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Last year the U.S. experienced something that hasn’t definitively occurred since the Great Depression: More people moved out than moved in. The Trump administration has hailed the exodus—negative net migration—as the fulfillment of its promise to ramp up deportations and restrict new visas. Beneath the stormy optics of that immigration crackdown, however, lies a less-noticed reversal: America’s own citizens are leaving in record numbers, replanting themselves and their families in lands they find more affordable and safe.

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[–] Trilogic@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

The price of land in Sweden increased 10x the last 3 months. Now i see who is buying. This is clearly the time to feel lucky being in Europe.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

A recent bill in Canada restored Canadian citizenship to thousands of people living abroad. I'm helping my friend move to Canada and giving her a place to live after she claims her citizenship. After she stays here three years, all her children get the same opportunity to claim citizenship. Am I operating an Underground Railroad?!

[–] Vupware@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I feel people tend to forget that Canada almost voted in a Trump clone.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ontario is governed by a Trump clone, as is Alberta.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Like, things can be bad in different ways. It's not meaningful to describe every corrupt politician as a Trump clone, Trump didn't invent sucking, and his form of suck is pretty unique.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Oh, we've commonly elected people just as evil as Trump. So have the Americans. Just not as stupid. Meanwhile, we threw away our pretense of "rule of law" at the Toronto G20 in 2010 just so Harper could impress China, and no following government ever did a damn thing about it.

But if you're talking about the last election, it was not even close, there was no "almost" about it.

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[–] menas@lemmy.wtf 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

No borders but damn, you have to support your local antifa if you have left your fellows alone

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[–] whelk@retrolemmy.com 12 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Why should I leave? They're the ones who suck

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Same reason conservatives don't want conservative women.

They don't want something that fits their interests and opinions.

They want to beat and conquer something that thinks differently from them, and mold them into something that is subservient to their interest and opinions.

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[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Does this number reflect only people who left by choice, or does it also include those who have been deported? The composition of this group would be interesting to see.

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 34 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Rich muricans are leaving the US, most can barely leave the state.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

MASSIVE EXODUS!

single digit change in migration patterns

It's pure hysterical clickbait. The far more newsworthy headline would be about people declining to immigrate to the US, as the Feds add more and more foreign nations to its shit list. Very obvious that Trump (by way of Steven Miller) wants the US to be Whites Only.

But they idea that people are leaving in droves requires you to believe that's a viable option for anyone.

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[–] lithiumground@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If ı would get a job offer with 100k$ ,I would still not consider on USA

[–] graycloud@leminal.space 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

100k isn't that much money over here.

[–] lithiumground@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

what is the minimum threshold ?

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

100k USD is barely anything in a big city.

[–] lithiumground@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

what is the minimum threshold ? assume florida

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Michael Green, a really big Wallstreet portfolio manager, says that 140,000 might be the new poverty line. So, that might be a peetty good guess?

[–] lithiumground@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Thanks to Elon, Bill, Mark like bastard oligarchs.

[–] TheMinister@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Man how you guys leaving? I’d love to leave

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[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 142 points 2 days ago (9 children)

At least you can be certain the Americans who are disgusted enough with their country to make the non-trivial effort of uprooting themselves are good folks, and they'll be a net positive for whichever new society they choose to become part of.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 104 points 2 days ago (47 children)

True. Side effect is probably that the usa sinks faster with each good person leaving. Still it's hard to blame them for leaving.

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[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wish I could leave. This is going to get bad ...

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 59 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I mean I would if my support system didn’t have serious roots here.

If I was single you bet I would.

But being married with children it’s a lot harder to do that.

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[–] slowtrain33@lemmy.ml 108 points 2 days ago (7 children)

US citizen who just finished immigrating to Japan 2 days ago. It took 8 months of planning and prep work, at least $50,000, and brought my wife and I to the edges of our sanity for the vast majority of those 8 months.

But we are finally free. Fuck ICE, fuck MAGA, and fuck Trump.

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 81 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Now you've moved to Japan, with its rising far right politics

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[–] Thor_Whale@lemmus.org 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You got to have a way to do it though. You either have to have a job already lined up or you have to be under 30 so you could work some crappy job for 2 years or you have to be independently wealthy. The average Joe working at the Ford factory isn't going to be going anywhere anytime soon.

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[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 68 points 2 days ago (29 children)

I wonder if just like Brits and French, Unitedstaters emigrating elsewhere will call themselves "expats" instead of immigrants.

We, white people of the west, can go anywhere in the world for work, affordability and/or safety without considering ourselves immigrants.

Many years ago I was chatting with someone from Malmö. He was complaining how immigrants were "taking over his city". But when I mentioned that I, a Canadian, would also like to move to Sweden, he told me it would be fine, that he would not consider me "an immigrant" because I'm from the west.

Anyway, I understand why anyone would want to leave. It's just that it seems the vocabulary used is different for different people.

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[–] Casterial@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

I think my plan B if I get laid off is to cash out everything and flee. Not too sure where, but I don't have a lot of hope with the current administration or job market.

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