[Khalida]

Afghanistan and Somalia

[TheHistoryStudent]

Basically anywhere in the middle east, anywhere with a dictatorship/warfare/violence, or anywhere where religion, bar possibly buddhism (any really, not just christianity, islam or judaism) pervades every section of society and strongly influences government.

Guess that's quite a lot of the world then haha

[Wilfred Little]

(Original post by katyness)
Bitch, shut up. It's my opinion! And that is yours

Silly little boy...

This post made me laugh out loud.

[Wilfred Little]

I don't get why people say England. It's got it's problems but we are truly blessed to live here.

You'd be embarrassed to say England if you've ever visited Africa and saw the conditions over there or other 3rd world countries.

[Sternumator]

Any country in Africa.

[lNurl]

3rd world countries where is the dictatorship. I don't mind living in religious countries as long as I have normal house and income.

[Bobo1234]

Right now, probably Syria. I don't want Assad murdering me with a machete.

[katyness]

(Original post by Wilfred Little)
This post made me laugh out loud.

LOL.

(Original post by Wilfred Little)
I don't get why people say England. It's got it's problems but we are truly blessed to live here.

I completely agree. I hate it when people trash talk England! We are blessed!! Go to Portugal for a month and you will be able to understand it!

[Dee Leigh]

(Original post by pouryia)
Deprived countries or countries under non-democratic government obviously, but it would be a good experience because then we would appreciate the things we take for granted here in England

This.

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[KythingToWrite]

Saudi Arabia. Not for the fact that it's a Muslim country ('cause I'm a Muslim) but because it makes up unIslamic laws. And would probably kill me on sight. no joke.

(Original post by mc1000)
Under-developed country: probably Zimbabwe, simply on account of Robert Mugabe (and being caucasian...), but I'd say that most Sub-Saharan African (and various Asian subcontinent) countries would be pretty awful to live in.

I'm curious, why is everyone so negative about sub-Saharan Africa? We're not really that horrible, you know. If you can work, at least... But then, (from what I've seen of foreigners, at least) it is a little difficult to adjust to Africa.

And what's with the England hate? I'm dying to come live in England, just for the school system :P

[Dee Leigh]

(Original post by Wilfred Little)
I don't get why people say England. It's got it's problems but we are truly blessed to live here.

You'd be embarrassed to say England if you've ever visited Africa and saw the conditions over there or other 3rd world countries.

Same here, I don't get it. I was born and bred here and I will always be glad about that.

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[chikane]

somalia, sudan, afganistan, iraq, south africa, russia,

[chikane]

(Original post by IndianHunter)
England. But I get free education so I cannot complain

Then why you living here for??? england is a million times better than countries like iraq or afganistan where there is no freedom.

[Sir Fox]

(Original post by KythingToWrite)
I'm curious, why is everyone so negative about sub-Saharan Africa? We're not really that horrible, you know. If you can work, at least... But then, (from what I've seen of foreigners, at least) it is a little difficult to adjust to Africa.

It's probably due to the standard of life - but there are huges differences between for instance Ghana and the DR Congo, Sierra Leone and Botswana. Many people just have no idea about African issues. Whether adjusting is easy or not entirely depends on the person - some enter Africa and are caught forever, others want to get out of that 'darn continent' as soon as possible, because they can't bear cold showers and Malaria

I'd personally love to live in Africa - again But I don't really care whether I have to shower with a bucket.

And to be honest - in sub-Saharan Africa a lot of things are just not working. If you have a road accident in England and are badly injured, you're rushed to a modern hospital within minutes where highly trained surgeons stitch you back together. If it happens in Gabun, Zambia or even Ghana, no matter how white and wealthy you are, chances are you're bleeding to death on the roadside. My hostbrother in Ghana worked in the government hospital for our town of 60,000 inhabitants - one single doctor, patients waking up in the midst of surgery, children dying under the hands of nurses in the corridors. Some people here want to have children in the future which makes it more difficult. Sure, expats usually live in walled areas on a high standard and have access to international schools, private hospitals etc., but many just fear it. If you're not in the diplomatic corps, in development aid or evolving industries (oil, engineering etc.) there is hardly any point for you to go to Africa.

[Dee Leigh]

(Original post by Sir Fox)
It's probably due to the standard of life - but there are huges differences between for instance Ghana and the DR Congo, Sierra Leone and Botswana. Many people just have no idea about African issues. Whether adjusting is easy or not entirely depends on the person - some enter Africa and are caught forever, others want to get out of that 'darn continent' as soon as possible, because they can't bear cold showers and Malaria

I'd personally love to live in Africa - again But I don't really care whether I have to shower with a bucket.

