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uncjhodges said:
If it was just me, i would already be living abroad. But, can’t move my 6 year-old who just started kindergarten, especially after just moving cross country
It’s also hard being a doctor living abroad since you can’t really do consistent virtual work and We would have to go to a primary english speaking country
It is 100% the post retirement goal.
Will be new zealand, scandinavia or france
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Kids tend to be remarkably malleable.
 
I have dear friends-a couple-that live out of State (I am in NC) We have been hoping they will move to NC. This morning out of the blue they are very seriously considering moving to Panama They have stumbled into some group that will meet you at the airport and "give you the big sale " I hope they don't buy it
This is a"trump won" reaction
 
uncjhodges said:
Seattle is far superior to Portland
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Portland is already quite expensive; on mean, Seattle is >20% more so. If you have the upper middle class nest egg or sure fire $200k+ annual income, I agree that Seattle offers more. If you have stable middle income, an interest in access to urban neighborhoods, and interest in urban and nearby outdoors, the compact nature and cost of living in Portland is likely more broadly achievable.

ETA: IMO, the PNW "value" play is Olympia. It doesn't have the same immediately accessible outdoors as most of Seattle and Portland, though still quite good; its day trip potential is excellent; COL is notably lower; and you're still relatively easy access to SeaTac and Seattle medical facilities. That said, you need a fairly reliable job or ability to work from home, as it's a limited economy (small pop).
 
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I know this may sound like ridiculously catastrophic thinking (along the lines of prepping), but I really would not consider moving to the PNW due to the chance that a significant earthquake could occur there in my lifetime. This article (The Earthquake That Will Devastate the Pacific Northwest) and my son's obsessions with tsunamis and other natural disasters has me convinced. As the article states, "...we now know that the odds of the big Cascadia earthquake happening in the next fifty years are roughly one in three. The odds of the very big one are roughly one in ten." Having just watched western NC get demolished by a 1 in 1000 year flood, I'm not interested in playing those odds.
 
uncjhodges said:
We lived the last 7-8 years in Seattle. Just moved back to Chapel Hill due to family/some cost issues with 2 young ones and our primary care jobs were stagnating in pay. Loved it and miss it and wish we hadn’t moved. Personally feel like Seattle is a great place. We lived just walking distance from the Locks/Puget sound and it is beautiful. Seattle is far superior to Portland
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Although I’ve never lived in either I have spent a decent amount of time in both, and I agree with you. I’d take Seattle over Portland (and Washington generally over Oregon) any day.

Since my wife is a Canadian citizen we are thinking Vancouver/Victoria since the weather is much better than the rest of Canada (but it’s also damn expensive.)
 
I would love to move to Puerto Peñasco at some point in my life. I had a chance to buy a two-bedroom condo at Las Palomas resort in 2008, for under 150,000. I still kick myself for not pulling the trigger on that purchase. Now I'm basically waiting for the market to crash to have that opportunity again.

Will I move because of the election results or because we have a potted plants for a governor in Arizona? No. There are still far too many positives to living in Arizona, as long as it doesn't become the next California with all of the Californians moving here.
 
ZenMode said:
I would love to move to Puerto Peñasco at some point in my life. I had a chance to buy a two-bedroom condo at Las Palomas resort in 2008, for under 150,000. I still kick myself for not pulling the trigger on that purchase. Now I'm basically waiting for the market to crash to have that opportunity again.

Will I move because of the election results or because we have a potted plants for a governor in Arizona? No. There are still far too many positives to living in Arizona, as long as it doesn't become the next California with all of the Californians moving here.
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Don’t worry, you may run out of water long before then, especially if the Saudis keep getting to buy it all out from under you!
 
CFordUNC said:
I will say, I definitely would not/will not leave the United States because of politics. Not one single politician or one single person has that kind of power over me. But even before Trump, I’ve kind of always had a goal/dream of living abroad. I didn’t get a chance to travel abroad or study abroad growing up because we were poor, but I’ve always wanted to see the world. My company is planning to open offices in London, Cape Town, Rome, and Shanghai over the next 3-5 years or so, and have asked if I’d be interested in working abroad. I absolutely am.
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Same here.

My company has offices all over the world, I just need to find a job so I can transfer.
 
