I left before Trump was elected the first time, but I never thought he would be elected. That was certainly an interesting time in my life when everyone started asking me what was going on. Zero chance I move back now (and I will be dropping citizenship once I no longer need to have access to take care of aging family). I have to file taxes (don’t make enough to pay), can’t touch certain retirement investments, and you’d better believe I vote (not that it matters in my illegally and heavily-gerrymandered, sadly).
I moved my American wife and our US-born daughters back to my home country in November 2015. Ultimately the decision turned out to be financially devastating for us, but I haven’t had an ounce of regret since November 2024, I’d rather live in poverty here than any kind of life in the US, especially with teenage daughters. My wife says she’ll never set foot in the US again and would also happily remounce her citizenship.
Yeah, I could be making triple what I do in Japan had I stayed in the US. It’s not always about the money. Retirement is certainly a harder thing with all the idiotic IRS rules (PFICs, specifically). I don’t regret moving at all. If I had it to do again, I may have picked somewhere else instead, but this is home now.
We’re in Australia. The idea of home ownership is completely off the table, and the prospect of retirement is laughable, but we have some really bloody nice beaches!
I left before Trump was elected the first time, but I never thought he would be elected. That was certainly an interesting time in my life when everyone started asking me what was going on. Zero chance I move back now (and I will be dropping citizenship once I no longer need to have access to take care of aging family). I have to file taxes (don’t make enough to pay), can’t touch certain retirement investments, and you’d better believe I vote (not that it matters in my illegally and heavily-gerrymandered, sadly).
I moved my American wife and our US-born daughters back to my home country in November 2015. Ultimately the decision turned out to be financially devastating for us, but I haven’t had an ounce of regret since November 2024, I’d rather live in poverty here than any kind of life in the US, especially with teenage daughters. My wife says she’ll never set foot in the US again and would also happily remounce her citizenship.
Yeah, I could be making triple what I do in Japan had I stayed in the US. It’s not always about the money. Retirement is certainly a harder thing with all the idiotic IRS rules (PFICs, specifically). I don’t regret moving at all. If I had it to do again, I may have picked somewhere else instead, but this is home now.
We’re in Australia. The idea of home ownership is completely off the table, and the prospect of retirement is laughable, but we have some really bloody nice beaches!