America has absolutely loads of people that think herbal woo is more effective than actual medicine and nihilistic libertarians abound. Seems right up your street or is this an 'only gay in the village' thing for you?
If I had no children to worry about, there’s no way I’d willingly live year round anywhere in the UK*. There are plenty of actual warm, sunlit uplands to relocate to where your money goes a lot farther than here. I am well jell of a (non-lawyer) friend who recently went on a working “holiday” staying a few months at a time in fabulous locations.
*I quite like summers here when it isn’t pissing down the entire time.
Sunshine ,exotic fruits, fabulous riches as an 'expat' (no, you would be a migrant, actually) tends to be only available where the Govt is corrupt and the country has a questionable Human Rights record and it is illegal to be 'different (eg LGBTQ)'.
Accept higher taxes and you could have sunshine and exotic fruit in the South of France or Spain. Forget the money. Just have a stable and secure base.
Dubai seems more like Surrey in the desert which has an oppressive, theist, deist regime
I think you’ve probably missed the boat tbf. Patting is a young person’s gig mostly. The over 40s are mostly those fleeing covid procurement investigations and those who couldn’t get a decent gig in Blighty.
Pattin to HK - for money, yes. Cash salaries are higher and tax much lower (my effective rate was about 11%) plus there is more growth and more opportunity. Fun, yes, sure it’s got more authoritarian but it’s still not as bad as singapore
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can you not go somewhere better than Dubai? what about Singapore?
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Salcombe ?
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do it it’s fun
choose somewhere for laffs not just tax
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maybe try the Toon as a first step?
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Genuine Q, Laz, do you think one can still Pat in HK for money and laughs ?
I kind of get the impression HK doesn’t even pay that well (and it’s basically Beijing by the sea with less pollution)
NYC, California , Cayman and Sandbox seems to be the only fun n cash places left
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No America no no no no
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Do it. I’ve seen several moody Scots literally transform into normal people who are capable of experiencing joy and even, on rare occasions, smiling
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America has absolutely loads of people that think herbal woo is more effective than actual medicine and nihilistic libertarians abound. Seems right up your street or is this an 'only gay in the village' thing for you?
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Yeah maybe expatting to West London as a first would be sensible. If you don't get on with that then it's only 25 minutes to Heathrow.
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U called.
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If I had no children to worry about, there’s no way I’d willingly live year round anywhere in the UK*. There are plenty of actual warm, sunlit uplands to relocate to where your money goes a lot farther than here. I am well jell of a (non-lawyer) friend who recently went on a working “holiday” staying a few months at a time in fabulous locations.
*I quite like summers here when it isn’t pissing down the entire time.
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Sunshine ,exotic fruits, fabulous riches as an 'expat' (no, you would be a migrant, actually) tends to be only available where the Govt is corrupt and the country has a questionable Human Rights record and it is illegal to be 'different (eg LGBTQ)'.
Accept higher taxes and you could have sunshine and exotic fruit in the South of France or Spain. Forget the money. Just have a stable and secure base.
Dubai seems more like Surrey in the desert which has an oppressive, theist, deist regime
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I think you’ve probably missed the boat tbf. Patting is a young person’s gig mostly. The over 40s are mostly those fleeing covid procurement investigations and those who couldn’t get a decent gig in Blighty.
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Oh no would I be among the people who couldn't get a job working in shitty mud filled London wahwahwah the shame
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But what of my dream of doing something really boring that is both obscenely well paid and yet only enough to buy a cardboard box in NW6????
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Pattin to HK - for money, yes. Cash salaries are higher and tax much lower (my effective rate was about 11%) plus there is more growth and more opportunity. Fun, yes, sure it’s got more authoritarian but it’s still not as bad as singapore
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That said, Dubai would be my choice for re-pattin’, or australia.
Would only really go to the US to be part of the silicon valley tech scene, which is a possibility
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been ‘pat since 1987 - can anyone beat that ;-)
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old school emoji fail …
anyway clergs let me know when you are next here and we’ll do toon cocktails at Long Friday or Miso
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300 Scottish civil servants live in England to pay less tax. That the sort of thing you mean?
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I am not sure if they all live in England tbh at least some live in Belgium/Poland/Beijing/ etc
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Merk - possibly 16th Feb! Luv long Friday but never been to miso so torn.
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Isle of Man. Palm trees, tax haven, celtic.
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they have rangers there too
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11% ETR? Heh good luck with that.
Truth of the matter is Unkle has been showing the way for aeons. And now it is a truth universally acknowledged.
Come to where the flava is.
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BOT's are always looking for people. Ascension Island is nice all year around. Then there's the whole range of Caribbean Islands to choose from.
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The ME is the only game in town.
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Tede off. Nobody cares.
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Clergs I’ll be in Norfolk on the 16th; you should check Miso out though
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I have a pal who works on Ascension …. It sounds cool but very remote …
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I cant imagine Dubai is that much like Surrey tbh. I think you are over-imaginibg the bling boing shopping available in the Friary
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It does have an H Samuel tbf
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