Strange weather this time of year. Frequent missile showers. Good thing there’s bomb shelters.

Middle aged American from the mountain west. The people often suck but the scenery is beautiful. I live sorta alone, no other humans but two dogs, two cats, one fish, and four chickens. I work with dogs for a living, training/daycare/boarding/rescue, and I love my career. I live within my means and try and pay the support I’ve had from others forward. Travelled a lot in my youth (the rest of the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe) and enjoyed it even if I’m a bit more of a homebody these days. I have a lot of grievances with the current regime, the people who empowered them, and the capitalist assholes who fund them, but I do admit it’s been a boon for the punk scene. I haven’t seen this many shows a month since the early 00s.

My parents have like hundreds of thousands (probably in the 1 mil range) in assets dangling in front of me to keep me in line… (small bussiness)

I could either be a good obedient son to them, or be a wage slave to the oligarchy…

But they’re threatening to disinherit me due to my depression… (nor sure if threats are real or not)

Feeling so werid right now, I kinda wanna kms lol… wtf

But then my older brother gets everything… so nah…

But no, we don’t have much luxury stuff, parents are frugal and hoarders… they grew up in poverty.

(US, Immigrant parents from China)

Norway: Pretty chill, at least in my corner of the country; squeezed in between three mountains and a fjord.

My biggest concern these days is that I was supposed to go down to Saudi Arabia for some work stuff, but that’s been put on hold due to… stuff you may have heard of…

The news cycle is kind of repetitive because of a douchebag who is related to royalty is on trial. Nobody cares, lock him up if he’s found guilty, that’s all. I guess it’s a sign that there’s not much newsworthy happening.

On a more personal level, I’m waiting for my meshtastic radios to arrive so I can put up some routers on nearby summits and see if I can reach the next tiny town over. No reason other than toying around with it, really.

With geology like this, I have no idea how they manage to supply gigabit internet to my house. But I guess once you’re used to digging tunnels for basic infrastructure, running a fiber isn’t that big of a deal. My basement homelab enjoys the results either way.

Day-to-day life isn’t exciting. But it’s safe and secure; the good kind of boring.

America Light® in a lot of ways. Its so damn big that most people that don’t live in the beautiful parts of the country might live their whole lives and never see it.

Housing is fucked, public transit is fucked, urban planning is fucked, we use migrants as cannon fodder for the minimum wage meat grinder… Man, the list goes on.

Its certainly not the worst place in the world to live but it’s really not as good as many people think.

America is great if you are rich, but even our rich people are very unhappy that they aren’t richer, which is annoying and basically what drives all our problems.

I am in the top 15% in my country, and I see it all around me among my peers. People with tons of money and success who are just deeply unhappy they they don’t have more of it. And if you claim you are happy with what you have in life, people hate you for it.

Wonderful. Friendly people and a very decent government. Lots of freedom and lots of nature. Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world put together. We have a boat access cabin where we spend the summer. The winters are too long and the prices have gotten high lately, but the economy is strong and the people in good spirits generally. Since Trump got elected, Canadians have been more united than ever before.

Estonia, been worse been better. Yeah food prices have increased over the last few years, price of tech has increased as much as in rest of the world and so has the price of many luxury goods, but those are luxury goods. Not that necessary and can be easily replaced or even avoided.

Our eastern neighbor is kinda pain in my assholes, but they have always been there.

But in overall, kinda good actually, though that mostly comes from personal life not from world wide issues. Making my own little bubble enjoyable for me. Not much else i can do.

Antarctica is cool, business is slow being a lumberjack as there are no trees, but that leaves lots of time for looking meaningfully out across the icy tundra and reading dirty magazines.

UK.

We are a safe, stable and secure nation. Yes there are problems but compared to anywhere else? I think we’re doing better than a lot of places.

I wouldn’t live anywhere else, and yes we have the financial means to do so.

Lithuanian here. Could be better, could be worse - food prices are fucked, the politicians are spineless, lacks many of the western social developments, shares a border with russia. But at least we have good food and good nature! Anywho, day to day life is pretty quiet, overall I don’t mind living here enough to move, which is worth something lol

I’m a US citizen. Back in my country kind of sucks. We’re lucky to be able to pull up stakes and go, though, so we did; we’re in New Zealand right now.

It’s late summer in Auckland, and the weather is fantastic. I didn’t realize that I had been getting headaches back in the US due to clenching my jaw until I got here and they went away over the course of a month. The people here are invariably kind and friendly. Government services are actually funded. The infrastructure isn’t falling apart. I have had a grand total of two, maybe three, bad meals in the three-ish months I’ve been here, and I made one of them; all the rest have been delicious.

There are certainly problems in New Zealand, I’m not oblivious to that. But they’re different problems and on a radically different level.

Austria is an exceptional country to call home—from the perspective of a Portuguese traveler who’s seen quite a bit of the world.

Its central location means you share borders with eight neighbouring countries, making it effortless to cross into new cultures within just a few hours.

Life in Tirol, in particular, is well balanced. Everything runs with remarkable cleanliness and organization. The tap water is excellent, and the food offers delightful variety—some local recipes are genuine surprises waiting to be discovered.

Then there are the mountains. Everyone here hikes, climbs, and of course, skis. The lakes and landscapes are nothing short of breathtaking.

Yes, taxes are substantial—but you can clearly see where that money goes. The infrastructure serves the people well: roads are impeccably maintained, public services function smoothly, and the country as a whole reflects this investment (with the usual exceptions, of course).

In smaller towns, community spirit remains alive. Neighbours help one another freely—whether lending a hand on a farm or painting someone’s house. No money changes hands; a shared “Jause” and a glass of schnapps are good enough.

I’m genuinely glad I made the move here.

PS: The colourful dialects in the country are a challenge where the learning curve is as steep as the alps.

I live in something like a Hobbiton. Life’s good if you don’t think about things too much. There’s beer, cars and coal. It’s important nothing ever changes, surely everything will continue to be great forever.