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You don't need 150 million to move to NZ..
If you want to, just move, it's a great country.
If you have to work then that's quite similar, but the lifestyle is quite different. I prefer it and I love the easy outdoors and activities, theres far less culture in some ways, if you live for international bands, theater, designer clothes etc it's not the place for you.
I think 1-2 million could easily set you up for life here quite comfortable
If you want to, just move, it's a great country.
If you have to work then that's quite similar, but the lifestyle is quite different. I prefer it and I love the easy outdoors and activities, theres far less culture in some ways, if you live for international bands, theater, designer clothes etc it's not the place for you.
I think 1-2 million could easily set you up for life here quite comfortable
jeff m2 said:
Blown2CV said:
it's an interesting concept though. If you had that much money, there would be no need to emigrate as such. Rich people only nominally 'live' in a place, in reality they'd have several houses spread across all the places they like in the world, and more than enough means to travel in between as often as they wanted. I don't think there would be a need to 'leave' the UK, you just can spend some time elsewhere. There would always be things you'd miss, unless you really do hate the place in which case emigrate now.
This.Great user name BTW
silverfoxcc said:
I would stay here, but the cash would be put where my lad gets it all on my demise and not the government
So you're admitting to planning for tax avoidance. I'm not saying you're morally right or wrong, but it's quite a hot topic at the moment. Not sure why avoiding inheritance tax is any different to avoiding any other kind, if the world is as black and white as tax avoidance critics would say it is. I believe that JYB got it right one day when someone was moaning about this gaff.
"You've already won life's lottery, you were born in England."
Bigger house, more land, more cars, more toys.
Maybe buy a few pads in some interesting places and spend a great deal of time visiting other interesting places. But England will always be home.
Oh and I've got 99 problems but IHT ain't one
"You've already won life's lottery, you were born in England."
Bigger house, more land, more cars, more toys.
Maybe buy a few pads in some interesting places and spend a great deal of time visiting other interesting places. But England will always be home.
Oh and I've got 99 problems but IHT ain't one
MitchT said:
If I had £150m I'd be able to afford to turn the heating on so the main two reasons I hate the UK (cold weather and high energy prices) would cease to be the main drivers in my wish to live elsewhere in the world.
I don't doubt your motives, however i think most candidate emigres are also interested in it being warm outside of their house! OllieC said:
Am I the only one that doesn't like hot or even warm weather, and the thought of having to live in Australia for example couldn't be less appealing ?
well i like warm weather... not a fan of really hot, and i think living somewhere hot would do my head it quite rapidly. I declined the offer of a job in the middle east about 3 years ago, with one of the major reasons being i couldn't get down with the intense heat. There were other reasons though! I wouldn't like to live in Australia for a number of reasons too. It's only really hot in the places where you probably wouldn't want to live. Up north, queensland way, it's predictably high 20's every day of the year, no real variation. However more major reasons for me not wanting to live there are isolation and ozzies
Many people who say they'd move to Oz have never been. There is a high rate of return of UK residents (boomerangs?) after emigrating to Oz once they realise it isn't all they'd hoped because they hadn't really done their homework. Personally you couldn't pay me enough to live there, but each to their own.
Back O/T, I would stay in the UK, in a big place in the country with a grass strip for weekends, a place in town for school days, and take long vacations wherever took my fancy.
Back O/T, I would stay in the UK, in a big place in the country with a grass strip for weekends, a place in town for school days, and take long vacations wherever took my fancy.
slopes said:
The Isle of Man, the TT, southern 100, classic tt, manx kart races, manx rally and no overall speed limit. Bliss.
Yep - me too. I'd buy this:http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/prop...
LimaDelta said:
Many people who say they'd move to Oz have never been. There is a high rate of return of UK residents (boomerangs?) after emigrating to Oz once they realise it isn't all they'd hoped because they hadn't really done their homework. Personally you couldn't pay me enough to live there, but each to their own.
Where did you go to in Oz?Pommygranite said:
LimaDelta said:
Many people who say they'd move to Oz have never been. There is a high rate of return of UK residents (boomerangs?) after emigrating to Oz once they realise it isn't all they'd hoped because they hadn't really done their homework. Personally you couldn't pay me enough to live there, but each to their own.
Where did you go to in Oz?Also lived in Auckland for a year which even during the RWC had little excitement or character.
I guess out in the sticks in either might be more appealing, but I'm in no rush to go back.
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