Financial considerations aside, I would consider moving abroad if I could find somewhere that really would make as happy and content as SA. Climate. Language. Sport. Infrastructure. Food. Everything plays a role and quite honestly I can't find somewhere that meets all my needs. Maybe I'm just picky, but please, where else is the world can you get what SA can offer? And I'm not talking about crime. I mean, where in one country can you go see elephants and lions walking in the wild freely and still speak english and/or afrikaans? Or drive for 6 hours and go swim on some of the worlds' best beaches? Or go skiing on some mountain slopes in the winter? Or have a braai with some boeries and chops with mates drinking a balck label? Or go to a rugby stadium with your mates and lots of biltong? Or go to the west coast and enjoy the namaqualand? Or go up to the Kalahari and enjoy the desert scenery. Or go to Mpumalanga and enjoy the beauty of the mountains and forests there? And what about being able to go wine testing on some of the best wines in the world and then go to the top of the world's most recognisable mountain in cable car and afterwards enjoy sundowners on Camp's Bay?
I'm not knocking anyone leaving SA. Everyone has their own reasons, but I think sometimes people are too hasty in their decisions or go for the wrong reasons. But hey, each to his own! For now I'll stay and enjoy everything my birthplace has to offer!
