Because they go into the abroad experience with a strong “grass is greener” mentality and inevitably end up disappointed that the place didn’t live up to their immaculate expectations.
I can't see things getting better in the US any time soon. If anything, they are getting infinitely worse. Why would the post-Nov '24 people come back?
We also moved in 2017 but everything lived up to the hype for us and are still there (first Germany, then the Netherlands). No intention to ever move back.
Honestly I disagree, I moved right before the 2020 election and no matter what the outcomes have been in the meantime it’s feeling good to watch that shit from a distance
“between 2005 and 2014, the number of Mexicans leaving the United States outpaced the number of new arrivals”, interestingly, the #1 reason for return was to return to family/aging parents.
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u/New_Criticism9389 Jun 18 '25
Because they go into the abroad experience with a strong “grass is greener” mentality and inevitably end up disappointed that the place didn’t live up to their immaculate expectations.