For me there is an undeniable appeal to “voting with your feet” after the result of the voting at the ballot box turned out so poorly. I personally likely won'

For me there is an undeniable appeal to “voting with your feet” after the result of the voting at the ballot box turned out so poorly. I personally likely won't be impacted too badly by Trump and his supporters. I may have economic options here that are as good as or better than my options anywhere else. But I feel a need to put some distance between this country and myself now. It doesn't represent me anymore. I don't belong to it anymore. I'm not ok with the decision it made. I've even felt that it ceased to be a place worth caring about. There are just a couple things that pull me back from this line of thinking: A broader view of history and a broader view of alternative places in the world. History: The last election may be the biggest step backward my country has taken since I was born, but I don't get to pretend that it was so wonderful before that. Yes, we all know this. But I just relearned it even more forcefully in a piece I read a couple weeks ago: http://www.mtv.com/news/2998426/fascism-has-already-come-to-america/ http://www.mtv.com/news/2998426/fascism-has-already-come-to-... Places in the world: If I'm going to leave for the reasons above, I need good reasons why another place is better. But every place has its downsides. There probably is a good case to be made in favor of a number of places, but if I'm going to be honest about this, I need to research it and not move reflexively without knowing a lot about the place I'm moving to. And if I do move somewhere, I should do it with some degree of commitment to put some effort into making that place better. Otherwise any anti-immigration sentiments that exist there will probably be right about me. Being able to chose your home, rather than having to stay where you were born, is a valuable thing. But at some point it is good to choose a home and invest in it.