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Last year the U.S. experienced something that hasn’t definitively occurred since the Great Depression: More people moved out than moved in. The Trump administration has hailed the exodus—negative net migration—as the fulfillment of its promise to ramp up deportations and restrict new visas. Beneath the stormy optics of that immigration crackdown, however, lies a less-noticed reversal: America’s own citizens are leaving in record numbers, replanting themselves and their families in lands they find more affordable and safe.

  • criss_cross@lemmy.world
    59·
    1 day ago

    I mean I would if my support system didn’t have serious roots here.

    If I was single you bet I would.

    But being married with children it’s a lot harder to do that.

    • Matty Roses@lemmy.today
      1·
      6 hours ago

      I actually left the US because I have kids - I didn’t want them growing up there, or with the trouble we saw coming years ago.

    • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
      2·
      13 hours ago

      I agree. I’m in the same boat. I would make the point though that if you emigrate somewhere else, you’re going to have to leave behind a lot of comfort. That includes your support systems. Without wads of cash you will have to endure living in conditions you don’t want to. You will have to struggle more than you think is reasonable.

      We are just not uncomfortable enough yet to take that leap.

    • Obi@sopuli.xyz
      13·
      1 day ago

      I totally get that, but we are married with a child and living very far away from any traditional support system (in a different country than either of our families). It’s certainly tough, especially missing out on the free child care that everyone around us seems to be enjoying, but honestly it’s not that bad, and even has some of its own benefits.