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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some differences: I have heard that there is a lot less hand holding. Like kids need to find apartments to live in often (i.e., handle housing and meals on their own). Many classes have one test at the end. That can be nerve-wracking, in terms of knowing how you are doing/having no chance to correct mid-course. In the UK, drinking can be taken to extremes/unhealthy levels.

[b]Last but not least, you may be kissing them goodbye for the rest of their lives.[/b] My friend's kid met and fell in love with an EU boy. Now they live together and work over there. Makes for few visits, if close contact in your old age (when you have grandkids) was something you had hoped for. [/quote]

Given where the United States is at this time in history, I'm encouraging my kids to live elsewhere.  I would be thrilled if they did that and would visit them/their families, wherever they are, including for weeks or months at a time in a nearby Airbnb.[/quote]

You say that now, as a middle aged person who is not living on a fixed income or getting Medicare. All if that could change by the time you have grandchildren.

As a 65 year old who just traveled thru Europe…it took a lot more out if me.  Also, right wing politics are not something (unfortunately) unique to the US.[/quote]

I'm 61 and my kids are young adults, and I lived in Europe for years.  We will have a good income when we retire in a couple of years and I'm not worried about healthcare coverage including when we travel.[/quote]

Health issues can limit mobility and travel.[/quote]

Yes, anything can happen.

It seems important to you to warn me about scenarios that might hamper potential future plans.  What’s up with that?[/quote]

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