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  • GeorgesII

    Hello QBN expatriates, quick survey
    Why are the good and negative sides of your country of adoption.
    mine:
    Live in Italy, works in Milan
    +: good food,
    the towns are beautiful,
    italians are a special bunch

    -: bureaucracy is a living hell,
    the wages aren't that high from what I heard,
    politics

    Mar 15, 10, 8:08 a.m. – Permalink
  • whereRI

    me = south african
    live = amsterdam

    pros- money, travel, riding bike to work, money!

    cons - weather, grumpy people, bad food, bureaucracy, weather

    • grew up in belgium, you either like rain or you like rain, no other choice, do you like rain whereRi?– GeorgesII1/3
      i detest it– whereRI2/3
      HAHaHahaHA– vsplus3/3
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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 8:16 a.m. – Permalink
  • grafisk

    me - british
    live - london, uk

    pros - great clients to work with, creative community, good pay, easy to get to into mainland europe

    cons - crap weather, expensive,

    • i think you misunderstood. sensible contribution nonetheless– Samush
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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 8:23 a.m. – Permalink
  • utopian

    me - canada
    live - usa

    pros - China owns the usa, cheap Mexican labor, pollution and landfills everywhere, free entertainment provided by right wing nut Teabaggers

    cons - stuck between Canada and Mexico, greed, bureaucracy

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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 8:53 a.m. – Permalink
  • isakosmo

    from: paris, france, live: london

    + : best parties, friends, jobs, opportunities, dynamic, so many different people/cultures
    - : weather, food, rude people, social life means permanent boozing, city is massive so not always easy to catch up with mates, taxi rates

    • < french guy calling other people rude ! epic– whereRI1/8
      AHhAAHAHahA– vsplus2/8
      im a girl.
      and yep. loads of rude people here.      – isakosmo3/8
      woaahhhh
      french girl on qbn!
      *grabs popcorn      – whereRI4/8
      I find the French to be really polite. My experiences dont match with the stereotype.– ThePublics5/8
      mine neither, xcept in south france, i was just playin.
      dutch are the rudest      – whereRI6/8
      by 'rude' she means people dissing her beret and gitanes. deserved i thought.– airey7/8
      HAHA– mydo8/8
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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 8:56 a.m. – Permalink
  • ernexbcn

    me = Venezuela
    live = Spain

    + it's good to live in a country that doesn't have 16,000 murders a year
    + good food, good parties, good friends
    - right now the only gripe would be the economic crisis

    • yeah, low murder is always a touristic catch– GeorgesII
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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 9:12 a.m. – Permalink
  • ThePublics

    me = Canada
    live = 8 hour drive from birthplace

    prose: the language essentially speaks itself, effortless, words roll off my tongue like the rain drops overhead. Though I rarely carry an umbrella.

    cones: Icecream, snow (rarely), traffic, spliff, and Belgian fries.

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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 9:15 a.m. – Permalink
  • eating_tv

    me = Western-Netherlands
    live = Northen-Netherlands

    pros: relaxed people, clean air, space, big house

    cons: not as close to the sea, not as bustling, everything seems to revolve around Amsterdam

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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 9:21 a.m. – Permalink
  • forbes

    me = English
    live = Northern Ireland

    + great country, great surf, great people
    + cool pubs/clubs/restaurants
    + tons of music stuff going on

    - its cold
    - it rains
    - IRA

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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 9:25 a.m. – Permalink
  • WhiteFace

    me = Yorkshire (God's own country)
    live = London (Big Smoke)

    Pros: good clients, huge choice of food & drink establishments, great mix of cultures.

    Cons: snobbery, expense, no fresh air, no hills, nowhere to mountain bike, no good bitter, no space.

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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 9:34 a.m. – Permalink
  • whereRI

    im so proud how everyone stuck to my format.
    *wipes tear of joy from cheek

    • tomorrow, its gonna rain!!– GeorgesII1/3
      you are such a trendsetter!– ernexbcn2/3
      its raining now actually, bout to ride home in it.
      woohooo      – whereRI3/3
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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 9:43 a.m. – Permalink
  • GeorgesII

    So most expats on QBN are either in london or USA,
    I thought there were some in Asia too

