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originally posted by: lordcomac
From there I intend to narrow down the list of places I, personally, would be willing to tolerate-
originally posted by: lordcomac
a reply to: hellobruce
If this thread is going to degrade into slinging mud I'd just as soon have it closed.
plus those places have growing islamic insurgencies. their peace is in question from that. also China has a policy of establishing island buffer zones. their current strategy is to fight any invader (read America) outside their mainland to attrit any conventional invader then lead them into the mainland to finish them off. It's insane but that is their conventional war strategy. This is why they are pushing bogus territorial claims on outlier islands of the philipines, japan, malaysia, korea and vietnam. Thus none of the asian islands are gonna be all that secure. This is not conjecture it is in their military strategic white papers.
originally posted by: Atsbhct
a reply to: lordcomac
Coming from the US, there aren't a huge amount of countries that you could move to that have vast amounts of land you could purchase at a good price.
Canada is huge of course, but, like most places, it's harder to move to as a single person.
Australia has vast amounts of land, but also spiders in the toilet.
Brazil has some land left to purchase, but you would want to get in before too much agricultural purchasing keep happening.
I would personally suggest trying out Alaska. You're all ready a US resident, and it may be easier to try out the isolation you might like.
Asian countries like the Phillipines and Thailand are nice as a retirement/relocation option; (big) BUT, the languages can be hard to learn as an adult, so it may make finding an assimilated job more difficult.