1) Communist - NO, thanks.
2) Illegal? Hmm... never heard about such countries...

I not for a second defending this place..but if you live in the UK sorry to say that you all are much closer to a police state then we are..

You are funny. No way I would move to the USA. First of all, because I would miss my friends and family here.

Second reason, here I can do my work, and talk about it etc. I see a lot of ppl in the US are 'hiding' it.

Also I like my freedom and such. And when I call, I would like to call private. And not that some guys are listening WITH me, because the Bush administration wants that.

Also that many ppl wear guns etc is a thing I dislike..

But yeah I do like the US when I visit it. But I wouldn't wanna live there..

Who's hating? Somebody asked a simple question and got honest replies. If you see that as US bashing then it says more about your paranoia than anything else.

No way, I am happy to live where I live. I was born here and will be happy to stay my whole life.

... move to the US ? I'm not crazy :)

This is so stoopid! Dude it doesn't matter where you live, all you need is a computer and internet connection. Competition in our business is one thing that doesn't mean shit if you're good at what you do!

And leave my taxadvantage and the latin women here behind?
No sir.
I am only paying 2 % tax here. I safe a littlemore this way then just the rent of a house......


Ross come to the island...The local currency is connected to the US$. Cars are cheap and more and more of our colleagues are moving here!

i love my freedom so i wont move to the usa.

When did you leave Canada?









































j/k .. Canada is cool.

































Literally.

i will move right away whit out thinking !

I would! Do you know something? ;)

Tiffany Preston and adpayoutbrown: what country are you from? Just curious.

i got an empty room if you like doing a little light housework. =]

If you say so. I posted that after reading only the first comment, though, and haven't read many of the rest. It isn't something that particularly interests me, it's just amusing sometimes to think about what goes through people's heads when they spout off.

What you you mean of "fucking stupid opinions and jealousy"?

1) First of all regarding my own "fucking stupid opinions". I'm working in the adult business, so it's logical reason that I don't want to do the same business in the country with all those new anti-porn laws (thanks to Mr. Bush and his lovely God) and anti-porn hysteria what was started in the USA during a past few years (you know, I'm reading the XBiz news daily :winkwink: ) Now a few words about the taxes. Here where I live now, I pay only 6% (you may believe it or not, but it's true) of all my income from the online business and 94% goes directly into my pocket. So how much is the tax fee I supposed to pay in the USA? All my income is coming from the Net, so I'm not binded to ANY country - my gross revenue will be a same in any place in the World where I have an Internet cable.

2) As about "jealousy". Could you please show me at least a couple of advantages I could have if I'd live in the USA? The only good point I can see so far, it that life in the USA a bit cheaper in comparison with the place I'm living now. But if I'd decide to find a place with a most cheapest live, I'll move to some other place for sure. So is there anything else I have to be jealous about?

No way! Really, I wouldn´t like to see my children growing up into that culture.

the real reason why no one wants to move to the states.. :1orglaugh

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Ahh.. i don't undestand where you're going with this. The thread is about who wants to live in the states. So how can people not talk about the states in honest opinions?

The laws in the states are nuts. You have a vice-presidental aide on trial for leaking the name of a cia agent, but the trail is a sham because everyone, internationally, knows your president is going to pardon him asan.

Nice.

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Americans like to bash America out loud so much that I think people who haven't been here have a rather skewed view of things. I agree that it's likely headed the way of most "empires" eventually but I also think that any government by nature is going to have inherent corruptions. The level to which those corruptions effect you depend on where you cross paths with said government and how long that government has been around, deteriorating and approaching it's next revolt/restructure.

Since I haven't seen any really, yet, I don't have any examples to point to. I'll be the first to admit that I misjudged the direction this thread would go!

Sorry, I didn't read the rest of your post, I'm afraid.

If I wasn't moving to the lake permanently in March, I'd probably want to be in Vancouver, most likely. You live in a BEAUTIFUL area, and I love it there. :thumbsup

wow wow wow eeeeeasy, did you take the pill today? Please mark where anyone (and I mean ANYONE) posted some bashing or hatred in this thread. Now, inspire, expire, take the pill (or two) and say to yourself: "there's a chance I might not know what things are outside my bubble and people might differ with me", "there's a chance I might not know what things are outside my bubble and people might differ with me", "there's a chance I might not know what things are outside my bubble and people might differ with me". Make it a mantra and you'll see how things starts to fall in place.

Namaste :winkwink:

That explains everything :thumbsup

Like I said, I admitted I wasn't right about what direction the thread would go. If you want to selectively quote to twist it, that's your business, I guess.

Seems I got it wrong also. I thought you meant that you haven't seen any opinions at the time when you answered to my post but not when you posted your first comment into this thread. I apologize.

Yeah, I meant that I was *predicting* it'd be a lame thread full of U.S.-bashing just for the sake of it. It didn't seem to turn out that way, so I was apologizing for assuming it. :)

It's just funny sometimes how it's perfectly acceptable for people to shit all over the country most of us make the majority of our income selling to, but it's NOT okay when people defend it. It's group-think at its worst, and it just makes me shrug and move on.

Oh, wait, *NOW* I see what you were saying.

No, I was saying that I didn't *see* any stupid replies yet, having read through the thread. I was applauding the overall maturity of the discussion.

edgeprod, BTW what's the current tax rate in the States?

Dunno, whatever it is, it's never bothered me. I pay my taxes because I like the quality of life I enjoy. I have no stress, can afford great healthcare, now that I'm moving to the lake, I won't even have to deal with idiots anymore, because I won't see to many people, period. :) I'd assume it's somewhere between 40% and 50% of my income, after self-employment taxes, etc.

For the $2,500/year my account charges, all of my taxes are prepared, paid out of my account for me, and I'm worry-free. I just sign it and authorize the payment.

I would be thinking about 3 seconds and then I would start packing

yea dude, it's great here.. If you like Vancouver, you should check out Montreal too.. I like that city about as much as i like Vancouver :thumbsup

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Canada is among the places I would like to move (in some far future). I had a possibility to relocate to the States when I was working as a coder for some US-based software development company, but I decided to stay in my country. Now working in the adult business I strongly believe it was a damn good idea to stay here :winkwink:

Yeah, I was in Montreal for a few trade shows. One was Linux Business Expo 2000 -- we sponsored it.

What I remember of the East Coast was the cold, whereas Vancouver has that nice wind that heats it up to a reasonable temperature. If I had to choose between the two, it'd be Vancouver.

From March on, I'll be living full time at the lake house, and it's beautiful over there, so I'll stay right here for now, haha. 35 miles wide, 350 miles of coastline, some awesome boating and general relaxation. I finally said "fuck it," and started packing up this place to leave it for good.