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18. A lot of People are leaving.

Thu Nov 21, 2024, 09:03 AM

Nov 21

I work in a small music shop in Philadelphia PA.(Musical Instruments,CDs,Vinyl records.)
All this week people have been "donating" CDs & records. There's also been a major upswing in calls from people looking to sell music gear & instruments. This isn't unusual right before Christmas but I've been working here for many years & never fielded this many calls to sell.
They all tell me their moving or trying to move out of the US. A lot of "For Sale" signs popping up on a lot more brownstones & homes in the last week or so. This is ,or was,A desirable cool neighborhood. Its unusual to see what looks like the beginning of a mass exodus. People are leaving. Especially Gays.

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Ellen DeGeneres & wife have moved out of the US [View all] soandso Nov 21 OP

yeah, that's the way to fight fascism Skittles Nov 21 #1

I'd GTFO of this soon to be shithole if I had anywhere I could go CousinIT Nov 21 #7

Your comment here bdamomma Nov 21 #32

True. I am one of them. CousinIT Nov 21 #37

CousinIT bdamomma Nov 21 #38

my mum was English Skittles Nov 21 #71

A lot of countries have retirement visas Farmer-Rick Nov 21 #77

My family did not fight fascism in Germany edhopper Nov 21 #19

Do you blame Albert Einstein for fleeing Nazi Germany? Johonny Nov 21 #25

Why stick around for the Supreme Court to invalidate your marriage meadowlander Nov 21 #62

If you decided to fight facism orangecrush Nov 21 #31

Who said they had to fight it? usedtobedemgurl Nov 21 #34

What does it mean to fight? ck4829 Nov 21 #40

Tens of thousands of Jewish people left Germany in 1933. Mariana Nov 21 #41

you are really going to compare ELLEN FUCKING DEGENERES to that Skittles Nov 21 #73

Yes, I will. Mariana Nov 21 #75

Fight? They can still vote and lobby for change from anywhere in the world. SaintLouisBlues Nov 21 #67

Good on Ellen DeGeneres & Cha Nov 21 #2

And they didn't make a big fuss about it soandso Nov 21 #3

So Do I.. Mahalo! Right... they Just Did It. Cha Nov 21 #58

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 21 #24

The way it's going to go here this was the right move for them moniss Nov 21 #4

The local police, the sheriffs, the state police magicarpet Nov 21 #51

So the felon gives bdamomma Nov 21 #59

Ellen did more than most ibegurpard Nov 21 #5

They're lucky rambler_american Nov 21 #6

That was my first though... Think. Again. Nov 21 #8

It's their decision, and they have the means to do so. DFW Nov 21 #9

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 21 #13

We so very much agree!!! DFW Nov 21 #14

I'm jealous. I wish we could afford to do that. I wish them both much happiness. Oopsie Daisy Nov 21 #10

De Rossi has dual US/Aussie citizenship already SomewhereInTheMiddle Nov 21 #12

My wife and Ibought some land in New Brunswick, CA rambler_american Nov 21 #11

So sorry Delphinus Nov 21 #15

Wow bdamomma Nov 21 #26

Yeah, there is a housing crunch here. Disaffected Nov 21 #47

Oh I love NH rambler_american Nov 21 #78

I know bdamomma Nov 21 #79

Bye. Passages Nov 21 #16

As I've been saying Bettie Nov 21 #17

A lot of People are leaving. BBbats Nov 21 #18

And nothing of value was lost Sympthsical Nov 21 #20

Some People Have the Means to Move Like That. MineralMan Nov 21 #21

I think it's a good barometer orangecrush Nov 21 #30

Maybe. However, they also have the means to reverse the decision. MineralMan Nov 21 #45

My wife and I visited the Cotswolds back in 1992. Borogove Nov 21 #22

How the Cotswolds became the billionaires' new playground Celerity Nov 21 #33

Wow, it sure has changed. Borogove Nov 21 #46

Thank you, as always, for such fascinating information and images. niyad Nov 21 #66

Awww. Thanks for that, Niyad. I aways enjoy your posts as well. Celerity Nov 21 #80

of course bdamomma Nov 21 #23

Defend what? orangecrush Nov 21 #28

Okay bdamomma Nov 21 #36

If you decided to fight facism orangecrush Nov 21 #42

If you know Jilly_in_VA Nov 21 #55

Last one to leave please turn out the lights. orangecrush Nov 21 #27

Hopes may rise on the Grasmere... Prairie Gates Nov 21 #29

A solution to fascism for the very rich. milestogo Nov 21 #35

I would not berate Jews orangecrush Nov 21 #43

I didn't berate anyone. milestogo Nov 21 #49

"criticize" orangecrush Nov 21 #53

I sure wouldn't. From the time I was born, my parents were close friends with a family that... Hekate Nov 21 #74

The not-so-wealthy can walk away or die trying. hunter Nov 21 #50

Three of my grandparents also left Europe and came to the US for a better life. milestogo Nov 21 #52

yup Skittles Nov 21 #72

The Cotswolds are beautiful, though we've never been in winter surfered Nov 21 #39

I imagine other prominant people will go Marthe48 Nov 21 #44

The rich can afford to leave, to avoid devastation by the rich. usonian Nov 21 #48

Post removed Post removed Nov 21 #54

Women and children first or everyone for themselves? jalan48 Nov 21 #56

Lots of rumors about Ellen Degeneres MontanaMama Nov 21 #57

Oh! soandso Nov 21 #65

Must be nice to have enough money to be allowed to do that Takket Nov 21 #60

I'd say able not "allowed" soandso Nov 21 #61

There are stories from pre WW2 Germany and Europe LPBBEAR Nov 21 #63

Flee, fight, or freeze Cirsium Nov 21 #64

Wow, the Cotswolds. Good for them. I envy Ilsa Nov 21 #68

They purchased the home in October before the election. nt Ilsa Nov 21 #69

Interesting soandso Nov 21 #70

A lot of Ellen's former employees SocialDemocrat61 Nov 21 #76