[AGL] [Expat] Finger in the Dyke

[michelemason]

Never fit here—I know that feeling.  So I've got a vote for New Z and 
one for Neth and one, 2 for Mex. Feel very uncomfortable about Mex. 
Thanks very much—serious about your idea.  mm

On Sep 28, 2006, at 3:37 PM, bakhirun bakhirun wrote:

> Where's the catch here? This seems fabulous, too good to still be 
> true. Probably a new development not yet snapt up by the 
> bushy-yuppiez.
>
> I bet all you old rastafarts are secretly thinking of how you can sit 
> puffing the mary-hoochy 24/7 without raising local eyebrows, nicht so?
>
> My impression is that you really can't do better than the Netherlands, 
> as far as Northern Europe goes. Too many Muslims, sure (around 10%) 
> and more on the way, but a nice, balanced, fair environment. If you 
> got the dough.
>
> Also a lot of VERY conservative Christians, don't forget, particularly 
> in the dairy-galaxy part of the country.
>
> I'd go in a flash if I wasn't so wedged into Indonesia that dynamite 
> wouldn't wobble me. Left Norteamerica a long while ago, having decided 
> once and for all that I didn't belong. Growing up a confirmed 
> ho-ho-sexual in the 1950s didn't help (not to mention son of a SAC 
> colonel), but it wasn't just that.
>
> The mean and disparaging way people treat themselves, and one another, 
> was a major contrast to Asian behaviour. The coldness and 
> politico-religious ideology. Machine culture. Kult of the Ugly. All 
> the rest.
>
>  Brazil, particularly up north around the Amazon, has also beckoned to 
> me, ever since I shot a 16mm documentary on the Rio Carneval in 1970. 
> Brazil is fabuloso and opulent and grand and trying and dangerous and 
> rundown -- but if you don't got the dough forget it. Hard to make a 
> decent god-fearing middle-class living.
>
> Expat living certainly isn't for everyone, particularly that which 
> requires a major shift in linguistic / cultural behaviour. Luckily I 
> grew up on the move (never lived more than about 8 months anywhere, up 
> to the age of 26, thanks to being an Air Force brat), so I have no 
> real roots.
>
> I think I'm also lucky to have been what would qualify as a material 
> failure in American society. Had I enjoyed a lot of money and success 
> I'd be holed up in the Hill Country with a pack of sweet boys and 
> large handguns and paranoid outlook. Another planet.
>
> BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
>
> "Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in 
> another city."
>
>  
>                                 -- George Burns
>
>
>
>
>
> On 9/29/06, Bill Irwin <billi at aloha.net> wrote:By special request from 
> Wayne.  Some may have seen this before.
>> Ewie
>>  
>> Bill.
>> I missed the Netherlands commentary, would you mind re-sending same?
>> Thanks
>>
>> wayne
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Bill Irwin
>>
>>
>> Those looking to escape the horrors of Bush's neo-fascist empire or 
>> even plain old low budget retirees might be interested in this haven 
>> in the Netherlands.  Here is the deal;  on the market are various 
>> priced vacation cabins ranging in price from 20,000 E to 168,000 E, 
>> most in the range of 30K to 50K.
>> Price list > 
>> http://www.brekken.nl/uk/caravan/gb_caravan_te_koop.html  - go shop.
>>  
>> Each cabin has a small lawn or garden, and a boat dock suitable for 
>> boats up to 30ft..  They are about the size of a medium house trailer 
>> or a little bigger.  The annual rent begins about 2000 E.  You own 
>> the house but rent the land.   So the low end bargain would be about 
>> $25,000 USD for the house and about $200 USD month rent.  What a 
>> deal! 
>>  
>> The best part is that it is in the middle of the Netherlands, about 
>> and hour train trip to Amsterdam.  The small town it is located next 
>> to is about a 5 min. bicycle trip.
>>  
>> The location - this development: 
>>  <unknown.jpg> 
>> Notice that there is more boat traffic that auto traffic.  Maybe the 
>> ghetto needs a European headquaters.
>> Ewie
>>  
>> Go see > http://www.brekken.nl/uk/caravan/index.html
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