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


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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Are we assuming it stays as the same name?  What if I still live here, but the felon has issued an executive order renaming it the American Americas of America? Is that a ‘no’ to sill living in the US? Or a yes?

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Not me.  I just turned 49 and I will be retiring somewhere between 57 and 60.  I'm not sure where I'll live out my days after that, but it won't be here.  There are too many beautiful places in this world with a cost of living less than half of ours.  And I expect I'll be sick and god damned tired of watching this fallen empire rot from within by then.

Hell, the only question in my mind is if I'll be forced to leave sooner.

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Highly likely we leave. Politics plus cost of living. I like really nice things, I’d like to live like a queen. I’d like to feel politically safe. If I can’t have both of those here which looks increasingly unlikely then we leave. Grandkids if we have any are the only thing I think will totally hold us back. But then if we live like queens we can fly them to see us or we can come back to see them. 

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So long as my mother is alive I am staying right here. She probably won't be alive in 20 years, but depending on how long she lives I could have other things keeping me here by that time.

In any case I have no intentions of leaving at this time.

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2 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

Is New York going to be in the United States? 
 

I think not.

I’ll want to stay close to my kids, who will probably be manning the California east border DMZ 

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If I make it that long, no - but I had already started the residency process in Portugal some time ago, long before the last election, and without regard to politics. The question would probably better be "will I return?" I live in and am native of a beautiful, sane, educated, prosperous part of the country and may well have returned home at some point; now it remains to be seen. We just hope to continue to be forgotten up here while we help pay everyone else's bills. 

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Posted (edited)

There is no way that I’ll be alive in 20 years, fortunately.  If I wasn’t pretty much my mom’s sole caregiver Sebastian and I would already be heading south in my old truck

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Probably part time. Owning a house is owning a bank that I can continue to dig into. Might be better to live in Puerto Rico though if I have a giant non-qual dividend tax bill. Working on building up an income/dividend account right now. Mexican beach towns, Belize, rest of the Carribean is relatively close by 

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You sweet gullible fools.  You actually think you'll be allowed to leave.  How quaint.  Nevermind the whole business of who the fuck is actually going to want to take in Americans.  Do you know advanced nuclear physics?  Maybe rocket science?  No?  Good luck. 

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44 minutes ago, justhookit said:

Troph is one of the best people I know on this website. You, however, have turned into a piece of shit. Maybe you always were.

Thanks for quoting me

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Wife and I talked about moving to Bali when we retire.

But the reality is we'll want to be close to the kids wherever they end up. So maybe TBD.

 

If we (the US) gets its shit together, I will encourage my kids to stay around instead of looking abroad.

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I'll leave for Mexico if things get to the point where it's impossible to continue being here without being oppressed. I don't see that happening though even with Trump. 

America even with all its warts is incredible 

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If I make it that long, no - but I had already started the residency process in Portugal some time ago, long before the last election, and without regard to politics. The question would probably better be "will I return?" I live in and am native of a beautiful, sane, educated, prosperous part of the country and may well have returned home at some point; now it remains to be seen. We just hope to continue to be forgotten up here while we help pay everyone else's bills. 

How far along in the process are you? I assume applications have increased since you submitted yours, but do you have an anticipated date by which you will get an answer?
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My wife and I don't have kids so we've got a lot of freedom when it comes to retirement destinations. Ten years max before we exit Texas, and you'd better believe we'll be ramping up our research to include going the expat route.

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10 hours ago, That Guy said:

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I don't have the means to move. I chose a path of high risk high reward; risk won.

My beloved's children and their families live in Dallas and Central Texas is as far as she wants to be from them. I love them, but I'd opt for northern Mexico or somewhere in the Spanish speaking part of the New World. I've been teaching myself and now using Babbel to learn the language sort of as a hobby. 

Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, G650 said:

I mean I'd prefer to live in northern Italy regardless, so hopefully that happens.

I follow some gramers that show real estate for sale in northern Italy. Rarely on IG anymore but when I check it they catch my eye. 

but I already have you and me down for a circumnavigation before you settle down in Italy, even though you don’t yet - or now do - know it. So build that in mkay?

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No idea.  I mean, right now, the U.S. is as vocal about absorbing the rest of North America as Russia is about the Ukraine or China is about Taiwan.  We seem to be heading into a new age of imperialism, where the U.S. aims to expand within the west, China in Asia and Russia in Europe.  What might look appealing today outside this country may be a war ravaged hellscape in 5 years let alone 20.  More than ever, this famous Lenin quote resonates with me:  "There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen."  We're in a time of tectonic geopolitical shifts.  The best thing one can do is prepare to be agile and fluid vs cementing concrete plans.

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Posted (edited)
7 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

When and why did you become such a piece of shit?

Or was I just blinded by your coupon-cutting acumen? 

Man I haven’t heard his name called in years…. And his one chance to get my attention and Transylvania is the best he can do? 

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4 hours ago, immamac said:

I'll leave for Mexico if things get to the point where it's impossible to continue being here without being oppressed. I don't see that happening though even with Trump. 

America even with all its warts is incredible 

in the mornings, most mornings, this is how I feel. But late at night I’m not so sure. In the end, the appeal for adventure and a 5x amplifier on spending power makes leaving extremely inticing.

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22 minutes ago, troph said:

Man I haven’t heard his name called in years…. And his one chance to get my attention and Transylvania is the best he can do? 

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I remember seeing a few comments that seemed a bit out of character and lousy over the past 6-12 months and it made me wonder then, but this felt like a departure even from those. 

I hope you get your shit together @Spankytoes but if not, that you just completely fuck off. 

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39 minutes ago, troph said:

I follow some gramers 

It took me way too long to figure out what a gramer was in your post. 

 

"Did she misspell gamer?"

"Is that some sort of trans term?"

"Oh wait, yeah those annoying videos your wife sends you"

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