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[Monty Python]

If you won the lottery tonight (~£150 million), would you emigrate and if so, where to?

I certainly would - Canada or New Zealand most probably.

[oilslick]

Adelaide. Great weather for 8-9 months of the year, loads of unspoilt beaches, more wineries than you could ever visit...

[pad58]

////rushes out to buy a euro lotto ticket////

[williamp]

Stay here for our summer, but go to somewhere like san diego for the winter, not emigrating though. Too much happens in the Uk which simply doesn't happen anywhere else in the world

[EskimoArapaho]

What a weird question! If you don't like Blighty, just go now. Waiting for a infinitesimal chance to live the way you want is very very sad. This is not a rehearsal, carpe diem, etc.

And, no, I'd stay here. I like it here.

[Major Fallout]

I would have a flat in Monaco, and a house france.

But I would come back to the uk for Christmas.

[tomjol]

EskimoArapaho said:

What a weird question! If you don't like Blighty, just go now. Waiting for a infinitesimal chance to live the way you want is very very sad. This is not a rehearsal, carpe diem, etc.

And, no, I'd stay here. I like it here.

The following statements are very different:

"If I was absolutely minted, I would like to live somewhere else"

"I absolutely hate Britain and can't wait to leave"

[Blown2CV]

Major Fallout said:

I would have a flat in Monaco, and a house france.

But I would come back to the uk for Christmas.

why a flat in monaco? Horrific place

[knitware]

I had this discussion with my work mate, he’d leave the UK and I’d stay. I asked him why he’d leave and he didn’t really say why apart from ‘there are better countries to live in’. I can’t think where he means or what he means by better and he couldn’t give a reason as to why it would be better to leave the UK because he hasn’t lived anywhere else.

I guess it’s down to personal opinion and desire to live elsewhere. I have friends in Perth Australia who are doing well, but its Australia and Perth.

Britain is the best country in the world to live in for many reasons but this is just my view. At the tip of the iceberg Britain has seasons, sea sides, culture, history, architecture, diversity, opportunity, countryside and conversely cities and freedom.

With a huge lottery win I’d buy land, build a house and live in England.

[MrBarry123]

Would have an apartment in Paris however I absolutely would not move away from the UK.

[Major Fallout]

Blown2CV said:

Major Fallout said:

I would have a flat in Monaco, and a house france.

But I would come back to the uk for Christmas.

why a flat in monaco? Horrific place

For tax benefits, plus I do like Monaco.

[BobSaunders]

Summer here, somewhere warm for the winter months. Something hovering around mid-20's near a beach, nothing more, nothing less.

[Crosswise]

To answer the question, no, I wouldn't. But I'm more interested in the number of people who want to move to Aus or NZ.

I worked for a year in Aus, and I enjoyed the lifestyle, the pay and the people (mostly). However, I just have no affection for it, it leaves me with an empty feeling. I had a great job that I really loved and worked with fantastic people that I miss, but when my boss offered me sponsorship for a visa so I could stay for upto 4 year, I just couldn't accept it, I just don't see my life there.

I have just come to the end of a 5 month contract working in New Zealand. I completely love this country, I could fit into life so easily here. People are so friendly and have no prejudice about foreigners working here as long as you speak English and integrate with the community. The country is beautiful and I would never tire of waking up with a mountain on my doorstep. Can't wait to come back next year. I'd happily live here, but I wouldn't move here.

[Blown2CV]

Major Fallout said:

Blown2CV said:

Major Fallout said:

I would have a flat in Monaco, and a house france.

But I would come back to the uk for Christmas.

why a flat in monaco? Horrific place

For tax benefits, plus I do like Monaco.

fair enough, however lottery winners have all their money in the bank so there's no income tax savings to be had as such. Not sure whether savings interest tax savings also come with a pad in the principality, but you'd be spunking tens of millions on even a cramped flat! Maybe that's why it's such a densely populated place of course.

[AyBee]

No, I like it here and since I'd have a few houses around the world, if I ever wanted an escape, I'd just fly to one of them for a few weeks or months.

[EskimoArapaho]

tomjol said:

EskimoArapaho said:

What a weird question! If you don't like Blighty, just go now. Waiting for a infinitesimal chance to live the way you want is very very sad. This is not a rehearsal, carpe diem, etc.

And, no, I'd stay here. I like it here.

The following statements are very different:

"If I was absolutely minted, I would like to live somewhere else"

"I absolutely hate Britain and can't wait to leave"

Thanks for pointing out the obvious; not what I said or meant. So I'll try again... For those who say they would move to Oz/NZ/etc, why not make it happen NOW? You don't have to be a squillionaire to enjoy Oz/NZ/etc.

[vixen1700]

Flat in London, bigger house near where I am now and a nice little place South of Dijon in France.

Maybe a little place on a Greek island too.

[LordGrover]

Monty Python said:

If you won the lottery tonight (~£150 million), would you emigrate and if so, where to?

Probably not. I'd buy some land and build here though - maybe a holiday home(s) in the US and Med though.

[Foliage]

International waters.

[Blown2CV]

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.