As I mentioned yesterday, we’re planning to move three miles from where we live now. But I’ve lived in this area my entire life, and I do think about moving elsewhere. I think if I could live anywhere in the world, right now it would be Montreal. I’ve been there a couple of times and there are so many things I love about the city. Aside from the fact that it’s in Canada, which allows gay marriage, there’s also the appeal of brushing up on my French skills - which have gone untouched since college - and yet still being able to get around in English if I wanted to. I assume there are cheap mortgages available in Canada, so there wouldn’t be the scary prospect of buying a home in a country whose real estate market operates in a way Americans wouldn’t be familiar with. Finding the best mortgage deals might be difficult - does one’s credit and so forth transfer when one emigrates to a different country? But anyway, I also find Montreal’s underground shopping network very appealing - I like the idea that you can enter the subway, and go all over town without having to go back outside! If I could find the cheapest mortgage possible, I would definitely consider moving to Montreal, even if it meant I couldn’t work as an interpreter anymore (because most of the city’s deaf population is francophone).