Rick Reuben wrote:Clean up your mess, Americans. Running away might be the answer for you, but it won't help the rest of the world cope with the psychos we'll leave behind, most of them in high political office.

Belize it is.

Palestine

Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote:

Mandroid2.0 wrote:Bradley:

Aren't you living in Idaho? It used to be that Idaho was a place where (much like Alaska) everyone leaves each other alone.

I have no problem with Idaho, but the phonies will climb in through windows here shortly.

Are you in Boise? I've only been there for short visit back in the 90's but it was already getting yuppified back then.

My parents' best friends run a ranch about 60 miles from McCall. It's not a tourist ranch, but the place where horses from the tourist ranch are sent to rest, recuperate, raise their foals, etc. It's accessible by small planes, automobile (though this isn't fun as it involves 30 miles of mountain dirt roads), and snowmobile in the winter. The couple raised their 3 daughters there, home-schooled them for part of the school year, and they went to their home in Moscow for the really rough winter months while the husband took care of the ranch. Now that the girls are grown and off getting medical doctor degrees and traveling through South America and becoming nurses and whatnot, my parents' friends stay at the ranch year long.

Neither of my my parents' friends knew much about running a ranch before moving to Idaho in the 70s. They were from New Jersey.

Perhaps an arrangement like that would suit you?

If you didn't have a family, I would suggest purchasing a sailboat, trying to find a job that can be done online via computer, and renting a small apartment as a home base when you are done traipsing through the Great Lakes/oceans. This is doable with one kid, but I'm not sure how multiple children on a boat would be.

Brad,

Avoid Belize City at all costs. "They" will not "leave you alone" there. Well, you're large. But your family...

242sumner wrote:Finland is a highly democratic welfare state with low levels of corruption, consistently ranking at or near the top in international comparisons of national performance.

Finland is eleventh on the United Nations' Human Development Index and ranked as the sixth happiest nation in the world.

According to the World Audit Democracy profile, Finland is the freest nation in the world in terms of civil liberties, freedom of the press, low corruption levels and high levels of political rights.

Finland is rated the sixth most peaceful country in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit, and since 1945, Finland has been at peace, adopting neutrality in wartime.

Finland was rated the best country to live in by a study released in October 2007, which looked at issues such as quality of drinking water and greenhouse gas emissions as well as factors such as education and income.
According to UNICEF, Finland ranks fourth in child well-being

Good choice.
I've thought long and hard about moving there.
To be fair, I've thought about moving to every Scandinavian at some point or another.
I would probably pick Norway over Finland though.

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:

242sumner wrote:Finland is a highly democratic welfare state with low levels of corruption, consistently ranking at or near the top in international comparisons of national performance.

Finland is eleventh on the United Nations' Human Development Index and ranked as the sixth happiest nation in the world.

According to the World Audit Democracy profile, Finland is the freest nation in the world in terms of civil liberties, freedom of the press, low corruption levels and high levels of political rights.

Finland is rated the sixth most peaceful country in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit, and since 1945, Finland has been at peace, adopting neutrality in wartime.

Finland was rated the best country to live in by a study released in October 2007, which looked at issues such as quality of drinking water and greenhouse gas emissions as well as factors such as education and income.
According to UNICEF, Finland ranks fourth in child well-being

Good choice.
I've thought long and hard about moving there.
To be fair, I've thought about moving to every Scandinavian at some point or another.
I would probably pick Norway over Finland though.

Where do these places rank in terms of cultural diversity? They strike me as pretty fucking boring really. As fucked up as the United States is, it is still one of the most, if not the most, diverse places on earth.

I decided some time ago that the only cities I have any real interest in living in correspond precisely to those having original six hockey teams.

242sumner wrote:Finland is a highly democratic welfare state with low levels of corruption, consistently ranking at or near the top in international comparisons of national performance.

Finland is eleventh on the United Nations' Human Development Index and ranked as the sixth happiest nation in the world.

According to the World Audit Democracy profile, Finland is the freest nation in the world in terms of civil liberties, freedom of the press, low corruption levels and high levels of political rights.

Finland is rated the sixth most peaceful country in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit, and since 1945, Finland has been at peace, adopting neutrality in wartime.

Good choice, their education system is incredible. I think they ranked one or two in most of the categories worldwide.

Finland was rated the best country to live in by a study released in October 2007, which looked at issues such as quality of drinking water and greenhouse gas emissions as well as factors such as education and income.
According to UNICEF, Finland ranks fourth in child well-being

Yeah, their education system is amazing. They rank one or two in most categories worldwide.

etch wrote:

242sumner wrote:Finland is a highly democratic welfare state with low levels of corruption, consistently ranking at or near the top in international comparisons of national performance.

Finland is eleventh on the United Nations' Human Development Index and ranked as the sixth happiest nation in the world.

According to the World Audit Democracy profile, Finland is the freest nation in the world in terms of civil liberties, freedom of the press, low corruption levels and high levels of political rights.

Finland is rated the sixth most peaceful country in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit, and since 1945, Finland has been at peace, adopting neutrality in wartime.

Good choice, their education system is incredible. I think they ranked one or two in most of the categories worldwide.

Finland was rated the best country to live in by a study released in October 2007, which looked at issues such as quality of drinking water and greenhouse gas emissions as well as factors such as education and income.
According to UNICEF, Finland ranks fourth in child well-being

Yeah, their education system is amazing. They rank one or two in most categories worldwide.

Are you two Finnished yet?

You should move onto my block. The wife and I are three blocks away from a movie theatre. But we never get to go because of the young'n.

I'm not asking you to babysit. I'm just asking you to come over and chill out on our couch for two hours while the kid sleeps. Just pet the dog and watch a movie and make sure the house doesn't magically burn down while she and I are out for two hours or so.

I've got a small back yard with a barbeque. You like to drink, right?

Shit.

= Justin

New Zealand or Iceland