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att:
...That would be the Western World.
For severel years, I have had fantasies of living in other parts of the world, you would call them fantasies, I would call it being self aware of my position and true feelings.
Each time I have outlined my desires, I have gone or been to the respective countries and have done extensive research and explored possibilities, each time I have not been 100% assured, this is because I have still been clinging onto the securities of the West.
My wife feels exactly the same.

My predicament is.
I do not enjoy the Western lifestyle, the consumerism, the selfishness, the shallowness, just the whole way it is lived.

Now as I have become more knowledgeble of the political system both local and national and also international, I feel I am unable to live in the West for much longer, it goes deep against the grain for myslef and my wife and we feel outcasts in the system, the country etc.

We have been to a lot of countries in the last 12 months, not to mention the last 20 years, the only one that resonates with us has made it nigh on impossible to settle there now (Thailand)

Australia I am led to believe is just the same as here, but I have not yet been to this country, I plan to go this year, but I fear I will be dissapointed.

I feel as though there is not a place in this world for me, I am sure there is, but right now it doesn`t feel like it.

I want to lead a very simple life, I want to go out and catch, grow my own food and do a little job that will contribute a certain way to my existence and to the existence of those around me, I don`t want a bigger house, a bigger car, a bigger telly a bigger belly, I want to live amongst people who value people and their surroundings and more importantly, life itself.

The question is...............Where is this place?

thermidorthelobster:
This sounds bizarre, but you could check out Iceland.  In many ways it's the least consumerist society I've visited out of 42 countries in every continent apart from Antarctica, from the richest to the poorest.

att:
Sorry, I forgot to mention in detail the love of life, it has to be tropical, the growth and abundance of life is pivotal to our happiness.

bezzabsa:
also one of the most expensive isnt it???
have you thought about New Zealand? more laid back than OZ - gorgeous scenery..
 or even Goa? we have friends that go there Every year and are completely in love with the place= only problem is so are the developers!
Or as a complete odd ball - Ireland?? try visiting and take in the atmosphere!!!

Bulli:
Strange but i had the same thought. The people in Iceland seem genuinly intrested and are very well educated on the whole. The landmass is large with a population of just over 300,000..... Rotherham is about the same!

Is Thailand difficult to emigrate to?

The beauty with Australia is that you can escape from everything. There are people living a very simple life but i dont know if the culture would suit you.

what is it about western society that is so out of kilter with you?

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