Moving out when you are 18? O RLY?

[Mihail]

Well, when do you plan to move out? And where do you want to go? Me, I want to move out as soon as I finish school, or maybe earlier. Probably going to rent a place with friends somewhere in Europe, and after that, get my own place. I want to hit up most of Europe, but I really want to go to the Low Countries. Preferrably the Netherlands and the awesome city of Amsterdam, meet Anathema, toke up with him. ;) So what are your after-parent-life plans, if any? And can the more experienced of us(The ones with their own places and families; Doc Nyar, Gunwounds, alchemi2 to name a few) give us young'uns some advice or pointers?

Just trying to spice up General a bit. :)

[Andrew]

Leave home, get a good job.... live somewhere? :P

Should be done of school in a year or two, depending if I want to follow up on post secondary. Not sure what after.

[veK]

I moved out when I was 18, went another 2 years to school and then moved 850 kilometres north to hamburg - where I live right now in my 2nd flat and will be moving again soon I guess...

[Mihail]

"In the end" I'd like very much to live in some nice European town or city. I'd very much love to live in Tuscany(that is in Italy, for those of you who don't know) in sounthern France or Spain or Greece. Maybe even North Africa(But only Morocco, probably). Until then, living as a student in Amsterdam will do just fine for me. Once I'm 18, pretty much everything is legal. Marijuana, beer, and all the drunken girls visiting from America and other places just because of the prospect of legal drugs! Anyway, I shouldn't count my chickens before they hatch. Who knows, I may end up a poor, burnt-out man living in housing blocks in some bad area. :( I try not to think of that chance, though.

[Cyborg]

I want to move out soon. And I'm turning 19 next month.

Mainly, it'd be good to just get a room to live in the city, so I don't have to take the bus for an hour every way to college.

[Dante]

I don't want to move at all. Wait long enough and you can just inherit the house. I spend half the year at university anyway.

[exatreide]

Well I'm going to stay home till schools over next summer, and after that I'm going to boot camp for the National Gaurd, then 3 months of that, then to AIT and medical training as a paramedic.

Well two years Active (hopefully not Iraq,Afghhanistan, Somalia, or any place where people throw rocks at tanks) Then I can be a paramedic anywhere in the country. Maybe just be a paramedic after that, or possibly join the IDF, havn't decided yet.

[Nuvollari]

I m dreamin to go back to Italy.

[Edric O]

Well I already live on a college campus for 9 months a year, so I've mostly moved out. After that I plan to work on a PhD, preferably somewhere in Northwestern Europe.

[Boba Fett]

I've just finished school last month, college starts in 3 weeks time, I'll probably be in the hostel. 4 years of that, then 3 more years of post-grad, probably in the US, after which I'll work there for 5-10 years, depending on how homesick I get. I'll return here to my family when I'm 30ish, and probably start my own. Its against our culture to leave the family, though thats happening more and more now.

[Khan]

Going to live on campus at uni in september for 3 years, then I'll probably come back home till I've got a job with enough money to move out and get a flat in london somewhere.

[alchemi2]

Semi moved out at 16-17, sorted moved in with girlfriend at 18 (lived in a 1 bedroom flat) got married at 19 (3 bedroom council house)came to a mutually beneficial arrangement with brother 10 years back to rent his house rather than it get repossessed, got a mortgage and started to buy this place 2 years back.

Both my eldest two left home at around 18, both went in to house share situation, and both at some point briefly returned home.

My eldest (son 22) now lives down in Milton Keynes (where his work is) but visits often. My eldest daughter 20 lives with a mate and her mates boyfriend while waiting for her boyfriend to get out of jail!! (not the future you dream of but it her life).

and at 7 and 4 my two little girls have a while to go before move out time.

My advise stay honest, never burn bridges, experience life to the full, don't pass up opportunities and when you get something good hold on to it for dear life and never let go.

[Andrew]

Off topic, but today in town I saw a "no exit" sign at a busy intersection (which is normal), and it had o rly? written underneath it. Guess it has gone mainstream. Graffiti has gotten very bad over the past 2 years.

[Lord J]

Well, I lived by myself in a camper trailer right outside of town when I was in Booneville going to community college.  I was 20, and I lived there for about 10 months before I moved back in with my parents.  I will have lived here with my dad for a little over two years before I move wherever I end up going to graduate school.

