cost of living in Lapland?

[LastVoter]

if I had say an $800k-$1m inheritance would I be able to live with minimal or no employment in Lapland? 

what sort of access would I have to a social wage?

No, it's a Nordic country, probably more expensive than USA, except maybe for some cities.

[LastVoter]

I am not sure what you mean by a social wage.

welfare state (assuming resident non-citizen status)

not with a private fortune that big. 

I have no idea if you would be better off. Wouldnt you have the same options in remote areas of the US?

You see there are healthcare costs. Also tweed should consider energy costs.

[LastVoter]

I like Tweed's tale, and as usual Gustaf has no idea what he's talking about.

I see your point Tweed, if you prefer the whites you'd be better off in eastern Europe (though technically they're Slavs, not sure if that is a 'white' in the strictest sense, but whatever). 

However, if your fantasy is about some girl in poverty/backbreaking labor, I think you'll find those all over the United States, if you just look around.  Perhaps your Romantic Tourism can be accomplished at the Wendy's Drive Through just as easily as in the lapland.

With all due respect, I know how to import wives into my own country.

Johan, I'm not hating on Skåne (I have a separate set of prejudices for you guys!). Don't be such a Centerpartist about looking down on rural people.

Tweed, though this is not about politics, considering Russia to be capitalist is quite amusing. A country where the state will imprison the wealthy in order to seize their assets is not a free market society, nor anything close to it.

Regardless, you want to exploit the poor without asking questions about where they come from. I can respect that as long as you don't pretend to have any kind of social conscience about it. That's when it becomes offensive and forces me to mock it. If you and Opebo could be honest about being evil reactionaries I wouldn't give you such a hard time, you know.

Most pure capitalism neoliberalism requires lack of democracy/proper judicial system, so there is no inconsistency.

[LastVoter]

If I had an 800k inheritance I would move to Portland, Oregon.  Low cost of living, great, friendly people, mild weather (as long as you don't mind a little rain).  What else could one possible need?
Hell, the moment I don't have a job (or find a job in Portland that pays close to what I'm making now), I'm gone!
I would probably spend some time every summer in Montreal though.

Lol.