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If my whole family comes I want to live somewhere far less shallow. I know shallow exists everywhere, but I feel like we're next level shallow. I just want stuff to ve simple. As long as it's somewhere with a toilet and not a million things that can kill my outside. Id love to live in one those little villages. One where the majority of your chores are outdoors.

Honestly, I could do away with tv and smartphones as long as everyone around me did too. In America, if you wanna live like that, it just becomes far more annoying when everyone else is still doing it and ignoring you lol.

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The idea of being an ex pat sounds romantic

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Lost_All_Senses posted...

If my whole family comes I want to live somewhere far less shallow. I know shallow exists everywhere, but I feel like we're next level shallow. I just want stuff to ve simple. As long as it's somewhere with a toilet and not a million things that can kill my outside. Id love to live in one those little villages. One where the majority of your chores are outdoors.

Honestly, I could do away with tv and smartphones as long as everyone around me did too. In America, if you wanna live like that, it just becomes far more annoying when everyone else is still doing it and ignoring you lol.

So you want a "Amish" life style?

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Nah, just turn off the TV and everything is fine

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Yep. I'd like to live in Canada or maybe even the UK instead of the US, but it's EXTREMELY difficult to just get citizenship and I have no real means or opportunity to do so. However, I still try to keep in mind the "grass is always greener" and maybe I'm better off here.

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Long term, yeah. I mean Im not in the US now but Ill probably end up there again before I retire and move away for good. The only thing holding me back is my family.

After all this pandemic shit, Im leaning towards it way more now than ever.

And its not even just the embarrassing way that our leadership has handled it, its the fucking smooth-brains who act like shit like having to wear a mask is this huge violation of their rights.

Like, its just so amazing to me that people can be that completely ignorant about why its important to practice social distancing, wear a mask, etc. and we just.. let em get away with it.

I suffer from second hand embarrassment to be honest.

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I've always wanted to live in Canada, but it's nearly impossible to become a citizen as an american

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Nope. I moved from Canada to be here and Ive been quite happy, pandemic shit show aside.

I might. My potential inlaws live in Italy, and have that Old Blood wealth. There's a fucking mansion I get to be alone with my girlfriend in.

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KamenRiderBlade posted...

So you want a "Amish" life style?

To an extent, sure. Without the clothes limitation and forced religious stuff. I'm just kind of over this overcomplicated bullshit everyone has built around them and us. I'd be much more into a life where people appreciate stuff like water and sitting around a table conversating more than we appreciate smartphones and having anything we want delivered at the touch of a button. And I've come to the realization, I don't have the ability to mentally escape these things unless I don't have access to them. If I don't have access, I immediately accept it and I thrive way more.

But it's fine. I know that's just not how shit is and I gotta learn how to make it work in reality. I'm not someone who needs his way to be content. And hell, for all I know I'm just on a phase where I constantly want to be doing yard work and playing simple non electronic games with others.

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Guide posted...

I might. My potential inlaws live in Italy, and have that Old Blood wealth. There's a fucking mansion I get to be alone with my girlfriend in.

If you decide not to. Hook ya boy up with that mansion.

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Lost_All_Senses posted...

If you decide not to. Hook ya boy up with that mansion.

Fuck no, but you can come have spaghetti.

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I casually want to, but it seems super inconvenient so it's overwhelmingly unlikely that I would ever try to

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Guide posted...

Fuck no, but you can come have spaghetti.

I make my own spaghetti. Fuck yo mansion spaghetti.

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I'd take a canadian citizenship in a heartbeat if it was easy to get

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No

its the best country in the world

the people are better(personalities), everything you want is here, food is better, people speak English.

i havent left my home state for 30+ years and probably wont leave it let alone the country

LinkScorbunny posted...

No

its the best country in the world

the people are better(personalities), everything you want is here, food is better, people speak English.

i havent left my home state for 30+ years and probably wont leave it let alone the country

Pretty sad.

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lol I like to see all these people move to some where without free speech. See how long it takes them to get in trouble online and fined or jailed if they refuse to pay the fine..

Abiz_ posted...

lol I like to see all these people move to some where without free speech. See how long it takes them to get in trouble online and fined or jailed.

You don't know what free speech means

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RebelElite791 posted...

