Would you ever move to another country because of election results?

[Deberg_1990]

Yea, we hear people threaten to do it all the time based on politics.......but would you ever do it if "your guy" didnt win an election?

Or is it mostly just talk? Would you ever do it? Have you done it?

Been hearing more stories lately of people wanting to do it.....




7 great international destinations for sulking over the election


Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia, has everything you want in a political redoubt: surprisingly moderate weather, great food, terrific local transportation, easy access to reporting on your former country, and the forbearance of the local populace. You're on an ocean, but close to mountain skiing. There are palm trees in a charming downtown and enough precipitation to rain on whatever parade you thought your guy deserved. Thanks to a huge influx of Asians in the last three decades, Vancouver is used to political exiles too. Best of all, you're less than a three-hour drive from Seattle for that inevitable day when you realize you may have overreacted to the results of the 2012 elections.


Singapore
Brazilian-born Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) cofounder and billionaire Eduardo Saverin renounced his U.S. citizenship last year and now lives in Singapore. Everything works in Singapore, and the city is quite clean and orderly. The food is outstanding, thanks to a melting pot of Asian cultures and a wealthy society that can afford to import great chefs from around the world. Cultural attractions are on the skimpy side, but Singapore Airlines has a terrific reputation and can get you anywhere you want to go. Another benefit of Singapore for the mopey American political outcast: The country's ruling elite doesn't actually allow much in terms of politics or dissent. Don't think: Just do what the government says and you'll be fine.

Greece
Sure, the economy is melting down, but that only means it's time to take your American dollars and make a killing on down-market Greek real estate. Buy yourself an idyllic Mediterranean island on the cheap, or find yourself a perfect apartment overlooking the Acropolis. Weather? Good. Culture and history? Amazing. Food? Wonderful. Future? Greece will probably survive only by exiting the euro and reinstating the drachma. And, if you're going to flee the country, why not relocate to a place where you can use a currency as archaic as the drachma?

Shanghai
If you've never been to Shanghai, let me describe it this way: Three New Yorks all mashed together and all of them seemingly built in the last 20 years. You surely know that Shanghai is culturally trendy: Part of the new James Bond flick Skyfall is set there. So was Looper, Mission Impossible: 3, and even the most recent Transformers movie. My bet is that Shanghai will be the city of art, culture, and architecture for the next 20 or 30 years thanks to China's growing wealth. Besides spectacular "juicy buns" (soup dumplings to us Occidentals), Shanghai also has wonderful restaurants of all ethnic and continental descriptions. And since you're leaving America to escape politics, Shanghai fits the bill nicely. After all, the Communist Party makes all of the leadership decisions. You don't have a say, thus you've nothing to worry about.


Ireland
Everyone from film director John Huston to Campbell Soup heir John Dorrance renounced their U.S. citizenship to move to Ireland. Dublin is a hub for ex-pats from around the world, and while Glocca Morra is fictional, Ireland still offers hundreds of pastoral villages with little brooks that leap and willow trees that weep. It's true that the Celtic economy is in the tank and Dublin is one of the world's most expensive places to live, but the Guinness is fresh and the Irish really do love Americans.

Sydney
Anywhere in Australia would do for disgruntled American political exiles, of course, but Sydney is the nexus of all that is Australian good: food, culture, the arts, architecture, lifestyle—you name it. There are dozens of stunning Pacific Ocean and harbor beaches that you can use year-round. Sydneysiders have a great coffee culture, are generally receptive to Americans, and we mostly speak the same language. Best of all, Australians are comfortable in their own skins, and the brutal local political landscape is nearly unrecognizable to a demoralized American political exile.

Rome
There are dozens of perfectly valid reasons to pull up political stakes and move to the Eternal City: the food, the history, the climate (except for the hot and muggy summers), two fiercely competitive football (soccer) teams, and a culture that stresses la dolce vita instead of a work-yourself-to-death dedication. Besides, Italy's faltering economy means there are finally some real-estate bargains in a town where you'll probably need to pay cash for an apartment because mortgages (subprime or otherwise) are hard to come by. But the biggest attraction of Rome? You get all of the benefits of being in a national capital without having to worry one whit about the politics of it all. Not even Romans take Italian politics seriously, so why should you?


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[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Would you ever move to another country because of election results?

I wouldn't leave the US because Barack Obama was re-elected, but if I lived in Israel I might consider it.

[BucEyedPea]

People have been doing it. I read the highest amount of ex patriots happened under Obama.
America's freedom rating has been dropping. Our economy has dropped to about 6th place under a freedom rating.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by patteeu

I wouldn't leave the US because Barack Obama was re-elected, but if I lived in Israel I might consider it.

Makes me wonder how Bibi is reacting to the election.

[headsnap]

Puerto Rico...

[ZepSinger]

Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy

No. Even with Obama as President, America is still the greatest country in the history of the world.

This.

[DJ's left nut]

I never really thought about it, but Greece really is beautiful.

No, I don't mean I'd move there, but I really wouldn't mind stumbling into some excess capital and buying a !@#$load of property. It would be like snapping up real-estate in florida, only better and with actual history (as opposed to fossilized people).

[StcChief]

I have been contemplating TX. enough high tech. no state tax, likely the first to be able to succeed and hold their own,

[bandwagonjumper]

If you are a republican nutjob there are no country for you to move. Canada is more socialistic, Europe is more socialistic. The only place would be some banana republics.

[theelusiveeightrop]

Have considered Iceland and New Zealand. Can I take my Labrador Retrievers with me?

[ghak99]

I don't think I could permanently leave, but making a substantial financial investment and spending some time there monitoring it is now a very real possibility.

[Fat Elvis]

Under our current potential suitors for presidency? No. But if I see a Nazi Germany/Fascist Italy type madness descend on the US, absolutely. I don't think that we are all too far removed from the latter, unfortunately.

[fan4ever]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

Cheyenne Wyoming looks a lot better than Omaha right now
I could never wake up everyday under another flag. That will never be an option for me
That is what Mexicans do. Turn their backs on they;re country & flea to the US.

Actually they're seemingly quite proud of their country. They just can't earn a living there, and many believe, and are being taught, AZ, CA, NM and TX should belong to them anyway. I live in AZ and you see the Mexican flag displayed A LOT throughout the southwest.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Fat Elvis

Under our current potential suitors for presidency? No. But if I see a Nazi Germany/Fascist Italy type madness descend on the US, absolutely. I don't think that we are all too far removed from the latter, unfortunately.

Goodness. He's worse than Carter, but he's not that bad.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by Fat Elvis

Under our current potential suitors for presidency? No. But if I see a Nazi Germany/Fascist Italy type madness descend on the US, absolutely. I don't think that we are all too far removed from the latter, unfortunately.

Gee, you and I agree on the latter. You are now tainted.

[HemiEd]

A few years ago I would say no without question as our family has been here since the 1700s, and many of them homesteaded in Kansas prior to it becoming a state in 1861.

But then again, seeing the direction of the last 20 years, I am not so sure about the future.