Who would carry on living here if they won the lottery ??

donga


Joined: 01/04/2009
Posts: 272

Message Posted:
08/12/2009 22:14

Lets say you've won twenty million on the Euro-millions so the question is........................ would you still want to live here ??



(forgetting about lottery & your location as to eligibility to claim the prize etc..)





I wouldn't (but then I am gong back to UK in 6 month anyway)





let the arguments begin (lol)

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
08/12/2009 22:18

I'd give my property to the childrens charity and then travel the world.

Aslan


Joined: 23/06/2008
Posts: 757

Message Posted:
08/12/2009 22:19

I would keep the TRNC as my base, but travel the world for four years and go to every major sporting event final, if 20M in euro will take me that far.

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
08/12/2009 22:21

RE msg 1, donga: (...) I wouldn't (but then I am gong back to UK in 6 month anyway) (...)

=> Thank you for your positive attitude. I'm pleased to say: bye, bye!

kaiserphil


Joined: 14/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
08/12/2009 22:24

Thart's OK then Hans, it's all yours Meneer!

boglefan



Joined: 07/06/2009
Posts: 511

Message Posted:
08/12/2009 22:25

I am in Scotland and put the lottery on faithfully every week in the hope when, ( opps sorry if) I win it I can move to TRNC. Maybe it is a case of the grass always being greener but in my case I don't think so.

It does not need to be the mega millions just enough to live out my twilight years in the country I love.

kaiserphil


Joined: 14/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
08/12/2009 22:26

Oh dear Hans, you may have had a semi-colon, but I have to confess to having an extra 'r'.

Mea culpa old son.

Vidal


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 867

Message Posted:
08/12/2009 23:29

Would definitely stay, travel as well though ......and have central heating for the winter, air con on in the summer and buy meat and not worry about the bills!! Lovely

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
09/12/2009 06:40

Would definitely stay but with that kind of money could afford to bring the rest of the family out as well.

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
09/12/2009 06:57

Keep my home, but then travel to see my family and pay up all their Mortgages and school fees

whoopee

Corbo



Joined: 13/09/2009
Posts: 627

Message Posted:
09/12/2009 07:31

'Would definitely stay, travel as well though ......and have central heating for the winter, air con on in the summer and buy meat and not worry about the bills!! Lovely'





AS I do all that anyway I may as well have won the lottery, which I have a few times anyway. A few tenners that is.

matula


Joined: 07/07/2008
Posts: 647

Message Posted:
09/12/2009 09:25

Umhlanga Rocks or Illovo Beach here I come.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
09/12/2009 09:32

msg 12 Umhlanga Rocks...YES!!! Definitely....







DD

mamachina


Joined: 22/11/2008
Posts: 730

Message Posted:
09/12/2009 10:01

Stay - yes! But be able to look at things Id like and not count the cost of buying them! Pay for the family to visit more often etc and if health permits try and see the bits of the world I havent been to yet!

PeppaPig


Joined: 04/01/2009
Posts: 89

Message Posted:
09/12/2009 10:28

Definitely stay. After all, they say money can't buy you happiness, and this country makes me happy. So why leave! However, as much as money can't buy you happiness, think it can help (!), so would enjoy all the things people said above - not dreading the electric bill coming, or the car breaking down, be able to have that extra drink if you want it!!!! And would pay off ours and all our families mortgages too.

NanaJan



Joined: 15/10/2009
Posts: 90

Message Posted:
09/12/2009 10:30

I would enjoy both places to spend time in the UK and also TRNC but I would spend winters in Barbados because the weather is better in winter and like others travel as well.



To help my family and friends would be wonderful and to know that my Grandchildren would be able to live their dream whatever that may be without worrying about money. Not frivolous things but university education, homes, weddings and the like.

Oilman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 225

Message Posted:
09/12/2009 17:20

Re: The begging letters - I'd still keep sending them!

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
09/12/2009 17:54

The day i moved here was the day i won the lottery..

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
09/12/2009 17:54

I would keep my place there and also get one in the caribbean.

