Sadly Yes, waiting for some opportunity to leave.
Poll: do you live in the country you were born in?
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#62I was born in Wales and live currently in England. These are two different countries of the four that form the UK. My personal impression is that within the UK these are not seen so much as different countries but more as different administrative areas within the one country, and from without the UK you'd generally be lucky to find someone who is aware that Wales is a country and the UK is not. Technically I should v…
Well, not technically .... they are very much different countries! Although we're 'appy to 'av ya. :)
Yes, they certainly are different countries.
I say technically as by definition they are but in the way they are treated I'd say they're not.
I'd say the difference between Wales and England as a whole is no different in spirit to the difference between Yorkshire and Essex or Cornwall and East Anglia.
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#63Related
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6222348
A third of venture-backed IPOs between 2006 and 2012 had an immigrant founder
Let's see what percentage this is going to be
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#6431 years living, studying and working within 20 minutes of Dublin City Center. Got lucky I suppose.
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#65New Zealand > London > Australia... next stop hopefully a startup visa in Canada, then ultimately California (that's the dream)
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#66I'm England -> Saudi Arabia -> Pakistan -> Saudi Arabia -> US
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#68I always have a hard time answering the question "Where are you from?" I was born in a country that doesn't give out citizenship (A middle eastern nation). My father, too, was born there. In fact, I need a visa to go visit my own birth country (where my parents still live). I inherited Indian citizenship through my father and his family (I've never lived there), and potentially British citizenship through my mother (…
What was the country you were born in?
Yup, that's what people usually really mean when they ask "Where are you from?"
I went NZ -> New York, NY -> Scotland and if I'm say on holiday somewhere, doesn't really matter whether it's in the UK, Europe, US, and someone asks "Where are you from?" then I have to think.
Depending on my mood I might answer New Zealand because that's the accent they hear and they really mean "What country were you born in?". Or I might answer Edinburgh or Scotland because that's where I live and consider my home, in which case the response is often "... but you don't have a Scottish accent", and I then explain and they get the answer they were looking for or expecting. Or I might answer "Where does the wind come from?" and disappear down the rabbit hole.
My children have triple citizenship and will no doubt have their own difficulties with "Where are you from?" in later life.
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
why?
Some countries have more opportunities. Some countries have more freedoms. Some countries have more resources and that translates into more money, more technology and a better quality of life. . Pick one, or all three.
The third sentence should be split to two items.
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#70Spain -> UK (London)
No plans to come back soon...