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Anecdotal but I feel like Brits are really big on emigrating or atleast working abroad. There are a ton in the US, Germany, UAE, Australia etc. And they tend to
by questime 3y ago
Anecdotal but I feel like Brits are really big on emigrating or atleast working abroad. There are a ton in the US, Germany, UAE, Australia etc. And they tend to do very well outside the UK.
- lowbloodsugar 3y agoIndeed. Most of my friends no longer live in the UK. Even "average" friends from high school live abroad. I don't understand why people stay. What happens to a country when all those people leave? All those people with a mind that is capable of seeing a better future and acting on it? Who does that leave? Bunch of people who wave tiny flags and cheer a monarchy.
- eigenket 3y agoIts not exactly the same situation but I'm from the UK and live in Poland (because I'm a scientist and brexit happened). An enormous number of Polish people left to work all over Europe and the world since the end of communism, and I think its mostly been a massively good thing for Poland. Most of the Polish people I know who lived abroad and have moved back to Poland have brought skills, often highly educated children, relatively large amounts of money, and what I would describe as an international forward thinking attitude (i.e. they aren't voting for PiS). Its not inevitable that a lot of young people from the UK moving abroad is a bad thing for the UK, as eventually a bunch of them are going to come back. That said all the flag waving bullshit I see the UK doing does put me off returning.