maybe because there's a boat load of ugly sheilas about!!

Your a nice chap aren't you!!
It's not your country in the first place!! get youself an education boy specialising in the history of Australia because you certainly are dumb and while your there learn to spell!!
Ask the Abo's I'm sure they will be pleased to inform you

I think it is Zhuhai, China , a small city ,but beatiful , things is cheap , beautiful girls ..... you should just take a look to come here.

I have to agree with this thread....I have been to the most beautitiful cities in the north of Peru but to support yourself,forget it.

Supporting yourself is the biggest issue when considering where to live. Although South America is cheap in comparison to Europe and North America, if you have to rely on local salaries, it will be almost impossible to survive, especially as most people that move abroad want a high standard of living.

Here in Argentina, on the Atlantic ocean, a good example are full-time teachers, they earn 1000 pesos a month (approx. $330). Therefore, for example, if you earn local money and need to pay medical insurance - a single person on a top plan costs $60 - therefore a local salary would not be enough after all your other expenses.

I think that before you worry about supporting yourself, you need to find out whether you can legally live in the country or not, and if you can, whether you can work there. Over the years I've seen so many posts from people who have decided to move to some country that makes it difficult to stay, without researching the visa/work situation at all.

You aren't a very nice fellow either, you know.

i dont know where the best place is to live but the worst place to live at the moment is England with the current crime and high unemployment. my family are seriosly considering movind to cyprus in the hope of a better and safer place in which to bring up our children, does anybody have an opinion on the most ideal area of cyprus for schools, jobs and low crime rates etc, any information would be garatefully accepted.

Sort of relevant really. I'm from America and although my old area was a nice area, the crime rate here in England seems very minimal by comparison. Also depends upon what area of England you're talking about. There's also not a lot of unemployment in the part of England in which I live, but there are very few high-skilled or high-tech job openings in my area. So again, that's all relevant.

You should get some good advice and feedback here though Shane. Good luck!

I think it is really hard to tell how it is to live in a place until you do it. It is especially hard for people who have not traveled extensively, who have never lived abroad, and/or have never visited their expat destination.

Everyone runs into so many things that they hadn't expected, just because there are whole parts of the structure of a society that you don't see until you are living there over time. We are all full of assumptions about how things work based on our backgrounds, and it is hard to see differences in areas we never even think much about. There are places where the police routinely rob people and Spain has serious land title problems, so it's easy to assume you will have the same protections as you do at home. And that's even aside from day to day living issues.