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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf you could migrate to another country, Would you? If so, where would you like to go to?
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No - I am staying put right where I am ... | |
5 (19%) |
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I might consider moving to another state -- but would stay here in the USA | |
2 (8%) |
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Canada Of Course -- Free health care .. and I can comeback if I feel homesick | |
3 (12%) |
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One of them Scandinavian Countries | |
5 (19%) |
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UK - Free healthcare - but most everything else is same | |
2 (8%) |
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France | |
2 (8%) |
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China | |
0 (0%) |
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India | |
0 (0%) |
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UAE or Singapore ( No Income Taxes ) | |
1 (4%) |
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Other | |
6 (23%) |
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0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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darkangel218
(13,985 posts)Next.
Logical
(22,457 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)You pass the patriotism test!
AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!!!
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)whathehell
(29,090 posts)Do you have dual citizenship in one or the other or both ? (!)
As the grandchild of two Dalmatians, I THINK I still have the Right of Return
in Croatia, but not sure since they joined the European Union -- I understand that many countries
who enter the EU are discouraged from this process.
I'd still like having the option, of course, so if you know anything about its current position,
post-EU membership, I'd appreciate knowing.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)Last edited Sat Oct 26, 2013, 07:47 PM - Edit history (1)
You're EU...Never mind.
VMA131Marine
(4,149 posts)The beer is also much better.
srican69
(1,426 posts)KatyMan
(4,209 posts)Real ale is the best beer in the world.
The UK is an ok place to live, but very expensive and....well...quirky.
srican69
(1,426 posts)KatyMan
(4,209 posts)I really miss the beer now that we're back in the States.
LVdem
(524 posts)The beer is DEFINITELY better than the typical big US brewer's swill.
It would be difficult to get National Health unless you become a citizen. It is expensive to live there... but I'd do it if I got the chance.
KatyMan
(4,209 posts)I'm a dual US/Irish citizen. Then again, I don't recall really being asked about it. Once they establish you have right to work, you start paying taxes and NHS is one of those taxes, so I guess they figure if you pay in, you can use it?
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Europe is too restrictive for me outside of Scandinavia. Maybe New Zealand.
Worried senior
(1,328 posts)I'd move to Denmark, Sweeden, Iceland, Netherlands or any other country that treats it's people with respect.
We are stuck here.
Siwsan
(26,290 posts)It's almost always windy, but the air is clean and fresh and I found the people to be very friendly and they very much love to teach people about their culture.
I hope to go back, one day.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)UK part time in the next 5 years! I'm a unabashed English History nut job, and I just feel more at home there. Always have.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)A lot of countries extend citizenship to the grandchildren of their native-born. My mom was born in Ireland. You have to come up with the requisite paperwork (birth certs, marriage certs etc) but it may be worth it if you are so inclined.
I love America, my dad's family came over on the Mayflower, but not so much that it would keep me from living in England or Ireland (i have a lot of friends and family in both countries). The lure of being able to just live around all that history is too great a pull for me.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)OR Galway.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)If its Galway, it'll be deep in Connemara. Little cottage full of books, a cat, and a couple of dogs is all I require--as long as its walking distance to a pub(!)-- and I'll be good to go.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Donegal rabbits taste better as well. No idea why but they do.
IDemo
(16,926 posts)I've had this tune on my mp3 collection over the past year:
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)that I'd stay right here, but I'm torn.
I like it in the US, but I would also like to live in the jungles of Costa Rica.
Maybe half a year in each place.
Will never happen, but it's cool to dream about.
srican69
(1,426 posts)To be honest ..most of us aren't going anywhere... so rest easy
PuppyBismark
(595 posts)ChangeUp106
(549 posts)Somewhere in the countryside
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)costa rica -- no army -- peaceful country -- warm weather. costa rica had some great deals about 8 years ago -- now it's caught on and can be very expensive.
i have to be in a place that's warm all year. i'm in phoenix and some of our winter days get too cold -- anything below 70 is too cold for me.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Actually, I've been "planning" that for too many years now...Need to get my ass in gear
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Veruca Salt
(921 posts)I might return to the states after a few years depending on how much I enjoy life here. I'm lucky enough to have dual citizenship so it was a realisable option for me. After a spell here I can easily say each place has their good and bad points, some people just romanticise certain things making them seem grander than they are.
For instance I was quite chuffed to get not one, but two bottles of nasonex for just under 8 quid when it cost me 35 bucks a pop in the states. On the flip side I've got to get my nyquil through amazon.com as well as my american popcorn. Which reminds me, time to restock.
dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)I always bring home a couple of boxes of Nurofen Plus (they'll last a couple of years for me, and there isnt anything better for my backaches), TCP (stinky but effective!!!!) and a whole host of shampoos and stuff.
Oddly, Boots makeup is cheaper in the U.S.?
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)But it's a comfort smell to me, so I understand. Reminds me of my gran!!!
