QOTW: What Nationality Would You Choose ?

[Mike]

If you had the choice of changing your nationality to another, what would it be?

Would there be any advantages to your new nationality?

Are there any disadvantages to your current nationality?

Mike...

[Waldo]

I'd be French! Yes, odd choice I know, but having read the book "French Women Don't Get Fat" it really appeals to me!!

[TheGuru]

Originally Posted by Waldo

I'd be French! Yes, odd choice I know, but having read the book "French Women Don't Get Fat" it really appeals to me!!

Im English so I dont see eye to eye with the French

I wouldnt want to swap my nationality. However the British have messed up a lot of other countries

• Northern Ireland
• India / Pakistan
• Palestine

Im sure there are many more

I am not a fan of Parliments plans for compulsary ID cards

[hellcat]

I'm Irish and I wouldn't change my nationality?
Being Irish is Class because no matter where you go in the world you will find an Irish Bar even if their are no Irish Staff working in it

And when other nationalities travel abroad they always go looking for the craic and they head for the Irish Bars so you meet loads of different people from all over .....Best of Both Worlds really

[Nutty_ZA]

I've actually got Dual Nationality...

British and South African.

Don't think I'd ever give up my British Citizenship, however, I am considering emigrating to Australia

[Mike]

Originally Posted by hellcat

I'm Irish and I wouldn't change my nationality?
Being Irish is Class because no matter where you go in the world you will find an Irish Bar even if their are no Irish Staff working in it

And when other nationalities travel abroad they always go looking for the craic and they head for the Irish Bars so you meet loads of different people from all over .....Best of Both Worlds really

The Irish always seemed to be welcomed and welcoming

[fifi2004]

Originally Posted by Nutty_ZA

I've actually got Dual Nationality...

British and South African.

Don't think I'd ever give up my British Citizenship, however, I am considering emigrating to Australia

I have the dual too, but I'm yugoslav (I think still) and Australian.

I love New Zealand, it's a very nice country, but don't know if I could call myself a kiwi.

Come to Australia Nutty, you'll love it, but if we run out of beer, don't get greedy.

[Nutty_ZA]

Originally Posted by fifi2004

Come to Australia Nutty, you'll love it, but if we run out of beer, don't get greedy.

Don't worry, I'm brewing my own at the moment... with an Australian home brew kit funnily enough

South Africa's a really lovely country too... sadly the crime sitaution is getting out of control..

I've had a look at a few Aussie sites and it seems very expensive to live there
What sort of salary do you need to live a comfortable life???

[fifi2004]

Yes Nutty, it's very expensive to live here. The average salary I think is 40K per year.

I think only very rich people live comfortably, the rest of us struggle everyday. Food, petrol, and housing, are most expensive. Yet without even one of them, you can't exist. For a small population, it seems our government can't handle what they have.

Our prime minister wants a republic ????????

[Nutty_ZA]

Well, I think (judging by jobs advertised on the net) that I would earn between $70 000-00 and $100 000-00... obviously, that seems like a reasonable salary by what you just said, would I be able to have a reasonable life on that???

The cost of living in the UK is about the same as the cost of living in SA (from what I can gather)... some things are more expensive (meat for example is very cheap in SA compared to the UK) and some things are cheaper (electronic equipment and cars for example are cheaper in the UK)...
PLUS I know I would earn more in the UK (at the exchange rate) to what I earn here...

I did a comparason on a few goodies between SA and Aus...
The same fridge (a 420 litre LG) costs R3 999-00 in SA in Aus it was $1300-00... at the exchange rate (+- 7 to 1), that equates to +- R9100-00

BUT if I earned $100 000-00 pa that would be the equivalent of +-R700 000-00 pa.. I currently earn R440 000-00 pa here, so I would earn nearly double in Aus...

it's all very confusing