What European country and/or South Pacific country would you...

recommend I, an American looking to relocate, move to? (Note: I work by way of the internet so I can live anywhere) 
 
What do you think about Thailand? I have an e-friend there.   It looks like paradise from pics OH MAN.  And my American dollars go farther there than they do here.

If you're into transsexuals and political unrest; Thailand's the place for you.

I want to move my ass to Norway. Beautiful blonde girls and gorgeous wilderness, coupled with some of the best political and social climate in the world.

Denmark 

Yeah, those damn Asian archipelagos are pretty corrupt.  I've looked into The Philippines  Corruption can show up throughout it too. 
 
 
Norway is definitely on my list. I have a childhood friend in the Finnish army (closest friend I have to Norway). I will re-evaluate a relocation to there. Thank you! 
 
EDIT: Is there anything special about Denmark? I've never even thought about it. Maybe I should. I know nothing about Denmark.

I would say Finland, but you most def. don't wanna go to Thailand. My fam just got out right before all that corruption/revolt and rebellion started coming up. Sounds rough over there now...

" If you're into transsexuals and political unrest; Thailand's the place for you. "

" I would say Finland, but you most def. don't wanna go to Thailand. My fam just got out right before all that corruption/revolt and rebellion started coming up. Sounds rough over there now... "

" @Suicrat said:

" If you're into transsexuals and political unrest; Thailand's the place for you. "

What if you really love one of those, but not the other? "

Just know that Norway is a very expensive place to live, even compared to the other nordic countries.
 
Denmark, well, the language is all but impossible (IMO).

" @schizogony: Hey I'm in Thailand right now! I live here and was born here! Yeah it's a great place. My dad works by way of internet he is a fund manager and manges peoples stocks on the stockmarket and uses bloomberg so he works at home here in thailand. I recommend you come and live here because we need all the tourists and expats we can get because ever since the protests no one was come even though those protests were so isolated. I just graduated from the international school of Bangkok. Also I recommend you stay out of Bangkok cause well, it's the city. I suggest you live north of Bangkok in a place called Nonthaburi the province which I live in. There is easy access to broadband and there are hella malls here! Also, I live in an expat compound full of europeans, americans, and east asians (koreans japanese). I recommend you live here no doubt about it. If you have any questions please feel free to ask! "

Sweden is pretty nice, terrible winters aside.

One of the small islands from Azores, probably Santa Maria. Takes around an hours drive to get to the other side of the island, if I remember correctly. 
Provided they have Internet access there. I don't think I can live with out the internet anymore.

I can personally recommend The Netherlands or northern Belgium. I don't know how your language skills are, but everyone I know speaks/understands english so you won't feel lost due to language barriers.
 
Scandinavia is always a good choice.

" Sweden is pretty nice, terrible winters aside. "

I have checked out Malaysia and saw the muslim thing and then gave up, actually, lol. Although, it does look very nice. I shouldn't rule it out. Though, having both you and my friend, Harrison, living in Thailand, I'm more inclined to move where someone I know AND a GiantBomb member live. Anyone who is a fan of GiantBomb is cool, well most of us. But, seriously, it sounds corny but I would trust a GiantBomber over someone from any other forum on any other site. 
 
 
I will be going to the Netherlands to begin with. A week or three there THEN I will use the second destination on my airplane ticket (since I would have to have a place to leave to). Two weeks in Amsterdam smoking weed then settle in the South Pacific or somewhere hopefully cheap in Europe. My plan is to move around every six months, when my visitor visa would usually run out. Until I find a country I want to stay in, that is (if I ever do). Maybe it's the first one I go to or maybe the 10th or beyond. It will be an adventure one way or another. But I want it to be cheap, so I should spend a lot of time hopping around South Pacific islands until I find a country I like, then try to get a longer visa so I can live there for a while, save up money, move to Europe and continue country-hopping. I could blog it omg. 
 
Sweden I certainly want to visit and maybe move to. It's definitely going for that "perfect country" thing and could win.

If you're looking for a good place to live but not a massive change in culture I'd say Australia or New Zealand. I'm not sure if you meant to include those when you said south pacific though since you've mainly talked about the Asian countries.

