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I'm from Bosnia. My parents had an opportunity in the nineties to move to New Zealand or Canada, but my mother didn't like the idea of living that far from her family and friends.

If I had been born somewhere that was not a industrialized country with modern healthcare I'd probably be dead. If I was born in any previous era than the one I was born in I'd probably be dead, too.

Seems a lot of people wanted to move to Canada or something. I feel like if I didnt move from where I was I would be extremely poor and probably a dead drug addict.

[QUOTE=Angus725;46011846]As someone whose lived (and not traveled) in 7 cites between 2 countries in my meager 20 years, yea, I know what you mean. It's actually a topic I chat with my family a lot about, since it has quite the interesting effect on all of us. I'll go into more detail in a later post, got to do something productive.[/QUOTE] Been moving country to country, state to state (US) for as long as I've been born. I've been to far to many different schools to count, went to like 4-5 high schools alone, didn't get to graduate with my friends. Always having to "start over" as i called it got pretty exhausting, so I eventually stopped making friends. I got a few select ones I keep in touch with, but other then that. I just work. I'm stuck in a city that I'm trying to get out of, overall stuck in a pretty shitty situation atm. I suppose if I was able to grow up in one place for all my years I would be a lot happier. I would much rather be back home in Scotland (All my fam is there too..) or in England right now.

I'm pretty sure everyone goes through phase at least once in there time, Or who they would be with/without that certain someone.

I probably wouldn't have had so many problems with school if I had stayed in England after my dad retired rather than move to Finland. Other than that, it's still a rather nice country that I have no particularly strong inclination to move from.

I live in Norway so it'd be worse if i lived anywhere else.

I... no, not really? I suppose growing up in vegas meant I was slightly more exposed to various things, but I don't really see it as that severe on any side of the spectrum.

I always think this. Like, just imagine if i was in an american school instead of british. if i was in a city instead of the countryside. If i was in the other primary school in my town. If my mum and dad stayed together If i went with my mum when she left instead of stayed with my dad. I even do it now like.... What if i came out the closet sooner rather than later (maybe 18 instead of 22) would i have been more sensitive because i toughened up a lot in those 4 years because of it. What if i stayed in Nottingham instead of moving back to my home town? I don't dwell in the past but i'd still love to look into it.

I'd hate myself if I grew up in Dublin.

I'd probably be English if my mum went with her father to England a good few years ago. I wouldn't mind being English, maybe I'd actually get a decent DL/UL speed for my internet, besides, who doesn't want a sick Souf Landen accent blud? I should count my blessings that I live in Dublin though, I'd hate to be some [I]filthy farmer peasant[/I] living in the rest of Ireland. [QUOTE=Mabus;46105317]I'd hate myself if I grew up in Dublin.[/QUOTE] You wanna sort this one out outside pal?

My Grandad almost died multiple times during WW2. He also had a wife and kids (whom we didn't know about until his death) when he returned, however he met my nan and ran away from Wales to England with her and made a new life So if I even existed I could be boning sheep

Well I lived in New Jersey till I was in the 4th grade then moved to Pennsylvania for year. I know reside in Virginia and have lived here for about 4/5 years. I can honestly say if I stayed in New Jersey (I lived in Howell, a very high drug related area) and lived out my high school life there that I would be a drug addict. I would not be a PC Gamer because my parents would not be able to pay for me and my other siblings. I also would've been hanging out with people who are complete douche bags and are now drug users. I kind of answered the question weirdly but I can say for a fact that I am glad I live where I live.

My dad lived in Singapore for a few years and got citizenship so when I was about 10 or 11 I had the oppurtunity, to actually move there. I though it was pretty exciting but it would mean having to move away from my mom. (My parents are separated) in the end We decided to stay here. Not sure how different my life would be, although my education probably would have been better

If I were born in the US and had the same family circumstances,I would probably be way less of a weaboo and enjoyed playing games more [editline]10th October 2014[/editline] Also,I wouldn't suck at speaking and talking probably

Well, I would probably have much more chances to make it big, and perhaps my life would be better in some ways. Living in a third world country, you don't have a lot of opportunities unless your family is like mine: relatively wealthy and with a fair amount of political connections. I guess you could say I got lucky. I try to excel at college so that at some point I can leave the country and continue my studies somewhere else, which sucks, but it's necessary, since the situation here doesn't seem to get any better. If you're poor you're basically screwed and doomed to have a pointless job in a disastrous economy. I've taken many trips to the USA and the difference is incredibly astounding. Everything seems so clean, organized and crime-free. I guess if I grew up in the States I wouldn't be able to appreciate any of these things.

As I say, the keys to good life are: [I]You should be born and raised in Russia.[/I] It teaches you general survival in a conservative society where your opinion is not worth a dime. Also, once you move to some place like Canada, you have two opposite perceptions of the world, which allow you to some extent get rid of nationalistic views and treat propaganda as just that, and not the "truth". Have to admit though, I still cheer for pro-Russian forces when it comes to conflict in Ukraine. [I]You have to live in Canada.[/I] Comfortable life, people are friendly (at least in my experience), no conscription, technology is abundant and people around the world don't hate you. Also metric system, free healthcare and British spelling. [I]You have to go shopping in US[/I]. Prices are good and customs don't always check what and how much you've bought, so you get it tax-free. If my parents didn't move from Moscow when I was 13, I would probably go to MSU (Moscow's State University) for computer science or Moscow State Linguistic University for international politics. Either way I would learn English to some extent. I certainly wouldn't be studying Media Production in Ryerson's RTA here in Toronto (which I absolutely love). I wouldn't know English very well, I would most likely go to the army once I turned 18 and would be quite nationalistic and anti-west. I wouldn't be a nerd I am, as there aren't that many people like this back home. I would not trade life I have for anything else.

I'm glad I was born in the right place, living without knowing about things like video games and the internet would feel very empty.

When I was 11 I moved to Rome, and when 14 to Milan. I often wonder, who would I've been if I had stayed at my birthplace? Who, in Rome? If I had stayed at my birthplace, where I lived for 11 years, I would be nowhere now. The town is dead, everybody left since the '90s. It had been lively once, when my parents were young, but now it's dead, and it holds no opportunities for younger generations, alike all of south Italy. I'd be more of a bigot, and probably would've got my hands onto drugs and local mafia, as that's all that gives cash to live down there. If I had stayed in Rome, where I lived for 3 years, I sincerely have no idea who I'd have been. Probably wouldn't have recovered from my depression, or I would, just not as quickly as I did now. However I would've been quite different from who I am, because people around you are different. I'm glad I moved to Milan.

I would be in California..and would actually be able to see my girl (aren't together right now but if I were there we probably would be..)

I often wonder what life would be like had my I been raised in an area like Florida or California as opposed to Maryland. I assume I would go outside much more often at least.

I mean this in the most inoffensive way possible, but if i was raised in the US i'd likely be overweight.

I can't imagine how I would turn out if I grew up in anywhere other than Australia. I might end up being more or less the same but it's the little things that scare me. Different friends, different school, weather, TV, even food would be different. I suppose it's the contrast between the me that grew up here and the me that grew up somewhere else that I fear. I don't want to be me somewhere else, I want to be the me that is here.

I'd be an entirely different person Wanting to get out of this lame country gives me motivation to do productive things so I can finally go someplace overseas and see a bit of the world.