[Closed] How many ex-pats do we have on here?

You taken the family out there 😯

No. The nature of the job allows me to get home quite a bit. They wouldn't want to move here anyway. I love it here but I wouldn't move lock stock and barrel....

Hola! Spain.
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¡Olé!

morzine, france (not as a seasonaire, i hasten to add!)

I've been living in Leipzig, Germany for the past ten years. 😯

Me!

My name used to be Patrick, but I changed it by Deed Poll.

😀

It's nippy out actually; the warm fluffy one over there, thanks.

NW Alps here since (at various times) 1969

Another frog here, Languedoc-Roussillon since 2000, Savoie beforehand.

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Spain rules!

I moved to Scotland 6 years ago. It was tough at first, what with the almost impenetrable language and frankly inedible local cuisine, but I find I am warming to the place and its peoples.

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Daaaaaaag!

From a Yorkshireman in Holland.

Nj USA past 2 years and probaly for a few more

Calgary Alberta

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can't see us coming 'home'

Western Australia for almost two years, no rush to return either....

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Toronto here, arrived in August, no plans to return any time soon...

Panama City, Panama...

The Flying Ox
I moved to Scotland 6 years ago. It was tough at first, what with the almost impenetrable language and frankly inedible local cuisine, but I find I am warming to the place and its peoples.

Melbourne, Australia
Arrived 3 months ago, bikes have have finally arrived in the shipping container last week. Will see how the next few years go.

+1 Australia.
But not riding anything like Ishouldbeworking's - can understand why though, I discovered the myth that is quicksand at the weekend.

Sunshine Coast (ha, I want my money back for calling it that) for me.

Won't return even in a pine box...

Local:
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enjoy living out here in Boulder, Colorado.

Its rather snowy at the moment, but looking forward to this when summer rolls around:

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Again, no plans to move back home any time soon

A Scotsman in exile here in Englandshire - and I've no excuse for being awake at this time of night / day. Considering (seriously) a relocation to NZ right now. The wife has lots of friends out there and I like the pretty scenery 🙂

living in Whistler, Cananda for the past 5 years

best ski and bike terrain in the world

Ishouldbeworking - whats the riding like in WA? Im moving over to Perth area later this year, just waiting for visas to arrive, any good local mtb websites or clubs? Where are the best spots for riding please?

I'm in Vancouver, BC. Been here since '03 and no intentions of going back. Will probably move somewhere else in Canada in a couple of years though as the cost of houses in Vancouver is ridiculous, and I don't want to live in a 700 sq ft flat for ever!
Today I rode my shiny new bike in the sun up some great singletrack within the city limits (well, Burnaby, a suburb), with views of the snow-covered mountains. Might ski after work tomorrow. Tough life.

Paul

Am Canadian.. lived in the UK for 12 years. Now living in the middle east.

Am planning to return home to Canada (either Vancouver, Toronto or Halifax) in the next few years.. can't see myself returning to the UK even though i am very fond of it and consider it home..quality of life is not great.. which is a shame.

can't see myself returning to the UK even though i am very fond of it and consider it home..quality of life is not great.. which is a shame.

Interesting.... care to expand??

This seems to be a constant conversation amongst many of the natives (especially at the moment). Always though that there was an element of the moaning British mentality about it, so a slightly different perspective is interesting

I'm in New Zealand, been here since December and no plans to rush back either!

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Quite a way from home though:
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Been living in the Czech Republic for about 15 years, and have no plans to return to UK. The language is a nightmare though.

Currently escaping the tax system and Scottish Weather in East Malaysia (Borneo). 3.5 years so far and due to be here another 3. No plans to return.

Been in Belgium (Flanders to be more precise) since 2004.

It's wonderful to be in a place where cycling is so popular.

Language still throws up the odd dialect based issue now & then but that's just funny now.

Not really an ex-pat so to speak, but currently living and working in Awassa, Southern Ethiopia.

I'm a VSO volunteer.

And I'm looking forward to coming home. It's not an easy place to live...

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Paul

Germany currently.

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Not enjoying it a lot though...

Day 1 of expat life for me - landed in Singapore this morning! 🙂

A pseudo frog with a passport to prove it.

Ein Anhänger von Roter Stern der seit 10 Jahre in leipzig wohnt. Bist du auch ein bischen Punk? Schön wenn es so wäre.

Lancashire to Whakatane NZ. Bloody good move in my opinion.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Been here four years and cannot see myself ever going back to the UK except to see friends and ride my bike there.

Came here with the wife, and 2 kids, just had a third.

Work hard but quality of life is much better, riding in the jungle and 35-40 degrees is just different but still fantastic. Travel ops are superb so far been to Vietnam, Thailand, Burma, Singapore, Cambodia, Australia, Bali and this year am going to NZ skiing, Borneo, Laos, maybe Sri Lanka and probably the Phillippines.

Occassionally miss things and friends - but real friends come over!

Cheers
Shiny

I've been living in Denmark for the last 6 years and we are in the process of buying a new house and the kids are starting school so we are here for a good while yet.
Some good things and some bad.

Spain, nearish to Don Simon. Despite that, no hurry to move back to the UK 😀

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Gothenburg, Sweden for the last 6 years. Have a young family so tied here for the time being.

I'm more of a serial immigrant than an expat. New South Wales. I don't intend to go back to the UK to live or work but otoh I think the Australian economy is in much greater danger than everyone else thinks it is, so...

I think the Australian economy is in much greater danger than everyone else thinks

How come? Are those thoughts sector specific? or just the economy in general?

I was under the impression that a lot of the Australian resilience was commodities driven...

Near to Bilbao, in the Basque country. Came here on holiday, been here 5 years now. It´s the longest I´ve ever lived in one place since leaving home for Uni.

4½ years into life in Southern Sweden, can't see us ever moving back TBH.

The summer:
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The winter:
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I am in Brazil, but after saying that am flying back to Blighty today for 3 or 4 weeks.