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View Poll Results: Would you move to another country if all expenses were paid?
I hate the US and would move in a heartbeat! 9 13.64%
Even though I dislike the US, I'd rather stay and force a change from within. 4 6.06%
The US is the best country on earth, why would I move? 51 77.27%
I'm indifferent! Too lazy to move and would rather stay here and flame any fool taking me seriously. 2 3.03%
Voters: 66. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 03-18-2020, 12:10 AM
 
Location: Vancouver
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You are regurgitating what you have been fed.

You obviously do not know that Canada has lotteries to see a doctor.

People with life threatening conditions will be deemed as elective surgery. Not covered, oops.

They are consistently ranked the worst in western civilization:

https://business.financialpost.com/o...ked-last-again


Where do the Canadian people, who have easily cured issues, go? The US.

Every other country with universal healthcare uses the advances the US makes, only to say how good their system is. Take away our advances and they would become the banana republics they actually are.

The US is the backbone of the world. We finance everything they squander


Guarantee? WTH are you talking about?

The highest standard of living is here. You know it, I know it.


The one thing that is not guaranteed in life is a guarantee.
Put down the vodka.
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Old 03-18-2020, 01:04 AM
 
Location: Lost in Montana *recalculating*...
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Put down the vodka.
Amen I say to thee.
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Old 03-18-2020, 01:06 AM
 
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Would you move from the US to aother country if someone else paid your way?
No and never!
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Old 03-18-2020, 03:41 AM
 
Location: Alberta, Canada
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Put down the vodka.
I cannot rep you, Nat, so this will have to do:
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Old 03-18-2020, 03:54 AM
 
Location: Madrid
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Where’s the I think the USA is a fine place but simply prefer the lifestyle in another country option? Just because one chooses to live in another country doesn’t mean that hate the US. I think of it this way: I love a good burger, but if I eat a burger every day of my life, I’m not going to have anything to compare it to and I’ll miss out on all the other good options, pizza, sushi, tacos, pasta for example, that are out there. I should try these other things and at the end of it all, if the classic burger is still my favorite? Great, I can always go back to eating burgers every meal of every day. Maybe I find something different that I like more, or maybe I simply like the variety, but the fact that I’m trying new things doesn’t mean I hate burgers, and in fact, will allow me to be more objective about my burger eating habit. Am I critical of the US? Absolutely- being critical is the only way to not get complacent and highlight issues that need fixing in order to move towards being a better society. Do I hate the USA? Absolutely not.
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Old 03-18-2020, 04:13 AM
 
Location: Madrid
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I imagine that for most, the barrier wouldn't be cost as much as the immigration laws. Almost all countries will only grant citizenship if at least one of your parents is already a citizen.
Good thing there are a mountain of ways to get visas to a long list of countries. You don’t need citizenship to move to another country (of course if you stay there long enough, in most cases this comes later), you just need a visa. Although I think I understand the point you were trying to make. Of course having a parent from another country, or a grandparent from Italy certainly helps, if you have the citizenship, you can waltz right in with minimal barriers to entry. If that second citizenship is EU, you can waltz right in to almost 30 other countries.
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Old 03-18-2020, 07:22 AM
 
Location: Vallejo
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Uh, been an expat for 2 years, been back for 7. Stupid poll is stupid. Reality is I paid to leave and then paid to come back.
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Old 03-18-2020, 08:07 AM
 
Location: East Coast of the United States
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The poll result has spoken, even in the midst of a pandemic sweeping the country.
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Old 03-18-2020, 05:41 PM
 
Location: SE Asia
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The poll result has spoken, even in the midst of a pandemic sweeping the country.
I wonder how many who did the poll have actually been outside of the USA in the last 20 years?

The USA is the b best at many things, no question about it. That said we lag behind others in many areas.
Public transportation.
Cell service
Health care (for all and at a reasonable price).
Education.
LOL it's taking us longer to re-develope manned space flight than it did to do it the first time.

Our country is beautiful. I miss the mountains of Wyoming. I miss the smell of sage. I even miss somethings about the Northeast. The fall colors.
I don't miss potholes, forever traffic jams on 81, or the litter. You see more people begging in an hour in NYC than I see in a year where I live now.

The greatest nation on earth has 600,000 homeless..... An estimated 50,000 are veterans. It's hard to say it's the greatest when you have numbers like those.
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Old 03-18-2020, 05:44 PM
 
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Has anyone been to California in the last decade? Its nothing like it used to be, it doesn't even look like America anymore, I'm sure many people would take the chance to leave there if you added it to the questionnaire.
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