The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #98463   Message #1950893
Posted By: Richard Bridge
28-Jan-07 - 10:14 PM
Thread Name: 'If I had to move somewhere...'
Subject: RE: 'If I had to move somewhere...'
I might try Totnes (Devon SW England). My late wife and daughter passed through there about 5 years ago and came back raving about it - allegedly like a time warp back to 1967.

I do like Southern Spain, and if I were there I reckon I'd get the language reasonably quickly, and I'm told their health service is good. But I'd miss English folk music.

I'd like to try NZ.

I lived in OZ when I was a kid, but I think it's getting a bit too Pacific Rim for me now. I'd like to try the middle (the bit with lots of red earth and not a lot else) but driving 500 miles to meet the next door neighbour could be a bit wearing (and, shit, he might turn out to be a Mel Gibson clone).

What I really need is a good lottery win. Pretty much anywhere would be nice with loadsamoney and the experimenting would be fun. I'd like to see more USA. There is nothing in the world like a late 60s or early 70s V8 muscle car (although some of the Europeans with the yank engines, like a Facel III, are nice too). I've liked California the few times I've been there, but the political correctness and antismoking (even though I don't smoke) and emission control stuff would drive me wild. But there again I'd have to learn Spanish again soon (grin) - oh and put up with that Austrian corporal you now have running things out there (now that's a scary thought) and the old fascist from Santa Barbera.

Singapore is lively (apart from the politics) but too crowded.