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Poll: Would you consider relocating to another country for a job opportunuty?
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fetudin Hussen
 
Marjolein Snippe
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Hollanda
Local time: 11:14
İngilizce > Hollandaca
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Not at this moment Nov 6, 2025

I have previously moved to Brazil for study and to the UK for work. I loved being able to just go and live somewhere very different.

At this moment though, I would prefer to stay where I am. I live in a house with a lovely garden, in a lovely place at the outskirts of a beautiful, friendly town, close to my family and my boyfriend's family (both sets of parents are getting older so we try to visit regularly).

I also found that, although I loved moving and living abroad
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I have previously moved to Brazil for study and to the UK for work. I loved being able to just go and live somewhere very different.

At this moment though, I would prefer to stay where I am. I live in a house with a lovely garden, in a lovely place at the outskirts of a beautiful, friendly town, close to my family and my boyfriend's family (both sets of parents are getting older so we try to visit regularly).

I also found that, although I loved moving and living abroad each time, it does take a lot of time and effort to build a social life somewhere else, so I am not keen to keep moving.

I would certainly recommend it to anyone before settling down though!
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Liena V.
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Oscar Núñez Alfaro
Yaotl Altan
Maria Laura Curzi
fetudin Hussen
Angie Garbarino
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portekiz
Local time: 10:14
Üye (2007)
İngilizce > Portekizce
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Other Nov 6, 2025

At my age not any more, but in 1985 I moved to Belgium for a job opportunity at the European Community (as it was called then) and stayed in Brussels for 30 years. It was a very pleasant and fulfilling experience.

[Edited at 2025-11-06 10:45 GMT]


Luca Adie
Maria Laura Curzi
Claudio Machado Junior
Angie Garbarino
 
Zea_Mays
Zea_Mays  Identity Verified
İtalya
Local time: 11:14
İngilizce > Almanca
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freelancer = you can work everywhere Nov 6, 2025

Is the question about an employment? Or why would a freelancer need to relocate for work?

expressisverbis
Maria Laura Curzi
fetudin Hussen
Philip Lees
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portekiz
Local time: 10:14
Üye (2007)
İngilizce > Portekizce
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Quick Polls and typos... Nov 6, 2025

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Ana Cravidao
expressisverbis
Zea_Mays
Angus Stewart
Maria Laura Curzi
fetudin Hussen
Philip Lees
 
Oscar Núñez Alfaro
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Kosta Rika
Local time: 03:14
Üye (Oct 2026)
İngilizce > İspanyolca
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No, I would not Nov 6, 2025

I could live in another country temporarily for travelling, attending to conferences and having good experiences.

fetudin Hussen
Gerard Barry
 
Luca Adie
Luca Adie
Almanya
Local time: 11:14
Almanca > İngilizce
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... Nov 7, 2025

YES!

Maria Laura Curzi
 
Angie Garbarino
Angie Garbarino  Identity Verified
Local time: 11:14
Üye (2003)
İngilizce > İtalyanca
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Not anymore Nov 7, 2025

I moved to Spain from Italy in 2011, but at my age, not anymore, instead I am now considering to come back to Italy for some reason. like Marjolein says it does take a lot of time and effort to build a social life somewhere else, cultural differences do not help.

[Edited at 2025-11-07 07:54 GMT]


Gerard Barry
 
Alex Lichanow
Alex Lichanow
Almanya
Local time: 11:14
İngilizce > Almanca
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Other/mixed feelings Nov 7, 2025

Personally, I would if the opportunity is good enough. Though for the time being, I am excluding... *ahem*... "certain countries" that have a Silly Valley and an orange weirdo for a president.
However, my wife is very adamant on staying not only in Germany but in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, so there's that. She did once drop that she would consider relocating if I were to make upwards of a million in the new country, so that's not happening anytime soon.


Maria Laura Curzi
 
Angie Garbarino
Angie Garbarino  Identity Verified
Local time: 11:14
Üye (2003)
İngilizce > İtalyanca
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For several reasons Nov 7, 2025

Zea_Mays wrote:
Or why would a freelancer need to relocate for work?


IrinaN (X)
 
Gerard Barry
Gerard Barry
Almanya
Local time: 11:14
Almanca > İngilizce
Orange weirdo Nov 13, 2025

Alex Lichanow wrote:

Personally, I would if the opportunity is good enough. Though for the time being, I am excluding... *ahem*... "certain countries" that have a Silly Valley and an orange weirdo for a president.
However, my wife is very adamant on staying not only in Germany but in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, so there's that. She did once drop that she would consider relocating if I were to make upwards of a million in the new country, so that's not happening anytime soon.


I do have to laugh at the smugness and "Gratismut" of Germans when they criticise leaders of other countries. If you called a German politician a name like "orange weirdo", they could report you to the police for insult, which can be punished by up to a year in prison.


Gudrun Wolfrath
 
Alex Lichanow
Alex Lichanow
Almanya
Local time: 11:14
İngilizce > Almanca
+ ...
Gratismut Nov 13, 2025

Gerard Barry wrote:

I do have to laugh at the smugness and "Gratismut" of Germans when they criticise leaders of other countries. If you called a German politician a name like "orange weirdo", they could report you to the police for insult, which can be punished by up to a year in prison.


I'm not great at filtering and censoring myself, nor do I really wish to. I am also not exactly squeamish about our own politicians. Hard to find a single nice (or even "not non-nice") word about the complete human and political failure that is Merz. Why sugarcoat it?


 
Gerard Barry
Gerard Barry
Almanya
Local time: 11:14
Almanca > İngilizce
. Nov 13, 2025

Alex Lichanow wrote:

Gerard Barry wrote:

I do have to laugh at the smugness and "Gratismut" of Germans when they criticise leaders of other countries. If you called a German politician a name like "orange weirdo", they could report you to the police for insult, which can be punished by up to a year in prison.


I'm not great at filtering and censoring myself, nor do I really wish to. I am also not exactly squeamish about our own politicians. Hard to find a single nice (or even "not non-nice") word about the complete human and political failure that is Merz. Why sugarcoat it?


Well, be careful what you say about German politicians, especially those on the left. They don't take criticism well. Let's not forget Robert Habeck and the "Schwachkopf" affair.


Alex Lichanow
Gudrun Wolfrath
 
Alex Lichanow
Alex Lichanow
Almanya
Local time: 11:14
İngilizce > Almanca
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Schwachkopf Nov 13, 2025

Gerard Barry wrote:

Well, be careful what you say about German politicians, especially those on the left. They don't take criticism well. Let's not forget Robert Habeck and the "Schwachkopf" affair.


Well, politicians hate the truth and can't handle it. Doesn't matter if they are left, right, green, blue, brown or what-fecking-ever. Not going to censor myself over it.
But I'm not going to derail this thread any further


Maria Laura Curzi
P.L.F. Persi (X)
 
Gerard Barry
Gerard Barry
Almanya
Local time: 11:14
Almanca > İngilizce
. Nov 13, 2025

Alex Lichanow wrote:

Gerard Barry wrote:

Well, be careful what you say about German politicians, especially those on the left. They don't take criticism well. Let's not forget Robert Habeck and the "Schwachkopf" affair.


Well, politicians hate the truth and can't handle it. Doesn't matter if they are left, right, green, blue, brown or what-fecking-ever. Not going to censor myself over it.
But I'm not going to derail this thread any further


In Germany, it is in fact politicians on the left who run to the police most frequently to report citizens for insulting them. I guess they're just authoritarian communists.


 
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