that's the price of a crappy 1 family house in Jamica dude...there is no way you can find something like that in the city..
Im sorry mate, but new york city includes the bronx queens brooklyn manhattan and staten island. Im sure youll find yourself a house in the bronx queens or brooklyn for 400k. I live here, i know. Here just some quick proof: http://newyork.craigslist.org/brx/rfs/216710971.html
i think India, in states like himachal pradesh, assam and jammu climate is also suitable for americans. and also they already prefer India for spiritual and religion tour and now for cheap medical tourism too
I'm gonna give Australia a plug. I have a done a bit of travelling in my short 21 years and I can honestly so I feel so privledged to be born in this country. I live in Brisbane, but if I was coming to Australia I think cities like the Gold Coast and Sydney are perfect options. Though I do love Brisbane and it has so much going for it, I'll be honest and say it does get pretty hot here in Summer. Here is a post I made when someone asked me about Australia on another forum: -------------------------------------------------- OK well I'm an Aussie, but I live in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, I'm guessing the average person from outside Australia is fairly unfamiliar with it, but it is the 3rd largest city in Australia (1.8 million people). OK I will answer your questions best I can... and give you my opinion on most things. I have visited/holidayed in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide all of which are state capital cities in Australia so I will do my best to give an unbiased opinion of them as well. Well I'll give you my opinion of Adelaide and Canberra now... quiet boring towns not worth your time... though feel free to look into them. I also hear good things about Perth but I have never been there myself, I'm going in November though, that is another big city on the beach, and probably as good an option as any. I think it would be worthwhile throwing the Gold Coast in the mix as well if you are talking about big cities and the beach, off the top of my head the Gold Coast is the 6th biggest city in Australia (0.5 Million) and the biggest non-capital city and is located about an hour south of Brisbane, and is probably, along with Brisbane, the fastest growing city in Australia. If anything, over the next 10 - 20 years Brisbane and the Gold Coast will essentially merge into one big city I imagine, well that's what everyone is predicting. I may be a little biased, but I genuinely in the next few years will probably move to the Gold Coast myself. It's beaches are amazing and the lifestyle down there is great and being less an hour away from Brisbane (where I grew up) is still convenient to the "Big City". OK well onto Sydney, well personally Sydney is definitely a "Big City" and is probably one of the few cities in Australia where you won't find that generally friendly Australian attitude, that's not to say that the city people are cold or terrible or anything like that it's just noticeable that people in Sydney are generally not quite Australian... if that makes any sense... it's the only city that I have found that in and most other Australians seems to agree. It's probably just because as far as cities go Sydney is pretty big at around 4-5 million. Varies depending on where you live... Australia is quite big. Up here in Brisbane, peaks during the day in summer would average around, low-mid 30's and peaks during winter would be around low 20's (obviously degree Celsius). At night it can get pretty warm up here in Brisbane during summer (nothing a good air con or fan won't fix though) and in winter it gets down to around 7 or 8 degrees on average, obviously we have our cold nights where it gets down to 0 - 3 degrees (but they aren't common). Obviously no snow... in any of the Australian capital cities . The Gold Coast has similar weather to Brisbane, but because it is closer to the coast it is probably slightly cooler in the Summer (which is a good thing) and probably about the same in the winter. Sydney and Melbourne are generally around 3 - 4 degrees cooler than Brisbane and the Gold Coast, but generally they have relatively warm summers, often being in the 30s, but they have Cold winters, Melbourne especially... but cold for me is like when it only gets to a max of 15 degrees during the day and drops to like 0 a night... Your best bet is www.realestate.com.au they are quite comprehensive, but to be honest I'd only be guessing about rental prices for Sydney and Melbourne, I have only ever rented in Brisbane, but for Brisbane you are generally looking at around low $AU300's for reasonable apartment in the city, if you want to know what that is in US just times it by 0.75 - it's rough but it's close to the exchange rate. Prices in Melbourne are probably comparable to that of Brisbane, though Sydney and the Gold Coast are more expensive for apartments in the city. That said you can get a cheap home down at the Gold Coast for a reasonable price, it's just because apartments are in shortage because of all the tourists that flock to the Gold Coast. Again I'm not sure and your best bet is www.realestate.com.au your probably looking at least around the AU$500,000 for Brisbane probably a fair bit more for Melbourne and a lot more for Sydney. I'd say very decent, I mean what sort of things are you looking for... I'd imagine that it is comparable to the service you'd receive over in any major city in the US. around the AU$1.40/litre, can't help you on the conversion on this one, but like anywhere it's getting expensive and in a years time who knows where it will be. If there is one thing I could say that is lacking about Australian cities in comparison to the rest of the major cities of the world, it is the public transport, whilst it is present and fine, it is far from frequent and well Australian are real car users so yeah public transport isn't all that hot flash over here, but I'm only comparing it to Europe where they have trains, buses trams running like every 3- 5 minutes. That said Melbourne's still have trams which are quite good. It's definitely not as hard as getting citizenship to the US, I don't know the details but if you have certain skills you are pretty much guaranteed entry anyway... I have only ever passed through Auckland so I won't comment too much but to say that NZ's weather is considerably different to Australia's it is a fair bit cooler and has a lot more rain... As for Sydney, I'm sure it's a great city but there are a couple other I would move to in Australia before Sydney... Brisbane, Melbourne and the Gold Coast and I hear good things about Perth to name a few. I think you will find Australia is fairly tolerant of pretty much everything and anything... we don't really have a