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Centerpiece said:
As a resident in NC, I'm thinking "why move"? It's a solid purple State and if you live in a "blue" area it's not so bad. We will now have -for the foreseeable future - a Democrat Governor (with a little bit of veto power), a Dem. Lt. Guv., a Dem. A.G. , a Dem. Sec. of State AND ALSO a Dem. Superintendent of Publicks Instruxshun.

If you are already in a Blue area in N.C. - you should be OK for the most part. Sure, Trump/Musk could tank the economy and make life miserable for immigrants... but that's going to affect us no matter which State you live in.

Now, as far a moving ex-pat style to another country, that's certainly something to research. But that's not so easily done unless you have the kind of money that would have had you voting for Trump anyway... for the tax breaks of course. If you're young(er) and have the kind of job where you can work remotely - from anywhere in the world - you can look around. Perhaps you can sign on with an international company...

Finally, there are 7 countries I know of whereby you can sign up for dual citizenship if one of your parent's or Grandparents were born there. Germany, Italy, Ireland just to name a couple... do the research
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Makes no sense how all the top state races went to the Dems but Trump won NC.
 
UNCatTech said:
My wife found 10 acers in Minnesota for a really good price. It's close to Duluth.

Anyone live in that area? From reading the reviews, Duluth seems like a pretty nice place.
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My son lives in Plymouth. About 20 minutes west of Minneapolis. We've visited several times and really like the area. Duluth is around 2.5 hours north, and, according to my son, a really nice place, especially in the summer months. Winter weather can be brutal, but the springs and summers are really incredible too.
 
OGtruthhurts said:
Ive been all over Minnesota and the people are great. Weather is great if you can take the good with the bad
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OG, I owe you an apology.

I was very rude in response to one of your first couple of post. I made a poor assumption based off of your user name and the first couple of post.

I had you on super ignore until a couple of days ago.

After reading several of your post these last few days, I believe I misjudged you and I shouldn't have made the rude post.
 
Thanks for the information about Minnesota.

I've been reading and it looks interesting. My wife has talked about it, but I'm not sure she's ready for feet of snow.

We might take a weekend trip around February or March to get a taste of the area.

I would also need a job where I am equally as overpaid as I am now.
 
UNCatTech said:
OG, I owe you an apology.

I was very rude in response to one of your first couple of post. I made a poor assumption based off of your user name and the first couple of post.

I had you on super ignore until a couple of days ago.

After reading several of your post these last few days, I believe I misjudged you and I shouldn't have made the rude post.
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Apologies never necessary im way too chill for them
 
Carolina Fever said:
Makes no sense how all the top state races went to the Dems but Trump won NC.
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Trump was a once in a generation candidate for turning out the Republican base and expanding that base to include working class voters of all races, religions and creeds.

That, plus the Republicans had some really bad candidates in the down ballot statewide races. Led by Robinson of course. Robinson impacted a ton of the other down ballot candidates negatively.
 
HeelYeah2012 said:
Trump was a once in a generation candidate for turning out the Republican base and expanding that base to include working class voters of all races, religions and creeds.

That, plus the Republicans had some really bad candidates in the down ballot statewide races. Led by Robinson of course. Robinson impacted a ton of the other down ballot candidates negatively.
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99% of the board is about politics, can you two find another thread for this?

I want to talk about places in the US or other countries that would be fun to live in. We need a thread or two without the doom and gloom.
 
UNCatTech said:
I've been reading and it looks interesting. My wife has talked about it, but I'm not sure she's ready for feet of snow.
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I'd encourage a long weekend trip instead of just a regular weekender. I've found that discount airlines like Allegiant and Sun Country (who I've grown to like) fly to Minneapolis on Sundays and Thursdays (or another combination of days), which would give you a great, longer weekend type of visit, which in turn will give you more of a chance to explore!
 
UNCatTech said:
99% of the board is about politics, can you two find another thread for this?

I want to talk about places in the US or other countries that would be fun to live in. We need a thread or two without the doom and gloom.
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As far as “other countries that would be fun to live in”… I can recommend any of the Western European countries. From Ireland, Scotland, England to the mainland countries that used to comprise the old Western Europe. The Scandinavian countries, Iberian Pennensula… Italy, Holland, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria… Liechtenstein and Luxembourg…. are all golden and an absolute joy to visit or a place to live.
BubbaOtis said:
Looks like Ellen and Portia done R-U-N-N-O-F-T to the UK...

www.yahoo.com

Ellen DeGeneres Has Moved to Great Britain, Lists Montecito Estate: ‘Never Coming Back’ to the United States | Exclusive

The "kicked out of show business" comedian made the move after the election of Donald Trump The post Ellen DeGeneres Has Moved to Great Britain, Lists Montecito Estate: ‘Never Coming Back’ to the United States | Exclusive appeared first on TheWrap.
www.yahoo.com www.yahoo.com
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Living in UK, Ireland, GB, whatever would be lovely. If you can afford it. Good on ‘em.
 
UNCatTech said:
99% of the board is about politics, can you two find another thread for this?

I want to talk about places in the US or other countries that would be fun to live in. We need a thread or two without the doom and gloom.
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Thanks @HeelYeah2012 for the upvote.

You're still welcome on the thread to tell me where to go. :cool:
 
UNCatTech said:
Thanks @HeelYeah2012 for the upvote.

