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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not just foreigners. Record number of Americans have left, and/or want to leave.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/record-number-americans-leaving-country-235811995.html

[quote]According to a February 2025 Harris poll, 68 percent of Americans considering leaving the U.S. cited unattainable home ownership and a sense they were “merely surviving instead of thriving.”

Meanwhile, 49 percent cited high living expenses and disagreements with the political situation in the U.S.[/quote][/quote]

We have thought about leaving but everywhere right now has been infected with ultra right wing nut jobs.[/quote]
My spouse is from the UK, and we've thought of moving there. But, I did voice my concerns to my spouse and their UK friends about the ultra right wingers there (I'm not white, and of course, I'd be an immigrant).

That said, the ultra right wingers in the UK is nothing compared to MAGA here.

A friend and their spouse (biracial couple from the UK) live in Porto, Portugal. They are super happy there.

I feel like Spain, Portugal even the UK i better than here right now.  At minimum, their government isn't anti-vax and anti-science. They actually care about their people's health and well being.[/quote]

I met some women from Portugal working in France. They have a lot of resentment towards the American expat developments in Portugal. These neighborhoods get electric and safe water. In their home villages electricity is intermittent and they have to use bottled water to brush their teeth.

I just spent 3 weeks in the UK. The poor dental care is shocking.  I was surprised at the number of adults in their low 40's missing teeth and working.  In the US we have affordable dentures. Americans will work a second job or pay on credit card to get dentures.[/quote]
Yes, agree that Brits need to care more about their dental care.  My Brit spouse gets a checkup every year.  But, IMO that's a cultural issue. They aren't as obsessed with perfect white teeth like we are here. But, I disagree. We don't have affordable dentures.  It's only affordable if you have good insurance. Medical costs here are crazy. That's why we have so much medical bankruptcies which the UK doesn't.

Also, even though Americans are more obsessed with our teeth, it doesn't translate into living longer or better quality of life.  The US life expectancy is lower than the UK's.

And yea, I'm sure there are people who resent expat Americans, but my friends are loving it there. They've been there for 5+ years.  But, their nationalist parties don't control the PM office unlike this country.[/quote]
Europe in general avoids loans and credit card debt. We’d have been less in debt too if we were not pushed to borrow more and more. FWIW my spouse and I have no debt except a low interest rate mortgage which we could pay off. Realtors HATED us and tried to sell us $1.5M+ mortgages 20 years ago. We settled on a $500k mortgage bc which we felt was too much bc we wanted to live off one salary. We are very happy did not give into the pressure and fired those realtors. There is so much pressure here to buy without having the means to do it. [/quote]

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