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Green Man

Joined: 23 Jul 2006
Posts: 5272
Location: Rural Scotland.

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 07 4:20 pm Post subject:
If you want to be 'Green' research the country to see if it is both self sufficient in food and water.

NannyP

Joined: 26 Aug 2005
Posts: 118
Location: Vienne, France

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 07 4:26 pm Post subject:

Be careful......moving to a foriegn country with no language skilss can be very isolating.....so, you may have better weather but you and/or your partner may find it depressing to feel cut off by language. Being depressed in Pembrokeshire will be easier that being depressed in France.
The unemployment rate in France is high, and if you are non French speaking, finding a job will be more or less impossible.

Emuchops

Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Posts: 5
Location: Pembrokeshire

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 07 7:22 pm Post subject:

thankyou everyone for your replies. Still in Pembrokeshire but putting house on market-STILL no idea where we are going-also got 4 dogs to consider-they will have to get passports etc. We were considering Crete, but a lot of dog poisoning going on there. Current favourites are Malta, Puglia, Calabria-somewhere cheap so that decently paid work is not such an issue... does anyone have any experience of Malta or S Italy?

Contadino

Joined: 28 Sep 2007
Posts: 190
Location: Puglia, Italia

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 07 3:48 pm Post subject:

Hi,

I live in Puglia, towards the south of the Val d'Itria. Forgive me for being blunt, but unless you're fluent in Italian and a local dialect, you haven't got a hope of finding work (as in a job) here. I've just managed to get my first gardening client through a recommendation by a local, after nearly 2 years of living here.

From what I've heard, any professional qualifications are worthless. So many industries are regulated here, and the regulation in itself is a fund-raising exercise for government. Healthcare is certainly one of these industries.

Life is wonderful here, but it's very, very hard to make a living in the local economies if you're local, and nigh on impossible for us stranieri.

Sorry for the negative post. My first on this forum too.

Ciao ciao,

Jeremy.

[Edit] ...and the poisoning of dogs is rife here too. There were 30 cases in our local town last Autumn.

Last edited by Contadino on Fri Sep 28, 07 3:51 pm; edited 1 time in total

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45674
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 07 3:49 pm Post subject:
Welcome on board Jeremy

New Brunswick

Joined: 31 Dec 2006
Posts: 118
Location: New Brunswick, Canada

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 08 9:10 pm Post subject:

Atlantic Canada without a doubt. We came to New Brunswick and it is beautiful and people are so friendly. Moved here March 07 and have no regrets. they always need medical staff. Atlantic side is cheaper to live but wages are lower, western side higher wages higher cost of living. depends what you want. if you want to geta shock and look at house prices and what you get for your money then look at

mls.ca I think all houses are multiple listed and so you can see whats around otherwise Exit, Rality 21, Hawkins NB real estate. worth looking.....

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