We love france despite they cannot cook very well in our region so many restaurants are very poor. But where else in the world would others like to live?
I have lived in Spain many years. Same for us being pescatarian , eating out was not easy.
I would have live to try Portugal but too expensive to buy unless in the middle of nowhere sadly.
Texas. Great food and I can legally have a .50 cal machine gun mounted on my Duster.
Another advantage over France is that the worse my accent gets in Texas, the more I’ll sound like the locals.
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Well my family are leaving Texas and heading for decent weather and less concrete. for the NC lake region on edge of the Blue Ridge and Smokey Mts. Crime is getting out of hand in Texas, the mullet heads are heading for the border to stop the incomers and every californian who can, is moving there and even where they lived in a very affluent north Dallas region, you don’t leave your gun under the bed any more now.
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Symi.
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New Zealand for me, it was in our Top 3 when we decided to leave the UK but OH wouldn’t go as it was too far away.
Ireland. Far more fun than Strasbourg and people actually talk to each other.
Crap healthcare, though.
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I think Italy perhaps. I went on holiday a few years back and loved it. It has lovely scenery, great weather, nice wine and good food - what’s not to love?
Saying that, some Icelandic friends of ours moved to Italy after falling in love with it as tourists, but didn’t settle because they found the diet not varied enough for them… they then tried France but the corporation tax was too high, and have instead settled in Spain.
Eh? Too used to whale penis 
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You could use it as a reverse gear if the recoil didnt rip the roof off
Many places. Italy and Greece are the obvious European destinations, Canada (probably either BC or Sask) is the non-European alternative.
Italy would have been my place of choice, but my wife felt learning Italian from scratch would have been too difficult and preferred the idea of France where she had a start in the language. It’s not too hard to find somewhere affordable within 30min of the beach and skiing, cost of living seems lower. We both love Greece and I speak a very little Greek, but travel would always require flying. One of our shortlisted houses was in the mountains behind Kalamata, but it wasn’t possible to travel to view, and it sold while we were stuck.
I would absolutely love to live in India, after having travelled there alot for business. So varied and so very interesting, and I found the Indians to be generally very respectful and courteous. The variety of places over there is massive, so I would probably select somewhere semi rural but close links to a city. It would obviously be a major move over there, but who knows what the future holds 
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Goa would be nice - good food without upset tummies, less of a cultural leap than some parts.
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Friends love Goa and Goa there most years especially over winter.
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We might consider Cyprus, the northern side
In fact one of the locations I had to stay for quite some time was Goa. Interesting place, but after hiring one of those Royal Enfield bikes to travel from the centre to the beach, navigating all the other moped users that are like hornets, not sure I’d be up for that now I remember the helmet they gave me didn’t have a chin strap and I chose to wear a baseball call underneath as it also didn’t look to savoury! Driving on the 2 lane road out to the beach and decided to turn the throttle, gathered speed quickly and suddenly the peak of the cap had whipped the helmet off my head. I stopped as soon as I could, walked back, picked the helmet up from the middle of the road just before a rather large lorry could get to it and crush it - relief.
And yes, super food, but that as my general experience over there.
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Great for holidays and backpacking/travel but I don’t know about living there permanently 
. We did look into it briefly back in the day, but I think property ownership was "complicated " Needless to say, there were many Indians who offered to put it in their own name for us, no problem - how kind of them:rofl:
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Property ownership could be problematic for sure. It’s even complicated if you’re an Indian citizen living abroad, with a special status required.
I know right. They thought the diet was too much pizza, pasta and veal for them. Spain is a lot more seafood, which suits them better.
I’d be happy with pizza & pasta for the rest of my life personally…
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Since I’m an US/IT dual national, Italy. But I escaped Florida due to the heat, so it would have to be north. I really think I prefer France, despite my roots. If the French fascists make life too hard for us here, I’m sure the Italian ones will welcome us.
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