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In reply to the discussion: If you could move abroad, would you? [View all]DFW
(54,338 posts)124. I pretty much did
A few decades ago, a beautiful German woman assked if I would come live with her on the east bank of the Rhein.
I asked the outfit that had recruited me in 1975 for an overseas posting. I got it, and now we live in an old medieval town with a castle and a moat next door and an open-air market three times a week that has been there for the last 800 years or so.
It also has crappy weather, high taxes, a cumbersome and uncaring bureaucracy.
It's all a trade-off. Nothing's for free. It's a serious move, and should not be undertaken as if it were a trip to the movies or a summer camp. Speak the language fluently, prepare financially, and never burn your bridges home. Ever.
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no. i like this country. i am comfortable here. i would not move out. even with an
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#9
Just wanted to say, Warpy, I have always thought that you are so cool.
SammyWinstonJack
Jan 2013
#109
Tempting for the reasons you cite, but I'm too damned stubborn. I'll stay here and fight.
Scuba
Jan 2013
#11
I lived abroad as a dependent...it was excellent for our kids and ourselves
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#12
I'm in farm country and this past fall during harvest, I ended up in the hospital with the dust
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#161
Yup. Exactly. Terrible allergies. And yes, he recommended a tropical climate or coastal.
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#186
I did for several years when I was younger, and it was one the best things I have ever done.
tjwash
Jan 2013
#23
I would move to France, Switzerland, Austria, England in a second.Santa Monica or Rt.1 in US
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#29
Brigid NO WAY WOULD I LEAVE THE US. We are the oldest govt., Iceland is debatable, and a grand
jody
Jan 2013
#30
The American Revolution may have been started for largely economic reasons
Art_from_Ark
Jan 2013
#148
I don't think America's success is relevant to humanity to that degree whatsoever
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#88
If I had a choice to move it would be to Italy or Germany. Love both countries and have
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#32
yes, but you would have to pay for it. The point of Medicare portability is that
spooky3
Jan 2013
#188
I fantasize about it, but SF is not really in America in many ways, and I'd miss my friends
diane in sf
Jan 2013
#46
I've thought of going to the UK but there's no privacy there either plus the class thing is still
craigmatic
Jan 2013
#49
It depends on what you mean by worse. There the rich are treated with deference and title.
craigmatic
Jan 2013
#199
so where do you live now? if it doesn't have all those things you mentioned, sounds like a
crazyjoe
Jan 2013
#162
From time to time I think about applying for the program that allows decendants of a Hungarian
Piazza Riforma
Jan 2013
#80
no. I wouldn't mind visiting other lands for long periods of time but, my home is here.
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2013
#89
In a New York minute! Actually we have sold our house and we are buying
SammyWinstonJack
Jan 2013
#107
I've been threatening to move to Australia..being a dual citizen but my friends..
BlueJazz
Jan 2013
#110
No, I think I'm too American to ever be comfortable somewhere else plus I'm a Californian
Raine
Jan 2013
#133
IMO, the rest of the world is quickly turning into the US. I prefer to fight in the belly of the
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#135