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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems like many Europeans cities have housing crises at the moment, with foreigners buying up lots of apartments in the cities.  I guess small towns are easier, but it's not like most of Europe is making it super easy to move there.

I would also think seriously about the healthcare.  I know it's cheaper, more accessible, but it's really not as good.  My kid just had a simple MRSA infection and I was googling to get more info, and found tons of reddit threads from people in the UK asking for quick remedies because they couldn't get into see anyone for weeks.  Healthcare isn't great here, but I think it's worse there.  And query how the EU increased defense costs are going to impact that.  I just would be reluctant to uproot my life here, where at least I'm a citizen, and move to a country where I'm always going to have some uncertainty about my status AND be far from family.  (Clearly I don't have my immigrant grandparents' spirit!)

If I was going to do it, I think I'd pick Ireland, maybe something like Waterford County.  It's not far from Dublin, shorter flight to US, fewer cultural barriers, and lots of cheap under utilized land.

I speak Spanish pretty well so could manage a spanish speaking country, but I think that Spain is pretty well sick of Brits and Americans moving there, and I feel like I'd either be in one of those tacky expat communities, or I'd always be "other."  30 years ago when I was backpacking through Mexico I met an American couple that ran a smoothie and breakfast place in Isla Mujeres -- that seemed like a totally great life, but that was before the island got built up by the big hotel chains.  I don't know where I'd be willing to go now, between the cartel issues and all the development.

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The poinr on health care is vastly overgeneralized. Europe is very diverse. Quality of care in Austria or Germany is not the same as in Greece. [/quote]

So is the United States. A very diverse country with 50 states, many cities and 340 million people.

As for the PP claiming she can't see a dermatologist for six months, I just scheduled an appointment with one in a month. Fair enough I'm with Kaiser and it's in house but Kaiser's HMO is comparable to a national healthcare like the systems you get in Europe. Very efficient, no complaints. Like it better than Blue Cross Blue Shield and Cigna.[/quote]

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