Every four years a new generation gets to boldly claim that the presidential candidates are so terrible that they are thinking of leaving the US, as if that is an easy thing to just decide to do.
Here's a hint: if you do not currently hold a passport from your target country, and do not have several million dollars, it will take you more than the length of the administration to do
We have a cheat code in that the kiddo and I are citizens by birth of the target country, but there is also: unwind career and real estate. Figure out how or whether to bring beloved pets. Spouse visa (easier). Upend everything in your life.
This is stuff you do when you feel it is truly fucked.
Plus, like, real question of whether America going fash, a truly monumental world-historical epoch-marking event, would make the rest of the world any better or whether you would be able to get to it in the first place. In that case you should have figured out visa stuff five years ago.
Apparently there's a whole subreddit about emigrating that's largely taken up with horrified posts of people finding out that you just can't Move to Europe and also that what EU countries consider a disqualifying disability casts a rather broad net.
I’m not sure whether books have been written about this, but blogs certainly have. Brooke
It also takes a lot longer than people expect, so if you’re in a demographic that needs to leave and you have the means to, start working on it now.
My wife had me research Italy, and all you need for semi-permanent residency was about $35k guaranteed income (not from a job in Italy), plus frequent check-ins with local police once approved and you move.
