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I’ve been brain drained. Made some money. Looking for going back home in a few years max. Maybe sooner. The US is weird, I don’t want my kids to be American.

I’ve been brain drained. Made some money. Looking for going back home in a few years max. Maybe sooner. The US is weird, I don’t want my kids to be American. Don’t get me wrong y’all are nice and I like you. I have a good time here. But your country is not that confortable. Weird city built around cars. Scary stuff. Nature is still great but rural town are depressing and built around a highway. This feeling is often shared across my fellow qualified migrant friends from various places. The one who are adamant about staying have a very broken country of origin.

RoyalHenOil 3y ago
I grew up in the US and have American citizenship. My partner is not American, but he has an in-demand skillset and has numerous standing job offers in the US that pay much higher than any job he could get in his home country. Yet when we became a couple, we opted to settle in his country, not mine. My quality of life improved when I moved away. The US is a lovely place to visit. We go as often as we can. But it's not a good place to raise a family and grow old.
- dopidopHN 3y ago
  Yeah. Having kids and growing old in the US is terrifying. Seriously. That justify the insane salary difference alone. The amount you absolutely have to stash away to guarantee your own future safety is impressive.
  - samstave 3y ago
    Not to mention that the US economy is effectively wholly built upon Urban-Hell-Sprawl Commercial Expansion that only pushes consumerism. If you drive through any city in the US, as compared to major modern cities around the world, while all cities have their problems, US cities and towns are downright ghetto very large fast-food plastic chain stores. Social services are a joke, politicians are a joke, transportation is a joke, etc.
rapsey 3y ago
> The one who are adamant about staying have a very broken country of origin. Unfortunately that is most of the world.
- djoletina 3y ago
  Most of the world is broken when compared to the US?
  - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
    Most of the world isn't US, EU, Canada, Australia, New Zeeland, Singapore, Korea, Japan. Life is very difficult outside those areas right now. Most people who complain about vocally about life in the US tend to be financially stable expats from western Europe or equally developed nation, not India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, etc.
    - dopidopHN 3y ago
      I had this conversation with Indian citizen a lot . My very limited experience is that the sex and the marital status will lead the decision. Also; not being able to be dual citizenship is harsh.
      - raverbashing 3y ago
        Well, "not able" is correct but it seems there's a workaround by being a person of Indian origin, no?
  - rapsey 3y ago
    In terms of population centers yes? South America, Africa, Asia (at least 90% of it if you're generous).
    - dopidopHN 3y ago
      Are India and China and Nigeria broken ? ( I don’t have the answer , but I believe those 3 alone are “most of the world” )
wilg 3y ago
Great, people leaving should be a good incentive to make the US more appealing to people we want here doing stuff!
- dopidopHN 3y ago
  Not sure the signal is strong enough.

RoyalHenOil 3y ago

I grew up in the US and have American citizenship. My partner is not American, but he has an in-demand skillset and has numerous standing job offers in the US that pay much higher than any job he could get in his home country. Yet when we became a couple, we opted to settle in his country, not mine. My quality of life improved when I moved away. The US is a lovely place to visit. We go as often as we can. But it's not a good place to raise a family and grow old.

dopidopHN 3y ago
Yeah. Having kids and growing old in the US is terrifying. Seriously. That justify the insane salary difference alone. The amount you absolutely have to stash away to guarantee your own future safety is impressive.
- samstave 3y ago
  Not to mention that the US economy is effectively wholly built upon Urban-Hell-Sprawl Commercial Expansion that only pushes consumerism. If you drive through any city in the US, as compared to major modern cities around the world, while all cities have their problems, US cities and towns are downright ghetto very large fast-food plastic chain stores. Social services are a joke, politicians are a joke, transportation is a joke, etc.

rapsey 3y ago

> The one who are adamant about staying have a very broken country of origin. Unfortunately that is most of the world.

djoletina 3y ago
Most of the world is broken when compared to the US?
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago
  Most of the world isn't US, EU, Canada, Australia, New Zeeland, Singapore, Korea, Japan. Life is very difficult outside those areas right now. Most people who complain about vocally about life in the US tend to be financially stable expats from western Europe or equally developed nation, not India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, etc.
  - dopidopHN 3y ago
    I had this conversation with Indian citizen a lot . My very limited experience is that the sex and the marital status will lead the decision. Also; not being able to be dual citizenship is harsh.
    - raverbashing 3y ago
      Well, "not able" is correct but it seems there's a workaround by being a person of Indian origin, no?
- rapsey 3y ago
  In terms of population centers yes? South America, Africa, Asia (at least 90% of it if you're generous).
  - dopidopHN 3y ago
    Are India and China and Nigeria broken ? ( I don’t have the answer , but I believe those 3 alone are “most of the world” )

wilg 3y ago

Great, people leaving should be a good incentive to make the US more appealing to people we want here doing stuff!

dopidopHN 3y ago
Not sure the signal is strong enough.