  Long term, I'll probably stay here in the states, though which state is completely up in the air.  I'd really like to go back to Ireland, permanently, but I realize that that will probably not be likely, at least for a long time anyway.

  Speaking of grafiti, we don't really see a lot here in the Deep South (not even here in the Delta, where you would expect a lot, given the urban conflict).  It was really odd when we drove through Belfast and saw so much grafiti.

[Anathema]

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Well, when do you plan to move out? And where do you want to go? Me, I want to move out as soon as I finish school, or maybe earlier. Probably going to rent a place with friends somewhere in Europe, and after that, get my own place. I want to hit up most of Europe, but I really want to go to the Low Countries. Preferrably the Netherlands and the awesome city of Amsterdam, meet Anathema, toke up with him. Wink So what are your after-parent-life plans, if any? And can the more experienced of us(The ones with their own places and families; Doc Nyar, Gunwounds, alchemi2 to name a few) give us young'uns some advice or pointers?

Just trying to spice up General a bit. Smiley

Well, even in the tiny lowlands Amsterdam is still a days travel from where I live.

Here is the site of Amsterdams university. Depending on what you intend to study, there might be better universities here however.

I moved out of my parents' house 2 and a half year ago, currently living in Groningen where I study law. Groningen is a nice city to study because it's so adjusted to being a student city, not surprising since the city itself is not that big but it has a huge population of students.

[Terror]

I live in The Netherlands as well. Since two and a half month I live in Nijmegen on my own so far. Possibly my girlfriend will move in with me after the summer. But nothing is for sure yet. I'm almost done with school and am already searching for a job. Hopefully they'll want me at LogicaCMG. Later on... I don't know. Maybe I'll move to another country. Personally I would like to go to Germany. But other than that, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria or Spain/Portugal are also countries I might like to live.

So far though, I'll just try to find a job first and make some money. Once my girlfriend is done with her study we'll have more options.

[veK]

Personally I would like to go to Germany. But other than that, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria or Spain/Portugal are also countries I might like to live.

trust me, you don't wanna live in germany. switzerland is a good choice, I also keep looking for jobs over there from time to time. my half-sister's father (would be my stepfather then) lives and works there. it's really nice. sweden and denmark I don't know as well as austria. spain and portugal are nice countries it's much warmer of course but they also have high unemployment rates (at least portugal). but maybe if you work in a field in which people are needed this might look different.

[Boba Fett]

Aren't Switzerland and Austria rather expensive?

[Caid Ivik]

Aren't Switzerland and Austria rather expensive?

Austria is, at least Vienna. It's impossible to fook it enough. But the school is good here anyway  ;)  When I'll finish here I'll go perhaps somewhere to the east, for I have enough of this dying-out boring continent...

[Boba Fett]

Europe's boring???  :O What're you saying, man???

[gunner154]

Hell no, you wouldn't want to come to Singapore either. Unless you really enjoy... well, doing certain stuff that works all too well in favour of certain persons... ;)

[veK]

Europe's boring???  :O What're you saying, man???

yes it is... I want to go to south-america.

lifestyle is different there and they don't have as much money but I like it more than europe.

[alchemi2]

yes it is... I want to go to south-America.

lifestyle is different there and they don't have as much money but I like it more than Europe.

And such a better chance of being shot, robbed or infected with a killer disease to name but a few better still head to Africa theres some ripe territory for a huge lifestill change. Pick the right place and you can be all the previous and more within 6 months of arriving. :'( ::) ;)

[Boba Fett]

Man, <shakes head>, you guys really don't know what you're saying. Life in the third world sucks, 'coz its just trying to emulate the first one all the time.

[veK]

Man, <shakes head>, you guys really don't know what you're saying. Life in the third world sucks, 'coz its just trying to emulate the first one all the time.

whcih means there is a good chance to make it better than we did and still do. besides... it will all turn upside down in a few decades, maybe we won't live long enough to witness it but it will happen. just take a look at our industrialized world and our problems. more and more unemployment, less children but we still get older and older due to modern medicine but nobody can finance this. our economic rates get lower every year while countries like chinas can't stop their growth. and africa will arise from poverty once the modern world can't oppress them anymore and they have a real chance of fighting all the problems like the diseases, civil war ... and then their time will come because they have so many mineral resources...

but hey, this topic was about moving out, so I'll cut it here...