And visa process. Good luck with that.

Sure, most Westerners can enter the Schengen zone for 90 days visa-free but after that you've either got to leave for another 90 (or is it 180?) or get sponsorship of some sort.

(Obviously this is a rather Amero-centric reply and doesn't apply to other EU citizens)

True. (I am French, it is hard to see these things as being motivating enough to relocate in a country-side village...).

Visa is probably a favourable thing in comparison to Thailand / Philippines ...