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Title: Best countries to travel to / live in
Post by: viper37 on August 17, 2011, 09:18:31 AM
For some, at least.
Free of the American imperialists pigs.  Free of McDonald's, at least.

http://www.unecartedumonde.fr/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/La-carte-du-monde-des-pays-sans-MacDonalds.png

got to admit I always wanted to visit Greenland, though.  The other countries... meh.
Title: Re: Best countries to travel to / live in
Post by: Slargos on August 17, 2011, 09:20:19 AM
Not surprisingly, they're all hell-holes.
Title: Re: Best countries to travel to / live in
Post by: Razgovory on August 17, 2011, 09:24:27 AM
I don't see one I'd like to even visit.  It's like a map of the least pleasant places to visit in the world.
Title: Re: Best countries to travel to / live in
Post by: Valmy on August 17, 2011, 09:27:06 AM
I achieve the same effect by never eating at McDonald's.
Title: Re: Best countries to travel to / live in
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on August 17, 2011, 09:29:10 AM
Quote from: Valmy on August 17, 2011, 09:27:06 AM
I achieve the same effect by never eating at McDonald's.

This would seem to be a more practical approach; as opposed to, say, emigrating to Chad  :D

They can be useful as child pacifiers on long car trips anyway.
Title: Re: Best countries to travel to / live in
Post by: Razgovory on August 17, 2011, 09:34:16 AM
Quote from: Valmy on August 17, 2011, 09:27:06 AM
I achieve the same effect by never eating at McDonald's.

Well to really get the North Korean experience, you should just try never eating.
Title: Re: Best countries to travel to / live in
Post by: Slargos on August 17, 2011, 09:36:45 AM
Iceland is actually a pretty good tourist destination. Wouldn't want to live there, but I'd enjoy visiting again.


Title: Re: Best countries to travel to / live in
Post by: Grey Fox on August 17, 2011, 09:36:45 AM
I wonder why is Bolivia off limit.
Title: Re: Best countries to travel to / live in
Post by: Valmy on August 17, 2011, 09:39:12 AM
Quote from: Slargos on August 17, 2011, 09:36:45 AM
Iceland is actually a pretty good tourist destination. Wouldn't want to live there, but I'd enjoy visiting again.

Nice geysers.
Title: Re: Best countries to travel to / live in
Post by: Valmy on August 17, 2011, 09:39:47 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on August 17, 2011, 09:36:45 AM
I wonder why is Bolivia off limit.

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/bolivia/bolivia-mcdonalds.htm
Title: Re: Best countries to travel to / live in
Post by: Zanza on August 17, 2011, 09:41:23 AM
Iceland used to have one (or more?) McDonald's but when the Krona lost half its value, it became too expensive to import everything they needed from the EU.
Title: Re: Best countries to travel to / live in
Post by: Grey Fox on August 17, 2011, 09:42:16 AM
Quote from: Valmy on August 17, 2011, 09:39:47 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on August 17, 2011, 09:36:45 AM
I wonder why is Bolivia off limit.

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/bolivia/bolivia-mcdonalds.htm

Of all the reasons, I didn't expect it to be profits.
Title: Re: Best countries to travel to / live in
Post by: Zanza on August 17, 2011, 09:43:42 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 17, 2011, 09:24:27 AM
I don't see one I'd like to even visit.  It's like a map of the least pleasant places to visit in the world.
Out of those countries, I've only been to Cambodia, Ethiopia, Uganda and Iceland, but all of them are quite interesting tourist destinations.
Title: Re: Best countries to travel to / live in
Post by: 11B4V on August 17, 2011, 09:52:44 AM
Quote from: viper37 on August 17, 2011, 09:18:31 AM

Free of the American imperialists pigs.  Free of McDonald's, at least.
Meaning third world. Barring a few exception of course.
Title: Re: Best countries to travel to / live in
Post by: Razgovory on August 17, 2011, 10:57:57 AM
Quote from: Zanza on August 17, 2011, 09:43:42 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 17, 2011, 09:24:27 AM
I don't see one I'd like to even visit.  It's like a map of the least pleasant places to visit in the world.
Out of those countries, I've only been to Cambodia, Ethiopia, Uganda and Iceland, but all of them are quite interesting tourist destinations.

If I went to Iceland I'd probably just end up going killing rampage.  As they have no army, I'd probably get pretty far before the government figured out a way to stop me.
Title: Re: Best countries to travel to / live in
Post by: viper37 on August 17, 2011, 11:03:10 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on August 17, 2011, 09:29:10 AM
Quote from: Valmy on August 17, 2011, 09:27:06 AM
I achieve the same effect by never eating at McDonald's.

This would seem to be a more practical approach; as opposed to, say, emigrating to Chad  :D
For some, like José Bové, it apparently appears to be an impossible approach.