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Originally Posted by Newmanmi
Australia = weather, women, relatively lost cost of living (not compared to Asian or other cheap countries, but its still OK), tax free poker earnings, beer, good times.
I've been living in Australia for close to a year now, and can't WAIT to get back to Norway. The weather is nice and all, but everything else pretty much sucks.
The women: Some of the Americans were impressed by the standard of women down here, but in 10 months I've met ~10 Australian girls that were above what I would consider a 7 back home in Norway. I thought .au would have all kinds of surfer chicks and whatnot, but the standard down here is pretty close to Britain if you don't count the Asians (AKA incredibly bad)
Cost of living: WAY more expensive than the states, but cheap compared to scandinavia (ldo). The cost of living in .au has skyrocketed during the last ~3 years.
Beer: There is nothing in the world more annoying than drunk aussies (apart from drunk brits..). There is an incredible amount of fighting going on every weekend - I would say the majority of aussie guys get aggro when they drink, that sucks.
Good times: The beaches are good.
Overall: Australia sucks balls.
Edit: Mauritius is imo the country in the world that is closest to perfect. The relative lack of casinos might sucks for those of you that wanna play live, but everything else just screams paradise.. The girls are hot, the weather is close to perfect, the beaches are beautiful, and everyone's extremely laidback. As for taxes; nonresidents are taxed only on their income from sources in Mauritius. The only problem I see is that the majority of people speak French, although English is the official language.