Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Place To Relocate?

New submitter tsakas writes: "I am an IT researcher from southern Europe looking for a good place to relocate. Markets are pulling the teeth out of the strong European countries by destroying the south. The U.S. is in debt and there is no way of telling how long this can go on. China and India are on the rise. Brazil and Australia are looking good. The question: Which city would you choose to go and start a family if you were to stay there for a) 5, b) 10 and c) 20 years?"

Mars

[Anonymous Coward]

Earth is screwed

Re:I'm also looking for somewhere new

[Anonymous Coward]

Southern Europe is the place for you.

What's ...

[fahrbot-bot]

What's the Best Place To Relocate?

That's a tough question. Most areas are heavily acclimated to their current location. Anything non-trivial would have to swapped with something else, rather than simply relocated. Swapping even geographic close regions like North and South Dakota could have drastic unforeseen consequences; certainly swapping larger areas like France and Spain are right out. Perhaps a building or ballpark would be a good candidate for relocation, but I'm not sure it's worth the effort.

Any ideas /. ?

Re:Mars

[Anonymous Coward]

Dude, I'm not saying Earth is all that, but post-industrial Mars is a wasteland. Until they get the manufacturing sector working again, you're better off at home.

that's quite ambitious

[bitt3n]

here's how I would do it: first 5 years in US, which probably won't collapse before then, and if it gets close, we'll just hornswoggle the Chinese into buying a bunch of movie studios like we did with the Japanese. Next 10 years in China. Make sure you pick up Mandarin. Parlay your ability to quote verbatim the scripts of popular 80's action movies into a career as executive of a floundering movie studio. Walk out of the office one day saying "I'll be back." Never go back. Next 20 years in Brazil, where you'll leverage your Chinese connections to become a major wheeler dealer in a revival of the opium trade. The most important thing is to leave no trace as you proceed. You don't want families 1.0 or 2.0 paying you and Conchita an unexpected visit in your Sau Paulo hacienda.

Re:The MOON

[bobbutts]

You forgot the best part... 0 Air Quality problems

Re:Oh Canada!

[zill]

Seattle: 69 degrees
Vancouver: 19 degrees

Jesus! Didn't expect 100 miles to make that much of a difference. We sure drew that border at the right place.

Re:Dont belong anywhere

[oracleofbargth]

My fellow Earthicans,

We need to take a stand against all the illegal aliens coming to our fair planet to probe for jobs. To this end, we will build a Dyson fence around the southern border of the solar system...

Re:Mars

[Anonymous Coward]

In fact, it's cold as hell.

Re:Mars

[PRMan]

No way. I heard there's only one computer on the whole planet and it's like a 386. Plus the latency will be murder on your games...

Not Canada!

[kiwisteve]

All the houses are crap and Mike Holmes is going a round fixing them ONE AT A TIME!!!

Re:Mars

[dgatwood]

Can you imagine the seven-month journey with your kids, and the whole time they're screaming, "Are we there yet?"

No, and if you don't quit your whining, I'm going to turn this spaceship around.

Re:Mars

[aristotle-dude]

Mars have crappy latency and bandwidth, and that is IF you can find a working rover and hack your signal in... Have you taught about Canada? Montreal is big in IT stuff and life is great there.

You taught you taw a putty cat?

Re:Mars

[K. S. Kyosuke]

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids.

Actually, raising your kids on Mars is 2.66 times easier than on Earth.

Re:Mars

[nschubach]

Oh, you have room, but the TSA won't let you take more than a few ounces.