I’ve made a preliminary shortlist of the most promising settling destinations. I’ll be using this as the springboard for more in-depth analysis of the pros and cons.
- Madrid, Spain - my parents live in Spain and living in Madrid would enable me to visit them more. Although I’ve been to pretty much everywhere in Spain, I’ve never visited Madrid, something which I’ll fix this New Year as I’m taking my parents there for a long weekend. My current employer has an office there which would make moving much easier. Very pleasant people.
- Hong Kong – lived there in 1999, visited again in 2008 – still love the city. Nice people, cosmopolitan city. Faaaar away.
- Paris, France - Absolutely love the city and the French people.
Wildcards
- Montpellier, France - Employer has an office there, never visited the city, heard it’s… sleepy. Not necessarily a bad thing, but would need a visit to see just how sleepy.
- Brazil – up and coming nation, I like the few Brazilians I know. Climate should be agreeable. Never visited, don’t know enough about the country or its cities yet.
- Malta - supposedly best climate in the world, and I imagine finding a job in corporate finance would be a challenge – that’s pretty much all I know unless watching Bogart movies counts…
- Panama - should have better job opportunities in my field than many other places, supposed to be great climate. Visiting the region in the fall.
- Helsinki, Finland - going back to Finland is always an option, even with the crippling climate and absurd taxation.
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