You're still welcome on the thread to tell me where to go. :cool:
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All good, I truly didn’t mean to derail your thread. Sometimes easy to forget which thread you’re on when you’re scrolling.

Best place to live in the USA is the great state of North Carolina in my opinion so I don’t think I have much to add to the actual topic!!
 
Centerpiece said:
As far as “other countries that would be fun to live in”… I can recommend any of the Western European countries. From Ireland, Scotland, England to the mainland countries that used to comprise the old Western Europe. The Scandinavian countries, Iberian Pennensula… Italy, Holland, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria… Liechtenstein and Luxembourg…. are all golden and an absolute joy to visit or a place to live.

Living in UK, Ireland, GB, whatever would be lovely. If you can afford it. Good on ‘em.
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If I ever had a desire to "escape", I'd probably pick Poland....you know.....all current war related situations aside.

Dollar to Zloty conversion rate is great, you're a short drive from Germany and very close to UK, Norway, Finland, etc.

I spent a week there opening a new company location and really enjoyed it. I could Uber several miles to work for under $3. A nice meal was around 10 including alcohol.
 
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ZenMode said:
If I ever had a desire to "escape", I'd probably pick Poland....you know.....all current war related situations aside.

Dollar to Zloty conversion rate is great, you're a short drive from Germany and very close to UK, Norway, Finland, etc.

I spent a week there opening a new company location and really enjoyed it. I could Uber several miles to work for under $3. A nice meal was around 10 including alcohol.
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In my mid 20’s/early 30’s I lived in Europe for 7 years, I wasn’t in the military or anything a busker actually - but that was before the Wall came down. I couldn’t visit the Eastern bloc countries. I’d like to. I’ve been back to Europe several times since then, but still haven’t visited Poland, Czechia, Hungary, etc… those Eastern Countries. I’m sure they’re all just as lovely and Romantic as are the Western Euro countries.

My roots are Scots/German and I’m not that far removed, in terms of my forefathers. The years I spent living over there felt like I was “at home”. I could easily move back there and not skip a beat. Moving back to USA in 1992 was serious culture shock.
 
Bigs23 said:
See you in 2 years!
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Have you picked a landing spot yet?
Centerpiece said:
Now, as far a moving ex-pat style to another country, that's certainly something to research. But that's not so easily done unless you have the kind of money that would have had you voting for Trump anyway... for the tax breaks of course. If you're young(er) and have the kind of job where you can work remotely - from anywhere in the world - you can look around. Perhaps you can sign on with an international company...

Finally, there are 7 countries I know of whereby you can sign up for dual citizenship if one of your parent's or Grandparents were born there. Germany, Italy, Ireland just to name a couple... do the research
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"Now, as far a moving ex-pat style to another country, that's certainly something to research. But that's not so easily done unless you have the kind of money that would have had you voting for Trump anyway."
Sorry, but I have to refute that. We moved here to Portugal with 480k net worth. And not receiving SS for the first 3 years. Our net worth is now 660k and we have lived here for 6 years. And I have yet to receive SS. If you don´t mind the weather, many Eastern Europe countries are even cheaper than Portugal. You don´t have to be rich at all (matter of fact, you only need to be able to provide proof of income of roughly 1000 euros a month to be accepted on the D7 Visa). The first 3 years we lived on a budget of $3000 a month, still traveled to the states at least 2 times a year, travelled throughout western Europe, and lived comfortably. You don´t have to be rich at all.
 
hereiam39 said:
Have you picked a landing spot yet?

"Now, as far a moving ex-pat style to another country, that's certainly something to research. But that's not so easily done unless you have the kind of money that would have had you voting for Trump anyway."
Sorry, but I have to refute that. We moved here to Portugal with 480k net worth. And not receiving SS for the first 3 years. Our net worth is now 660k and we have lived here for 6 years. And I have yet to receive SS. If you don´t mind the weather, many Eastern Europe countries are even cheaper than Portugal. You don´t have to be rich at all (matter of fact, you only need to be able to provide proof of income of roughly 1000 euros a month to be accepted on the D7 Visa). The first 3 years we lived on a budget of $3000 a month, still traveled to the states at least 2 times a year, travelled throughout western Europe, and lived comfortably. You don´t have to be rich at all.
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I’ll grant that, and the proof after all, is in your pudding. However, Did it take all of the 480k net worth to move there initially, or can one move there Willy nilly with nothing but a steady paycheck and a fledgling 401k?

Of course, I know the answer to that. When I first went to Europe in 1985 all I had was a backpack, a guitar, and $500 in travelers checks. I had a $99 ticket to London on People’s Express airline. I wound up living in Europe for the better part of 7 years. Mainly in Switzerland. But I bounced around quite a bit. After all, I was an itinerant musician - a busker.
 
BubbaOtis said:
Looks like Ellen and Portia done R-U-N-N-O-F-T to the UK...

www.yahoo.com

Ellen DeGeneres Has Moved to Great Britain, Lists Montecito Estate: ‘Never Coming Back’ to the United States | Exclusive

The "kicked out of show business" comedian made the move after the election of Donald Trump The post Ellen DeGeneres Has Moved to Great Britain, Lists Montecito Estate: ‘Never Coming Back’ to the United States | Exclusive appeared first on TheWrap.
www.yahoo.com www.yahoo.com
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Glad they were able to escape the oppressive state of California.
 
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