Where would you emigrate to?

heavymental
heavymental Posts: 2,094
edited September 2007 in The bottom bracket
Ok....I'm daydreaming about my trip to the Alps the other week.... :roll:

Where would you go if you decided you'd had enough of the where you are?
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  • proto
    proto Posts: 1,483
    Birmingham. More specifically Erdington. :)
  • The BIG GT
    The BIG GT Posts: 655
    Easy. Vancouver. No question. 8)
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    Now living happily at http://www.uk-mtb.com !!
  • Eurostar
    Eurostar Posts: 1,806
    San Francisco. Best city in the world.

    Actually, I really am leaving the country, in December. With a bit of luck. But will just cycle around, rather than live anywhere. Not planning to come back, so does that count as emigrating?
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  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    I lived abroad (Japan) for three years. I recommend leaving the UK - it makes you appreciate it. I would never consider leaving again.

    But if I did...the Italian Alps, Bardolino area maybe.
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.
  • Massimo
    Massimo Posts: 318
    North Carolina, for the Blue Ridge Parkway, simply the best piece of cycling road on the planet... :wink:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Parkway
    Crash 'n Burn, Peel 'n Chew
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  • HJ1976
    HJ1976 Posts: 205
    Sweden, the area between Stockholm and Oslo (Norway) is beautiful with rolling hills and lakes.
  • JustRidecp
    JustRidecp Posts: 302
    The BIG GT wrote:
    Easy. Vancouver. No question. 8)
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    +1 for Vancouver
    Real Ultimate Power

    "If I weren't a professional cyclist, I'd be a porn star" - Super Mario
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    JustRidecp wrote:
    The BIG GT wrote:
    Easy. Vancouver. No question.
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    +1 for Vancouver

    Not quite Vancouver for me, but somewhere close. Maybe Revelstoke or somewhere else in the Rockies - they must be one of the most beautiful parts of the planet! Great people, scenery, wildlife and, of course, cycling.
    A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject - Churchill
  • sonicred007
    sonicred007 Posts: 1,091
    Portland, Oregon -- BKS of the US

    Or Berlin, or Oslo, or Madrid, or Nashville

    Plenty of places to be honest - but I never seem to go anywhere
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  • dangerousjules
    dangerousjules Posts: 243
    port st charles, barbados...very beutiful!
    dangerous jules.
  • BigWomble
    BigWomble Posts: 455
    Holland.

    Beautiful. Flat (!) They have to have a more sensible attitude to life.

    They also do chocolate sprinkles with everything. A major consideration for a womble.
    Ta - Arabic for moo-cow
  • mr_hippo
    mr_hippo Posts: 1,051
    Wouldn't consider it - I'm quite happy here!
  • nolf
    nolf Posts: 1,287
    Sweden +1 altho i'd be further south, near Malmo as I have some friends near there.
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    Than never to have loved at all."

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  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    French Alps, Swiss or Italian lakes (Lugano/Como/Maggiore), Vancouver /W.Canada all rate highly on my scale, but I'd like to look at a few other places as well eg Corsica/Spain. Parts of America are stunning but there are too many cars with drivers that don't understand cyclists.
    M.Rushton
  • redrobbo
    redrobbo Posts: 727
    Murmansk

    Great Place, Great People.
  • davelakers
    davelakers Posts: 762
    New Zealand!

    THE greatest,most stunning, laid back country in the world.

    One day soon I will return and stay!!
  • CarlosFerreiro
    CarlosFerreiro Posts: 83
    Ah, I like Portugal a lot, but for now.... just holidays :-(
    Next holiday....2 weeks :-)
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,035
    Provence for me - sunshine most of the year, even in the winter.

    Beautiful roads, little pressure on the land or on the roads - my ideal.

    Plus stunning wine by the barrel, fabulous cheeses, lovely bread, great terrain for mountain biking, and lovely country roads for road riding.

    Failing that - Mauritius 8)

    Dan
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  • pneumatic
    pneumatic Posts: 1,989
    +1 for Provence. Not the overcrowded coastal bit (Nice is an oxymoron), but further North towards the Alps.

    Oh! the cycling. It's unparalleled.

    Oh! the wine, cheese, fresh produce.

    Oh! the sunshine.

    etc..

    Fast and Bulbous
    Peregrinations
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  • jibi
    jibi Posts: 857
    Chile, for me,
    nowhere else like it on earth, and very cheap too.

    george

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  • Ghost Donkey
    Ghost Donkey Posts: 914
    Greece. If Mrs Donkey can get a job working for the Greek state as a teacher (she's qualified to and has the experience but so are a lot of other Greeks) she'd only work a half day and bring no work home, unlike teaching in england. We'd be down at the beach every weekend six months of the year, riding in the mountains too. Shame my Greek is so bad and I can't get a job there.
  • Chucker_Dude
    Chucker_Dude Posts: 209
    British Columbia 8)
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  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 992
    Kerry for me.
    Old hippies don't die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again.
    Joseph Gallivan
  • schlepcycling
    schlepcycling Posts: 1,614
    Would have to be Switzerland, not one of the cities but some nice little village in either the German or Italian speaking part.
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    HJ1976 wrote:
    Sweden, the area between Stockholm and Oslo (Norway) is beautiful with rolling hills and lakes.

    already there. well a tad south.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • drewfromrisca
    drewfromrisca Posts: 1,165
    San Francisco...missus is from there and its an awesome city...very bike friendly!!! Actually we are planning to move out there soon if I can get a work permit! Although Oz is a big winner for me!!!
    There is never redemption, any fool can regret yesterday...

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  • term1te
    term1te Posts: 1,462
    I have, Switzerland four years ago and still ejoying it. On the edge of the Jura mountains for what must be some of the best cycling in Europe. Good roads, cycle paths everywhere, mostly considerate drivers and some how they get rid of all that loose gravel that accumulates on the corners of English country roads. Every time I'm out on my bike I find it hard to believe how fortunate I've been, with the cycling anyway. :D
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  • sevenofeleven
    sevenofeleven Posts: 74
    Tonight Matthew!!!! I'm emigrating to Auckland, New Zealand!!!!! well next Wednesday actually!!!!
  • 1892
    1892 Posts: 1,690
    Always fancied living in oz, I'll ride along the gold coast 1 day.

    The two things I would miss though my family & footie it's a long way to travel for a match.
    Justice for the 96
  • jibi
    jibi Posts: 857
    Given the predilection of this forum I am surprised no-one has chosen



    Brighton :P

    george

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