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What country to move to?

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based on your threads, OP, it seems you can barely function in this country. best to stay where you feel safe and warm.
 
K1052 said:
Canada is cold....and too polite. The German language hurts my ears.

I'd go with Costa Rica.
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I know you don't care and all, but Germany:

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yes, please!
🙂
 
Find out where are the other ex presidents and retired congressmen plan on moving too, and investing in.
There is your answer.
 
OP fails. No matter which country you move to, if you're from the US you'll have to still pay US taxes....inless they have a double tax treaty, then you'd pay the other country's still high tax rate.

The US is the only country in the world that taxes based on citizenship (basically you pay US tax no matter where you live, no matter how long you've lived elsewhere, or where you make your money). Every other country taxes based on residence and source of income.

Basically, you're stuck in the US unless you renounce your citizenship, which is difficult for an American.
 
JMapleton said:
OP fails. No matter which country you move to, if you're from the US you'll have to still pay US taxes....inless they have a double tax treaty, then you'd pay the other country's still high tax rate.

The US is the only country in the world that taxes based on citizenship (basically you pay US tax no matter where you live, no matter how long you've lived elsewhere, or where you make your money). Every other country taxes based on residence and source of income.

Basically, you're stuck in the US unless you renounce your citizenship, which is difficult for an American.
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Only partially correct. If you reside out of the country for most of the year, as long as you file, you only owe tax on income over $90k.
 
Lifted said:
Only partially correct. If you reside out of the country for most of the year, as long as you file, you only owe tax on income over $90k.
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That, and also as an expat ALL your expenses are deductible. And most likely the host country has a different tax bracket for expats, making it a win-win.
 
JMapleton said:
OP fails. No matter which country you move to, if you're from the US you'll have to still pay US taxes....inless they have a double tax treaty, then you'd pay the other country's still high tax rate.

The US is the only country in the world that taxes based on citizenship (basically you pay US tax no matter where you live, no matter how long you've lived elsewhere, or where you make your money). Every other country taxes based on residence and source of income.

Basically, you're stuck in the US unless you renounce your citizenship, which is difficult for an American.
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BS I worked in Saudi Arabia for two years and over $80,000 was tax exempt. This was in the 1990s so I'm sure it's higher now but reguardless most people will pay no US taxes if they move abroad. hence the American pension colonies in Costa rica, Philippines, mexico, etc
 
Engineer said:
What's wrong with Canada? I thought they were doing pretty damn well. How about Germany for that matter?
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Canada is already the unofficial 51st U.S. state. However while U.S. residential real estate crashed and burns, Canada's reportedly continues to bubble upward.
 
K1052 said:
If they have attractive brothers I could be convinced to visit... would have to make a stopover in France for some good booze first of course.
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I hope you mean liquor/wine...because the beer there is deplorable! D:

I probably told you this story, but the only bar I managed to find over a few days in Berlin was a gay bar--took us about 20 minutes to realize what was going on, lol.

Everything else we found were clubs--pretty much gay by virtue (German club).

yeah, no problems. I assure you. 😀
 
iGas said:
I second Australia. Australia economy is doing very well at the moment and the foreseeable near future. Canada is the runner up option.
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Do you know that Australia is doing well because of China?

If China crashes, Australia will be right behind due to its heavy dependence on China buying iron, coal, natural gas, etc.
 
zinfamous said:
I hope you mean liquor/wine...because the beer there is deplorable! D:

I probably told you this story, but the only bar I managed to find over a few days in Berlin was a gay bar--took us about 20 minutes to realize what was going on, lol.

Everything else we found were clubs--pretty much gay by virtue (German club).

yeah, no problems. I assure you. 😀
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But of course wine and Cognac/Armagnac/Calvados. I can only imagine the piss that is French beer...every nation on their border does it better.

I can understand the confusion in a German gay bar. It's a toss up if it's gay or just really "European" sometimes.
 
K1052 said:
But of course wine and Cognac/Armagnac/Calvados. I can only imagine the piss that is French beer...every nation on their border does it better.

I can understand the confusion in a German gay bar. It's a toss up if it's gay or just really "European" sometimes.
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1: Not Italy
2: see #1 (eh, same with)

😀
 
K1052 said:
Canada is cold....and too polite. The German language hurts my ears.

I'd go with Costa Rica.
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It's true Canadians are just weird but they have free healthcare tons of oil fresh water and food producing land. Best place to move to if you think that there will be a world collapse. To avoid Canadians you could move outside the big cities or perhaps Albertastan I hear it's just like Texas. :thumbsup:
 
zinfamous said:
deadly snakes, spiders that eat birds, crocodiles that eat sharks, phone service that prevents the drunken populace from dialing in the evening, etc....

Sure, he could do better.

😛
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Just don't live in Queensland... that's a real shithole of a place.
 
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