2006-10-31 12:12:43 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
people always think the grass is greener on the other side, and they have dreams that maybe they can't achieve in thier homeland
2006-10-31 12:14:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some immigrants just don't know any inside knowledge about their future life in their new home. The get sold a false dream by the importing country. All of Canada has a very bad and disjointed job market. However, some provinces and cities are better than others. Calgary and Edmonton, the rest of Alberta are good. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is good. One of the social, economic, politically bad places would be Victoria BC Canada. BC really means British Columbia, but the crappy jobs, bad pay, uptight social life made some people joke about BC meaning Bring Cash. You will not earn money, not save any money or make any friends in BC. It will be low pay and high expenses for you and others before you.
Victoria BC Canada is good as a 1-2 week vacation, and it can be lots of fun if you bring your own money to play with. Don't get that confused with living long term there, which is not as fun. Due to the local culture (economics, social, politics, etc) the city metropolitan region is very uptight, restricted, cliquey. Your merits don't matter if you don't have connections, same memberships in something as other people. People have said Victorians are lacking in passion and personality, quiet and dull like at a funeral, real zombies. Unless your bring your family fortune, and friends with you, you will most likely end up poor, friendless, and bored like the others before you. If you are looking for long term with lots of good jobs, big money, and lots of fun friends with money to do things, Victoria BC (Bring Cash) is not Calgary, Edmonton Alberta, Saskatoon Saskatchewn. British Columbia means Bring Cash. You should read the other people's comments on www.ratemyemployer.ca, www.topix.com (victoria bc canada section), www.yelp.com, www.thedirty.com, Yahoo Answers, etc. Not knowing any inside knowledge leaves you at a disadvantage.
2014-03-10 00:16:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a pretty broad question. Some leave because they think the other country looks cool. Others are leaving because their country sucks and they just don't like them. Some are fleeing some kinds of persecution.
Personally, I left the UK because I was displeased with the cost of living, thought that America was interesting, and my wife (who I met in England) is American.
I went through all the appropriate (and expensive) channels, and obtained a green card, and now live here in America. I have until 2015 to decide to renew my green card, or obtain citizenship.
2006-10-31 12:23:12 · answer #3 · answered by ZCT 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have heard enough!!!!
your ancestors were immigrants! no matter what, even if your native american! They leave because they're country is suffering, nothing is being done. They have to make a life for themselves.
Think about the immigrants from ireland, there was a potato famine. Did you expect them to stay in ireland, jobless, moneyless, starving? come on, get a grip. All these posts about immigration is just rascism under a cloak!
2006-10-31 12:25:59 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because economic opportunities are better in first world countries such as the US, Canada or the UK. And then some people seek political ayslum because they could be persecuted or killed if they stayed in countries where dictators or tyrants rule. Or to escape famine, genocides, wars (e.g. Uganda, etc). Also to join family members who have migrated ahead of them. There are myriads of reasons. These are just some of them.
2006-10-31 12:17:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Grass is greener on the other side. It's also quite an adventure. I traveled for 12 months. But to be honest Australia will always be home, even though the other countrys were nice.
2006-10-31 12:23:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A few do from a sense of adventure, to see something new. Some do it for professional or political reasons, a tenured faculty position or to be one step ahead of the local dictator's secret police.
The vast majority do it for economic reasons. They seek a better life elsewhere, having written off the possibility for opportunity in their fatherlands.
2006-10-31 12:15:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Their countries are usually poor with underemployed people. Or, they are persecuted in their countries. Read the poem on the Statue of Liberty and perhaps you'll have a better understanding of why so many people want to come to the U.S.
2006-10-31 12:15:45 · answer #8 · answered by CxeLady 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you go south of the border you will see people poor - really poor.
If you had the chance to live a better life and make more money and dress your family, feed your family woulkd you not move?
I have been to central america and south america and its nice to visit but I would not want to live there!!
Its what happens when you are the best... all want a piece of the action....
2006-10-31 13:46:15 · answer #9 · answered by TheTick 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because they go where the work is. They go to make $80/day vs. $8/day. They go because their families are starving. They go for the same reason my white ancestors did. They are searching for a better life and a brighter future for their families.
2006-10-31 13:35:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They seek a better way of life... filled with freebies, provided by the tax payers of The United States Of America!
2006-10-31 12:31:28 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