And here I am, thinking of moving someplace cooler. :P

It gets old real fast trust me.

I'm sick of heat and crushing humidity. :P

just make sure the winters don't drop below 10-15 degrees :)

If you mean Celsius, they already do.

If you mean Fahrenheit...meh, that's what blankets and snuggling is for.

10-15 is teeshirt weather. Last winter, with the windchill, NH dropped to -50F.

No tradewinds to cool it off?

No help here, sorry. :/ Good luck, too.

Cancun can be tropical :3.......except during the summers ;_;

what do you plan to do or have done to merit this kind of move?

I live in Australia and its pretty good

Avoid Bermuda at all costs, it's super expensive living here. :p

You *do* know that your salary is going to go down along your cost of living, right?

I work online so my earning power won't budge. Though my savings will skyrocket.

That's pretty awesome!!. Move to Mendoza, Argentina. It's not really tropical. Sort of dry weather. Little rain a year. No sweating in summer. No snow in winter. It's not too big, not too small. Just perfect. And the people is lovely down there. Crime is about average, I guess. Not any worse than NY, for sure. Just gotta know which places you shouldn't go after dark. :P

Cpme and visit TnT! :) (That's Trinidad & Tobago, my home)

http://www.visittnt.com/

If you're seriously planning to move to somewhere overseas that happens to also be in the tropics, you might want to direct your questions to your own countries embassy corp to find out if they can advise you on how to best make your desire to relocate a reality. That said, my only advise is that you make sure that your vaccinations are up to date for such an adventure. Best of luck to you man, I hope that this pans out well for you as a good experience.

I've lived on a tropical island for 8 years.

If you plan to move to one, be prepared for one heavy kick to the butt.

Well, I hear hawaii (off the mail island) is nice, Good internet, and no crime... But that is -AS LONG AS YOU STAY OFF THE MAIN ISLAND- you don't have to learn any languages... and its warm (and not as humid as one would expect) I myself considered moveing there... turned out i didn't because i had someoen to stay behind for... but that is another story for another day

I'm living on Oahu--what I think you're referring to as the "main island"--and I'll confirm that it's pretty high in crime, but the weather is nice on all the islands.

The cost of living here is atrocious, though. Food costs double what it does on the mainland US, and rent is still pretty high on the outer islands.

eh... im not sure... My friend had all the information, and it didn't really seem all that bad when she was telling me about it

You live on Oahu? My fiance' was born and grew up in Waipahu! :) I've been there a dozen times. Every time we go there, soon as I leave the airport, the first stop is always Zippy's to get a teriyaki steak. :) And Alamoana mall is just the bomb! :)

Hah! I visit Ala Moana almost daily.

Patti's Kitchen...best food in the entire food court! :9

I wouldn't move to Ecuador move if I we're you they're on the verge of war with Columbia do to recent flooding and conflit with rebel force in Ecuador which have forced alot of people relocate to Columbia which has put alot pressure on the Columbian government because the citizens of Columbia don't want the Ecuadorian refuges there and if your wondering where I got this information from I saw it on BBC World News.

Good to know :D

Your welcome.

There was someone on FFXI that was on almost 24/7 that lived somewhere in the Hawaiian islands. I don't know how he did it, but his off times were spent banging his girl. Don't know how much of that is true, but it sure does make for a nice story.

I've been to Ecuador, it was pretty nice, but, more importantly for you I suppose, I lived in Indonesia for three years. I'm sure you know the place, equator runs right through it, down below China... Hit me up on IM's sometime and I'd be happy to discuss it all at length ^..^

I'd advise against Hawaii. Here on Oahu, crime is pretty high, the cost of living is astronomical--divided between doubled-food costs and soaring rent. On the other islands, the rent tends to be lower, buuuuuut there's nothing really to do out there, either.

From what experience I've had, the crime rate isn't really any worse than Atlanta, where I live. cost is high, true, but made up for with other things being less expensie. Gas is high, but you don't drive as far as you do here on the mainland to get anyplace. Besides, I'd rather deal with the cultures on the island than the ones invading from south of the border that we have over here!

