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bucolic_frolic

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1. As if it's a choice for most people

Fri Feb 23, 2024, 07:13 AM

Feb 2024

Money. Health care. There will be so many leaving. Countries will be closing their borders. What do Americans have to offer? Skills and money, and lots of both if you want to get admitted somewhere. Have they developed an Ugly American test? Some don't live respectful lives. Oh wait, those are supposed to be the ones that won't be leaving. There are ex-Pat communities everywhere. So there is a little support, for orientation. But many are well-heeled Republicans.

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DU Poll: If Trump wins will you move abroad? [View all] BigmanPigman Feb 2024 OP

As if it's a choice for most people bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #1

They won't be "closing their borders" because they're not really open now... brooklynite Feb 2024 #13

Exactly. bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #16

Not an option for the vast majority of people Bettie Feb 2024 #2

No, but I will never turn on the news again. tavernier Feb 2024 #3

after the 2016 election i cancelled all my newspapers and refused to watch ANY samnsara Feb 2024 #8

So. If you didn't watch or read news, how did you know? Srkdqltr Feb 2024 #35

They've been a member on DU since 2012. All Mixed Up Feb 2024 #36

i quit after 2000. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #44

Thinking about it regularly now ms liberty Feb 2024 #4

ive weaned myself off a steady diet of news as well and now i have a steady diet of samnsara Feb 2024 #9

Me too! Beatlelvr Feb 2024 #30

No, but... Mike Nelson Feb 2024 #5

1. Trump will not win. Patton French Feb 2024 #6

That is what I said! Demsrule86 Feb 2024 #19

Cheers! Patton French Feb 2024 #66

I think if it's an honest and fair vote, BlueKota Feb 2024 #29

Trump will certainly lose and he and his lackeys will certainly try to upend the will of the country. Patton French Feb 2024 #65

i live in a state that borders canada so im only about 300 miles away... samnsara Feb 2024 #7

My friend's sister moved there recently and loves it. BigmanPigman Feb 2024 #11

I am choosing New Brunswick but also looked at Nova Scotia. usedtobedemgurl Feb 2024 #15

Nova Scotia's wonderful. shrike3 Feb 2024 #38

Vancouver enid602 Feb 2024 #63

Of course not. brooklynite Feb 2024 #10

We live in New York PJMcK Feb 2024 #12

I am already looking at real estate.... usedtobedemgurl Feb 2024 #14

Canada's Q is alive and well and much of the population feels that what happened here is impossible up there. Hope22 Feb 2024 #23

Up in Western BC and heading north, I was amazed at how thick MAGA were there.... Chakaconcarne Feb 2024 #37

Thank you for this info. Hope22 Feb 2024 #40

For me, right now, it is more about healthcare. usedtobedemgurl Feb 2024 #47

So many important things to consider. Hope22 Feb 2024 #57

I did pay in for a short period of time.... usedtobedemgurl Feb 2024 #61

Trump is not going to win...the GOP will go down in flames next fall...wait for it. Demsrule86 Feb 2024 #17

I would stick around for spite. Emile Feb 2024 #18

EXACTLY!!! niyad Feb 2024 #58

No... not that I wouldn't want to. Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #20

We would be able to TxGuitar Feb 2024 #21

I'm in the process of filing a judicial review... róisín_dubh Feb 2024 #25

I have EU Citizenship edhopper Feb 2024 #22

I picked other róisín_dubh Feb 2024 #24

Nope. My wife and I are staying in our house until we die. Amishman Feb 2024 #26

Fortunately... Gruenemann Feb 2024 #27

I forgot to mention... Gruenemann Feb 2024 #33

BigmanPigman.......... Upthevibe Feb 2024 #28

Moved in Sept 2018 - and just got our 10 year resident cards for France - Voting from abroad GoneOffShore Feb 2024 #31

I would stay, so long as the Insurrectionist or MAGAts don't move on rewriting the Constitution Best_man23 Feb 2024 #32

Is Canada "abroad?" bif Feb 2024 #34

I don't see an option for me to leave. I was hoping Ireland, but BlueKota Feb 2024 #39

I don't know all the details BigmanPigman Feb 2024 #49

I am hoping there is a way if it becomes necessary BlueKota Feb 2024 #52

Isn't this country worth fighting for? Ferryboat Feb 2024 #41

It is, but I'm not sure I am physically or emotionally strong enough to be of BlueKota Feb 2024 #59

I'd much rather be a resistance fighter than a refugee C_U_L8R Feb 2024 #42

I work for a global company Johnny2X2X Feb 2024 #43

no, cant afford it and where would i go and how would i get there and how much would it cost for me to do so. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #45

Navalny didn't leave. Martin Luther King Jr didn't leave. 1WorldHope Feb 2024 #46

Most likely some people will not have a choice, for their own safety. mysteryowl Feb 2024 #48

No Polybius Feb 2024 #50

Like it's that easy to just pick up and leave. BlueTsunami2018 Feb 2024 #51

Already gone!!! Have no plans to return. LakeArenal Feb 2024 #53

I will be part of the Resistance. niyad Feb 2024 #54

Seriously thought about it Jilly_in_VA Feb 2024 #55

I don't have the means get the red out Feb 2024 #56

There is no safe place place for democracy in the world. May as well fight here. nt The Unmitigated Gall Feb 2024 #60

Mexico sorcrow Feb 2024 #62

He won't won. Norbert Feb 2024 #64