[keewee7]

Spain is a NATO country involved in many American wars in the past 30 years.

If you oppose US wars and hegemony you should have followed Edward Snowden and moved to a country that actually oppose American influence in the world.

[fourthwaveska]

Re: Nato, fair point. There is still a difference between being bullied into submission to American hegemony and being part of the us empire.

I really, really detest cold weather and drunk people, both of which Russia has in abundance. Russia and China are just as offensive to my own moral compass as the USA.

Once we attain citizenship I’m going to try to convince my family to move to Esbjerg, at least for a few years.

[lordnacho]

The city on the west coast of Denmark? Is that a typo?

[fourthwaveska]

Yes, I love it there. My two closest friends moved there to study marine archaeology and within 3 years another 7 had moved there. We were married in Fanø. I’m old, I like the quiet.

Ideally we would spend our winters somewhere warm and the rest of the time in Denmark.

[lordnacho]

It's certainly nice in the summer. Long but not too long sunlight, warm but not oppressive. I guess if you just spend summers there it wouldn't be hard to arrange.

[fourthwaveska]

Summers really are lovely there. Now that I'm finally vaccinated I'm hoping to go spend 3-4 weeks hopping back and forth between Fano/Esbjerg and Copenhagen. My treat to myself after over a year of Covid-induced unemployment now that I'm vaccinated and working again.

[coldtea]

>Spain is a NATO country involved in many American wars in the past 30 years

Which doesn't mean much. NATO is not some alliance, it's the US calling the shots and others doing as told, or else (insert diplomatic, economic, etc. pressure).

[walkhour]

This is correct, Spain supported the wars in Irak and Afghanistan, both with hundreds of thousands of casualties, most of them civilians. It's an improvement over paying taxes in US but still a dubious moral choice if you claim concerns over your taxes being spent on wars.