Giantbombers ftw

" If you're looking for a good place to live but not a massive change in culture I'd say Australia or New Zealand. I'm not sure if you meant to include those when you said south pacific though since you've mainly talked about the Asian countries. "

What a wierd couple of choices..Europe and the South Pacific are as opposite as can be. 
 
The tropics are all about hot, getting wet and socializing. I live in Hawaii, which is pretty much normal USA except that you can hike or surf by picking a direction and driving for 15 minutes and most people AREN'T white (San Diego might be similar but much colder). Its expensive compared to anywhere on the mainland, SF or NYC included. If you like outdoor activities, this is an awesome place to live. If you are an indoorsman, it sucks. One thing that really sucks: calling back east. If your folks live (or you have business on) the east coast, you've got to manage your day.
 I also used to live in the Caribbean..pricey there too, but tropical nice.  I really liked Bonaire, which is part of the Netherlands..what a cool place. I'd suggest looking into Costa Rica as a alternative too.

The best part about living in the tropics: you have 1 wardrobe. Theres none of this summer and winter clothes, just clothes. For example the only time I wear pants is when I go to a nice dinner or work..the rest of the time its shorts or swimsuits. 
 
Here is a better question for you: What do you like to do in your spare time? What languages do you speak? Those two questions make a huge difference...Oh...another question: how would you obtain a visa?

You should try Kazakzstan. I hear it is gorgeous this time of year.

" Sweden I certainly want to visit and maybe move to. It's definitely going for that "perfect country" thing and could win. "

Are you running from something? :D

Being Danish, I find it hard to recommend Denmark... 

But can't really compare since I haven't lived anywhere else.

New Zealand

" Just know that Norway is a very expensive place to live, even compared to the other nordic countries.  Denmark, well, the language is all but impossible (IMO). "

New Zealand is where its at.

Norway has the highest HDI of anywhere in the world so that's got to be worth a look. Don't move to the UK, I don't like it.  
 
Australia or New Zealand would be a good place to move to also, if you could get in.

You can move to Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and Guam without having to worry about foriegn country visitation BS.

" Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany.  "

Can't go wrong with non-UK Northern Europe, really. Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Germany.

Sweden, I guess. 

" @psyborg0815: Germany is great. I loved it there. I was a bum for a month or so just walked around, listened to street musicians eating good food drinking good beer. Pretty girls, it was nice.  "

 but I don't see a why you would want to live here [Germany].  

Who bases a life changing decision like moving to a different country on some random nobodies forum posts? Very strange.
 
Anywho I've been to places like Germany, Spain, France and I still prefer the UK to them. But that's me. That's me experiancing these countries for myself.

I'd probably say France.
Lots of vacation, wine, beer at McDonald's and free daycare.
...plus, learn a second language while your at it.

" I'd probably say France. Lots of vacation, wine, beer at McDonald's and free daycare. ...plus, learn a second language while your at it. "

"  @ProfessorEss said: 

" I'd probably say France. Lots of vacation, wine, beer at McDonald's and free daycare. ...plus, learn a second language while your at it. "

Change that to: Being forced to learn a second language because of ridiculous french language patriotism. "

I visited the Netherlands and it was great, so i think you'll enjoy yourself. It is very flat.

@Meowayne said: 

"  @ProfessorEss said: 

" I'd probably say France. Lots of vacation, wine, beer at McDonald's and free daycare. ...plus, learn a second language while your at it. "

Change that to: Being forced to learn a second language because of ridiculous french language patriotism. "

Or you could change that to: Not being an arrogant bastard and actually bother to learn someone else's language.  "

If there were any jobs here I'd say move to Ireland, there aren't so don't but if you have some definite way of getting a job I'd recommend it here in a hearbeat. Beautiful scenery, plenty to do if you are into outdoor pursuits, English as a first language, culture thats different but not alienating.
 
 The minuses are it's expensive, job shortage, slightly backwards in some of the more isolated rural spots (but I imagine that holds everywhere). 
 
As for the South Pacific I was in Vietnam and the people are super friendly but there as a country it might not be ready to the whole ex-patriot living thing just yet. My experience of Thailand was purely confined to tourist areas so I'm not going to be much help on how it is there for expat living.

" @Meowayne:  Er, no. You live in France, you speak French...or at least attempt to.  "