Who is realistically leaving the country?

[HEyHEY]

And where are you off to?

[Kierkegaard]

1. Very seriously considering it.

Haven't decided, but New Zealand or the Great White North sounds promising. Hell, Haiti sounds promising after this morning...

*sigh*

[7th_Sephiroth]

21. oh canada my home and native land

nuff said

[sniffa]

2. not me

at most i'LL join a commune and stop paying taxes.

[HEyHEY]

3. I was gonna do that anyway

[sniffa]

8. i think we'd make a great community

[alvis]

4. Considering it.

Might take 4 or 5 years, but by that time I may be ready to leave. Thinking of Brazil right now.

[ET Awful]

Believe it or not, I was thinking that myself, I have friends in a few

places in Brazil.

[alvis]

20. Maybe I'll meet you down there sometime.

I've been learning Portuguese for the past few months. Went to Rio De Janeiro last August, and liked it, and the people there seem friendly.

:)

[Bjornsdotter]

5. Realistically....

....I'm giving it a bit of time. I have 2 children in high school and they will need to finish.

If a draft is ordered up I will send my kids out of the country accordingly and follow.

I have wanted to move to Sweden for years to be with my family, so it is not a rash decision but rather one I've been toying with for years.

My Dad has wanted to move back for years and this could be the spark he needs to do it.

Cheers,
Kim :toast:

[madrchsod]

26. i thought you must be swedish

my son`s name is bjorn...my dream has always been going back and seeing the village my fathers side of the family came from. i actually still have "family" there....

[Township75]

6. Unless they say they ARE leaving, and have citizenship, they are bs'ing...

if you haven't done the work now, you will probably realize how much work and a change it would be to leave, and you will quit.

No one is leaving the US unless they were already in the process before today.

[wryter2000]

7. I would if I could

Honest. But my job is too good to give up, and my husband is too old for the move.

[OrwellwasRight]

9. I'm starting a restaurant staffed by ex-pats in Rome

I have a phone date to talk to an Italian friend this weekend about whether it's actually feasible. I figure all English-speaking countries will be over-run with American ex-pats. Italy is beautiful, has a great climate, and (in my experience) likes American people (if not American governments).

Why am I serious about it? I have been working for years in education, politicsm and other public service jobs. I'm just tired of ALWAYS losing. I don't know how much harder I cna work than 10 hour days every day of every week or how much more money I can give. I don't want to the victim of 4th Amendment abuse, I no longer want to give my tax money for corporate handouts, the School of the Americas, or attacking innocent civilians based on lies. I refuse to allow people to think that Bush speaks for me in any way.

[redqueen]

10. Don't know

I've wanted to for a long time.

I will most likely be moving to a blue state.

[Beware the Beast Man]

11. Only in jest.

I'm homesick here in Ohio for my family in PA, yet alone hopping to another country.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

12. We've thought about it...

But realistically, by the time we got everything done, it'd be time for another election, and we'd be completely rid of him anyway...Four more years to fight. I guess we'll just stick it out.
Duckie

[da_chimperor]

13. I'm already out of it actually, and I'll be staying over here indefinitely

but that's because of school and work. I don't know if I'll ever move back though. Trying to find a nice swiss girl to marry so I can get dual citizenship, but I haven't been successful yet.

[the Princess]

14. Well it is a very very strong possability

Hubby and I are free as birds - no kids - his kids from his first marriage are both over 25 - and he is on his way home to discuss options. So maybe yes - and maybe no - but that he even wants to discuss it is promising.

[saracat]

16. Mine is willing to discuss it too.

[Lisa0825]

15. I have been thinking about it for a few years,

but it is not financially feasible for me right now. I have to pay off debts and save some money before I can pack up and go anywhere, whether it's out of Texas or out of the country. If I won the lotto, I'd be out of here in a FLASH!

[amazona]

17. me but i'm coming back

I travel around all the time. Most people are going to be shocked when they learn that Americans are not especially needed to do the jobs of other nations and that, if they come as retirees, they are expected to have a certain amount of money to invest to "buy" their way into their host country.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

18. Leaving in four years after college.

Ontario.

[SarahB]

19. It's not simple to emigrate.

You have to have the skills other countries actually want. That's what most people don't understand. I will have a very marketable degree in the next few years, but I also have children. Not easy, but possible. I'm not giving up hope yet. If a draft comes however, I'll consider certain possibilities though.

[sui generis]

25. that or you have to have a decent bank account

which not many people do, realistically.

If you are serious about expat though, you will find a way to make it work.

It would be easier now than in 2007 or 2008 when they'll be shooting Americans on sight - in Europe.

[FunBobbyMucha]

22. My wife and I are nurses, we could conceivably go anywhere.

London/U.K.? New Zealand?

It would be hard to leave my country--I have to weigh that against the coming storm of Fundamentalism that will be sweeping us back to the 1800s.

[Mobius]

23. Montreal, mon ami

Je suis canadienne, maintenant. I applied for a job there, on line last night.

[HEyHEY]

24. Oui? Tu Vien du Canada?

Quel ville?

[Menshevik]

27. already out of the US

Just moved to London this past September to attend grad school. Hoping to get a job out here after I earn my degree.

[jimquilty]

28. will try

when W got "selected" by the SCRT the first time we saw what was coming and tried to apply for a attorney general's post in Micronesia (south pacific chain of islands) but did not land the job. Will look more aggresively this time. So if anyone knows of openings for two attorneys (one an evil trial lawyer - me, the other a healthcare specialist) let me know. Would like the BVIs,Dutch Antilles or somewhere in the Grenadines. Might as well have great beaches and dive sites to distract me from all of this why I ait for another shot in 08.

[morillon]

29. Vancouver, BC

We went there on vacation in 2003 to scope things out, and we are definitely moving. Our house is already on the market. Now that we're in for another 4 years of Bush, we'll be moving as soon as the house sells, if not before. Fortunately, the dirt cheap property we bought years ago has appreciated in value more than six times its original price and is in an area that has gone commercial.

As a US citizen, you can live in Canada and own property there even without permanent resident status. You have to leave for a day every six months. If you want to work, you have to get a work permit.

If you can't afford to move to Canada right now, one thing you might do is move to a border state, preferably a blue one. Then, while you're living and working there, you'll be closer for job interviews in Canada.

[HEyHEY]

30. My hometown!

[Gardeaux08]

31. I'm going

to Sri Lanka. My mother-in-law can get me a job doing humanitarian aid. At least the Sri Lankians would appreciate me.