55% say they would rather live in another country than the U.S.
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Good idea to research your destination before you move there
Some people moved to Russia for ideological reasons using Russia’s “Shared Values” visa but found it was not quite what they were expecting.
Continue readingThe privilege of living in a wealthy country
It is truly privileged that living in a wealthy Democracy, if you don’t like the election outcome you can just move to another country,
Continue readingThe estimate of the number of Americans abroad has been cut in half
Estimates of the # of Americans living abroad were cut from the 2016 9 million estimate to today’s 4 to 5.5 million, from reputable organizations.
Continue readingMedia fluff: Readers are catching on to the fluffy content mill “moved abroad stories”
Readers seem to be catching on to these silly “I moved abroad” stories.
Continue readingLittle academic research on self boot strapped American workers
Most economics research regarding immigration focuses on the immigrant experience. Very little compares and contrasts that experience to that of the U.S. born worker. This creates a sample bias problem and leads to potentially biased research findings.
Continue readingAnother nonsense story from Business Insider: We moved to France!
Her husband is a French national and her visa was via the MRS VISA from marriage. They left this important fact out of the story, like all Business Insider “I moved abroad stories”.
Continue readingAmerican returns to US; living abroad wasn’t perfect
Unusual article in Business Insider, as a young ex-pat moves back to the US, noting life abroad is not the idyllic life portrayed in… well, Business Insider.
Continue readingHow many Americans who move abroad – move back to the U.S.?
An estimated 30-50% of those who move abroad eventually move back to the United States.
Continue readingStart here: The Myth that Americans Can Easily Move Abroad
The great media myth is that huge numbers of Americans are moving abroad and anyone can do this. In fact, just 1.3-1.6% of Americans live abroad, and may be 1% of retirees move abroad. These values are close to zero. Start here to learn about the media bias in these stories – and to review the data.
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