I dunno, I use to always struggle finding that red-and-white striped glasses wearing expert hider! He frustrated me something shocking! But he has brought up a interesting question, where's Anthony? Right now, sitting in his car outside of TAFE, scabbing their Internet, but where would he live, if he could live anywhere in the world? Good question...
There are quite a few places that would be nice to live in, so to choose just one can be hard. But there a quite a few factors to take into consideration when thinking of the best place to live. Things such as government, career prospect, leisure and culture.
Government is such a big issue because I wanted to sound smart by appearing to talk about smart-people stuff. However, I do want to live in a country that is a democracy, where I have freedom and right to choice. So I think most of the middle-east countries, and places like Korea and China, are out of the picture.
When I finally become, Ted Mosby, Architect! I might have to think about relocating from Oaklands, because let's be honest, I don't see much boom on the horizon for the village, but where would be a good place to start an architectural career? It depends on what sort of buildings you want to design I guess. If you want to design beach houses, then Canada or Antarctica isn't the ideal place, or if you want to design igloos, Hawaii or Egypt isn't the best location. It also depends on your style of an designer/architect, by that I mean if you are more into the culture, or if you are into modern buildings, and so forth. A couple places I wouldn't mind plotting a few buildings in would be Hawaii, Gold Coast and Italy (just so I get to learn Italian)
I think leisure is a major factor in deciding where I would live, because I'm the kind of guy that is up for fun. So if a place doesn't offer too much fun, I'm not offering too much of me. Sports would be a major factor in the equation, and if the right sport isn't offered, well I will be packing my bags. Since most countries outside of Australia doesn't offer AFL, I do find it somewhat difficult to picture myself living for a length-of-time in the place. Sport isn't the only thing, mini-golf is right up there! If you do not offer mini-golf, I'm sorry but you will have to pull your finger out! A beach would be lovely for the summer times, maybe some mountains in the distant for spring hikes, a lake, SWIMMIN' HOLE!, and the usual things of movies and shops.
The culture of the place is a key notion of determining whether I would live there or not. At the moment, I'm not into rap, or being murdered, so I wouldn't be moving to Brooklyn in New York anytime soon. I do like to drink, but for some reason, I do not think I could keep up with the Irish, even though they do have awesome accents! Spaghetti and lasagna are in my top 5 foods, so Italy may be possible, especially with the language and Venice river boat rides. Penguins are pretty cool, let's face it, so having hard nipples 24/7 isn't my idea of fun times, so Antarctica is out of the picture. I do like the culture of the Gold Coast, which is sunny, laid-back and refreshed.
I guess to sum up, I don't think I could ever move out of Australia to live. We have a terrific culture, we have AFL and I will probably create my own style of architecture in this country. Does that mean I'll never leave the country? No, I would like to do some travelling, see a bit of the world, just nothing permanent. If I was to move anywhere in the world, it would be either Gold Coast, or Melbourne.
Now you are wondering, "Why couldn't he just said Gold Coast or Melbourne at the start?!" Answer being, I wanted to waste 5 minutes of your time....
From The One They Call Anthony, This Is The Life And Times
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