Emigrating

I'm really happy where I am right now (lovely house half a mile from Lake Michigan and on the edge of a forest preserve) 25 miles north of Chicago. I get all the advantages of an amazing city with the quiet suburban lifestyle too. Thankfully Chicagoland is very liberal so we don't suffer the same challenges as people living in Texas, Florida etc. The only downside is an hour's commute to and from work (I work downtown) but I can take the train some days if I don't want to drive. Having said that, when living in Boro I've commuted to Scarborough, York, Sunderland and Newcastle so it's no worse than that.

As others have said, the US is no paradise, but there is enough that I like about here to make me happy for now (just as well as my Visa is expired and so I am currently stuck here). It won't be my forever place though, retirement plans involve a house somewhere on the NY Moors.
 
FabioPorkpie said:
Where did you end up?
I’d like to do it but family and friends keep me here. I did a lot of travelling for 20 yrs + in my previous career and came across loads of places I thought ‘yeah. This will be a better life than I could ever have at home’. But then it would be the thought of not seeing friends and family that kept me from doing it.
Now I’d happily settle for returning to the North East, from the south.
The North East takes some beating really, because of the people.
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Havent 'ended up' anywhere yet. But here is not the final destination even though Ive been here a long time. Might still do the salmon thing but not just yet
 
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