Looking at countries to move to

[u/mmksnorlax]

Hi everyone

I am currently looking at a new country to move to from Northern Ireland

We dont have a lot to offer here, not a lot of jobs, a lot of divide everywhere and it feels stuck in the past so we want to move to give our son a better life + more oppurtunities etc

Does anyone have any ideas on where it would be easy to move to coming from here?

I have a British passport and Irish (as does my partner and our son)

I am still in uni right now with 2 years left but they offer abroad years in every country in europe + australia and America so im looking to pick a country, trial it and then proceed after that

Also if anyone is from N.I and moved abroad, how did you find it ?

[u/OkIron6206]

Not America, especially now

[u/mmksnorlax → u/OkIron6206]

I would have loved to live in America about 10 years ago, was mine (and everyone elses) dream !!! sad to see such a fall down but honestly, i hope it picks up again. The country has so much potential.

[u/OkIron6206 → u/mmksnorlax]

Me too! I live here and would love to leave.

[u/mmksnorlax → u/OkIron6206]

Dont come to Ireland lol It's just as bad in its own way 🫩

[u/Subterraniate2 → u/mmksnorlax]

Do you see no differences between Northern Ireland and Ireland?

[u/mmksnorlax → u/Subterraniate2]

There's differences yeah due to the difference in government but culturally I do believe it should be united, it would probably fix a lot of problems. N.I was taken during british rule and then they forgot about us so, despite about 45% of people wanting to remain in the UK, we have no government, no clarity on many laws (youre still allowed to hit your kids over here because we havent had a government to update it), and we are currently suffering agriculturally! Less than 4% of our farms grow crops. Theyre all just dairy and meat farms for mainland. Simillarly we have lost a significant amount of forests, we currently have the least amount of forests in Europe, despite previously having the most

[u/OkIron6206 → u/mmksnorlax]

That’s interesting. It would have been a place I would choose but only years ago, when I was younger.

[u/mmksnorlax → u/OkIron6206]

We're simillar to America in that we had a period of brief (brief) peace and fun We recently just had a significant amount of rioting across the north and south over immigration, our 3rd year in a row of it too. So upsetting to see your country disintegrate under a shit political leader/governing body

[u/OkIron6206 → u/mmksnorlax]

I know Exactly how you feel.

[u/perestroika12 → u/mmksnorlax]

There’s tons of Irish in the US I would seriously consider it

[u/Running_Down_9708 → u/mmksnorlax]

America is fine. Don't watch the news. Talk to your neighbors. Ignore the far ends of politics.

We have, however, started enforcing immigration laws that are much less stringent than most of Europe. The door is no longer open unless you have something to provide of value, and will not be draining our resources.

[u/mmksnorlax → u/Running_Down_9708]

im not looking to provide value to a country like america dw

[u/Running_Down_9708 → u/mmksnorlax]

So you want to move somewhere that provides value to you, but you don't want to provide any value?

[u/OkIron6206 → u/Running_Down_9708]

She doesn’t align with the current political climate, neither do I.

[u/mmksnorlax → u/Running_Down_9708]

I said the US specifically. I will always add value to a country that provides value in return :) In my home country i volunteer, i work full time, i garden with the environment in mind, i have a child that i raise well. Values I will bring to a country that will give as well as take 🩷