DougDaBroadcasta said:
Yeah, it's been a thought, but my folks are coming to the age where they are going to need help, and while my sis is taking care of her fiancé's family in Raleigh, as well as my uncle, I'm probably going to stick around here to help my folks.

If full blown civil war breaks out though, all options are on the table.
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I'm trying to mentally prepare myself for my mother moving in...

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CFordUNC said:
I will say, I definitely would not/will not leave the United States because of politics. Not one single politician or one single person has that kind of power over me. But even before Trump, I’ve kind of always had a goal/dream of living abroad. I didn’t get a chance to travel abroad or study abroad growing up because we were poor, but I’ve always wanted to see the world. My company is planning to open offices in London, Cape Town, Rome, and Shanghai over the next 3-5 years or so, and have asked if I’d be interested in working abroad. I absolutely am.
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ZenMode said:
I would love to move to Puerto Peñasco at some point in my life. I had a chance to buy a two-bedroom condo at Las Palomas resort in 2008, for under 150,000. I still kick myself for not pulling the trigger on that purchase. Now I'm basically waiting for the market to crash to have that opportunity again.

Will I move because of the election results or because we have a potted plants for a governor in Arizona? No. There are still far too many positives to living in Arizona, as long as it doesn't become the next California with all of the Californians moving here.
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Arizona? Wasn't there a poster on IC that lived in Arizona and owned several Arby's?
 
It's interesting to read some posters' litany of places where they didn't like residing.
As I quoted the last time we did this thread "No matter where you go, there you are."

Ultimately nearly all decide that they've got it too good here to justify leaving.
 
I am generally content where I am. I like spending time other places, but when it comes to having my home base, my current home base is where I feel comfort. I’ve got family and many friends here.

I love experiencing life in other countries, but after a while I miss the things I have access to at home. Those things are little things that I may take for granted, but are very much part of my daily life, and I notice when they’re missing. I could never imagine moving to another country. If I did, it would be Canada, where I would have access to many of the things I have access to in the US and I wouldn’t be too far away from family. And if I were somewhere like Toronto, I would be close to a good number of family members who live in Western NY and would also be close to our summer cottage in the Finger Lakes. But I really don’t want to live an cold climate.

I really don’t have any family or roots abroad. On both sides of my family, my ancestors arrived on this continent in the 17th Century. My mom’s side landed in what would become Connecticut, made their way to upstate NY and pretty much settled there for generations. My dad’s side first landed in Bermuda, then made there way to what is now northeastern NC and southeastern VA and settled in northeastern NC for generations.

My wife’s family arrived to the US much later. They were Jewish people living in Russia and fled to the US to escape persecution. They came in through Ellis Island around the turn of the 20th Century. Those who remained on the other side of the Atlantic moved from Russia to more western parts of Europe, but nearly all of them were killed in the Holocaust.

Needless to say, for both my wife and me, the US is very much our home and we’d be leaving a great deal behind if we moved overseas.
 
HeelingAg said:
Portland is already quite expensive; on mean, Seattle is >20% more so. If you have the upper middle class nest egg or sure fire $200k+ annual income, I agree that Seattle offers more. If you have stable middle income, an interest in access to urban neighborhoods, and interest in urban and nearby outdoors, the compact nature and cost of living in Portland is likely more broadly achievable.

ETA: IMO, the PNW "value" play is Olympia. It doesn't have the same immediately accessible outdoors as most of Seattle and Portland, though still quite good; its day trip potential is excellent; COL is notably lower; and you're still relatively easy access to SeaTac and Seattle medical facilities. That said, you need a fairly reliable job or ability to work from home, as it's a limited economy (small pop).
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Eugene?
 
Centerpiece said:
Moving to an entirely new country would be cool, if you speak the language and can afford the costs… which can be prohibitive. And what about your job? Can you relocate and still keep your job?

I’ve lived abroad before and it was way cool. But now… logistical barriers. But if push came to shove I’d find a way. My wife may be already there and setting up shop. She’s fluent in Spanish and I’m conversational German, so we have that going…
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I teach online. My day classes which are 9am to 2pm here would be 3pm to 8pm there. I'd have to give up night classes though.
 
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