Left the U.S. for a foreign country?

sktllmdrhmz
sktllmdrhmz Posts: 1,799 Member
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Where'd you go? Why? How'd you find work? What went down?
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  • Captain_Tightpants
    Captain_Tightpants Posts: 2,215 Member
    I left a foreign country for the U.S.
    Does that count? :smile:
  • sktllmdrhmz
    sktllmdrhmz Posts: 1,799 Member
    Definitely. What's the story?
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    If I ever did... and something huge would have to happen here... I think I would go to either the Netherlands, England, Germany, or Sweden... 1) because they are essentially my "motherland" (though my ancestors came here back around the civil war), 2) because I just love those countries and 3) while their taxes may be atrocious, they value personal freedoms and rights.
  • Specialkayrina
    Specialkayrina Posts: 242 Member
    I left a foreign country for the U.S.
    Does that count? :smile:

    Me too.
  • Lib_B
    Lib_B Posts: 446 Member
    If I ever did... and something huge would have to happen here... I think I would go to either the Netherlands, England, Germany, or Sweden... 1) because they are essentially my "motherland" (though my ancestors came here back around the civil war), 2) because I just love those countries and 3) while their taxes may be atrocious, they value personal freedoms and rights.

    ^^^^This. for reason #3. I also love Switzerland. It is so beautiful up in the Alps. I'd live in a little village with no cars...
  • juicemoogan
    juicemoogan Posts: 994 Member
    I lived in South Korea for a year of my undergraduate, and if i got a chance again, i would leave Canada to go live there in a heartbeat.
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
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  • mfanyafujo
    mfanyafujo Posts: 232 Member
    I'm from Florida, living in Tanzania. It's pretty cool here. Except when it's hot, and then I miss air conditioning.
  • sktllmdrhmz
    sktllmdrhmz Posts: 1,799 Member
    I'm from Florida, living in Tanzania. It's pretty cool here. Except when it's hot, and then I miss air conditioning.

    Why Tanzania? How'd you find a job?
  • Bahet
    Bahet Posts: 1,254 Member
    My husband works in IT. He got a job as a contractor in Germany and we lived there for 1/12 years. I know people who have been doing that for over a decade. We'd do it again in a heart beat.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    My job may move me to Spain after I finish my degree.

    I think most ex-pats end up moving for work.
  • mfanyafujo
    mfanyafujo Posts: 232 Member
    I'm from Florida, living in Tanzania. It's pretty cool here. Except when it's hot, and then I miss air conditioning.

    Why Tanzania? How'd you find a job?


    Actually, it was chosen for me. I'm in the Peace Corps, but I love TZ, and may get another job here when I finish PC. There are tons of organizations here that hire ex-pats.
  • lniffa
    lniffa Posts: 675 Member
    I left a foreign country for the U.S.
    Does that count? :smile:

    Me too.

    Me Three.
  • TheDudette
    TheDudette Posts: 173 Member
    I left to be with my husband in England. I had my beautiful daughter over there. Loved it, but we left and came back to NY which I love too.
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    Im huge in japan
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    I left Africa to live in the US when I was 12 and HATED leaving Africa...but I left the US,too for England and although I went back to the states for college, I don't know what my dad was thinking of uprooting us from california for England.

    If I had a choice, I'd still be in Kenya.
  • beduffbrickie
    beduffbrickie Posts: 642 Member
    I left a foreign country for the U.S.
    Does that count? :smile:


    traitor :wink:
  • osualex
    osualex Posts: 409 Member
    I'm from Florida, living in Tanzania. It's pretty cool here. Except when it's hot, and then I miss air conditioning.

    Why Tanzania? How'd you find a job?


    Actually, it was chosen for me. I'm in the Peace Corps, but I love TZ, and may get another job here when I finish PC. There are tons of organizations here that hire ex-pats.

    I'm a PCV too! Living in Romania right now and no strong desires to return home yet.
  • firesoforion
    firesoforion Posts: 1,017 Member
    Temporarily it's great. I went to Scotland and Poland for a year each and am contemplating a few others. Permanently I'll stay here but it's an amazing experience no matter where you go.
  • dolldreams
    dolldreams Posts: 245 Member
    I wish. My dream is to move to the Netherlands or one of the Nordic countries...but they'd never let me in to stay.
  • Mercenary1914
    Mercenary1914 Posts: 1,087 Member
    I would move to the Netherlands I was born in Heerlen, The Netherlands...and I believe I still have dual citizenship...as far as work..I will open a "COFFEE SHOP if you ya know what I mean" and get paid!
  • marianeo
    marianeo Posts: 161 Member
    Not the US, but left the UK for South Africa
  • Heaven71
    Heaven71 Posts: 706 Member
    If I thought I could, I'd leave for Belize and run a cruise ship tour operation.
  • AmandaPandah
    AmandaPandah Posts: 222 Member
    I wish. My dream is to move to the Netherlands or one of the Nordic countries...but they'd never let me in to stay.

    Actually, the nordic countries let everyone in. Lol.
  • Newf77
    Newf77 Posts: 802 Member
    I will fight for everything this country has to offer and have never considered abandoning it for another counrty.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    I will fight for everything this country has to offer and have never considered abandoning it for another counrty.

    Moving because you have more opportunities in another country is hardly "abandoning" the country. Plus, some people like to experience what the rest of the world has to offer sometimes.
  • princeza9
    princeza9 Posts: 337 Member
    I've lived in Germany 2x (Rotheburg ob der Tauber and Dresden) studying German. I spent 6 months in Prague getting my TEFL certificate and looking for work. Then I spent 2 years in Beijing teaching English.

    Each country was fantastic in their own ways, and I loved being there.
  • JennaM222
    JennaM222 Posts: 1,996 Member
    I would move to denmark and work in the red light district. I would then after years of trials and tribulations write a book about being a call girl, make millions, then reside in the turks and caicos
  • Schnuddelbuddel
    Schnuddelbuddel Posts: 402 Member
    Haha... be careful though with the thoughts of 'temporarily' going somewhere.

    I left Germany to go live in Ireland for 6 months to improve my English. That's 12 years, a husband, a house and 4 kids later... and I'm still in Ireland :laugh:
  • sktllmdrhmz
    sktllmdrhmz Posts: 1,799 Member
    So has everyone so far had a job lined up before they left? Did anybody go and wing it?

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