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posted by [personal profile] purplerabbits at 02:16pm on 02/09/2005 under ,
This Map of where no-one should live in the US has got me thinking about a long standing debating point with me - where to live when I win the lottery so as to assure a bearable old age. So for you Friday conversational topic, as set by Me - where is the world would you not live, and why? And is there, anywhere you'd suggest that is relatively free of/immune to inevitable natural disasters, global warming, oppressive regimes, killer creatures and diseases and violent rednecks?

[1] The latest threat to civilisation as we know it
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posted by [identity profile] thewomanmeg.livejournal.com at 01:27pm on 02/09/2005
Devon...you'll get a front row seat of london being bombed in WWIII!

you might want to choose somewhere quite near civilisation or the rednecks'll get you!
 
posted by [identity profile] ajva.livejournal.com at 01:45pm on 02/09/2005
Um...Britain's quite nice, I hear? Although I think you're skewing the question somewhat with the "global warming" condition, given everywhere inhabitable's somewhere on the globe. ;o)

Also, there's lots of high ground in Edinburgh, so you should be OK come the floods...
 
posted by [identity profile] purplerabbits.livejournal.com at 02:06pm on 02/09/2005
I'd be happier if Scotland was independent within Europe as far as civil liberties goes, but yeah. It's gonna get uncomfortably cold when the Gulf Stream goes though...
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posted by [identity profile] hfnuala.livejournal.com at 01:49pm on 02/09/2005
Ummm, here?

Though I'd be happier if we were further away from the canal...
 
posted by [identity profile] drdoug.livejournal.com at 02:14pm on 02/09/2005
I like it here too. My village is around the 90/100m level, so even if we get the 80m sea level rise from the worst-case scenario of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheet melting, it'll still be dry. Mind you, it could get pretty bloody chilly in the UK if the Gulf Stream shuts down, which is certainly not beyond the realms of probability. In theoretical terms I prefer Scandinavian politics, but I don't grok their culture in the way I do British stuff, and they are far to monocultural for me to feel happy.

Second choice for me is probably New Zealand's South Island - Christchurch or Dunedin or something. Climate's Ok and pretty robust, although a shade rainier and colder than I like. No danger of overpopulation in the forseeable future, except perhaps by sheep. Southern Alps running up the middle so plenty of higher ground should it prove necessary. Flora and fauna are pretty benign. It's not the world's most geologically stable spot, being on the boundary of the Australian and Pacific plates, but you can build things to withstand earthquakes and the volcanoes are confined to North Island. Politically it's extremely good (by world standards). Other countries have military defences to fight off potential enemies. NZ's strategy is legendarily to not have any enemies. It's also hundreds or thousands of miles from anywhere that is a likely target or source of major pollution. Of course, the major downside to the place is that it's hundreds or thousands of miles from anywhere.
 
posted by [identity profile] purplerabbits.livejournal.com at 02:24pm on 02/09/2005
Yes, NZ appeals to me too. Plus it's really pretty!
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posted by [personal profile] booklectica at 02:28pm on 02/09/2005
And the hobbits are cute!
 
posted by [identity profile] purplerabbits.livejournal.com at 03:05pm on 02/09/2005
*slaps you with a fish*

Feelthy hobbit fancier!
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posted by [personal profile] booklectica at 03:14pm on 02/09/2005
No, no, cute in a kitten-like way! :) *strokes hobbit*
 
posted by [identity profile] joexnz.livejournal.com at 05:36pm on 02/09/2005
chokes slightly
race relations aren't great, but not as bad as some
we do get serious earthquakes, wellington will probably collaspe completely when it has its next one and goes up nine feet. Several major volcano's are overdue as well, think ash falls.
the only reason we don't have serious pollution is that we don't have enough people to get seriously stuck into producing it. (4 million in the size of Britian)
we are everyones friend, becasue we are completely irrelevant in international geopolitics. the only reason any one would invade us is to make sure we wouldn't be used a launching pad to counter their invasion of Oz, the NZ navy is employed to strike the fear of god into those breaching their fishing quota, UN duties and hurricane relief (which we are noticably quicker than the US at providing) which have seriously prepared us for millitary action, um not

okay will pack up the soap box and admit that its all relative and its probably actually quite a nice place to live.
 
posted by [identity profile] ravenevermore.livejournal.com at 02:57pm on 02/09/2005
Remember, Evil does not exist, on the Isle of Man.

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