Where would you go if you ever left America for good?

[Jamison]

Or would you even be able to go?

It seems more and more everyday like this place is a prison. It takes enormous monetary resources to even consider it, but what if things got bad enough here? On top of this, a lot of countries have stringent immigration laws.

If I could, I'd live somewhere that doesn't have winter 10 months out of the year and has a socialist government. I think Venezuela or Cuba would be best for me.

[Crunchy Frog]

1. Maybe Costa Rica or Belize.

Cuba will be an American colony six months after Castro is dead, I'm afraid.

[thatsrightimirish]

2. i would have to go back

to where my ancestors came from. IRELAND!

[jonnyblitz]

3. I could have stayed forever in Amsterdam when I was there

for a few months a few years ago. one of my sisters and her family lived there at the time. the weather kind of sucked but everything else worked for me there. I really didn't want to come back.

[B Calm]

14. Only draw back is learning to speak dutch..

[jonnyblitz]

26. they speak english over there. nt

[B Calm]

28. Since when? Back in 1972, I spent a month in Holland.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. I will stay and fight.

No offense meant to anyone who wants to leave.

Some of my ancestors immigrated here, looking for a better life. Some of them were here to begin with. I figure I'll stay, and fight the Wasichu.

[thatsrightimirish]

7. I didn't say I'll leave

I'm all for staying and fighting but if I would have to leave is the question that I answered

[quinnox]

5. I wouldn't leave permanently

I love America, but I always thought it would be cool to live in Australia for awhile, never been there.

[radwriter0555]

6. The South of France is LOVELY... It's a nice way of life here, in

amongst ancient hilltop villages with a local bakery, butcher, farmer's markets...

Culturally ideal...

But if you like the tropics, the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico is FANTASTIC!

[raysr]

8. I would leave

this shithole in a second, if I had ANYWHERE else to go. That right freep trolls, I hate America, because you're in it!

[FrenchieCat]

9. My Aunt just left here to live in Nice for the next 7 months with one of

sons! If it wasn't for my hubby and the kiddies, I'd have gone with her and done politics from the Riviera!

[driver8]

11. I would love to live on the Yucatan peninsula...I have also

been to the south of France and that is very nice, too. Maybe Costa Rica or Panama.

[karlrschneider]

10. My SO and I seriously considered emigrating to New Zealand back in

the 80s when Raygun was fucking up our business and economy but somehow we just never managed to muster up the will to go so far from our parents. But now our dads have died, my mom is 90 his is 80 and the possibility is beginning to emerge again. But it wouldn't -have- to be NZ...we are both
experts in several technical areas and could probably get approved for residence in most any country. We would have to liquidate a lot of assets though, but that probably wouldn't be all that difficult unless the real estate market tanks. We don't really want to leave our native land but the way things are going, it might actually be a preferred option, sorry to say.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

12. Texas.

Kidding, Texans, kidding.

[moondust]

13. The New World. nt

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. Canada

[LiberalPartisan]

16. New Zealand n/t

[Chipper Chat]

17. Central Germany

Rothenburg, Munich - ah Bavaria!

[ClintonTyree]

18. Canada........

there's only a river (St. Lawrence) between me and Canada as it is. Kingston, Ontario, to be exact. I've thought about it for many, many years (I'm 55) and I now know it's no longer merely a pipe dream. I intend to make it a reality soon. The country of my birth has mutated into something that scares the shit out of me, I no longer feel comfortable here. With each passing day I become more ashamed to call myself an American, scared about what this country has become. I would be proud to be a Canadian. What a great feeling that would be, being proud of your country again. I haven't felt that way about the U.S. in quite some time and it's time for a change.

[Peter Frank]

19. If I decide to leave America for good, I'll join this administration.. n/t

[anitar1]

20. I loved Italy when I was there. Did not want to leave.

I like the lifestyle. People are so friendly and relaxed. I felt at home there. But I also love my country. I would leave if I could afford it but would always long for here, in a way.Besides , they have a lousy government now.

[Zech Marquis]

21. now that you mention it

I could teach english in Japan, or go to Europe (I have a friend in Sctoland) I'll probably get an iBook this spring so I won't have to leave everything behind on my iMac here.

[Clark2008]

22. We're seriously considering Great Britian

Not sure where, yet, but, even with the Poodle there, the people are at least holding his feet to the fire - unlike the lazy care-nothing-about-anything-but-their-gas-prices easily-led 45 percent here.

[merbex]

23. Halifax, Nova Scotia

Close enough to come back to New England in a snap

[0007]

25. That would be my choice also.

Digby is another great place located in southwestern Nova Scotia,it is a charming waterfront town.

[Fox Mulder]

24. Canada, Italy, or New Zealand.

Mainly Italy because I have always loved the Mediterranean.

[renie408]

27. We talk about it a lot

But we feel so stuck by our lifestyle. Not that we have it so great, but because we feel like we have limited niches in which we can produce income. My husband works in a pretty specialized area of the construction industry and I teach riding lessons (and that is mainly to fund our own riding and for spare money).

But if we could figure it out, I would love to live somewhere else. British Columbia has always appealed to me.

[Beth in VT]

29. There is a group in Vermont exploring secession ...

you may not need to go far! :)

[Phoonzang]

30. Canada

Similar enough to America that I wouldn't have to adapt to a radically different lifestyle, but missing all the crap. More specifically, I'd like to move to Vancouver or Toronto.

[orleans]

31. i was in canada for awhile, it was very nice but that

was a long time ago. didn't they recently elect a conservative now?

[IndianaGreen]

32. Israel

Probably the only safe place in the world to live if one is Jewish. We need more leftists in Israel!

[GRLMGC]

33. Somewhere Spanish speaking

Madrid sounds nice. I'd go to my home country of El Salvador but its too much of a puppet state for the US. I've heard Costa Rica is nice.