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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This discussion made me sad. Am a 16 hour flight away from my parents and will probably be this way for the rest of my life and their lives. It was all fun and games when I decided to come here for college but now I worry about my parents getting older and sometimes when emergencies crop up its difficult to help them deal when I am not there.
Can't move back either, fell in love here and DH job is not mobile. Such is life.[/quote]

Why don't your parents move closer to where you live?[/quote]

Because they are citizens of another country, with a house that is fully paid off and excellent free subsidized healthcare and a great public transport system in a society that is pretty crime free. Going through a laborious immigration system to come to the US where they can't move around freely without having to get a car, subject to medicare that may run up to thousands of dollars and where they pretty much can't speak the language is counterproductive. It may not be the best idea for older people to move, its not as easy as picking up and moving.[/quote]

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