And to be honest - in sub-Saharan Africa a lot of things are just not working. If you have a road accident in England and are badly injured, you're rushed to a modern hospital within minutes where highly trained surgeons stitch you back together. If it happens in Gabun, Zambia or even Ghana, no matter how white and wealthy you are, chances are you're bleeding to death on the roadside. My hostbrother in Ghana worked in the government hospital for our town of 60,000 inhabitants - one single doctor, patients waking up in the midst of surgery, children dying under the hands of nurses in the corridors. Some people here want to have children in the future which makes it more difficult. Sure, expats usually live in walled areas on a high standard and have access to international schools, private hospitals etc., but many just fear it. If you're not in the diplomatic corps, in development aid or evolving industries (oil, engineering etc.) there is hardly any point for you to go to Africa.

And that's why I hardly have any desire to live in Africa...

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[KythingToWrite]

(Original post by Sir Fox)
It's probably due to the standard of life - but there are huges differences between for instance Ghana and the DR Congo, Sierra Leone and Botswana. Many people just have no idea about African issues. Whether adjusting is easy or not entirely depends on the person - some enter Africa and are caught forever, others want to get out of that 'darn continent' as soon as possible, because they can't bear cold showers and Malaria

I'd personally love to live in Africa - again But I don't really care whether I have to shower with a bucket.

And to be honest - in sub-Saharan Africa a lot of things are just not working. If you have a road accident in England and are badly injured, you're rushed to a modern hospital within minutes where highly trained surgeons stitch you back together. If it happens in Gabun, Zambia or even Ghana, no matter how white and wealthy you are, chances are you're bleeding to death on the roadside. My hostbrother in Ghana worked in the government hospital for our town of 60,000 inhabitants - one single doctor, patients waking up in the midst of surgery, children dying under the hands of nurses in the corridors. Some people here want to have children in the future which makes it more difficult. Sure, expats usually live in walled areas on a high standard and have access to international schools, private hospitals etc., but many just fear it. If you're not in the diplomatic corps, in development aid or evolving industries (oil, engineering etc.) there is hardly any point for you to go to Africa.

I guess when you put it like that... I'm Tanzanian, and, well, that sort of stuff is pretty common here. Recently we had a three-week doctors' strike. 200 people died, hospitals were full of corpses, etc. But I guess you learn to live with the weird stuff 'A lot of things are not working'? At the moment, I'd say pretty much nothing is working here! (Well, I'm still alive, so obviously everything isn't gone yet... But still.)

Besides, Africa has its charm! Who would want to take hot showers here?

[DannyJC]

Heard Malaysia is pretty cutthroat lol. I met someone from there and she said that the shop people just look at you funny and everything. They are very rude in a western European's eyes.


Do you believe in love at first sight? It's an illusion, I don't care.

[Sir Fox]

(Original post by KythingToWrite)
I guess when you put it like that... I'm Tanzanian, and, well, that sort of stuff is pretty common here. Recently we had a three-week doctors' strike. 200 people died, hospitals were full of corpses, etc. But I guess you learn to live with the weird stuff 'A lot of things are not working'? At the moment, I'd say pretty much nothing is working here! (Well, I'm still alive, so obviously everything isn't gone yet... But still.)

Besides, Africa has its charm! Who would want to take hot showers here?

No one That's what always surprised me, people complaining about the lack of warm water. But to be honest, during the rainy season it could even be 'cold' at times so that at two or three days of the year I wished to have a warm shower ...

I wouldn't say nothing is working - my post was aimed at (comparably wealthy) European expats working and living in Africa, these people mostly enjoy high quality private healthcare, international schools, cars with drivers, some western style supermarkets etc.

[KythingToWrite]

(Original post by Sir Fox)
No one That's what always surprised me, people complaining about the lack of warm water. But to be honest, during the rainy season it could even be 'cold' at times so that at two or three days of the year I wished to have a warm shower ...

I wouldn't say nothing is working - my post was aimed at (comparably wealthy) European expats working and living in Africa, these people mostly enjoy high quality private healthcare, international schools, cars with drivers, some western style supermarkets etc.

Ah. Well, I don't personally know any expats here, but I know the opinion people have of most of them: Stuck up 'wazungu'. Which is not always right. But still, there are some things that aren't going to change, and unfortunately people still remember the colonial times, so...

And on the cold: How cold is cold? I know I once commented to an American friend that it was so amazingly cold... It turned out that 25C isn't cold! Who knew?

[geetar]

Niger.