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Originally Posted by nostalgiaquest [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As someone who's been an expat for about 10 years now, you is wrong. The idea that everybody wants to live in America is something that Americans who have never traveled or actually talked with anyone outside America say. I lived in Japan for about 6 years, and been in the Netherlands for over 3. Been to most Asian countries, and my current job has me working with and traveling to pretty much every major country in Europe. I interact with a lot of cultures.

Most comments I get when I say when I'm American are usually about how Trump is crazy, the health care is frighteningly terrible, and how dare we call football football lol. They may want to visit, but having someone say that they actually wish they lived there is extremely rare. Maybe 15 years ago that was different, but most people consider America to be a dumpster fire right now.

I also know many Americans who wish they could leave. I get asked frequently for advice on how I did it. But turns out that it's pretty difficult. Things like language barriers and work visas make being an expat quite challenging.

Maybe people in shitty countries want to move to America, but people in shitty countries want to move anywhere that isn't shitty. You think the majority of British, French, German, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, etc, wish they lived in America? Well then boy howdy do I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

Don't get me wrong, there are many things I miss about America. But it would take a lot to get me to move back at this point.

So not *everyone* does, that means it isn't a trend? The third largest country in the world by population?

Mexico and many south american nations are not shitty at all, and yet migrants pass through them to run accross the southern US border. Why would they be eager to move to a terrible racist white supremacist country?