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Will you still live in the U.S. 20 years from now?  

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  1. 1. Will you still live in the U.S. 20 years from now?

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Already planning out my move. Looking at Corsica. Easy living at a fraction of the cost of living in Boston (or US in general). Toughest part will be finding a job that allows me to work from the island. 

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49 minutes ago, VABuckeye said:

Older Gen X will start becoming eligble in a couple of years.

Yeah, cool. That's what I thought.

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2 minutes ago, VABuckeye said:

Is Corsica affordable?  For some reason I thought it would be on the expensive side.  It is certainly an island that intrigues me.

My understanding is that the island is more expensive than mainland France (with the exception of Paris and some parts of Côte d’Azur) but is generally less expensive than North America. Seems like housing might be a bit difficult to find but other living expenses are generally lower. 

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2 hours ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Big Fuck you to all the Boomers, Gen Xers, and other assorted olds who are probably taking my SS money and spending it all on Trump paraphernalia...

That would be the boomers.  Most of us Gen-X ain’t getting shit out of the system either.

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Already planning out my move. Looking at Corsica. Easy living at a fraction of the cost of living in Boston (or US in general). Toughest part will be finding a job that allows me to work from the island. 

Corsica is very high on my list. You can find my Corsica thread on the travel board. Benefits of France but off the mainland, less expensive, less fuss. It’s absolutely gorgeous with an incredible diversity of geography.

Corsicans are proud people with a reluctance to accept outsiders. Part of that is a 1000+ year history of being invaded and conquered by various empires and countries. Part of that is frustration about wealthy people elsewhere buying vacation homes and taking housing away from actual Corsicans who live there full time. People who do that might find their rarely inhabited vacation homes burned down. Their beliefs seem entirely fair, but I think they are willing to accept outsiders who will at least partially assimilate into Corsican culture and contribute to local society.

The only drawback for me is that my line of work (physician) is an uphill road. I know a moderate amount of French but I need to pass the language exam at B2 proficiency and I am not quite there. I would also need to pass medical exams in French and serve an apprenticeship.

I already teach my 2.5 year old French and she knows about 30 words so far. We’ll get there. My wife is a slower learner but she can say “Je voudrais encore verre de vin, s’il vous plait” without much trouble. She’ll be fine. I need to also learn Corsican.

Honestly though, as much as I love my profession, I would rather wait tables in a free country than raise my child in a fascist country.
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My wife and I don't speak another language, we have no first-degree relatives in other countries and our jobs as mid-levels don't travel well. Our financial situation makes it basically impossible currently, but that may change in the next few years.

I don't know how or where, and I don't know what it would mean for our kids (3 & 1), but I'm giving serious thought to getting the fuck out of here.

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2 hours ago, wild_turkey said:

Honestly though, as much as I love my profession, I would rather wait tables in a free country than raise my child in a fascist country.

This is pretty much it. I'm currently looking at options elsewhere in the States but my family exists because an ancestor crossed the Atlantic to an unknown world to flee a shitty government. Might be time to do the same soon. 

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10 hours ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Big Fuck you to all the Boomers, Gen Xers, and other assorted olds who are probably taking my SS money and spending it all on Trump paraphernalia..

What if my $3,500 a month was spent on good booze, friendly women and drugs?  Or - like - if I said, “thank you!”?  That sum is nowhere near the maximum Social Security benefit because…

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I started drawing it when Trump was in office the first time.  I don’t think it will last till 2034 like they say.   Which is why I think there is a possibility that a GOP Congress will require Trump hating ex-pats to be cut off Social Security in order to help efforts funding it.  TFG will assume many ex-pats hate him. Because that won’t be far from wrong.



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