Pretty sad.

you mean pretty happy!!

i would be sad going to a foreign country/land, especially where the people look different, talk different, and I dont like a lot of ethnic food

LinkScorbunny posted...

you mean pretty happy!!

i would be sad going to a foreign country/land, especially where the people look different, talk different, and I dont like a lot of ethnic food

So basically "I hate strange scary thing"

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RebelElite791 posted...

You don't know what free speech means

It means the government can't oppress any stupid shit you say. You don't know what your argument is.(hint it's socially acceptable speech different from free speech)

Abiz_ posted...

It means the government can't oppress any stupid shit you say. You don't know what your argument is.(hint it's socially acceptable speech different from free speech)

I know what my argument is. My argument is that you know nothing about the world if you think the US is the only country with free speech, or any different from other modern democracies.

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Abiz_ posted...

lol I like to see all these people move to some where without free speech. See how long it takes them to get in trouble online and fined or jailed if they refuse to pay the fine..

Not everyone is a shitposter

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Not particularly, but if a good opportunity came up in most other countries, I'd take it in a heartbeat

RebelElite791 posted...

Pretty sad.

It's not inherently sad to love where you grew up. But I get where you're going with the rest of the context if that post.

I also live where I grew up. And I wouldn't leave unless my entire family and friends did. We just always got along and it's hard for me to imagine trying to find people who have my back as strong as they do.

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RebelElite791 posted...

So basically "I hate strange scary thing"

Well there is zero benefit to go to foreign country

I cant name 3 that would better to visit than USA!

CasualGuy posted...

I'd take a canadian citizenship in a heartbeat if it was easy to get

What Canada got right was protecting their existing Citizens by making immigration tough.

Europe has tough immigration laws.

Everybody should be raising the bar on immigration.

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Always find it amusing to see how many of the losers who hate America so much acknowledge that they don't have any skills that make them desireable to any other country. Somehow they don't think that other countries having merit based immigration is disgracefully racist like the country they desire to flee.

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In terms of other English speaking first world country's...no. I really dont see the point when I can likely find the same or similar here.

Which alot of people dont realize becuase even most Americans view of the country is shaped entirely around mainstream media, and inner city shitholes.

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Colorahdo posted...

I've always wanted to live in Canada, but it's nearly impossible to become a citizen as an american

No its not, it's particularly easy to move to Canada.

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TheAwesomeMatt posted...

No its not, it's particularly easy to move to Canada.

Not really, you kind of need a reason to be there and it's a lengthy process. My brother had to go to college there (straight out of highschool) and get a green card to work and it took him YEARS maybe even a DECADE to get approved. It was quite the undertaking. Unless you can provide evidence to the contrary I'm calling BS.

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Why would I? Guy isnt getting a second term

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No. I love where I live and I can't imagine moving. I've grown disillusioned with the country as a whole, but I love the part on NY I live in. Downtown Saratoga is a 5 minute drive, head North for 10 minutes and I'm in the Adirondacks, great nightlife and tons of rural farm land. I genuinely love the area I live.

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nfearurspecimn posted...

Not really, you kind of need a reason to be there and it's a lengthy process. My brother had to go to college there (straight out of highschool) and get a green card to work and it took him YEARS maybe even a DECADE to get approved. It was quite the undertaking. Unless you can provide evidence to the contrary I'm calling BS.

If you have a Bachelors degree + 3 years of experience or a masters degree + 1 year then you'd have enough to get permanent residency in Canada. Or you could get a work permit under NAFTA, working a Canadian job makes Permanent residence pretty much guaranteed.

Getting approved for permanent residence takes about 6-10 months.

Getting citizenship is around 4 years, but you don't need citizenship to live in Canada.

I moved to Canada from the UK, I had to go through the same process.

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TheAwesomeMatt posted...

I moved to Canada from the UK, I had to go through the same process.

Oh okay that might be why. My brother (we are from America) has been there working and is having a baby now since like 2004 I believe? And he still doesn't have citizenship lmao.

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If he's been there since 2004 and hasn't gotten citizenship then that's just a personal choice that he's made. There are no restrictions on dual citizenship, he just hasn't done it.

My being from the UK doesn't change anything, I was just using it as an example that it's possible to move to Canada from a foreign country. It's probably easier to move to Canada from the US simply because of NAFTA and that you share a border, making networking a work transfer easier.

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