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Trump administration 2024-2028

mariomike said:
Perhaps the question should be "why?"
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I've lived in 5 countries.
1) Born in Canada

2) Lived in Belgium/Holland for my MA - where I had to get a student visa (out of my pocket), which allowed me limited employment options as a student, get a police background check (out of my pocket), get check out by a doctor for various medical tests (TB anyone?) and write an essay before I was given my Visa.

3) Took a FT job in the Czech Republic from when my studies wrapped up in Belgium- where my employer took care of my work visa, which was a 1yr renewable visa that I renewed twice.
- I would like to point out that in the cases of Belgium/Holland/Czech Republic that I had NEVER visited any of those places prior to my decision to move there. I lived in the Flemish speaking area in Belgium so my grade 10 French didn't do me much good and in the Czech Republic my grade 4 level Polish (thanks Mom) helped me minimally.​

4) Took a FT job in Michigan - which thanks to my US citizenship through my Mom being American, I had no issues leaving working FT in the Czech Republic to fly to Michigan and start work immediately.

5) Came back to Canada

Our plan when we hopefully retire in 6ish years is to move to Europe (France/Spain/Portugal possibly), initially part time but potentially full time if we decide to.

You have only 1 life, with an uncertain, unknown timeline, I've been lucky enough to know that there are many places in the world where I can find happiness and peace.
 
Czech_pivo said:
I've lived in 5 countries.
1) Born in Canada

2) Lived in Belgium/Holland for my MA - where I had to get a student visa (out of my pocket), which allowed me limited employment options as a student, get a police background check (out of my pocket), get check out by a doctor for various medical tests (TB anyone?) and write an essay before I was given my Visa.

3) Took a FT job in the Czech Republic from when my studies wrapped up in Belgium- where my employer took care of my work visa, which was a 1yr renewable visa that I renewed twice.
- I would like to point out that in the cases of Belgium/Holland/Czech Republic that I had NEVER visited any of those places prior to my decision to move there. I lived in the Flemish speaking area in Belgium so my grade 10 French didn't do me much good and in the Czech Republic my grade 4 level Polish (thanks Mom) helped me minimally.​

4) Took a FT job in Michigan - which thanks to my US citizenship through my Mom being American, I had no issues leaving working FT in the Czech Republic to fly to Michigan and start work immediately.

5) Came back to Canada

Our plan when we hopefully retire in 6ish years is to move to Europe (France/Spain/Portugal possibly), initially part time but potentially full time if we decide to.

You have only 1 life, with an uncertain, unknown timeline, I've been lucky enough to know that there are many places in the world where I can find happiness and peace.
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Thank you for sharing your experience.

Perhaps you can offer some insight to this Gallup observation,

The sharp rise in younger women wanting to leave the U.S. has created a large gender gap between them and their male counterparts.
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mariomike said:
The Gallup poll had only two age categories.

Women and men 44 and "younger" , and 45 and "older" - for both genders.
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Actually, the first bracket was 15 to 44. The word “younger” was not used in any bracket description, and I don’t know that a group that includes 40+ year olds is accurately described as “younger “.
 
McG said:
Actually, the first bracket was 15 to 44. The word “younger” was not used in any bracket description, and I don’t know that a group that includes 40+ year olds is accurately described as “younger “.
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Actually, the word "younger" is used throughout the Gallup article.
news.gallup.com

Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.

The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com news.gallup.com
 
Jarnhamar said:
I wonder what percentage of those women think they would move to a foreign country, become a content creator or blogger, and live some kind of luxury life and marry a 6'2 gentlemen with 6-pack abs and 7 figures.
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I suspect a very small minority of them. It might have something to do with the fact that today they have less rights than their mothers did and the political environment is more polarized than ever. Plus being able to see America really isn’t the greatest for a lot of things anymore.

America usually ranks around 20 on quality of life indexes. That means 19 other countries average better lifestyles.

The American dream is dying. And when you look elsewhere in the world, that dream isn’t as great today as it was 70 years ago.
 
Eaglelord17 said:
America usually ranks around 20 on quality of life indexes. That means 19 other countries average better lifestyles.
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And yet it remains #1 for immigration.

I wonder why immigrants don't favor those other 19 countries with better quality of life.
 
Because of the overpowering publicity of everything American around the world. Moreover, the legal immigrants to the US usually are: (1) people already rich, who want to come and live free of taxes (or just about), (2) professionals/researchers who come where the money is for their research/profession and can afford what they need for quality of life, or (3) people seeking family reunification.

Most of the other immigration is illegal, mostly from Central and South America and for those people, being poor and exploited in the US is still better than being poor where they come from. Also, these last people wouldn't have the information on which countries have a better quality of life or how to get there.
 
Jarnhamar said:
And yet it remains #1 for immigration.

I wonder why immigrants don't favor those other 19 countries with better quality of life.
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Immigrants still do like immigrating to those countries when they can. The US is number one in numbers, not in percentage. They just have a bigger population.

Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Ireland, Germany, etc. all take in more immigrants per capita than the US.

worldpopulationreview.com

Immigration by Country 2025

Discover population, economy, health, and more with the most comprehensive global statistics at your fingertips.
worldpopulationreview.com worldpopulationreview.com
 
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