taskmaster86
Active Member
Dogdaze, I am not sure where you lived in the US but I have all the things you mention in the above post and more. Plus I don't pay a 50% Tax rate....Dogdaze said:I'm sorry that you view anything that I have said as negative towards the US or the people of the US (of which we are still), if that is what you are taking away, then sorry.
We have chosen to move away from the US, to allow us and our children to experience the world around us, we have been given this opportunity, it is not easy, not within our comfort zone, different language, cultures and scene but we think it is worthwhile, it's a gift for our children to learn from, know that people are different and to accept that not all those that live outside of the US hate the US. I hope they grow up to think that humans are all equal, there is no one great country, just different. Let's not forget the expense of all this!
We no longer consider the UK or the US home, this for us and our children is home, where we are comfortable, where we feel 'safe', my children walk to school (6+9) on their own, they go into the forest with the class and light camp fires and whittle wood to cook bread and sausages, this is teaching them things that would never be allowed in the US. Freedom? Or choice?
They know nothing about the mass shootings in schools, sure the Swiss are isolated, but they have not gone to war in over 200 years, they don't tend to make enemies, so have no real need for massive defences (although they have some of the best natural ones).
This is not political or religious, it;s just our personal experience dealing with the US government. Wait til they mess with you without cause, then will you sit calmly and let them? We cannot change what the government does, but we can change how we choose to deal with it.
I think the other thing that most of your are forgetting when you talk about the negatives of living in the US is our population. The country of Switzerland has a population of 8.4 million. It is so much easier to make things seem safe, cheery and great when you are only dealing with 8.4 million people. The US has a population of 325.7 million, roughly 40 times that of Switzerland. A great percentage of that 325 million people live in the crowded big cities (for some strange reason) and that presents a lot of social and economic problems. On top of that, if you watch any sort of news in the U.S. It will seem like a horrible place to live. You must keep in mind that statistics prove that most of the problems the U.S. has involving crime, poverty and injustice all take place in the highly populated cities...
I lived in Germany for a bit and then visited several other countries including the England, Ireland, Italy, the middle east, Mexico, Jamaica and a few others. I have also lived in a few different states in the US and I say with confidence that there is no where I would rather live or raise a family than a small town or middle suburbia in America. The big cities are nice to visit once in a while but you could not pay me enough to live there full time. The state I currently live in is too expensive and restrictive to gun ownership (typical, democratic, new england) but is excellent otherwise. I am looking to move back south in the next 10 years or so, I will get around to it when the time is right.
Speaking pragmatically, for your situation, it sounds like there is no advantage for you in keeping your U.S. Citizenship. I would just renounce and not look back. Best of luck to you.