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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 10:51 a.m. – Permalink
  • ephix

    i was in hk for 3 years.
    pros: higher pay, lower tax (2-3%), cheap flights originate from hk to a lot of places around the world, lots of different cultures mixed in together, convenience.
    cons: pollution, expect longer hours, over-bearing crowds, expensive rent, 2 weeks holiday only (unless you work in a flexible company like I did, but rare)

    • Better when you work for Western Company in HKG. We get housing income.– sebastianfrench1/5
      well yeah, I had housing income, but I factor that in to the whole package.– ephix2/5
      I got 10k for housing, rented a place at midlevel for 18k not bad just paid 8k hkd– sebastianfrench3/5
      yes but compare that 18k place to a different city. will buy you a helluva bigger and nicer place.– ephix4/5
      yeah for sure– sebastianfrench5/5
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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 9:51 p.m. – Permalink
  • neue75_bold

    me = Canada
    lived = Netherlands

    Pros: culture, history, climate, work/clients
    Cons: food

    live = Melbourne

    Pros: food, climate, people
    Cons: work/clients

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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 10:11 p.m. – Permalink
  • airey

    born = nz
    live = australia

    pros: an economy not going to the shitter
    cons: neue75_bold lives on the same coastline

    • i saw an alloy studio on the same street that la douchebag vita is on. that you?– ephix1/5
      was me. moved around the corner! where are you at? and by douche, man are you right.– airey2/5
      like russel crow in the early years?– mydo3/5
      i'm down in mexico (logan) for the time being. hopefully back close to the city soon– ephix4/5
      catch up for a beer at onyx (on the corner) next time you're around.– airey5/5
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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 10:16 p.m. – Permalink
  • marychain

    Born = South Florida
    Live = South Florida

    pros: weather, great looking women, weather, hot latin women, weather, miami nightlife, weather, great food, weather

    cons: sucky music scene, snowbirds, traffic, EXPENSIVE

    • not an expat...just wanted to participate.– marychain
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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 10:30 p.m. – Permalink
  • sebastianfrench

    Me = France
    Work = US (NYC) Asia (HK, Singapore)

    Pros: Money, Living, Food, Networking

    Cons:
    AWAY FROM MY WIFE & KIDS
    NYC - meetings / Clients / Cabbies
    HK - NON-creative staffs, people, crowds, hygiene
    Singapore - Singlish they speak, conservative

    • pros: away from wife, time to be with rentboys.– airey1/2
      nice or ladyboys in thailand– sebastianfrench2/2
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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 10:31 p.m. – Permalink
  • Peter

    Me = A handsome Swede
    Work = Tokyo / Japan

    Pros: Fun city, fun friends
    Cons: Occasional rampant xenophobia, work hours

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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 10:43 p.m. – Permalink
  • ismith

    Born: Worry free US as seen through the eyes of a child
    Live: Stale shitty US

    Pros: There's a lot to look forward to.
    Cons: If you think too hard, you end up looking pretty far forward.

    • My body may have been born in NYC but my mind was born somewhere else...– ismith1/5
      a sewage barge i would guess.– airey2/5
      if i had to guess.– airey3/5
      which in fact i did.– airey4/5
      so there is my guess i guess is what i'm sayin'– airey5/5
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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 10:55 p.m. – Permalink
  • benfal99

    me = montreal
    live = montreal

    pros- music scene, low rent, cultural diversity,

    cons - mayor sux, lots of homeless and/or weird people in some part of the town, some part of the town are very dirty, snow storm can be a nightmare sometimes

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    Dog-earMar 15, 10, 11:01 p.m. – Permalink
  • GeorgesII

    cool, thanks all,
    I think I'd update mine from past experiences,

    born Ivory Coast
    Seoul, SK
    +: fuckn loved kimchi,
    nightlife is intense,
    languages not hard to learn,
    korean peeps are awesome,
    cheap gucci shoes :),
    weather close to perfect

    -: taxi always trying to screw you,
    rent expensive as hell,
    that weird butterfly food

    --------

    Quebec, Kanuklandia
    + canadians,
    canadians,
    rent is the cheapest, I've ever seen,
    canadians

    - WINTER, SNOW, ICE, POUTINE

    • you accidentally put poutine in the minus category– ThePublics1/4
      its no accident, believe me, its not– GeorgesII2/4
      no it was clearly an accident, but dont worry, we forgive you– ThePublics3/4
      Cheap Gucci = knockoff– sebastianfrench4/4
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    Dog-earMar 16, 10, 3:19 a.m. – Permalink

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