In what country do you wish you lived?

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I think I'll go ahead and add Brazil to the list.

1) Canada
2) Australia
3) Japan

Not necessarily in that order.

Hehe Canada, where else ehh!

Nihonjin ni naritai!

I'm thinking about moving to Costa Rica or Nicaragua to teach English. Pretty much anywhere south of Mexico would be ok though. Except Venezuela.

Southeast Asia has a pull to it also, as well as a number of Pacific islands.

And that island that was for sale last year... the one with 5 people on it. That sounds nice.

Japan...I really, really, REALLy hope to live there someday.

The USA, somewhere near the east coast
Germany (well, what can I say, I like where I live sufficiently well)
Maybe Israel since Tel Aviv is awesome.

United States! So I can finish a PhD in 'slacking' (though a topic in Sociology or Urban Studies sounds more socially acceptable) a party school like Arizona State or Penn State or Florida State... lol

But yep, the US is the only country where I can understand full-scale the problem of inner-city decline... and perhaps think of new ways to arrest this problem, as I am quite intrigued by this challenge (There is no urban decline in my hometown that I know of)

Then I hope to live in China, where I can help these people to learn from the US's mistake in case they get developed. Ditto to India. When I get old, I want to live in a Rust Belt city (or maybe Oakland, CA, the Detroit of the West)... and retire there.

Russian Federation (Many Reasons)
People's Republic of China (History)
Great Britain (History)
Republic of Ireland (Lots of Pubs)
The Netherlands (Amsterdam!! !)
Denmark (History)
Spain (Guitar music)
France (Food and Wine)
Canada (Friendly People)
Germany (Oktoberfest!! !)
Japan (Swords)
South Korea (History)
South Africa (History)
Egypt (History)
Dubai (Amazing futuristic architecture)
New Zealand (Extreme Sports!! !)
Argentina (History)
New Caledonia (Close to Australia)
USA (Awsome military technology!! !)
Belgium (Chocolate)
Switzerland (Awsome chocolate!! !)
Poland (History)
Mongolia (History)
Serbia (History)
Romania (Creepy Castles)
Italy (History)
Greece (History)
Turkey (History)
And I'm sure that I will think of more countries but these are the ones I have thought of that I would like to live in so far.

So many countries --- I am overwhelmed!

Tough choice. Most other places I would want to live come down to aspects of landscape and culture. I identify with one or both. I certainly don't really like where I live now. Here's where I could see myself:

Canada - either Nova Scotia or British Colombia.
Ireland/Scotland/north of England. It's in my blood.
Australia - in the bush somewhere.
South Africa - away from everything, out in the crazy-cool landscape there.
India - the northern part, up in the foothills/mountains, and crossing over into Tibet.

hmmm... I suppose I'd like to live in a good portion of the British Empire

Why not USA? I thought Gator football is a reason for cheer? They just won the national titles am I right?

And Singapore is also part of the Commonwealth. If I can I will never live there --- unless I get free water, electricity and food from the government. Without land, this is a fantasy.

Does the Johto region count? I would not mind a home on the outskirts of Goldenrod then. Possibly even Olivine City. Oh, how I miss the Fast Aqua. Yeah, fictional area, but if I had a way of getting there and back, you would be sure I would be a citizen there.

I would have to say Wales. I adore the accent.

Why Qatar? I'm a British expat living in Qatar at the moment. While it's lovely that the sun shines and it's warmer than home, it is rather dull, there's very little happening here in terms of cultural life, theatre and music gigs and the arts generally. It's a very transient place, people don't really 'settle' here, people just come for a few years, ostensibly to make money (although that doesn't always work out). I wouldn't really recommend it.

Me too.

England, because that's where I'm from and that's where I always gravitate back to, like a homing pigeon or a boomerang or something, I keep trying to escape but I always end up back there.

France, because I learned French at high school, so I speak the language, kind of, and the food and wine are excellent and French men speaking English with a French accent is ever so sexy! I've lived there a couple of times for a few months already and could easily imagine myself settling down there.

Wales, because the countryside is really breathtakingly lovely, and you can also live by the sea. And the Welsh people are very friendly and good fun, and again the accent is very sexy. (I sense a theme is developing here.)

China, again because I've lived there before and loved it. Not everyone does though. It's a bit like Marmite, people aren't indifferent to it, they don't just think it's okay, they tend to either love it or hate it, and I loved it. I loved living in Beijing, I found people to be warm and friendly and there was a good lifestyle there, lots of socialising and eating out and going out to bars and dancing with friends.

Canada. I've never been, but I quite like the idea of somewhere like Vancouver, which is near the mountains and the sea and my Chinese friend who emigrated there loved it. Although I also like the idea of Montreal as the French Canadians I've met were pretty cool, and I quite like the idea of living and working in a bilingual environment.

I also quite like the idea of living in Morocco or somewhere in North Africa, somewhere Arabic speaking, with Moorish/Islamic architecture and stuff. I quite like the idea of living in a riad/riyad one of those old houses with a central courtyard and lots of pretty tiles and ornate plasterwork and woodwork. I don't know how practical that would be, though, because I don't know what I would do for work in a country like that. Or maybe Tunisia, I don't know. I haven't been to Morocco, but I have briefly visited Tunisia. Again, I like the sunshine, and the friendly people and the old souqs.