Not just visit/work for a few months or years, but really pack up all your possessions, say goodbye to friends and family, and move out of the U.S.A intending to establish a new life with permanent residency and citizenship in your new home.
A great job opportunity abroad? A transfer within your field? A significant other? Retirement? Winning the lottery? The federal and all state government seats occupied by extreme liberals or extreme conservatives?
Really, what would need to happen in your life?
2007-06-20 12:03:14 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
I never meant to hold anyone to these promises, I was just curious. A few of these answers sound similar to those of Hollywood when they said they would leave the country if Bush was elected in 2004.
When I really started to think about this, it would take quite a lot for me to uproot and move. It makes me ponder the courage and conditions it must require for foreigners to immigrate to the U.S.
2007-06-21 04:01:02 · update #1
I'm the kind of person who 'puts down roots.' I wouldn't leave the valley I live in, let alone the nation, without some pretty extreme provocation. A major natural disaster with no hope of reconstruction, being overrun and occupied by a hostile armed force, or people of my background being rounded up and put into concentration camps would probably do it. Anything short of that, probably not. This is where I was born.
2007-06-20 12:11:05 · answer #1 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If for any reason George Bush could be elected again in 2008---that would make me leave---but other then that---NOTHING.... this is a great country IN SPITE of all the political BS we put up with.... We have more freedoms then people in almost any other country with the exception of Canada and United Kingdom. The only other reason I would leave the USA would be if someone decided there would be ONE NATIONAL RELIGION and we all either had to FOLLOW it or leave.... that would take away one of our basic constitutional rights. Now, I wouldn't mind VISITING other countries or maybe having a "summer home" on the French Rivera or something like that---but be it ever so humble, there's NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
2007-06-20 12:33:14 · answer #2 · answered by LittleBarb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A significant increase in taxes and socialism. Currently I am not close enough to retirement nor rich enough to consider moving to another country. But I better start thinking about it with the government passing laws against emigration while allowing all the illegal immigrants that can get past the border patrol (then protecting them like they were citizens).
2007-06-20 12:19:06 · answer #3 · answered by Scott L 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
All it would take for me would be for someone to say that all Christians are welcome into this Country and we will gladly serve the Lord and glorify him everyday of our life.
I would gladly pack my bags and my family would leave this God forsaken place and we would go.
I wouldn't have to put up with filth on television or in music or porn shops and liquor stores and teens worshipping whores who are celebrities and aspiring to be just like them.
No more talk about gay rights and amnesty and cheap labor and wondering how we are going to pay our bills every month.
I could trust people more and they would be more polite than the ones we currently have to live around who will run you over with their car while your crossing the street and just keep on going.
There wouldn't be corrupted politicians only the Holy Spirit showing us how to live right and what a relief it would be from what we have to endure now.
Unfortunately there isn't anywhere else to go.
The whole world is going to hell.
2007-06-20 12:40:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If for any reason George Bush might desire to be elected returned in 2008---that could make me pass away---yet different then that---no longer something.... that's a great u . s . a . even with all the political BS we submit with.... we've greater freedoms then human beings in in simple terms approximately the different u . s . a . aside from Canada and uk. the only different reason i could depart the rustic could be if somebody desperate there could be ONE nationwide faith and all of us the two had to stay with it or pass away.... that could eliminate one in each of our common constitutional rights. Now, i would not techniques vacationing different countries or perhaps having a "summer season domicile" on the French Rivera or some thing like that---yet be it ever so humble, there is not any place LIKE domicile.
2016-10-08 22:07:33 · answer #5 · answered by llanos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would take my husband....and i did. i moved to denmark. i love it here, way better then the states. i have been open to much more opportunity with the same freedoms, probablymore, then the states. i'm not as stressed, i can do what i want , when i want, say what i want, be anything i want, buy everything i want. its great.
and for those who would leave due to the porn , language, etc....hahaha. its way worse overseas because they don't see it as bad. as a natural part of life. you get way more of that here and no one says a thing. its great. and if u leave cause taxes are higher then that is the wrong thing too. our taxes are highest where i live but you dont even see it. our minimum wage is higher and we still buy whatever we want. what most people dont see is that having higher taxes actually helps the economy and people.
2007-06-20 21:23:20 · answer #6 · answered by aubrey p 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If lack of opportunity due to lack of a free enterprise system, inability to enjoy the fruits of my own labor, an elitist social structure, corrupt government, criminal police, tyrannical military and no HOPE were the conditions of my life and the opposite were readily available elsewhere, I may be tempted.
Does that sound like where you are from?
It would be best to change you own society and stay with your family.
2007-06-20 12:41:59 · answer #7 · answered by Philip H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If we were to take steps toward a socialist/communist society I'd leave. In other words if Hillary gets elected lol.
Although I've always wanted to buy a private island somewhere. If I got one of those I'd live there.
2007-06-20 12:08:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
A great job opportunity,my significant other,and if another Bush gets in office.
2007-06-20 12:18:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Wouldn't leave this country permanently for any reason. other places in the world are nice to visit, but this is, and always will be, home sweet home!
2007-06-20 12:09:52 · answer #10 · answered by Army Retired Guy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