I currently live in South Africa and well, I want a plan for a place to move to in the next 5 years max. The problem is i can’t decide where to go and as much as I love Australia, it feels too far from the time zones where all my people are.

So I have decided that Europe/UK would be perfect but can’t find a perfect fit. I have a UK passport

I am looking for:

  • mild weather. Not too bothered to be honest but not looking for a snow 8 months of the year or rain 8 months of the year. Ideally i just want a place that gets some sunlight, some rain, some cold and some hot days
  • low level or low acknowledgment of corruption. I want my taxes to do something -low crime rate
  • good work life balance with a decent opportunity for living. Currently working at a Big 4 consultancy so hoping I can have a nice enough lifestyle but not be working 24/7

I really like places like Netherlands, Scotland, Germany but have found various flaws. I also really like the Mediterranean

I don’t really like the UK but prefer something like Scotland. They just apparently get less sun than I’d like

  • wondermonkey@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Hm, it actually sounds like you’d really like Northern Spain. Amazing food and people, stunning Scotland-like green landscapes, mild weather (but warmer than Scotland), and they just opened it up to high speed rail from Madrid (route to a couple cities in Asturies).

    I wonder if you’d benefit from hacking through some of your questions with a GPT like Expatriator. https://chat.openai.com/g/g-99vtlb7LQ-expatriator-gpt

      • space_fox_overlord@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Northern Spain is pretty beautiful! Although I’ve only visited for work trips.

        I know people were downvoting you for the Scotland/ UK conundrum but I get what you mean, Scottish people generally seem friendlier than English people, it’s a different vibe

        • TumblrForNerds@alien.topOPBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          So I would have to look into the visas in Spain before I could make a decision but I really like what I’m seeing. Another potential is to go to Ireland for a while as people said and then see if Spain does a nomadic Visa like some other countries do though again, I am not clear on the logistics

            • TumblrForNerds@alien.topOPBEnglish
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              1 year ago

              Currently working with a big 4 consulting firm so will likely end up trying to transfer to an international firm internally

              • ginogekko@alien.topBEnglish
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                1 year ago

                Ok, but a digital nomad visa won’t be useful for that. You’d need to work elsewhere and then only spend limited periods of time in Spain. You’ll also likely run into strict time limits set by your employer, based on the country where you are employed’s rules on tax residency.

                • TumblrForNerds@alien.topOPBEnglish
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                  1 year ago

                  I see, let me maybe ask this. If you were planning to do what I’m doing from my position then what path would you recommend and why? I haven’t gotten to the point of looking at Visas yet so I would really appreciate an early understanding of a route I could go down