This is a really great point... "Thirdly, and most surprisingly, the writer does not mention American politics even once in the article. She says nothing about mass shootings, the obliteration of women’s rights, the lack of a social safety net, the open talk of civil war, and the hatred between right and left that has split our nation in two." i think it's def why folks I know are doing what you're doing. can't underestimate that.
Okay, I totally get Europeans not being crazy about encroaching Americans. I can't speak for the other US'ers so I'll speak for me. I am obsessed with Europe and have wanted to live there before I even stepped foot on their gorgeous beer and wine soaked lands. Maybe it's my very WASP Scottish, Irish, British lineage/New Wave upbringing or the presentation I did about Greece in the 3rd grade, but I can't imagine not spending great swaths of my life eating hand-sized swimming in garlic Portuguese sardines on the weekly. It has been the dream for many many years - even before America became the hate-filled cancerous boil it's bulging into more and more each day. So, sorry Europe, I'm a comin. I'm learning your languages as quick as Duolingo will allow. I'm impatient and hate bureaucratic bullshit but I'll have to learn to chill. That's something I could use anyway. Thanks Carolyn and Roberto for paving the way for the rest of us to follow!
Hello Carolyn & Roberto! I have been reading your podcasts with interest since you started them as my husband and I are also in the process of moving from Austin to France. This one finally motivated me to comment as I agree with you 100% about the reasons many Americans are escaping to Europe. I would say that our reason to move is equal parts love for France and Europe and to get away from the social and political disaster that the US has become. Like you, we plan to continue to spend some time in Austin and some time in France but it has given us a lot of peace of mind to know we will have somewhere to go if things here become even more intolerable. This is also true for a number of our friends who have also moved, or are in the process of moving, to Mexico, Canada, Portugal, Spain, and France. It seems that the NYT article writer must have purposefully left that rationale out of the piece because it certainly would have come up in conversation with anyone leaving the US now.
This is a really great point... "Thirdly, and most surprisingly, the writer does not mention American politics even once in the article. She says nothing about mass shootings, the obliteration of women’s rights, the lack of a social safety net, the open talk of civil war, and the hatred between right and left that has split our nation in two." i think it's def why folks I know are doing what you're doing. can't underestimate that.
Okay, I totally get Europeans not being crazy about encroaching Americans. I can't speak for the other US'ers so I'll speak for me. I am obsessed with Europe and have wanted to live there before I even stepped foot on their gorgeous beer and wine soaked lands. Maybe it's my very WASP Scottish, Irish, British lineage/New Wave upbringing or the presentation I did about Greece in the 3rd grade, but I can't imagine not spending great swaths of my life eating hand-sized swimming in garlic Portuguese sardines on the weekly. It has been the dream for many many years - even before America became the hate-filled cancerous boil it's bulging into more and more each day. So, sorry Europe, I'm a comin. I'm learning your languages as quick as Duolingo will allow. I'm impatient and hate bureaucratic bullshit but I'll have to learn to chill. That's something I could use anyway. Thanks Carolyn and Roberto for paving the way for the rest of us to follow!
see you there and save us some sardines, please!
Hello Carolyn & Roberto! I have been reading your podcasts with interest since you started them as my husband and I are also in the process of moving from Austin to France. This one finally motivated me to comment as I agree with you 100% about the reasons many Americans are escaping to Europe. I would say that our reason to move is equal parts love for France and Europe and to get away from the social and political disaster that the US has become. Like you, we plan to continue to spend some time in Austin and some time in France but it has given us a lot of peace of mind to know we will have somewhere to go if things here become even more intolerable. This is also true for a number of our friends who have also moved, or are in the process of moving, to Mexico, Canada, Portugal, Spain, and France. It seems that the NYT article writer must have purposefully left that rationale out of the piece because it certainly would have come up in conversation with anyone leaving the US now.
We should get together some time! Where are you planning to move to?
Sure, we’d like that. What’s the best way to get in touch privately? We are planning to move to southern Burgundy.
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