Have you ever traveled somewhere and absolutely fell in love with the place?

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Anonymous wrote:France

I’ve traveled all over the world, but every time I came to France, I felt like I was coming home.

After my ninth trip there, I moved here. Life is too short to not live in the place that feels like home.

Has it lived up to your expectations?

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I would feel at home anywhere in Europe. In fact, I much prefer the European sensibility to American. I lived in Germany for more than a year, and in Paris for a year as well. Recently I visited Vienna and it felt like home.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting all the love Norway is getting…one of the whitest countries on the planet. Hmm…

+100

Not a great place for those of us who value diversity and vibrancy

Not a good place for most, tbh that is for transplants. Norsk are very private, very closed, you can't meet your Neighbours, they shut the door if they hear you leaving your apartment and wait till you are out of the building before, they go out of their apartment. Prices through the roof on everything.
I lived there. If I asked for directions, rather than answer me, then a 20 something a middle-aged man would run away and cross the street. If they see a "diverse" looking person walking towards them on the street, they made even then a wide berth around.
Benefits and nature are amazing though.

I agree with this- Norway intrigues me but every time I go I’m surprised by how abrupt and standoffish people there can be. And when you do get to know them, they can be like some Dutch or Germans and say astonishingly rude things under the guise of “we are just a straightforward culture” or “that’s just the only way to translate it to English.” Not for me but it’s a beautiful place to visit.

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Anonymous wrote:Tanzania.

The animals and wild nature, yes. But the cities are total sh&tholes.

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Scotland. Just felt deeply connected there. Heading to Scandinavia where most of my DNA is from. Looking forward to seeing if it feels the same. DC is my domestic place. Maybe not the place I love the most but the place that best suits me between the people the manageability of the city, the beauty of the city and the amount of an access to nature.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you have Norwegian heritage? My mom calls this phenomenon salmon swimming upstream.

Ironically, I'm waiting on my DNA results in 2-4 weeks. My dad grew up in an orphanage so we are unsure. Definitely have Swedish on my maternal grandmother's side, but I'm looking forward to seeing the results. That's a really interesting theory though- maybe I'll be surprised.

If you’re Swedish you’re probably a good bit Norwegian. It’s all mixed up up there.

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Anonymous wrote:India. I traveled there in college and it changed me forever.

The lack of diversity would be a problem for me.

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Yes and I’m moving there in a month.

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Anonymous wrote:India. I traveled there in college and it changed me forever.

The lack of diversity would be a problem for me.

Guess India doesn’t have a lot of immigrants like other countries which have diversity.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting all the love Norway is getting…one of the whitest countries on the planet. Hmm…

+100

Not a great place for those of us who value diversity and vibrancy

And not a great place to even visit for those of us who aren’t white.

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I felt like that when I first moved here. And I don't regret moving to this area one bit. I met my husband and raised my family here. But now that I'm getting closer to retirement, my husband and I are trying to figure out where we will go next.

Another place that resonated with me is Jackson Hole in the summer; it is my absolutely favorite place to be. But I know I would never live there because I don't think I could tolerate the winters there. I have a family member who lives in Leavenworth Washington, and I loved it there as well.

I love Europe, and lived in Germany for 6 years, but it didn't give me the same feelings as out West.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting all the love Norway is getting…one of the whitest countries on the planet. Hmm…

+100

Not a great place for those of us who value diversity and vibrancy

And not a great place to even visit for those of us who aren’t white.

I feel the same way when I’ve visited India and China. Not a great place for whites.

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It’s so sad that every thread is hijacked by race baiting idiots. Norway is beautiful, India is beautiful, China is beautiful.

People of color in Norway are treated just fine. What a snowflake that any perceived slight in life is because of your skin pigment. People like this are looking for grievances everywhere they go. It’s pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:India. I traveled there in college and it changed me forever.

The lack of diversity would be a problem for me.

The news reports of brutal gang raping of girls is a problem for me.

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Anonymous wrote:I felt like that when I first moved here. And I don't regret moving to this area one bit. I met my husband and raised my family here. But now that I'm getting closer to retirement, my husband and I are trying to figure out where we will go next.

Another place that resonated with me is Jackson Hole in the summer; it is my absolutely favorite place to be. But I know I would never live there because I don't think I could tolerate the winters there. I have a family member who lives in Leavenworth Washington, and I loved it there as well.

I love Europe, and lived in Germany for 6 years, but it didn't give me the same feelings as out West.

Jackson, WY, is great, but the economics don’t work for most. It’s up there with Aspen in steep housing costs and lack of affordability.