I haven't ever given much thought to where I'd live internationally.

[brooke77]

Domestic: NYC.
International: London

In my fantasy, I have A LOT of money so I can afford to live a great lifestyle in those cities. It would also only be for a maximum of 2 years and not a permanent relocation. Obviously, I enjoy big cities and don’t mind crappy weather =)

[devonpow]

Domestic - Hawaii (unsure which island) or Santa Barbara. Hawaii because we love it, are beach people, and are over snow. Santa Barbara same reasoning plus it’s my hometown.

International - Copenhagen. It’s where we met, DH lived their for a year and I was there for 5 months. We love it, have connections there, DH is passable with danish (and almost everyone speaks English so I will be fine even with my horrid language skills lol), great standard of living and home to the happiest people in the world I’ll just need to vacation during the dark winters, lol.

[4speedy]

Not so much a fantasy for me, we are moving to S. Korea in July. We live in the exurbs on 26 acres so moving to a high rise in Seoul is going to be a huge change for us. It’s only for 2 years so we have decided to get out of our comfort zone as much as possible and make a complete change. My kids will be going to a British school and hopefully they will be exposed to more of a world view and will get away from the “America is superior in every way” mentality.

For a fantasy domestic relo, I think we would want to move west. Either Durango/Santa Fe/Sedona or Oregon/Idaho. Although we also like Boulder, CO quite a bit, too.

[captainobvious]

Domestic - either the Manalapan, NJ area (family), Pittsburgh (other family), or somewhere in VA,NC or SC (still more family.) I know these locations probably seem crazy, but I really want to move. Like, yesterday.

International - for work we almost moved to PI. That would be cool only because H would still get paid US salary, so we would have a house keeper. Haha. In reality, I don't think I'd go internationally due to language learning restraints. Maybe Vancouver or something like that.

[fryjack2]

I have to make 2 choices because what kind of day to day life changes constantly I'm a city girl, but have more frequent random thoughts of beach life.

Domestic- NYC
International- London

Both because of the culture, arts, diversity, constant options, food, etc.

Calmer pace:

Domestic- Orange County
International-Positano

Because of the warm air, beaches, slower pace of life.

[AutumnRose25]

Iceland.

Because, Iceland.

Domestic- Frankly, I already live in the only region I would want to be in at this point of time in the current political situation.

[sweetcheeks]

Domestic: San Francisco. It's my favorite city in the world.

International: Bermuda. I love everything about the island.

[jenny1980]

Domestic: Hawaii. Probably Maui. Would be easy to get nonstop flights to visit family in Seattle and I'm sure lots would visit us there.

International: Ireland probably. Great people, gorgeous country, good beer.

[Deleted]

Domestic: I love living in the Bay Area. It would be very hard for me to leave here. The city/mountains/wine/food/diversity/weather.
International: Amsterdam. I would love for my only mode of transportation to be a bicycle.

[eddy]

Mar 8, 2018 14:11:50 GMT -5 lilac05 said:

Domestic: St. Louis or possibly Indianapolis. Closer to my parents...and as they age and their health deteriorates, proximity to them outweighs almost everything else. We're 5 hours away now, and when everyone is healthy, that's a good distance. But my dad has been in and out of the hospital lately and I hate that I can't just drive there for the day.

International: At this stage in life, nowhere. Before kids and when I still took my parents' presence in my life for granted...I would have considered almost anywhere that I could get to an international airport within a couple of hours (by car, train, or plane).

Ugh I felt like such a Debby Downer because I couldn’t even play the game of fantasy relocation. It makes me feel better to know I am not alone.

Aging parents are really hard. My mom died, my MIL had breast cancer, my dad had two hips replaced and my FIL is just hanging in there. All in 10 months. If I hadn’t had that all happen in a year perhaps I would be feeling a bit more fancy free at the moment.

Okay everyone ignore me, I am dragging this place down lol.

[orangello]

Domestic - San Francisco. Lived there before, it's the best. Perfect place for us.

International - Bonaire. Out of the hurricane zone, nice people, excellent snorkeling, wonderful grocery store (lol)

[eb777888]

Colorado. Me and my H are actually on a plan to move there! His job makes it possible and we both want to leave Texas.

[imojoebunny]

Ashville, NC is our current wish we lived there. Used to be Charleston, SC, but my brother moved there 4 years ago, and his wife finds it too conservative, and she is way more conservative than I am. Also, my DH wants to live on Folly Beach, where my cousin lives, and I do not want to be stuck on the island 2 days a week for 6 month a year because of traffic getting on and off the Island.

International, Victoria, Vancouver Island.

[tacokick]

Domestic, I’d stay in Baltimore. It has everything I need and the city needs stakeholders. We loved Portugal so Lisbon for overseas.