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Like that lady in the first post said, ‘he deserves what he gets’. Peace and quiet, beautiful countryside, friendly people, easier life, lower taxes; yes, he deserves just what he got 🙂
[quote=”sprite”][quote=”camby”]I am interested in what you all have experienced that have moved out of your respective countries by your fellow countryman?
Anger? bigotry? charges on being unpatriotic? pity?blank “why would you go there” stares?
I have heard many say that if you expat out, for work, personal or retirement, somehow you are unpatriotic and anti-___ (usually american). At a work lunch the other day, a lady I worked with said this, about a fellow that moved to Belize, saying something like “hey, he chose to move out of the USA and turn his back on this country, so he deserves what he gets”
Bare in mind, this is a black lady, Democrat, Obama supporter and early 30’s with college 4yr degree, not a Red state flag waving white Republican, though have heard this from both “sides” of political/racial groups…
I know some are envious, but has anyone gotten grief, etc?[/quote]
Sounds like you might be living in one of those “red states”, camby.:D[/quote]
Sadly, yes, but the comment most recent I got that was negative was from a black female that is an unabashed Obama supporter……I find they are more anti-expat now in power, when not, will be much more pro-expat……..
No, most people I find are ignorant of history and geography, but also the “why would you go and do a thing like that” kinda thing, citing the fact that the USA has, I guess, a chain store on every block, at least where I am…..and somehow, a Applebee’s and Walmart=Pura Vida to them..[quote=”watchdog”]I’m Canadian (Victoria, B.C.), Natuarlized as a Costa Rican (carry two passports) and have lived in Costa Rica for over fourteen years. Any such remarks, or inuendo as you suggest, are, in my opinion, based soley in envy and jealously. In a sense, if you’ve successfully made the move to Costa Rica, or the like, you are living a dream that few of your countrymen are able to achieve, for one reason, or another. It takes “guts” to make the move initially and even more “guts” to make the cultural compromises required to sustain it. If you’ve done it, be proud of yourself and consider yourself lucky enough that you were able to enrich your life with the experience, that many of your disgruntled countrymen wished they could have as well.[/quote]
Well put….envy/jealousy is a part, but the arrogance of, especially in Americans, that there is no better nor more superior place in the world and heck, then, why leave…
[quote=”camby”][quote=”watchdog”]I’m Canadian (Victoria, B.C.), Natuarlized as a Costa Rican (carry two passports) and have lived in Costa Rica for over fourteen years. Any such remarks, or inuendo as you suggest, are, in my opinion, based soley in envy and jealously. In a sense, if you’ve successfully made the move to Costa Rica, or the like, you are living a dream that few of your countrymen are able to achieve, for one reason, or another. It takes “guts” to make the move initially and even more “guts” to make the cultural compromises required to sustain it. If you’ve done it, be proud of yourself and consider yourself lucky enough that you were able to enrich your life with the experience, that many of your disgruntled countrymen wished they could have as well.[/quote]
Well put….envy/jealousy is a part, but the arrogance of, especially in Americans, that there is no better nor more superior place in the world and heck, then, why leave…[/quote]
it’s not jealousy it’s ignorance. which is OK.. let the ignorant live thier lives
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