What would you choose for your child?
Which one would you choose for your child? Any amendments – i.e. place X but in the coiuntryside, or place X if had XYZ?
If you were me, and you had a husband and a 2 year old, which would you choose:
Place A
Sunny and bright
Live next to beautiful beaches
There are lots of things to do
There are lots of children’s activities
Schools are good
Healthcare is good but expensive
Uncharacteristic place to live, urban sprall
Highly dependant on having a car
Neputistic – very hard to get a job unless you know "someone"
Very hard for me to get a job, easpecially part-time
On the other side of the world to all your family and friends
Culture different from own
Better paid job but no work for wife who studied for 5 years at uni and 5 years professionally
Here cannot afford to buy a house (which I need as love decorating) unless we live somewhere very isolated and husband has 1-1.5 hr travel to work and may be isolated
Childcare is very poor
Having to live in a rental in one of worst areas of a good suburb, which means that it is quite small and dark and there is distrubance from.. drunk people, parties outside someimes and some drug related crime, etc
The world’s most dangerous creatures liver here!
Very high cost of living and finding it hard to save enough to fly to see family
Place B
Historic country
Lots of lush green areas
Nearer to family and friends
Mild climate but rains a lot
Much easier to get a job part-time and continue wife’s career
Childcare is usually a great standard
Possibilty of living and working in a town that is mainly travelled by bicycles and public transport which is prefered by us as environmentalists and healthy!
Food is much more affordable, and easier to eat healthy and have own allotment
Here we could probably buy our own house in a good area
Highly muticultural population means you get to meet lots of interesting people
Shopping is great – clothes etc
Too many immigrants means that country is full to bursting and the welfare system is much abused so that people who do work are supporting a whole plethora of people who don’t
It’s colder and there aren’t as many nice beaches – if any
It may be very difficult for us to get jobs due to the recession
Place B has 4 seasons, very sunny in Summer, Autumn beings fall, Winter ofetn means sharp frosty mornings but still sunny soedays but FREEZING! And sometimes snow
Spring is sharp again but snowbless and dafodils come up everywhere and the leaves start to change colour.
absolutely place B, i bet your 2 year old would love that four seasonsQ childcare good. easier for jobs, not many but there is beaches, ignore immigrants….see the flaws as something you can teach your child, to respect his country and what not.
October 30th, 2009 at 5:01 am
Probably A for short term. Where are these places?
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October 30th, 2009 at 5:37 am
place A better weather
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October 30th, 2009 at 5:50 am
Place A Sounds Nicer But I Suppose You Have To Look At Where The Whole Family Would Rather Live And If You Could See Yourself Happy There.
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October 30th, 2009 at 6:14 am
Place B. It’s closer to family and friends and seems cheaper
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October 30th, 2009 at 6:59 am
place B – sounds easier for you both to get a job, good food, healthier living and close to family and friends
what more could a girl want?
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October 30th, 2009 at 7:22 am
Oh wow i wanna know what places your talking about!?!?
My guess is A is somewhere in America.
and B is england?
Personally, I just think Australia is the greatest lol
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October 30th, 2009 at 8:12 am
I’d choose B.
You can ignore the people on welfare, dress for the rain, enjoy your house and eat well for less and have great child care available. Family is closer.
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October 30th, 2009 at 8:59 am
absolutely place B, i bet your 2 year old would love that four seasonsQ childcare good. easier for jobs, not many but there is beaches, ignore immigrants….see the flaws as something you can teach your child, to respect his country and what not.
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October 30th, 2009 at 9:39 am
I would say A. B does sound amazing but I really don’t sound like much for the kids there.
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October 30th, 2009 at 9:56 am
I don’t have a baby (yet!. I hope to someday) but I would choose Place B.
Why? Well, I find my family very supportive, so living closer to family members, would mean you would be able to have your child build a relationship with the family.
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