What is your backup country?

[jalapeno_pretzel]

Let's say hypothetically you have to move out of your current country, for unspecified reasons. Where do you move? Let's also say there are no immigration issues - you are free to relocate wherever you like.

I probably pick Canada, but would also be happy with Denmark, Iceland, or Germany.

 

[kirstenb1]

Canada. My parents are from Ontario, and we often visited there as kids. It's familiar, but so damned cold!! I'd have to visit somewhere warm in the winter.

 

[dish rag]

Well I already have 2. So the third would be Costa Rica. In fact I would move there ASAP if my wife would agree.

 

[low-key]

Congo

 

[L&Lfan]

Canada....
I speak the language.
It’s similar to the USA in Judeo-Christian culture and tradition.
I don’t mind cold weather.

 

[Disneylover99]

I’ll head to the States. Somewhere warm.

 

[Floridaman999]

Australia

 

[kimblebee]

Australia

This is my answer too. We can meet at my Uncles house..his back yard is a private beach on the ocean.

 

[tcufrog]

Canada. My dh’s business does a lot of work in the Calgary area so we’d open a Calgary office.

 

[lovin'fl]

Cayman Islands

 

[Meriweather]

Canada.....British Columbia area.
Visited many times when we lived in WA.

 

[disneychrista]

Canada. I hear we still have relatives that live there.

My maternal grandmother emigrated to the US from Canada when she was a child.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

Costa Rica is probably the strongest contender. England would’ve made the shortlist if not for the weather. I’d consider Kenya, as well.

 

[robinb]

Canada. My husband was born in Montreal.

 

[MamaLema]

United States
Never get tired of visiting. I like North or South Carolina.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

The UK. I'm a bit of an Anglophile. I visited in 2001. We stayed in London, and I was absolutely taken by the city. It's a special place.

 

[Wendy31]

Costa Rica

It's been my plan for a while now... if things ever go really badly in the US, we're moving to Costa Rica.

I've even tried to convince DH to move to Texas, so we could get out of the US quickly & get to Costa Rica by land, if we needed to.

 

[ronandannette]

Canada. My dh’s business does a lot of work in the Calgary area so we’d open a Calgary office.

Please do, and hurry!! I hope your branch is ready to employ about 10,000 people - we're dying up here. OTOH, it's a buyers market, so y'all come see us, y'hear!

As far as somewhere else I could live? I really can't think of anywhere I've ever visited that I'd be willing to live. We're going to the UK next spring, which will be my first time in an English-speaking European country. Maybe one of the British Isles would be somewhere I could see myself.

 

[bcla]

Canada....
I speak the language.
It’s similar to the USA in Judeo-Christian culture and tradition.
I don’t mind cold weather.

Huh? Canada is a land of immigrants. I would embrace it because it doesn't have a specifically Judeo-Christian culture and tradition now but an inclusive one. I rather enjoyed visiting Richmond, BC.

 

[ronandannette]

Huh? Canada is a land of immigrants. I would embrace it because it doesn't have a specifically Judeo-Christian culture and tradition now but an inclusive one. I rather enjoyed visiting Richmond, BC.

I'm not sure you understand Canada very well. The openness and willingness to make room in our society for those of every origin and creed is 100% the result of the liberty and respect that comes from our Judeo-Christian foundations. We have in no way abandoned those ethics and newcomers flock here specifically because their own homelands don't offer such an advantage.