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bdamomma

(63,849 posts) Fri Jan 11, 2019, 05:54 PM Jan 2019

Record Numbers of Americans Want to Leave the U.S.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/245789/record-numbers-americans-leave.aspx

Please note: I am not advocating or supporting this, but this is happening.

snip of article:

While Donald Trump has spent much of his presidency focused on the number of people who want to get into the U.S., since he took office, record numbers of Americans have wanted to get out.

Though relatively average by global standards, the 16% of Americans overall who said in 2017 and again in 2018 that they would like to permanently move to another country -- if they could -- is higher than the average levels during either the George W. Bush (11%) or Barack Obama administration (10%).

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Record Numbers of Americans Want to Leave the U.S. (Original Post) bdamomma Jan 2019 OP

If I could, I would choose Australia or New Zealand.... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2019 #1

Our dream retirement home would be some English village like... NurseJackie Jan 2019 #2

LOL - I knew I wasn't the only one hooked on British mystery shows. Vinca Jan 2019 #4

Or maybe Glenbogle in the Scottish Highlands. NurseJackie Jan 2019 #6

Ooh, I forgot about Glenbogle. It works for me! Vinca Jan 2019 #7

at this piont it would have to be to another planet anarch Jan 2019 #3

Du'er GoneOffShore recently did just that. mnhtnbb Jan 2019 #5

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,785 posts)

1. If I could, I would choose Australia or New Zealand....

Reply to bdamomma (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 06:13 PM

Jan 2019

I also love England. Thast is my 3rd choice.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)

2. Our dream retirement home would be some English village like...

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 06:16 PM

Jan 2019

Midsommer or Kembleford (only without all the murders that needed solving by Father Brown or Tom Barnaby). If we could afford it, we'd go now and never look back.

Vinca

(50,269 posts)

4. LOL - I knew I wasn't the only one hooked on British mystery shows.

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 06:19 PM

Jan 2019

That said, I might opt for Port Isaac, the town where "Doc Martin" is filmed. Or I could just move into Downton Abbey. LOL.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)

6. Or maybe Glenbogle in the Scottish Highlands.

Reply to Vinca (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 06:40 PM

Jan 2019

As long as I was living comfortably in a cozy cottage and nobody in my family had to be the Laird of Glenbogle. My husband could go fishing and I'd spend my days in the garden or painting (I might even join a book club or do some volunteer work).

What a wonderful retirement fantasy!

Vinca

(50,269 posts)

7. Ooh, I forgot about Glenbogle. It works for me!

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #6)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 07:48 PM

Jan 2019

anarch

(6,535 posts)

3. at this piont it would have to be to another planet

Reply to bdamomma (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 06:18 PM

Jan 2019

otherwise, fuck it, I'll stay here and stand my ground, for whatever it's worth.

mnhtnbb

(31,386 posts)

5. Du'er GoneOffShore recently did just that.

Reply to bdamomma (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 06:24 PM

Jan 2019

Moved to Aix-en-Provence (France) from Philadelphia this year.

If I were about 10 years younger, I might be doing the same thing. I've thought seriously about it, but doing it alone at soon to be 68 isn't quite as appealing.

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