Chult86

This is beyond spot on.

A spade's a spade. Sorry you have the blinders on. You do you, I'll do me.

I wonder if some of the residents of El Salvador, Guatemala, etc. are also this indignant to their fellow countrymen who are looking at leaving to provide a better, more stable upbringing for their kids and pack up to head to the United States. I don't want my son growing up where this sort of discourse and commentary from a "leader" is acceptable. This isn't about "winning" as you seem to think, but about me making a choice on where I think my family, and future generations, will have the best chance of leaving a happy, contributory life.

You say that, but this is different than before. We know exactly their plan, the guardrails from our institutions in 2016 are gone, and the adults have left the room. I’m a white male who made an uninformed vote for the man in 2016, but that doesn’t mean I can’t read the room.

This may seem like reactionary hyperbole, but my wife and I are serious about looking elsewhere for us and our son to live. I have a fantastic career, with a CEO (D) that is great to work for. However, southwest Florida is not… The best school system/curriculum, super touristy and cost of living is sky high, predominantly republican, and other annoyances. Completely ignoring the fact that abortion didn’t pass (yes I understand our completely fucked up 60% rule for these measures in FL) Both of us would be terrible teachers, so homeschooling is out of the question. Also, we both heavily believe in the socialization benefits that come from attending public school. However, we have zero desire for him to be a product of this school system. I could go on and on, but ultimately after this election we’ve realized that the good ol US of A isn’t what it once was. Seeing GenZ move towards the right makes us, as Millenials, now feel like outcasts in our own country. The last gasp of the Baby Boomers… convincing GenZ to think like them. We’ve lost hope that the ship can be course corrected. There are numerous other countries around the world offering comparable or better standard of living, social benefits, and healthcare, that are more aligned with our beliefs. We aren’t that concerned with climate either (she grew up in the Midwest and now FL, while I was born and raised in La Porte/Kemah area, before spending decent chunks of time in New England and now FL). It’s obviously a potentially completely life altering move for us, but one we feel is necessary for our son to grow up in a place better than where we are both currently and headed to. We have enough equity in our assets to be able to walk away from all debt with $100,000 in liquid assets to relocate with. I would be able to maintain employment for at least the short term. What I’m hoping surly can help with, is which of these countries are actually feasible? Has anyone done this before?

Beyond preconceived worst case scenarios

No regrets on the campaign. I thought they did great. I overestimated my fellow American citizen, drastically. This country has core, fundamental issues rooted too deeply in religion and racism. Fuck.

If I can throw my own anecdotal non-quantifiable local observations on the pile... Living in Sarasota, FL... about as red (and old... and white...) as it gets here... there are literally ZERO trump flags and trucks/etc this year compared to 2020. 2020 we had truck parades of his supporters with dozens of their flags driving around coal-rolling everywhere... merchandise stands popped up on streets in numerous places selling Trump/Pence shirts... Now? This year? I honked vigorously at a collection of Harris/Walz folks on a major intersection yesterday. FL has both abortion and legal weed on the ballot, so it gives hope of going back blue... but there's a LOT of republican transplants from CA/NY that have moved here since 2020. Trump enthusiasm locally is not even measurable compared to four years ago.

Inland towards Lakewood Ranch... Coquina shells hurt the most when stepped on barefoot. Speaking from numerous experiences.

Well this blows

Made it through... lost every non-palm tree in our yard. That was a bitch to begin to cleanup. Was only able to tackle the front yard since the back still has about 3" of standing water everywhere. Protip... downed trees sitting in water are seemingly exponentially heavier to move to the curb than ones NOT sitting in water... Initial reports are... quite good, considering the expectations. Surge on the barrier islands not AS bad as expected, and Sanibel survived with just a scratch compared to Ian. Still no power at our house, but I'd say 10% of the business are open this morning. Stopped to get a coffee and it has never tasted as good as it has this morning.

Fuck me. Eyewall will pass over our home. NE side as well most likely. Should be fine. No flood issue at all where we are. But as I mentioned earlier in this thread... I am going to age six years in the next six months from the work coming up.

I've posted here before that I work for a large rental agency in SWFL... Hurricane Ian was the equivalent to a humanitarian crisis two years ago. To this day I tell people the two weeks after that storm were the most stressful two weeks of my professional career. Trying to locate staff, make sure guests and tenants were accounted for... trying to find accommodations for people that had a roof, running water and electricity... it was hell. Absolute hell. And here we go with part two... 800+ occupied rental homes is going to make the next two weeks hell, again.

Goddamnit I literally just snipped this same image off of CNN's main page... "Trump indicted, here's how that's bad for Kamala" It's stuff like this that makes the notion of the "liberal" media almost the ultimate hypocrisy.

Not to be rude, but this isn't true in any fashion at all. It's entirely up to the host to ensure cleanliness. AirBNB will habitually side with the guest during any sort of dispute about the property. We had a refund given by AirBNB because the guest said the pool was unusable... because of the thunderstorm.