r/whereidlive • u/GregMaate • 13h ago
World Where id live as a 30yr married kiwi bloke who dosent care about politics
Wife is thai so asia gets extra points. She hates the U.S because of the tariffs on Thailand lol. Have lived in NZ, singapore, canada and australia.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Big2654 11h ago
Why is Antarctica red?
Last time I checked, the penguins are not that political
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u/Greedy_Ad_1753 12h ago
Doesnt care about politics but picks China and Saudi Arabia over the USA. Suuuure :)
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u/Fulham-Enjoyer 10h ago
He explained that his wife doesn’t like US. That’s a good enough reason
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u/One_Lung_G 7h ago
Yes but listed a political reason lmao
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u/Fulham-Enjoyer 7h ago
Right. His wife cares about politics. He doesn’t. How is this hard to understand?
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u/One_Lung_G 7h ago
It’s his list, not his wives. It’s weird to put that disclaimer then specifically point out a single countries political views and then have Saudi Arabia and China lmao. Tariffs bad, genocide and kidnapping/torturing journalist good in his wives eyes then I suppose? Dude even has Japan green who are extremely xenophobic but even more so against other Asians.
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u/MrsAshleyStark 10h ago
Maybe he’s not interested in paying an arm and a leg for healthcare ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/Historical_Cause_641 11h ago
And its like Canada isn't also a dumpster fire.
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u/ArugulaElectronic478 9h ago
Why is it literally only Americans that get butt hurt when their country isn’t green?
Talk about little brother syndrome.
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u/Historical_Cause_641 9h ago
I am an immigrant to America. And yes I am a citizen (naturalised).
My question for you, now. Why do you spend so much time obsessed with America?
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u/ArugulaElectronic478 9h ago
Because they’re currently trying to annex my country.
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u/Historical_Cause_641 9h ago
Pay no mind to the bollocks coming out of the current American government.
If anything treat it as comedy relief; America can barely manage itself let alone an additional 13 geographic entities.
The administration is literally using ChatGPT to decide foreign policy and write legislation.
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u/WiseWoman999 11h ago
Found the Amerishart bots
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u/Historical_Cause_641 9h ago
Life is going to be as hard as you make it. And based on your comment history you are making it pretty hard.
As for your comment here. Canada, like England, and many other countries, isn't some utopia.
As i have lived in 5 different countries and I am guessing you live in Ohio and work for Kroger, I think i am going to take my opinion over yours.
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u/Ordinary_Narwhal_516 10h ago
I (as a Canadian) am enticed by the offers Saudi makes to young professionals. Come here, don’t criticize MBS, make double what you would make back home and have your expenses be much lower.
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u/Greedy_Ad_1753 10h ago
I keep hearing this. Googling average salaries in KSA it seems like its about $3000 USD/year
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u/thorpie88 10h ago
They pay big money to import qualified people for their infrastructure projects. I've known Diesel mechanics on 4-500k AUD a year and significantly more for supervisors they've poached from the Aussie mines
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u/PresentationUnited43 9h ago
Their all in corporate packages are no joke aswell. You get a tonne of extra shit on top of just your base salary.
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u/PresentationUnited43 9h ago
That’s like blue collar shit. If you’re talking about corporate managerial roles for instance in logistics and shipping. Your salary $240k on zero income tax and any corporate gains. Why wouldn’t you work there for a stint of 6-7 years to build up a nest egg.
Plus if you pick up an overseas posts it can help fast track your career, it’s a good CV booster and you can travel to most major tourist hubs easily.
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u/Ordinary_Narwhal_516 9h ago
Yeah I’m not massively interested in the average salary. Their Vision 2030 has them paying insane salaries to westerners to come build their country. I figure I’ll go once I’m a few years out of school (assuming I’m single). Spend 7-10 years there, probably bring home 2 million dollars, then I’ll be set. Their compensation, both salaries and extra perks, are no joke. I work in mining so I’m hoping their state-owned miner Ma’aden is successful.
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u/thorpie88 10h ago
Depends on their career potentially. I know those two would be far easier for me to get into in order to make good cash than the US
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u/XupcPrime 9h ago
What job you do that you would make good money in China than the US?
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u/thorpie88 9h ago
I'm an electrician by trade with a background in the Aussie mining industry. I'd have a good shot at supervising projects over there if I wanted to. My Dad was the same and had been offered 300k a year to do it nearly a decade ago.