Given the amount of traffic here, you might not drive as far, but you spend the same amount of time on the road. =P

I've always been a firm believer in "staying away from places I don't belong". I feel as Americans there are some places we shouldn't be going, places we're not welcomed...that's basically everywhere outside of the Great United States borders. I love America and would never leave it, but I guess if you want to go "tropical" and stay a citizen, you can go to Hawaii. I'm sure you predicted that answer. However, on the other side of the beautiful tourist traps and resorts is a seemy underbelly that teems with poverty. I'm pretty sure there are some dirt cheap places to live there. I don't know about low crime, but how bad could Hawaians be? Besides having big legs, I doubt their is too much gun crime there, you might get mugged by guys wearing grass skirts...where is the harm in that?

I'm not a US citizen and I'd rather avoid moving there and being treated like a criminal by immigration :P

Oh...I didn't know. How insensative of me. I'm sorry.

Personally I wouldn't mind living somewhere a little warmer : This typical Scottish weather gets on my nerves.

Well its not exactly tropical, but southern Vancouver Island tends to have very mild and agreeable weather. Its technically a rain forest though, so its rather moist a lot of the year. ^^ But it barely even reaches the freezing point for winter, and summers are usually nice and warm. 25-30c easily.

Failing that, I'm told the British virgin islands and the rest heading south towards the main continent of South America are pretty nice. I have no idea what it would be like to live there however. ^^

Also, I'm told cost of living on the smaller island communities in the Straight of Georgia is below average, or there abouts.

According to the cia factbook the cost of living is extremely low almost everywhere compared to where i am now.

Perhaps western Canada would be a good change then. ^..^

I know the feeling: i live in Northridge, an expensive part of LA. Crappy starter homes on major streets in bad neighborhoods cost over 500 grand. I almost cant wait for the next earthquake so Housing and property prices drop >.>

I live in Brazil and I think it´s a good place to live.
We have cable modem internet and stuff so I think it´s the best place.
Brazil government doesn´t have any problem with foreigners who move onto here.
And I think São Paulo, where I live, is more like an american city than any other in my country.
Think about it!

sounds good but how much is the cost of living?

Barring American areas (Such a wide range of climates, there's a state to satasfy everyone, meteorogically speaking.)

Argentina, and Brazil top my recommendations. Argentina has a good city life, is very warm, not a big cost of living, if you can stand a hit to your paycheck.

Brazil has a large furry community, lacks a lot of political strife (They do have issues, but far less then most places), and has an awakening economy. Low cost of living (assuming you stay away from tourist traps) with a growing need for IT and Tech people.

Also: *skooosh* n.n;

I hear costa rica is where all them rich people go to escape from the country, and it's got like 40 diff. bio-niches so you can get most of the same nature experience you'd get in the US :V

(P.S. I'm sure there's some tax reason as to why it has the rich expat reputation)

I don't think Costa Rica is a tax haven but I do know that it has a very large white population (94%) so that may be a contributing factor. That and the extremely low cost of living.

I was in Costa Rica for a little over a month with a very good friend of mine. Its a beautiful place, and has great weather (hope you like thunder storms =3 ) and their beaches were incredible (i surfed every day i could). My friend who i was with was visiting his dad's family, since his dad was born there. I guess i was just a tourist, but being there a month felt like a little more than that.

One VERY important thing to know however... They have something known as Squater rights. Basicly, if you leave your property unattended for a couple weeks and some local guys decide to move into your house - it becomes legally theirs.

But the country is gorgeous, And aside from it not being the safest place, it is a great place to live. And if you ever do go there, try the plantaines, they carmelize when cooked, and are to die for =3

Right now Costa Rica is at the top of my list. Many countries have squatters rights and normally the squatters have to remain there for a relatively long time before they can exercise those rights. I only plan on staying there as long as my visa will allow anyway, or for the winter.

Then Costa Rica sounds like the place!

Just remember to avoid tourists traps, and when you go to leave the country have some cash on ya. Theres a "depaurture" fee for leaving the country. Its not too much (under $50 per person when i was there last a couple years ago), but if you don't have it, your not leaving the airport. Most countrys have something like that.

Then Costa Rica sounds like the place!

Just remember to avoid tourists traps, and when you go to leave the country have some cash on ya. Theres a "depaurture" fee for leaving the country. Its not too much (under $50 per person when i was there last a couple years ago), but if you don't have it, your not leaving the airport. Most countrys have something like that.