Do you think you'll spend the rest of your life living in the UK?

Moggy wrote:I can't see myself ever leaving. Too many ties to this place to ever really leave.

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:

Naomi Marazzamataz wrote:

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:

Naomi Marazzamataz wrote:paramos,

I misread that as "parmos", and was surprised they had made it to Colombia, yet hadn't made it to London.

Interestingly, you can absolutely get parmos here. In fact, when you're stuck in a little pueblo, often fried chicken with various things on top is one of the only foods available. There are parmo options. They've branched out. It's called milanesa de pollo and you just choose whatever you want on top from the options they have.

So you can get parmos in Colombia, yet if you ask for one anywhere in the UK south of Scarborough, they look at you like you've asked them to dance naked on the countertop.

Karl_ wrote:

Moggy wrote:I can't see myself ever leaving. Too many ties to this place to ever really leave.

That's how I feel about the forum but not the UK

Naomi Marazzamataz wrote:

Rocsteady wrote:

Naomi Marazzamataz wrote:Leaving the UK was the best thing I ever did, and I should have done it years ago. I currently live in a city of permanent, sunny autumn. If I want to see glaciers, I drive 3 hours in one direction to higher altitude, get a cabin with a log fire and go hiking in the paramos. If I want a hot summer's day, I go 2 hours in another direction, lower in altitude and just hire a house with a pool for the weekend. I get paid the same as I did in the UK but my rent was 100GBP per month and gas bill 2GBP. Now I've chosen to live in a penthouse apartment with an indoor pool, cinema room (perfect for games nights), roof terrace, gym and a beautiful view of the mountains. Rent is a whopping 325GBP. Not a bad place to spend lockdown. Cost of living is so low that I can save half my income, minimum.

I miss my family and friends back home but 3 months of the year, I'm on holiday. So I can go home, guilt free for 2 months of the year (when the borders aren't closed) and then spend the 15 bank holidays here exploring waterfalls, swimming in rivers, going to tropical islands and such. The very idea of moving back to the UK terrifies me. Life there is so stressful. There is no work-life balance at all. However, this country is at war again, out in the sticks. So I give it another couple of years and it might not be safe to live here. We'll see. Then, I guess I'll find another country to explore.

Are you intentionally making us play the guessing game? Ukraine?

Sorry, didn't mean to play the guessing game. Colombia. The only country in the world that has all of these things in the same country: glaciers, paramos, deserts, the amazon, and both a pacific coast for whale watching and a Caribbean one for island hopping. If you can work online/distance - I'd highly recommend it. Just not now, obviously. We were doing really well on the old covid count until the president planned a tax-free day and, well, black friday is tame in comparison, so the virus had a field day. Still waaaay behind you guys though.

Yubel wrote:People can live in a different country only if they have a specific skill-set that country wants and/or needs, far as I understand it. You can't just decide to live elsewhere, even if you've found a property you can afford to buy - again, this is only going by what I've been told the many times I've expressed my absolute disdain for the UK. But it's not a strawberry floating choice, is it?

Moggy wrote:

Yubel wrote:People can live in a different country only if they have a specific skill-set that country wants and/or needs, far as I understand it. You can't just decide to live elsewhere, even if you've found a property you can afford to buy - again, this is only going by what I've been told the many times I've expressed my absolute disdain for the UK. But it's not a strawberry floating choice, is it?

Under freedom of movement you can move to any EU country you want......oh yeah that's strawberry floated now.

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:Yes I do. Almost no chance whatsoever of me leaving the country on a permanent basis.

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:Probably, because I'm unlikely to ever be able to afford to leave.

Preezy wrote:

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:Yes I do. Almost no chance whatsoever of me leaving the country on a permanent basis.

This. I've lived abroad already so I don't have itch.

Jenuall wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Yubel wrote:People can live in a different country only if they have a specific skill-set that country wants and/or needs, far as I understand it. You can't just decide to live elsewhere, even if you've found a property you can afford to buy - again, this is only going by what I've been told the many times I've expressed my absolute disdain for the UK. But it's not a strawberry floating choice, is it?

Under freedom of movement you can move to any EU country you want......oh yeah that's strawberry floated now.

EU citizens getting in to the UK post Brexit is going to be some Taken level gooseberry fool


I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you're looking for fruit pickers, I can tell you I don't have my own punnets ... but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a dream for people like you. If you reject my immigration application now, that will be the end of it - I will not look for you, I will not pursue you... but if you don't, I will look for a job, I will find a job... and I will raise your GDP

Tomous wrote:

Preezy wrote:

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:Yes I do. Almost no chance whatsoever of me leaving the country on a permanent basis.

This. I've lived abroad already so I don't have itch.

I had a mate who lived in Bangkok for awhile and he came back with an itch.

Naomi Marazzamataz wrote:

Tomous wrote:

Preezy wrote:

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:Yes I do. Almost no chance whatsoever of me leaving the country on a permanent basis.

This. I've lived abroad already so I don't have itch.

I had a mate who lived in Bangkok for awhile and he came back with an itch.

Are you sure it wasn't Hong Kong..?

Naomi Marazzamataz wrote:

Tomous wrote:

Preezy wrote:

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:Yes I do. Almost no chance whatsoever of me leaving the country on a permanent basis.

This. I've lived abroad already so I don't have itch.

I had a mate who lived in Bangkok for awhile and he came back with an itch.

Are you sure it wasn't Hong Kong..?

Naomi Marazzamataz wrote:Really though, Colombia is a country where rules are bent, stretched or full on broken. There's always a way to fix any problem and there's always a way to stay if you want to. That's why it's so stress free.

OrangeRKN wrote:

Naomi Marazzamataz wrote:Really though, Colombia is a country where rules are bent, stretched or full on broken. There's always a way to fix any problem and there's always a way to stay if you want to. That's why it's so stress free.

This sounds like the opposite of stress free

Tomous wrote:

OrangeRKN wrote:

Naomi Marazzamataz wrote:Really though, Colombia is a country where rules are bent, stretched or full on broken. There's always a way to fix any problem and there's always a way to stay if you want to. That's why it's so stress free.

This sounds like the opposite of stress free

The cheap, premium grade cocaine gives you the confidence to navigate those stressful situations though