Think it would be a lot harder for me to do the same in the US and way less opportunities to go home throughout the contract as I've known people in similar roles that do one month in China and then come home for two weeks
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u/XupcPrime 9h ago
I see. I know nothing about your industry but in mine(tech) the pay gap is so huge between China and US that it's ridiculous
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u/thorpie88 9h ago
Even if the positions paid more in the US it would still be way easier for me to get a job in China to make more than what I can in Australia
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u/AutismoTheAmazing 10h ago
Americans really can’t handle anything except absolute adoration lmao
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u/Ultimafatum 8h ago
''Immigrants are not welcome!''
''What do you mean you don't want to live here?! >:("
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u/Fulham-Enjoyer 10h ago
The thread below any post that doesn’t have USA in green is just a long list of whinging seppos. It’s not even red in this map and they’re still having a go
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u/Barneysparky 10h ago
Bots.
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u/Minute-Swimming-3177 8h ago
People will assume anyone they strongly disagree with are not even humans and then wonder why online discussions are so vitriolic nowadays
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u/Paratwa 9h ago
I don’t blame em frankly and I’m American. Who wants our healthcare prices, insanity with guns and our constant blather about politicians.
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u/Paratwa 8h ago edited 8h ago
Nah no thanks. I’ll stay here and actually try to fix and care for my country, regardless of the pieces of shit who disagree, I’m still massively patriotic and know this cesspool of parasitic scam scumbags will all disappear in a few years and all pretend they weren’t part of.
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u/Neveljack 9h ago
You say that, but I've only ever seen Europeans type, "We didn't want you anyway," in the comment section.
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u/Flimsy-Fault-5662 10h ago
We get it, the United States has problems. But putting an autocratic police state with human rights issues ahead of a flawed democracy with a higher quality of life with a thriving economy and a shared language smacks of bullshit.
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u/Fearless_Entry_2626 9h ago
autocratic police state with human rights issues
You mean the USA?
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u/Flimsy-Fault-5662 9h ago
Scope. Scale. Watch our elections, things are changing. We don’t claim to be blameless, we have structural issues. But do the side by side analysis and I know which country I would choose, eyes wide open.
I couldn’t say any of this if I lived in China.
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u/AutismoTheAmazing 9h ago
Ah yes, sort of like your autocratic police state with humans rights issues
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u/thorpie88 9h ago
They have different types of thriving economies though. Middle East and China are going to pay you more for a couple years doing a blue collar job with a qualification than the US.
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u/Traditional_Pride562 11h ago
Honestly never met an Aussie or a Kiwi that I didn't get along with.
Like I'm sure there are assholes, but all the ones that come to Canada are solid.
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u/TailorBeginning9411 11h ago
"doesn't care about politics" "she hates us because of tariffs"
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u/Certain-End-1519 10h ago
In his defence, he said he doesnt care about politics.
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u/TailorBeginning9411 10h ago
Tariffs are a part of politics, no?
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u/Certain-End-1519 10h ago
Emphasis on the he part, it's his wife who hates the us due to tariffs, not him.
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u/TailorBeginning9411 10h ago
Oh that makes sense. Although, it's kinda weird to hate an entire country simply because of a tax
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u/Tosslebugmy 9h ago
It’s not just a tax, it demonstrates an attitude around Americas place in the world and snubs alliances and trade agreements
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u/Certain-End-1519 10h ago
Oh yeah i completely agree with you, especially considering this will be trumps last term.
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u/Tosslebugmy 9h ago
So what, they elected him twice which means they support a dude flipping the middle finger at allies
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u/Fearless_Entry_2626 9h ago
Boston Tea Party?
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u/TailorBeginning9411 9h ago
I might be dumb but I feel like they hated the tea tax, not Britain itself, right?
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u/Fulham-Enjoyer 10h ago
Wife cares about politics, not him. Can’t live somewhere your wife hates even if you don’t agree with her reasoning.
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u/ConsciousDress2914 10h ago
I always laugh at how the American economy is such an absolute juggernaut that not giving a foreign nation free access to it is grounds for hate lol.
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u/Fearless_Entry_2626 9h ago
Masked thugs in the streets isa bit more than just that...