Struben


Joined: 17/02/2009
Posts: 68

Message Posted:
09/12/2009 20:21

Message 12 and 13, yes both beaches are great and SA is a beautiful Country, but please believe me you are definitely safer here. So if we were to win the Lottery, I would rather stay here and yes travel, but not for a million pounds would we go back to SA.

Struben


Joined: 17/02/2009
Posts: 68

Message Posted:
09/12/2009 20:25

Sorry that really should have said Towns of Umhlanga and Illovo, beaches are great too.



It is good to see so many positive replies, No utopia anywhere.

measey


Joined: 07/02/2009
Posts: 1037

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 16:45

Smithy.bet you would also help Lilli with the dogs.Me love the TRNC Would Retire in Esentepe and help Lilli with the dogs.



Keith.

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 16:48

sure would Keith, I would share the money out so then everyone would be happy

elkiton



Joined: 15/03/2009
Posts: 514

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 17:09

Now this is inviting a lot of retribution, as I am very pro the North, but no I would not stay here.

With that sort of money I would have apartments in New York, London, Munich & Sydney, places where there is good theater, live gigs, scenery within a few hundred miles, etc. A small place here would be on the cards, but so would the Harley lol

Does'nt mean that I am not happy with my lot here though; serious money just enables you to do different things.

And I have no sympathy with these "money never made me happy" people, they just don't know how to enjoy themselves without taking things to excess.

TonyE

mrsgee


Joined: 23/06/2009
Posts: 396

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 18:15

message 18 Cyrpusjoker - agree 100%! That is not to say that we will always be here, things change, and we don't know what the future holds, but for now.........money cannot buy what we have here!

Oilman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 225

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 19:57

Struben Camps Bay maybe?

racoonchic



Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3223

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 20:49

i dont want to boast but i did and i am

BoTanica


Joined: 22/12/2009
Posts: 714

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 20:56

racoonchic : Can I be your next best friend? Ha! Ha!



But - yes I would stşll live here. BUT I would also buy a house in the Jungle by the amazon - cos I love the plants!!

charlotte55


Joined: 14/11/2008
Posts: 302

Message Posted:
16/01/2010 17:03

I agree with message 24

Charlotte

matula


Joined: 07/07/2008
Posts: 647

Message Posted:
16/01/2010 17:31

Msg 26 Camps Bay---too commercialised. Now Hout Bay, Simonstown or Kommetjie yes.

rowan


Joined: 04/09/2008
Posts: 450

Message Posted:
17/01/2010 22:24

I would stay here, I love living here. I love the climate, the lack of crime and feeling of security and the life-style we have here, I cant stand the wingeing poms, (go back if you dont like it) and the plight of some of the animals, but yes, I would stay

fiona&graham


Joined: 11/09/2009
Posts: 10

Message Posted:
18/01/2010 07:32

We love the TRNC and even though we can't be there all the time we wouldn't change the fact that we have a house there, we spent over a year there and loved it and in the future will spend more time there again, we all moan about life but it's true the grass may seem greener on the other side but that doesn't mean it is, I think at different times in our lives we need different things and one persons perfect place right now might be someone elses further down the line. So be possitive and I hope you find your perfect place.

fiendishpaul


Joined: 18/05/2008
Posts: 1720

Message Posted:
18/01/2010 08:13

I am with TonyE. I would buy homes all over the world and spend my time flitting between them. However, with that much money I am afraid to say that I would not have one here. Much nicer places to live (if you have the wonga!!)



Paul

Sazna


Joined: 12/09/2009
Posts: 1177

Message Posted:
18/01/2010 08:42

I wouldn't can't wait for circumstances to change so we can leave. love the island and do feel safe but cant stand all the back stabbing, crooks, cost of living and lack of opportunities.



i dont usually do this but FYI MSG 31 not everyone has a choice to leave even if they hate it, some people used up everything to get here and have been stitched up every step of the way, house with out deeds so cant sell so stuck here, so before you say if you dont like it leave please be more sensitive to other peoples situations its not always as simple as black and white.