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MrGimpy

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Originally Posted by holymadness
Already done it. It's easy if you speak the language. The cultural barriers to integration are very low if you can manage that aspect. To make the move it helps to be young, unattached, and not in a long-term career.

I'm considering moving back to the new world next year, as economic prospects in Europe are fairly bleak compared to Canada's.


You and many others are thinking of this. Was considering doing the reverse (Canada to Paris or London) not long ago, but it would have been hard given the divergent economies.

Also, while language wouldn't be an issue, I'm attached, in a long-term career, and starting to plan my mid-life crisis.
 

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Moved from the UK to the US in my early 20s and it was the best thing I ever did.
 

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I've lived in the Carribean and Asia for over 10 years each and am now in the US (also over 10 yrs).

Will probably move again, most likely back to Asia, at some point.
 

holymadness

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Originally Posted by MrGimpy
You and many others are thinking of this. Was considering doing the reverse (Canada to Paris or London) not long ago, but it would have been hard given the divergent economies.
There is no point coming here to find a job. There are none, and foreigners are at a distinct disadvantage vis-Ã -vis the locals thanks to protectionist labour laws. The process of starting a business is like a previously undiscovered tenth layer of hell. I was lucky, but I have met hundreds of expats who struggled in vain to get settled until they burned through their savings and were forced back home.
Also, while language wouldn't be an issue, I'm attached, in a long-term career, and starting to plan my mid-life crisis.
Well, the third could take care of the first two.
 

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Originally Posted by holymadness
At 24, I think you are right. If you have the means to stay afloat until you find a job, you speak Hindi (or Urdu, or whatever), and are not particularly attached to a partner or career here, I think you should go for it.

Just be prepared to deal with the fact that while your wage relative to cost of living in India may be acceptable, internationally you may be earning a pittance, which should influence your behaviour in the long term.


Well, I would be going there with a job - its at a startup but the salary is decent and I can survive with it in Mumbai. At the worst, I have my parents place that I can always go to but I'd rather not go down that road, if possible
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. I can speak hindi fluently so communication won't be a problem.

As for wages, yeah its going to be a big change. If we are just talking salary, i will be sacrificing ~100k/year job for barely nothing - but the work will be interesting and it will give me exposure. Current plan is to move there and start working for the startup, and see where life takes me from there.

Depending on how the market is, I might apply to b-school down the line.

Originally Posted by Pantisocrat
But in India, his future wife's brothers will probably make less than him, which elevates him to a more attractive suitor when the time comes. Even if his international status as a baller is minuscule, his social and psychological well-being, in his immediate environment, will be much higher than those in Manhattan who pulled 60 hrs week just to pay rent. To make more money than your wife's or GF's brothers should be prime consideration in any relationship or economic consideration methink.

Haha, I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not. I know plenty of people who make ridiculous money in India, so I will be making nothing compared to them. I am prepared for the backlash that I am going to get once I move there - the whole look he grew up in the US and got two degrees there but is working for a pittance here in India.

*******. I don't have a lot lose going to India, and potentially a whole lot to gain. Not gaining much sitting here in NYC.
 

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Originally Posted by MrGimpy

Also, while language wouldn't be an issue, I'm attached, in a long-term career, and starting to plan my mid-life crisis.


Originally Posted by holymadness

Well, the third could take care of the first two.


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A very practical observation. When done properly, of course, a mid-life crisis isn't limited to the destruction of just one career and marriage.
 

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I hold citizenship in three countries ... and resident status in a fourth. I just put my life on shuffle and move around a lot.
 

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I grew up in the US, but now spend a lot of time in mainland China.

When I'm in the US, I definitely miss parts of living in China. When I'm in China, though, at times I miss the whole of living in the US.
 

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Originally Posted by RSS
I hold citizenship in three countries ... and resident status in a fourth. I just put my life on shuffle and move around a lot.

are you sean connery?
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I'd leave Germany in a second. I 've only done it before for a semester of study abroad though, but loved the expierence to live to somewhere else. Therefore, I could easily see myself move to an other country.

Moving within Europe, it's also just an hour or so to go home on the plane, no matter where you live.
 

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grew up in taiwan, spent 11 years in the US (study+work), just moved to UK, not sure where I will end up to be honest with you.
 

Canal Directo

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Originally Posted by kwilkinson
I would like to live in Paris.
I'm desperate to leave Paris.
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Never lived more than 7 years in a country and I'm getting overdue right now. I get to move every month or so for work in various places around the globe (mainly in West and Central Africa right now), but working offshore on a ship doesn't count when speaking of living abroad experiences I guess. If I was able to move for good, it would be for South America (Brazil, many many opportunities down there and really cool mountains nearby in Bolivia, Argentina...) or Central Asia. I can see myself living in Kyrgyzstan or Kazhakstan, and taking time to travel to the most remote places in Tibet, Sichuan, Xinjkiang and Northern Pakistan and give a try to every unclimbed moutain I will encounter. I would probably live like this for 2 to 3 years plus my gf works for an airline so free tickets available to come back in Europe every month or so, for fittings with tailors for instance.
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Then, perhaps, move to North America
 

GQgeek

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spb has a husband?
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Matt

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Originally Posted by Teacher
So, Adelaide has a population of over a million, and it's a small town? Man, have I got some surprises in store for you!
more to do with the mentality of the people there than the population size itself. It really feels like a tiny village, very insular and closed minded.
 

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Originally Posted by GQgeek
spb has a husband?
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drunk imaginary husband on bmw )
 

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