Asklemmy

antarctica:

• no bad politics
• no wars so far
• people there are mainly interested in science
• no economic abuse or exploitation
• pinguins!
• no air conditioning needed to survive the summer.
• winter is offline time, visitors won't arrive or leave then.
• last place to stay cool during boomers heritage "heat death of our planet"

well sure, it has downsides too. Next Rollercoaster park is -tbh- unreachable, internet connection is sloo.oo..oow (or did they already finish the submarine fibre cable?) and sunbathing basically only brings you frost bites (if you're lucky).

However i am not planning to migrate there.

Me

Netherlands seems to have it's head screwed on

Call me chauvinistic but France is absolutely special in many ways. The diversity of landscapes for a country this size is absolutely mad, not even considering the Outre Mer. The history is insanely rich, the culture is definitely worthwhile, and I'm not even talking about the food and its sheer diversity.

The problem is us, Frenchies, we've definitely lost our spark and are getting propaganded to hell. It's a very sad state of affairs.

Less chauvinistically, I really like Norway and the Nordics in general.

I'm from Sweden so I'm biased, but I cherish the leadership style in Swedish companies and it's an important part of why I want to stay here. Honesty is valued, you don't get punished for telling the boss like it is. The CEO doesn't act like they're better than you, and if you have opinions you can talk to them directly. I earn more than my boss because I'm more valued in the job market, and he's fine with that. The net effect is that leadership won't go around living in a fairytale and be surprised when a high stakes project fails. Risks are known and can be mitigated early on, and people feel empowered. I haven't seen this in any other country except maybe Norway to some extent.

I haven't seen much of the world yet. My dad was set on Germany and later Austria for holiday destinations. When I started going myself I visited Spain, Switzerland, Italy and Portugal. I've also been to Budapest (Hungary), Prague (Czech) and Krákow (Poland). I've been to England a couple of times because of family.

But lately I've been to Portugal a couple of times. I like the Portuguese people, the food, the wine, the environment in general, the ocean... I've taken to learning the language as well.

I prefer southern Europe because a) it's Europe so still familiar but the climate is better, as are the views. But there is still so much to see...

Scotland, hands down. I feel so lucky to be living here. I was only going to stay three years & then go back to New Zealand and settle down. Thirty-five years later I'm still here. I fell in love with the hills - and the freedom to walk on them - the lochs, the ancient ruins. But most of all I fell in love with the people. Their craic, their warmth and craziness, their generosity, their music. I love that you can talk to anyone and you'll often hear an amazing life story.

I love things like this: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/anti-deportations-group-issues-guide-24107754

I love the cultural richness that's come from successive waves of immigration, from Italy, India & Pakistan, China, Poland and more.

I love the food. I love haggis and Arbroath smokies and Aberdeen butteries and shortbread and oatcakes and Tunnocks caramel wafers.

And least I forget, yes, I love the weather.

Just vacationed in Belize. Tiny place near Guatemala and Mexico on the Caribbean. It's the only English speaking country in South America; founded by English pirates who wanted to steal Spanish gold. Great food, friendly people, and interesting history.

Fucking love Mexico. I'm not Mexican, but do speak Spanish... Hot dang it's a parade down the street literally every day, everyone is super out-of-their-way friendly, and the things they make are amazing: furniture, glass, textiles.

I would love to live there but the cartel violence is terrifying, as is the lack of water. Also... They don't want me!

Probably Iceland. No one bothers them and they don't bother anyone. Doesn't get hot, fjords and geysers to look at, puffins, bubble hotels, cool metal scene.

have you ever worked for a japanese company? i don't think you can know a country simply by visiting it.

my impressions of vietnam at 1 year and at 5 years with a family and a business are completely different.

It entirely depends on the context.

The simple answer is that my favorite country is where my employment and loved ones are, the USA.

For travel, Probably Spain. I've always felt that the mix of relaxation and adventure is perfect there. I've always loved southern Chile, but it's a bit too rural to feel entirely comfortable. There's always this awareness of how much trouble I'd be in if I screwed anything up.

Don't mean to be a dick but Crash Bandicoot was created and developed by Naughty Dog, a US company. It was published by Sony for the first several years, though.

Norway. There are many reasons, but the big big one for me is the absolutely incredible nature AND the ability to properly enjoy it via Wildcamping. Being able to simply venture out into the forest for a weekend is such a nice thing.

I like the Scandinavian countries for some reason.

Azerbaijan

I don't know anything about the country. I just like to say the name.

New Zealand. The wife & I spent 3 weeks there earlier this year. The people were all very friendly, and the range of things to do & see is just amazing if you’re into the outdoors at all.

Australia.

Stunning nature, nice people, killer animals; what's not to love?

Probably the UK, mainly due to the history. You've got archaeology going back to the bronze age and before, well-preserved ruins from throughout the medieval era, and a very well-documented pre-modern history record.

They had a fairly unique path through global history, from the darkness of the colonial and imperial era, to being the bastion against Napoleon and then European fascism, to the seat of the voluntary and cooperative Commonwealth nations today. They're one of the best examples of just how much a society can evolve, and are still one of a handful of European nations where the far right is struggling the most to gain a foothold. I admire that greatly.

Oh, and I never did quite grow out of my longbows-are-cool phase. And ships. Ships are cool too. And British humour is entertaining. And they like to insert a random letter U here and there for no discernable reason.

I'm an urban type of person so I'm a fan of megacities where everything you need is a short walk/ride/drive away. For Asia, it would be Singapore and Japan. I haven't been around Europe much, but I loved Czechia. I haven't been to the Scandinavian countries so I can't say, but they are definitely interesting to me from an outsider's perspective.

Top of the list of countries that I haven't been to and just admire from afar: Peru. Now I'm sure someone is going to come in here and ruin it for me.

None. Norway might be close but they still participate in whaling and their Nordic model is not as social anymore as it used to be, I've heard. Which is a shame, as I think more countries would benefit greatly from a Nordic model as a stepping block to a freer and more peaceful world.

I like Germany. I've never been and never a German but I really admire their architecture, design and culture towards building and design. They have so many cool festivals with music and food. I'm also jealous that Europeans can just scoot over to other countries so easily.

It depends, each country has something to offer. I really like to go somewhere where you just don't expect something/you have completely wrong picture about it. Just nice surprise every time you travel there. Also for travel it has to have the "I want to go there" factor, when I say to someone that USA is for me no go country because of this they usually don't understand.

I would like to travel across the Europe, each country is interesting, even Russia (but visit Russia before Russia visits you and I just don't want to go there now).

From Asia there are few interesting countries, Taiwan and South Korea.

On Africa I just don't know, certainly I would like to go to Morocco, but some other countries there are on the list.

Australia and New Zealand are also high on the "I want to go there" index.

America's - Canada, Mexico and Argentina

For living I just don't know.

New Zealand

Scenery so ridiculously beautiful they filmed a movie there known for ridiculously beautiful scenery, pleasant climate year round, legal weed, not likely to be a target of invasion, one of the few places to embrace their native population's culture (Granted partially because the Maori put up a tremendous fight)

Yeah, I don't want to be rich to be rich, I want to be rich to be able to move to New Zealand.

Denmark? Anyone?