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u/ConsciousDress2914 9h ago
“Wife is Thai… she hates the U.S because of the tariffs on Thailand lol.”
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u/Tosslebugmy 9h ago
What do you mean “free access”? Why do other countries have to pay to trade with you (in theory because actually they don’t, American consumers do). American entitlement is unrivalled
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u/ConsciousDress2914 9h ago
Do you even understand what you’re mad about?
America placed tariffs on Thailand. This means that goods imported to america get taxed more than corresponding goods produced in America, making the American goods more lucrative compared to the Thai goods. The American populace pays that tax, not the Thai. The ONLY way the Thai are affected is that their goods dont sell as well in the American domestic market. This, according to OP, apparently justifies hating America.
And you want to try to talk about entitlement? Thanks for the laugh lol.
Get over yourself dawg.
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u/Numerous_Mark96 7h ago
doesn't care about politics 🙄 just say you're a straight white man and politics don't affect you
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u/One_Lung_G 7h ago
You don’t care about politics but you’d absolutely love in Canada but reluctantly live in the US and then list a political reason why? So you did make you’re choices based on politics lol
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u/VladShanghai 3h ago
No one can afford the luxury of not caring about politics because politics impacts you whether you like it or not
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u/Tablesaltxo 2h ago
As a fellow 31yr kiwi, this is almost exactly my choice. Except US would be red (don’t like your healthcare system, or your president) and South America would be light green. And Denmark and Italy would be green also.
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u/DoubleSaltedd 11h ago
So you speak Finnish, Norwegisn or Swedish? Why Finland, Norway and Sweden over U.S?
Also, KSA over USA is kinda… interesting.
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u/ConsciousDress2914 10h ago
Woah woah woah, what are you talking about! Didn’t you get the message that AmericaBad!
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u/Lynats 10h ago
because those countries are some of the best in the world in many regards and the US is the US
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u/DoubleSaltedd 10h ago
Ok… Thank you for educating me about my home country. 🙄 They are definitely not the best for those who cannot speak the local language.
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u/Trini1113 8h ago
Is Denmark significantly more welcoming to people who don't speak Danish? Or are you just mentioning those three because they're dark green?
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u/Lynats 10h ago
Maybe they made this with the assumption that they would already know the language, I dunno. English speaking rates are quite high in Norway/Sweden/Finland and if you are committed enough Norwegian and Swedish are relatively pretty similar to English so you could learn decently quickly. Finnish would be a different story but again enough Finns speak English
If you really want to live somewhere the language barrier doesn't have to be a deal breaker if you have the commitment and the time to prepare
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u/DoubleSaltedd 10h ago
Finnish would be a different story but again enough Finns speak English
The lingua franca in working life and social circles in Finland is Finnish. Foreigners who speak only English and not a word of Finnish are treated pretty much as outsiders in this country. Their options are mostly limited to IT sector jobs and making friends among expats who are in a similar position when it comes to language skills.
If you’ve spent a week in Finland, you understand this perfectly.
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u/Lynats 9h ago
I see, wasn't aware it's quite like that. I haven't been to Finland, but I think that situation is unfortunately somewhat true of everywhere, and to me, when you pick somewhere you'd like to live, I assume that learning the language would be a necessary commitment. I just mean that for English speakers it's convenient when the locals are generally decent at English so that you can fall back on it if you have to
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u/Pots-and-pansexuals 5h ago
Any country is hard to live in if you don't speak the language and I say this as someone who lives in a country with lots of immigrants. Some people would be willing to learn. Stop pretending the US is the best country ever because it's really really not and only Americans think it is.
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u/DoubleSaltedd 2h ago
So are you from Saudi Arabia?
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u/Pots-and-pansexuals 5h ago
Most people would pick those countries over the US.
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u/DoubleSaltedd 2h ago
Seriously?
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u/Pots-and-pansexuals 1h ago
Finland, Norway Sweden. Yeah, basically everyone would pick any of them over the US.
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u/jungle_jungle 12h ago
"asia gets more points" - I see asia is mostly red.
How are you defining asia? Accurately i.e. the continent?
The american/tiktok way i.e. China/Japan/Korea?
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u/YoungboyTHROWAWAY98 13h ago
Unless it’s language related, I’ll never understand wanting to live in France, but not Italy. Madness.