Veruca Salt
(921 posts)But damned if I can find a cold medicine as good as NyQuil here. Night nurse just does not compare. Also have a tonne of Advil from the states as I can't get that here either. :/
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)Veruca Salt
(921 posts)Their snickers, milky ways and twix taste odd due to different chocolate being used which is also quite interesting. But the Cadbury is my downfall. Delic and so many choices!
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Real fish and chips as well.
Veruca Salt
(921 posts)loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Gawd bless you fast show
Veruca Salt
(921 posts)That sounds as vile as scotch eggs and tuna on jacket potatoes!
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Veruca Salt
(921 posts)loli phabay
(5,580 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)I did indeed get homesick at the end of the year, but if I could migrate while maintaining the same standard of living, it would be a huge temptation for me.
I would NEVER give up my US citizenship, though.
Bunnahabhain
(857 posts)I moved to the US.
lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)melody
(12,365 posts)erinlough
(2,176 posts)And, my nephew and his wife are Canadians and they love their healthcare!
Veruca Salt
(921 posts)Those Canadians know how to do coffee! God I miss it.
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)I have looked into it -- my two hesitancies would be the weather and the food. Otherwise I would be interested in someplace like Costa Rica or Belize.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)AlinPA
(15,071 posts)melody
(12,365 posts)They merely express their insanity in different ways.
My family has been here on one side for 50,000 years and on another 500. I have no other ethnicity. I refuse to give America over to right-wing psychopaths.
OutNow
(867 posts)The third time I went to the UK on business I figured I knew enough about their driving rules to try it myself. It was going OK: driving on the left, steering wheel on the right, etc. until I came to my first roundabout. Around I went with no clue about where to exit. The traffic was heavy, I went around the second time and choose my spot and went for it. Wrong!!!! Just missed a car in a head-on collision. I've never driven in the UK after that. But the train service from Gatwick to Southampton is great.
Glorfindel
(9,734 posts)Or maybe the British Virgin Islands...
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)NotThisTime
(3,657 posts)Benton D Struckcheon
(2,347 posts)...just because of the food. South for the climate of course.
It's amazing to me that in London the food is indescribably awful, in ways that are really hard to imagine, and that all you have to do is hop on a fast train to Paris to get the best food on the planet. Can't some humanitarian move a few chefs north of the English Channel? Is there no one who will save the English from their execrable food?
Chan790
(20,176 posts)If it were easier, I'd already be there.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)Best thing I've ever done for my family
IDemo
(16,926 posts)I actually did some investigating of the options a few years ago and it looks like I basically strike out everywhere: over 50, not financially independent, no professional degree, chronic illness.
Or I'd be a Kiwi by now.
livetohike
(22,163 posts)How different my life would have been....
shanti
(21,675 posts)Alas, my budget would never allow it...
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)well, at least as a potential vacation spot first... but it might be considerably nice to see it for myself first.
doc03
(35,367 posts)to Germany but you got the language barrier and it gets cold and rains a lot in the winter. I
think southern Italy may be better, good food and a warmer climate.
roody
(10,849 posts)salin
(48,955 posts)but if I could, I would move to the home of my mother's parents: Norway. I have had the opportunity over the past 8 years to make numerous trips to meet family (lots of doctors, educators and ministers), and love my extended family and the sense of "the commons" that permeates the parts of Norway in which I have spent time.
Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)Since I have family there.
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)According to a recent University of British Columbia study, the "Happiest" country.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)Where they dont spy on their citizens and are the first to stand up for human rights
AnnieBW
(10,457 posts)We went there in 2008, and we fell in love with it.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,886 posts)My husband is from there and we own several places there. Our idea is to spend the majority of our time over there in ten years.
srican69
(1,426 posts)I need to make a trip back to Rome...to Fontana di Trevi specifically..... I made a very specific wish there ..and it came true 10 months later (guess what did I wish for).. and custom says that if your wish is fulfilled you are supposed to come back.
JustAnotherGen
(31,886 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,856 posts)preferably somewhere near the mountains. I know S.A. would be much cheaper, but I don't know if I would like to live in one of their cultures full time. I'd have to explore the idea and think about the positives/negatives. I don't have to live in a city, but I would like to live close enough to a good-sized city that I could make a day trip out of it.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)fifthoffive
(382 posts)If I could afford it, I'd own property in either the UK or Canada. Live there half the year, live at current residence half a year. Then I could make an evaluation before making anything permanent. I love the USA, but I am disillusioned. Not sure if it will or can get better at this point, but also not sure anywhere else is all that much better. Every place has its problems, but not every place has my family.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)And I don't have to learn a new language.
England was too expensive.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)This country simply can't get anything done anymore.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)I love it here. I do hope to travel and visit many of the wonderful places mentioned here.
damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)I happen to like kangaroos.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)in a heartbeat.
treestar
(82,383 posts)I do like being near or within driving distance of the most important people. If we could all be shifted, I would go to the UK as that's close for a lot of interesting travel.