If your choice is between Czechia and Poland I would expect Czechia (Prague) to be better for a rationalist. Prague has a reasonable rationalist community. Poland has a lot of political heat.
Amusingly, getting a dog is going to be a major issue to a potential move for us, since I’m pretty strongly against travelling with her in cargo which isn’t very safe. There isn’t a good way to get a dog to Europe. (There’s a single international cruise line that takes dogs, but nixes anything pitbull adjacent since they only dock in England which has strong anti-pitbull laws)
You can charter a private plane or yacht cabin, but it’s insanely expensive and I can’t find anywhere where e.g. 12 people who all want to fly their dogs to Europe but don’t care about the exact schedule charter a private plane together (at which point it’s pretty affordable, and would definitely be worth it)
If your choice is between Czechia and Poland I would expect Czechia (Prague) to be better for a rationalist. Prague has a reasonable rationalist community. Poland has a lot of political heat.
Yeah, Prague is a definite draw.
Amusingly, getting a dog is going to be a major issue to a potential move for us, since I’m pretty strongly against travelling with her in cargo which isn’t very safe. There isn’t a good way to get a dog to Europe. (There’s a single international cruise line that takes dogs, but nixes anything pitbull adjacent since they only dock in England which has strong anti-pitbull laws)
You can charter a private plane or yacht cabin, but it’s insanely expensive and I can’t find anywhere where e.g. 12 people who all want to fly their dogs to Europe but don’t care about the exact schedule charter a private plane together (at which point it’s pretty affordable, and would definitely be worth it)