Visiting the US from Europe in 1986 for the first time, it felt like a vibrant place, well ahead. New York was amazing. In 2006 I was shocked when visiting fam

Visiting the US from Europe in 1986 for the first time, it felt like a vibrant place, well ahead. New York was amazing. In 2006 I was shocked when visiting family on the east coast to hear that acquaintances there expected me to obviously want to immigrate, get a green card, etc. At the time the US from my POV was already an extremely iffy broken place. In 2016, and that is, before the elections, nobody was assuming this anymore. Now I get asked how best to move away.