huge majority of anything over here and I don't think religion is generally an issue for an Australian probably because we aren't that big on religion over here like in the US. I mean Christianity is I imagine the biggest (but apparently I'm Christan... ) but we are made up of tons of different religions over here and not to be prejudice but the only people that would really probably be having any problems at all at the moment are Muslims, not that I or Australia has anything has against them or their religion, it's just the World climate at the moment, if you know what I mean. But to be totally honest I couldn't tell you what most of my mates faith's are because it genuinely isn't that much of an issue over here and I don't think you will find many Australian are actually "practicing their religion" if you know what I mean. Basically you being a Jew won't matter over here I wouldn't think, as long as your not out to convert everyone... Australians are pretty happy to let ya be what you want to be if it doesn't effect them - though I'd have to say that this trend will probably start to disappear over the coming decades as Australia grows... it just seems to be the big city effect IMHO. LOL well my parents leave their keys in her car in our driveway... I'm 21 and we have never been robbed or anything like that. I remember when myself and some mates went backpacking around Europe, over in Amsterdam and got held up and gun point for like 50 euros and when the guy said "hey give me your money I got a gun" I almost laughed and said "as if" because I have never seen a gun other than one on a police officer, but I obviously worked out quickly that this guy wasn't kidding... so I'd definitely say that Australia is a very safe place to live, that's not to say crimes don't happen but I have a number of friends that have parents that don't lock up their house like ever (too much effort... us Australians generally aren't big on that whole effort thing...) and you can generally trust most people on the streets etc and I never seem to be worried about getting mugged or anything like that - not like crazy stories you hear about stuff over in the US... and LA! So I guess crime would be considered very low over here. Australia has one of the world's best welfare systems including free health care though I think they are generally trying to phase it out over the coming decades... privatisation... what can I say. The free health system isn't exactly winning awards, but it is definitely up to scratch and the private system over here isn't insanely expensive either. Having travelled a bit of the world I can honestly say the best part about travelling is getting to be reminded how much I love Australia and all the little things that are great about it. Like the generally friendly people, the open spaces, the nice beaches, the wonderful weather... all the little things you don't notice until you see other places. Things I don't like... I hate the way so many online programs only payout or beta to the US... :ssleepy: but seriously there isn't too much to complain about over here, like I said public transport isn't hot flash, but you can still get trains and buses everywhere you want to go, you just have to wait 20 minutes instead of 5 minutes. I guess the fact that we are really so far away from the rest of the world is a bit annoying when it comes to travelling and seeing the world, but that said Asia is an amazing place to travel as well... and isn't nearly as damaging on the wallet and credit cards as 10 weeks in Europe or the US... Honestly I can't complain about much, and I can honestly say I'd never live anywhere else in the world. I'd buy holiday houses and travel for extended periods of times to other cities and countries... but I just couldn't see myself planning to live anywhere else other than Australia - I genuinely love it here. It's actually really funny the number of exchange students that come to Australia and actually talk about how they want to and plan to live here after their studies or extend their student visas because they like it so much, yet I have never heard one of my mates say "I want to live overseas one day". You might hear someone say "one day I'm going to buy a holiday home overseas" but the idea of leaving Australia perminently is crazy, at least to me and those I associate with... Yes it's cold down here at the moment... I think it only got up to 21 degrees today... I guess most people are surprised to know that you can actually ski in Australia... as in we have ski resorts. I suppose you'd want to know that taxes are generally a bit higher over here in Australia... um... we drive on the left hand side of the road... :thumbup1:... we like sports... LOL... I don't know what else to say... there is no Halloween or Thanks Giving over here... feel free to ask some specific things because that is all I can think of at the moment.
You forgot to mention that 90% of all the world's poisonous critters live in Australia including the dreaded platypus. (yes the platypus is poisonous)
You also forgot to mention 90% of Australia is not populated. Plenty of space for the platypus to do their own thing
Yes, the platypus is dangerous of course! But only if you swim naked in shallow water with them. Funnily enough, I saw one swimming in a creek a couple of weeks ago. Where? Platypus Flats of course! These dangerous critters in Australia are only as dangerous as we are as stupid. Leave them alone and they will leave you alone. Col
India is option for u, if u choose rural area then quality medical care might be problem and if u choose urban area then reasonable real estate prices might be the only problem here at India
I am an Eglishman living in Australia. I've lived in Melbourne and now am in Sydney. Aus is a big place and Sydney & Melbourne are big, sprawling cities. Unless you want to live in some shithole Sydney suburb (which most of them are), you have to live near the City, preferably the Noth Shore - and that's big bucks. Melbourne City is getting better all the time, the best suburbs are in the East. It's worth saying too that Brisbane and above is just too hot and incredibly humid. I like Brisbane and the winter there is perfect, but if you don't want heat and humidity, forget it. However, last year I went to New Zealand for 6 months, only the South Island but I loved it. Forget about Australia and its high tax, increasing Indian/Asian/Lebanese/Somali population, check out NZ. I haven't read the rest of this thread so this may have been said before but I absolutely LOVE NZ. I don't think you could get a higher quality of life anywhere. In fact I love it so much I am moving there in about 2 years time. I'm going on an exploratory visit to the North Island next month. Do yourself a favour, check out NZ. Seriously, forget about Australia