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Number23

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23. I'm always amazed at the number of people who trash the US endlessly
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 06:19 PM
Jul 2013

and scream so loudly about how they're "going to go somewhere else" usually a European country. And yet, these people are usually the first ones to toss the "but you don't live here" stupidity at someone who is actually living outside of the country, either temporarily or permanently.

For a while I thought that type of behavior was just something that Freepers did. Yet another thing that DU has taught me isn't true.

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I want to end up elsewhere after retiring, too, and frankly, once I leave Nay Mar 2012 #1
Good point txlibdem Mar 2012 #2
Thats me jambo101 Jan 2013 #19
Not here anyway. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #3
Perhaps they don't know about this group. txlibdem Mar 2012 #4
Ex Pats do still care about what's going on in the US arldi2 Mar 2012 #5
Ex Pats do still care about what's going on in the US arldi2 Mar 2012 #6
You don't speak for ALL ex-pats. whathehell May 2012 #9
Just curious, whathehell, Quantess Jul 2012 #12
What would motivate me, to visit the "Americans Abroad" group, Quantess? whathehell Jul 2012 #13
There used to be a bunch on the old DU Blue_Tires Apr 2012 #7
The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in Africa 2012 - "Cultural Diplomacy & Sustainable ICDpress May 2012 #8
I would like to leave too We are Devo Jul 2012 #10
I have no desire to move back to the USA. Quantess Jul 2012 #11
I don't either davidpdx Jan 2013 #20
Living in Sweden and loving it California Expat Sep 2012 #14
Here's one CharlesSpencerKing Oct 2012 #15
I don't come into this forum much davidpdx Dec 2012 #16
Retired in Spain Ducksoup Jan 2013 #17
How did you get permission to live there? Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #18
Didn't know this group even existed and just subscribed Number23 Jun 2013 #21
I've seen people throw it around DU quite a bit davidpdx Jul 2013 #22
I'm always amazed at the number of people who trash the US endlessly Number23 Jul 2013 #23
New to the ex-pat community here. cbayer Oct 2013 #24
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