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Poll: do you live in the country you were born in?

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Re: Poll: do you live in the country you were born in?

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Post by cafard »

selectnull wrote: post #10

Country? No. But I live in the same city I was born in. (I live in Croatia that was part of ex Yugoslavia, which fell apart in the 90es)

I was thinking that my response below (same city) didn't cover such cases. It would have been quite possible for someone in the right region of Europe to have lived in four countries without moving, with a lifespan of about 80 years: Austro-Hungarian Empire; Rumania; USSR; Ukraine.

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Post by peelle »

hfsktr wrote: post #112

So many people are saying they moved to a new country (or countries). Is there a trick I don't know of that you can just up and move? Or are the majority here rich or specialize in something in particular? I am assuming that people work when they get to the new country, which means a visa. I could understand if it was to a country on the same continent but there are a lot of US > UK; UK > US. From what I've read it i…

If you want it bad enough you can do it.

I think for Americans many perceive it to be too difficult. I think we put our own biases onto other countries. For example: It's hard to get a visa here in America, so it must be hard to do it in other countries as well. It is expensive to vacation any farther than Mexico/Canada so it must be expensive to get a job that far away as well.

An example of if there is a will there is a way, Svalbard (part of Norway) doesn't require work visa's for many passport holders including USA. http://www.emb-norway.or.th/Embassy/Visa-and-other-permits/S...

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Post by plinkplonk »

I live in India now. Born in India, lived in the USA for some time. Then came back. No plans to go back ever again. (I might still visit the USA, have family there)

Occasionally I feel a twinge of regret that I'm missing out on all the "cool tech"/risk taking/fast moving SV atmosphere. But in the end, you gotta live where your heart is.

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Post by tokenadult »

Yes now, I live in the United States not far from where I was born, but in between I have lived twice (three-year stays each time) as a bona-fide foreign long-term resident of Taiwan. One of the cool things about Hacker News as an online community is the number of participants who have lived in more than one country, and indeed use English as a second language, which helps Americans who participate here get out of the bubble of only hearing American points of view.

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Post by antman »

speeder wrote: post #102
antman wrote: post #72

Athens Greece. I have stayed here, but the country has left.

Greece is still Greece no? (despite all the issues)

Well Greece is not the Greece I grew up in. Things have changed in so many ways that it is impossible to be covered in the international press. It is just the number of events that it is difficult to follow. Regarding the people immigration, from my close friends and relatives (mostly 35 year olds) 11 have migrated to various European countries.
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