In my work I meet a lot of immigrants. I have infinite respect and admiration for them, because I realize how hard it is to leave your home country to begin a new life, starting from nothing in a society that isn’t always the most welcoming.
But all of them chose to leave everything because they thought the challenges they faced in their new country were worth it, and their children would have a better future there.
So yeah. It’s hard to emigrate, but if you choose not to, that’s still a choice.
Damn straight. Emigration is hard as, but doable. It’s not the first option, it’s one after you’ve tried or are unwilling to try the other options. And countries change. When I moved to the UK it was on a cultural high (late 90s) and had a great time. I left just after it peaked (2012 Olympics was fantastic and London was doing okay but the rest of the country not so much) in about 2013. I saw it was starting to get worse and it got far far worse since then. Every single person who knows us over there said we made the best choice. We go back every few years and it gets worse every time and we go in summer when it’s actually good there! Others in my family also got out then too to either Canada, Europe, NZ or Australia. Some stayed behind, scared of change but change always happened anyway and now they have to live with it.
In my work I meet a lot of immigrants. I have infinite respect and admiration for them, because I realize how hard it is to leave your home country to begin a new life, starting from nothing in a society that isn’t always the most welcoming.
But all of them chose to leave everything because they thought the challenges they faced in their new country were worth it, and their children would have a better future there.
So yeah. It’s hard to emigrate, but if you choose not to, that’s still a choice.
Damn straight. Emigration is hard as, but doable. It’s not the first option, it’s one after you’ve tried or are unwilling to try the other options. And countries change. When I moved to the UK it was on a cultural high (late 90s) and had a great time. I left just after it peaked (2012 Olympics was fantastic and London was doing okay but the rest of the country not so much) in about 2013. I saw it was starting to get worse and it got far far worse since then. Every single person who knows us over there said we made the best choice. We go back every few years and it gets worse every time and we go in summer when it’s actually good there! Others in my family also got out then too to either Canada, Europe, NZ or Australia. Some stayed behind, scared of change but change always happened anyway and now they have to live with it.