Many years ago, when I was a graduate student, we (wife,
older boy and I) lived in Colorado for about a year. When our neighbors (from
Venezuela) heard that we were moving back to Europe, they asked me:
“Didn’t you get a Green Card?”
“No,” I said.
“Why not?”
“I didn’t apply for one.”
It was hard for my neighbor to understand, and I tried to
explain:
We really liked living in Colorado, and enjoyed it a lot. We
got to know some awesome people, we hiked some fantastic national parks, and we
skied some great slopes. But one year was enough; perfect.
We didn’t like the American system. The rich are too rich,
and the poor are too poor. It’s sometimes better (with Clinton and Obama), and
sometimes worse (with Reagan and 2xBush). We don’t fit into a political fauna
where the only options are right-wing and ultra-right-wing. I'm too liberal, and too radical. It's not my style.
We wanted to go back to Winterland, where we belong >:)
(Colorado is awesome. Picture taken in October some years ago along I-70 right outside Denver.)
Man I hear you with this one. I'm in Australia, and I am really struggling with our latest elected Prime Minister - lets just say he's to the right of George B Jnr. I have seriously been considering leaving the country.
ReplyDeleteBut where do I go? I can't go to the States. Besides what you have described, Im afraid of their health care system.
I'm thinking Asia - or Africa.
How about going to the Old World, Europe? I can tell you that life is pretty good in Winterland >:)
DeleteThat's a nice idea - but its a little trickier to get into the countries over there. Still, I think I can rustle up a British passport due to a grandparent - so that might have some benefits.
ReplyDeleteWith a British passport, you could move to any country in the European Union. UK might be the simplest though, since the rest of Europe speaks a lot of weird languages, such as French, German and Finnish >:)
DeleteSounds like you are right where you belong. Fun to see you doing the challenge this year.
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On the longer term I'm where I belong. For a shorter period of time, I enjoy being other places >:)
DeleteUm, not going to comment much on this, as I am not a fan of Clinton or Obama, and am pretty conservative on financial issues, but definitely liberal on social issues. But thanks for stopping by my G post!
ReplyDeleteIn a democracy it's perfectly legal to be concervative on the financial and liberal on the social. But in practise it can sometimes be difficult to make the two fit together, I think >:)
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