Greater than half of Harris voters want to leave U.S. or move to another state

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The Limits to Moving Abroad

Many Americans think they will move abroad, after the election – the reality is almost none will be able to: More Realism About Leaving the United States (or Any Country): | Neil H. Buchanan | Verdict | Legal Analysis and Commentary from Justia

First, it is very difficult for most Americans to obtain residency visas – and harder to obtain citizenship – in other countries. Unless you qualify as:

If you are not on that list, the likelihood of obtaining a residency visa is nil.

Second, most countries do not have capacity to accept large numbers of immigrants. They have limited resources and infrastructure – you cannot suddenly add tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people to a country without adverse impacts on housing, transportation, health care, schools, job market – literally everything.

Half of Harris Voters Say They Want to Move

Half of Harris voters say they want to move to a different U.S. state or to move internationally: More Than Half of Harris Voters Want to Relocate – StorageUnits.com

About half say they have started researching moving options and 20% say they intend to move within six months.

90% say they would like to leave the United States and 80% say they will also consider a different U.S. state. 41% say they wish to move to Canada – unaware that Canada has temporarily restricted in bound immigration and prohibits those who do not already have permanent residency, from buying property in Canada.

About half of those living in Los Angeles say they want to leave the country: Nearly Half of Los Angeles Residents Consider Leaving US After Trump Win – Newsweek

As discussed frequently on this blog, close to zero will move internationally as few will be able to qualify for residency visas (except for those having immigration privileges).

Still, Ingrim said, only a small percentage of those interested in moving abroad will actually make the leap.

“You need more than political reasons for making a move including increased quality of life, sense of adventure, being closer to family,” Ingrim said. “Sacrificing time with friends and family or your hobbies just for political reasons is a hard choice. And there are far fewer employment opportunities abroad than in the US.”

For those assessing whether they should make a move, the legality is the first question. It’s often harder to emigrate as an American-born citizen than many realize, Ingrim said.

Trump’s Victory Sparks Rise in Americans Looking to Leave the Country – Newsweek

Pro – tip: If any of the above actually happened, home prices in the U.S. would collapse. Don’t buy a house until 2025 or 2026!

LGBTQ+ Americans stockpile meds and make plans to move after Trump’s win

“Her first choice is to remain in Kitsap County, but if her access to gender transition care is limited, she said she’ll take a ferry to British Columbia. In her “nightmare scenario,” transgender people would be forced to detransition or stop all gender transition medications and live in accordance with the sex they were assigned at birth. She said she would be afraid to go to any official U.S. port of entry if that happened and would instead kayak to Canada.“

Americans can stay in Canada for up to six months per year without a long stay or residency visa. However, paddling into Canada via kayak, to bypass border controls would be illegal and result in the individual being detained and returned to the United States, and thereafter, likely banned from entry to Canada, for life:

Up to 1 in 3 threaten to leave the U.S. post-Election

Up to 1 in 3 people are “threatening” to leave the U.S. due to the election. As we know, most will be unable to do so as emigrating to another country is difficult – and very hard to obtain a residency visa, unless you have pre-existing immigration privileges.

Another study found that of the group saying they would move out, just 2.6% say they are serious – so let’s call that less than 1% of the total population are seriously going to try and move. (1 in 3 is about 110 million people, and of those, 2.6% say they will actually move – which works out to 2.88 million – or just under 1% of the total U.S. population of 336 million.)

At any given time, an estimated 2-3% of the U.S. population lives abroad – and about half of those are workers, military or students on temporary work assignments. An estimated 0.7 to 1.3% of retirees move abroad – which is close to zero!

There is a myth of the naive that thinks they can pack up and move to another country – they cannot.

Over on Reddit, I read a post saying after the “events” of this past week, the poster plans to buy a condo in Canada and retire there – unaware, as someone pointed out, Canada currently prohibits the purchase of property by non-citizens or those not already having permanent residency in Canada.

These people are naive and incorrectly think they can easily move anywhere else in the world. Gradually they will figure this out and realize they won’t be moving.

REALITY

Unless they have immigration privilege they are not moving to other countries.

Some in the media have noticed the problem: Want to Move to Another Country? It Won’t Be Easy. Here Are Some Ideas Anyway. – Washingtonian

That article says unless you have right of descent ancestry, wealth or are exceptionally skilled and educated, you probably are not getting a residency visa in another country.

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The media is literally cheering and encouraging U.S. citizens to leave the U.S. The media bias is off scale.

Are Celebrities Leaving the US Because Trump Was Elected?

No, those media stories were untrue: Did celebrites leave the US because Trump was elected? – Coldstreams Travel and Global Thinking

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