If you had the chance to reset your life or obtain citizenship, where would you want to live?

[JosephK]

If you can either reset your life or get a citizenship of any country, which one would you choose? AND WHY?

To be honest even tho there are things I really dont like about the US, I would probably choose it.
Since I love doing and watching sports, this country is like a heaven, you can watch NHL, NBA, American football or baseball.

What about you?

Hilarious!

Whenever I hear about a European who has migrated to the US, I always ask, surprised and shocked, "Why, are you obsessed with Basketball!?"

[JosephK]

I'd like to be an Amerindian running freely through the forests and greater plains of USA or Brazil before European arrival,

...of course you wouldn't have got very far before another Amerind caught up, and killed and tortured or enslaved you.

[TheMaestro]

Hilarious!

Whenever I hear about a European who has migrated to the US, I always ask, surprised and shocked, "Why, are you obsessed with Basketball!?"

Im obsessed with literally every sport, I love NHL, NFL, NBA, Soccer. US provides everything for me, I would choose US only because Im a sports guy. But normally I dont advice anyone to move to NA, because Europe provides much more things that does NA and Im pretty sure about that, thats why I didnt decide to move to Canada pernamently.

[JosephK]

Im obsessed with literally every sport, I love NHL, NFL, NBA, Soccer. US provides everything for me, I would choose US only because Im a sports guy. But normally I dont advice anyone to move to NA, because Europe provides much more things that does NA and Im pretty sure about that, thats why I didnt decide to move to Canada pernamently.

Yeah but the truth is, in the US you usually need to pay alot to have a good cable TV package to include all the sports.

I have the opposite problem: I'm a Formula 1 fan and I like watching most of the Olympics, which are difficult to find broadcasted in the US.
We only really play Olympics matches that the US is known for, and Formula 1 is only occasionally broadcasted on an expensive channel.

[TheMaestro]

Yeah but the truth is, in the US you usually need to pay alot to have a good cable TV package to include all the sports.

I have the opposite problem: I'm a Formula 1 fan and I like watching most of the Olympics, which are difficult to find broadcasted in the US.
We only really play Olympics matches that the US is known for, and Formula 1 is only occasionally broadcasted on an expensive channel.

You would enjoy then Europe, but Grandpa watches all time also Hungaroring is like 50 minutes from his house. But still the salaries in the US are pretty big, tho depending on state, if you study and get a degree your life might be secured there if you are not stupid, you have open doors everywhere. And for me living in city like Boston, Chicago, Denver would be a heaven, but I would still miss the European way of life, I am pretty sure living in Europe the life is much more fullfilling.

[JosephK]

You would enjoy then Europe, but Grandpa watches all time also Hungaroring is like 50 minutes from his house. But still the salaries in the US are pretty big, tho depending on state, if you study and get a degree your life might be secured there if you are not stupid, you have open doors everywhere. And for me living in city like Boston, Chicago, Denver would be a heaven, but I would still miss the European way of life, I am pretty sure living in Europe the life is much more fullfilling.

Sorry to say it's not that easy, I have two Master's degrees (one from the UK) and only started finding jobs after I became a Veteran and got hiring preference. And science-related jobs pay really poorly so you can't expect to support yourself in the US unless you live in a really small town that no one wants to live in.

But when it comes to sports, yeah Chicago is like a heaven--I hate it, you literally can't go anywhere without seeing some football (either one) or basketball game on TVs spread all over the place... even "fine" dining restaurants...!

[Kazimiera]

Have you ever been to China? I kinda feel I would be in such a culture shock, I wouldnt be able to handle it.

My husband's niece went to China when she was 22 to study economics and teach English to kids. She learnt Chinese from scratch - reading, writing, speaking. She ended up doing her whole economics degree in Chinese.

It was a big culture shock for her, but she integrated quite well in the end.

The bonus of being fluent in Mandarin and having an economics background is that you can work for any company doing business with China. There aren't all that many Westerners who are fluent in Mandarin and have years of hands-on experience of the culture.

Get out of your comfort zone and go! You have nothing to lose!

[TheMaestro]

My husband's niece went to China when she was 22 to study economics and teach English to kids. She learnt Chinese from scratch - reading, writing, speaking. She ended up doing her whole economics degree in Chinese.

It was a big culture shock for her, but she integrated quite well in the end.

The bonus of being fluent in Mandarin and having an economics background is that you can work for any company doing business with China. There aren't all that many Westerners who are fluent in Mandarin and have years of hands-on experience of the culture.

Get out of your comfort zone and go! You have nothing to lose!

Kazi I dont want to sound bad, but If I lived in RU, UA or Belarus I would do everything that was in my force to get the hell out But good for the niece, great story, it may be really intresting life.

[Kazimiera]

Kazi I dont want to sound bad, but If I lived in RU, UA or Belarus I would do everything that was in my force to get the hell out But good for the niece, great story, it may be really intresting life.

She is South African and grew up in SA. Not Eastern Europe.

[TheMaestro]

She is South African and grew up in SA. Not Eastern Europe.

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