Alright now that I shared my awesome new job, I can finally share with you how moving abroad is going.

[jajo@mastodon.nu]

@Gina I'm moving to south of Toulouse. In Toulouse there is no problem being english talking.

[aurochs@todon.eu]

@Gina Alicante is also an option, but I don't want to seem chauvinistic. :-).

[haraldkliems@fosstodon.org]

@Gina Butterfly museum!! https://www.patrice-besse.co.uk/ads/residences-and-character-houses-france-for-sale-in-france-In-the-Millevaches-Regional-Nature-Park--pb335326

[defuneste@fosstodon.org]

@wronglang @Gina @Tarnport @Nono

I do not find I pay less taxes in the US than in France (but I had a postdoc income in France :P).

And yes Krysztof is right the climate is not going to improve ...

[aerique@genart.social]

@Gina I'd go exactly the opposite way because of the climate

If I didn't have family (and the Brexit) holding me back I would move to Ireland, Scotland or Scandinavia because the summers in the Netherlands are total ass these days.

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@aerique I agree, NL is not build for hot summers

[wronglang@bayes.club]

@defuneste @Gina @Tarnport not trying to be an ass with the environment comment but just for context initially I heard about these kinds of fires early in climate change when Indonesia (I think?) had fires for years in... early 2ks maybe... W Canada had mass forest die offs starting 2000s-2010s that are feeding the current fires (which the jet stream now sucks in to smoke out Eastern US). So both from scientific background and watching, we're talking about a decades long process

[nono@framapiaf.org]

@wronglang @defuneste @Gina @Tarnport
Please leave me out of the discussion. I was just curious why France got bailed out for @Gina next home country.

[ttfka_tay0@fosstodon.org]

@Gina I lived in Sicily in the 1980s. I loved the place and the people. The food was magnificent. The base I worked at in Comiso is now an airport. There are also airports in Palermo and Catania. They have mountains, beaches and wonderful scenery. I have no idea what tech community is there now. It seemed like the pace was slower there than on the mainland. Also, you're on an island. Island fever is a thing.

[sheogorath@microblog.shivering-isles.com]

@Gina as long as it isn't of fire.

[murraywindripper@fosstodon.org]

@Gina
Now, all that is screaming "Australia", but then you mentioned time difference being a thing. Ah well, you're stuck with Europe. I have some sympathy. I had planned to follow some of my in-laws to Australia when I left the Navy. Then life got in the way.

[renchap@oisaur.com]

@Gina there is a house for sale 3 numbers from ours. In your budget, small garden, 15 min from Paris by train, big forest a few kilometers away. And nowadays Paris is sunny?

[becha@social.v.st]

@Gina Croatia: Zagreb or Split (or Pula , Rijeka, Zadar)

[toychicken@mastodon.social]

@Gina Portugal fits a lot of this too

[hansbot@mastodon.green]

@manfredzielinski @Gina Don’t underestimate Salamanca. Ancient university town with international vibes

[travisfw@fosstodon.org]

@Gina @elricofmelnibone @madalex @becha if I may dare to dream, I have always¹ wanted to co-found a floating intentional community on the water in the Mediterranean like a *Free City* perhaps with Italy or Spain as a host, but with less libertarianism than the broader movement.

[fmors@fosstodon.org]

@maique @Gina @gvlx this message is so unnecessary.

[eigenwijs@social.lol]

@Gina that sounds like an interesting optimization problem

I would use a map and a drawing compass instead of a spreadsheet to make it fun

[seq@infosec.exchange]

@Gina A bit off-topic, but I just have to point out what a brilliant picture that is!

[creepy_owlet@mastodon.online]

@Gina any city will be without winter if you wait long enough... *checks the temperature outside and cries*