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 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!