Just wondering if I'm the only one born in the U.S. who is considering leaving eventually. I don't want my children, if I decide to have them, to grow up with the values of the majority in this country. I'm thinking an organic farm somewhere in the country miles and miles from neighbors in Ireland, Scotland, or a Scandinavian country....
Who's with me....
2006-09-06 05:37:51 · 20 answers · asked by Brooke 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Why does this insight anger? I can still be proud of where I came from without wanting to be part of it anymore. There are many countries that enjoy the same freedoms we do. Why do I sense some believe that because you are born on a certain land you must remain there?
2006-09-06 05:53:28 · update #1
Like you I was born here in the U.S. Not planning on staying here longer than case need be. Not for the reasons you stated, rather, for others. Good and take care on your travels. God Bless.
2006-09-06 05:48:09 · answer #1 · answered by C93 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Okay- here in the real world~ Have you been to those places?
The post cards are nice.
Ireland is tech heaven now- Silicone Valley "east", good luck farming on those rocks. Scotland is farm "ish" if you have several millions to invest in historical properties and don't mind the industrial fumes and paying over $8 for a liter of gasoline. The property in any Scandinavian country is so expensive that it take generations to get the property rights. Most live in a home smaller than your apartment and five times more.
If your serious about the "farm" then move to central America. But you better have a Hired local with a machine gun and cash to pay off the police and politicians.
I have lived all over the world, and the fact is, you never know just how blessed you as an American until your "rights" are taken away. If you want to leave, then try it. That romantic idea of "the grass is greener" will diminish quickly with life experience.
Being a child of an immigrant, you parents are proof of that.- we are all immigrants one or two or more generations old.
2006-09-06 05:57:00 · answer #2 · answered by Denise W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I admire your gumption, but I don't understand why you feel you can't have the same thing in the US. If you are thinking that the grass is greener in one of the Western European countries, it ain't necessarily so. Everyplace has its drawbacks.
A lot of popular values are gleaned from television, movies and radio. If this is a concern of yours, just remove them from your home. That should alleviate much of the concern you have regarding unwanted values. Homeschooling is also an option for your children.
The thing to remember is that you can't protect yourself and your children from every single thing that comes along as far as morality is concerned. You must train them rightly in order to instill in them the sorts of things you think are important, whatever those things may be. There will be input, no matter where you are. The US has a wide following in the world, good and bad, and I believe you would be hard pressed to completely leave its realm of influence, no matter where you are.
As far as I am concerned, the thought has crossed my mind once or twice, but as another poster said, No matter where you go, there you are. I love the US, and am glad I was born and raised here, no matter how many flaws we may have.
Best of luck
2006-09-06 06:00:30 · answer #3 · answered by Slimsmom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I could leave now I would. I was not always of this mind, but since the reign of Bush, I am seriously considering moving and giving up my US citizenship.
Scotland and Ireland are also on my list of places I would rather be, although I would have to add New Zealand and Canada, the latter is far more plausible since it is right next door. Anyone from Vancouver want to swap citizenships?
2006-09-06 06:04:32 · answer #4 · answered by strider89406 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would never leave this country. There are so many things that we all take for granted like decent health care that other countries can't even touch. Some countries are better than us in some things, but no one else has the total package like we do. If you're willing to give up all those "little things" like freedom of speech, I say go for it! There are lots of people waiting to take your place!
2006-09-06 06:00:37 · answer #5 · answered by sunny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although I'd love to visit the places you've mentioned, I'm far too fond of Wisconsin to leave her. The values your children grow up with are the values you give to them. They can be affected by popular culture but what a child learns from it's mother is what affects them the most. While it is true that America is the World's Evil Empire now but not all of us Americans are evil, nor are we dissipated, self-centred or wicked. We are what we are and we are not what our government is. Blessings on you. Make your choice, my dear.
2006-09-06 05:50:00 · answer #6 · answered by Mama Otter 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Me! If they'll have me! I think I've already been deported anyway. My home page has mysteriously changed to msn Ireland and my yahoo answers is stuck on Canada. Is someone trying to give me a hint?
2006-09-06 05:51:46 · answer #7 · answered by DJ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not with you, but if that's what you want to do, go for it. I want to give my children the experience of living in other countries around the world, but we will definately be spending most of our lives here.
2006-09-06 05:44:52 · answer #8 · answered by ask the eightball 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am in the process of looking. Canada, Germany, and a few other countries.
2006-09-06 05:43:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I enjoy the freedoms I have in the US. I would fight and die for this country and what it stands for, but I would also fight for your right to leave if that is what you wish.
2006-09-06 05:45:25 · answer #10 · answered by nighthawk8713 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