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People! dont forget to write down your tax rates, and if you got a beach. How else can we decide where to open up the Envato Community Head quarter ;D

Kriesi said
People! dont forget to write down your tax rates, and if you got a beach. How else can we decide where to open up the Envato Community Head quarter ;D

I think Monaco is the place to be, france, sunny, tax haven, yachts what more is there to say?

aaranmcguire said

Kriesi said
People! dont forget to write down your tax rates, and if you got a beach. How else can we decide where to open up the Envato Community Head quarter ;D

I think Monaco is the place to be, france, sunny, tax haven, yachts what more is there to say?

But I guess living there is expensive as can be :/

Good point haha

México:

A great country! If you think Mexico is just “tacos” and “tequila”...no! We are more than that: beautiful beach, Cancún, specially We have beauuuutiful girls and parties!!!

The weather? When is winter: too cold, in summer: too hot!

Kriesi said

aaranmcguire said

Kriesi said
People! dont forget to write down your tax rates, and if you got a beach. How else can we decide where to open up the Envato Community Head quarter ;D

I think Monaco is the place to be, france, sunny, tax haven, yachts what more is there to say?

But I guess living there is expensive as can be :/

Yeeees Monaco is perfect, just 30mins from my town!

Living there is not so expensive, but also a studio costs billions of euros!

Philippines

Tax rates

Good

• One of the most affordable country in the world, there’s no other place in this planet where someone on a budget can live like a king.
• Home of the sweetest mango
• People are very friendly and hospitable, I think that’s the reason OFW ’s are everywhere in the world.
• Top notch beaches and lots of beautiful places to travel, one of the popular are Boracay Island, Chocolate Hills, Banaue Rice Terraces(listed to Eight Wonder of the World) and Puerto Prinsesa Underground River(New Seven Wonders).
• We have lots of dialects spoken in every region. Around 150 – 175. Tagalog is the first language and English is second, you don’t have to worry talking to people here.
• Philippines is the happiest christmas place on earth. Plenty of traditions like Misa De Gallo, Noche Buena, Caroling, Endless christmas parties, Three Kings and Belén
• Hot ladies are very approachable

Bad

• Dirty and poor sanitation
• Graft and Corruption
• People are notorious English nazis, insecure and ignorant

Portugal

• Portugal was first established in 868
• We started the “Age of Discovery” and discovered the sea route to India, discovered Brazil and many other great achievements to history.
• We are a little over 10 million but Portuguese is spoken by 230 million around the world and is official language of 9 countries.
• Our alliance with Britain (Anglo-Portuguese Alliance signed in 1373) is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force.
• We are the western country in Europe, with a coastline of 943km (586mi) and have two archipelagos in the Atlantic (Azores and Madeira)
• Our climate is Mediterranean, with temperatures varying from 0 Celsius in the north in the winter to 42 Celsius in the summer in the south.
• We have a lot of beaches and also one of the most beautiful bays in the world http://www.world-bays.com/setubal-bay-47-49.html
• Still about the beaches, we have the very famous Algarve (to the british), hot summer destination in Europe
• Our tax depends on the products, mostly is 21% (basic food necessities like milk, bread, etc is 16%)
• Coca-cola 2L is 1.20€
• 33cl Beer is 0.80€ in most places
• We produce the famous Port Wine, and also have a lot of wineries.
• We have good roads (except Lisbon :P) but with too many and too expensive tolls. Travel north to south (+/- 700km) and you’ll pay about 50€
• Cheap public transports though, same trip will cost +/- 40€ by train and 30€ by bus
• We love football, we are very good, but always loose to Spain
• Our girls (and boys as well) are very sexy Latin examples
• We love food
• Awful country economics, bad politicians, but we’ll make it trough
• Ohh and gas is 1.50€ per litre or 5.67€ per US gallon (but price is dropping)

I’m from Austria, but I live in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

• Climate: 17 – 49 °C, sunny throughout the year (reason No. 1 why we left Austria)
• ZERO income tax, corporate tax, investment tax, property tax …. (reason No. 2 why we left Austria)
• It’s an expatriate country, only 20% of the population are locals
• Lots of nice wide and clean beaches
• City of superlatives: world’s tallest skyscraper, biggest shopping mall, 7 star hotel, biggest marina, biggest airport, biggest entertainment park, fastest roller coaster …...
• There are more than 70 shopping malls in Dubai alone
• It’s hard to get bored here, there are plenty of concerts, sports events, art exhibitions….
• Great restaurants with top chefs with cuisine from all over the world
• Gas price: 0,40 $ per litre, or 0,12 $ per gallon

Only in Dubai:

• Leopards are kept as pets
• Huge ice cubes in pools
• Metro stations that look like space ships
• A ski arena in a shopping mall
• Air conditioned dog houses
• Cars covered with Swarovski crystals, or with a golden paint
• Aston Martin, Rolls Royce, Bugati or Maybach feel like common cars
• Diego Maradona is the coach of a small soccer team
• Having a maid, a gardener and a driver is totally normal
• Toddlers dressed in Fendi or Armani
• A Batmobile is driving around town
• The ruler of Dubai goes shopping in a mall by himself

dtbaker said
QLD here in Australia.

• Bloody freezing at the moment ( 15 degrees C )
• State of Origin #3 is on tonight. This is a yearly rubgy match between our state (QLD) and the one just south of us (NSW). The best of the best play it out in 3 matches spread over a month or so. Most people head to a local pub or mates house and make an evening of it, and most call in sick the following day I have absolutely zero interest in sports, so it’s always awkward around friends when they’re chatting away about this and that.
• Australia is much bigger than most people think. We spent 3 months driving around it last year in a caravan whilst working on envato items. If anyone is looking for a place to back pack then I would recommend this country.
• Most games and digital content costs lots more in Australia than US (eg: games from Steam and Adobe downloads)

When I hear Australia, one name comes up: Steve Irwin. I wanted to visit it because of him.

How good is it for (cross-country) biking, with all the deserts and animals?