Millions worldwide would like to switch countries

[Trinket]

I wouldn't want to move permantly to any other city much less country. Growing up I moved aorund a lot now as an adult I like the idea of having a place to always call home.

I'm a thrill seeker and I love adventure but my heart stays where the majority of my family and friends are.

So to these people who want to escape thier countries faults.There's no perfect country or ideal paradise anywhere. You have to make your own paradise by analyzing what you really want in life.. not what sounds " cool" or just "better".

[zed]

I bet that if someone had taken the time to explain all you have to go through to adapt in adiferent country, that number will be cut at least in half, I mean is a complete change of culture, you have to learn a new language, make new friends,find a job, etc....
It is not where you are moving to but why? and most of the time is because of the economy to find a dignifying way of life. or because you are so rich that you can spin the globe and wherever your finger points you can thrive.

so why would you want to move????

[noodle]

People have always wanted to immigrate... where is the news? I've lived in Algeria and England. I'm now living in France and I get why my fellow Algerians seek to move abroad. Considering Algeria is pretty okay compared to other African nations, I'm not at all surprised that millions of people search for greener pasture abroad.

[spicytuna]

Originally Posted by komitsuki

That "sort of" explains why a lot of young Americans who just graduated from university (with M.A. or Ph.Ds) are moving to Canada to get jobs.

Canada: absorbing America's intelligence since 1992

That's interesting because we Canadians assume that it's the Americans which are doing the brain drain. I know at least a dozen friends (doctors) who've moved to the US for better wages. Not to mention a warmer climate.

In any event, that statistic is no surprise. I'm thinking about moving overseas as well...

[komitsuki]

Originally Posted by Sangetsu

How many is "a lot"? And who has better universities? America or Canada? If Canada is absorbing intelligence, maybe it has to because it can't produce any of it's own.

Canada's universities are improving at a fast speed for the past decade or so. But also Canada caters towards smart foreigners pretty well. Weren't American universities originally supported by British and French universities in the past?

Just to let you know, Canada is famous for communication studies in the academic world.

A "lot of" Japanese dream of going to university overseas, and the first country on their list is America, particularly if they are looking for a graduate-level degree. And more Japanese work and study in America than all other countries combined.

From what I heard, a lot of Chinese and Koreans are ditching American universities. Not to mention a lot of my professors are trying to encourage my peers NOT to go to American grad schools, instead British, German and Australian.

Foreign Admits to U.S. Grad Schools Plunge - BusinessWeek

Originally Posted by spicytuna

That's interesting because we Canadians assume that it's the Americans which are doing the brain drain. I know at least a dozen friends (doctors) who've moved to the US for better wages. Not to mention a warmer climate.

I believe there are huge differences for job migrations among provinces. At least Ontario has some flow of Americans into the province.

[noodle]

Many people from less developed countries want to go to the US for education. But hasn't this always been the case? People have always gone to the world leading country. It has happened since Ancient Greece. Plus, people seem to care too much about University Rankings, which to be honest are pretty crap statistics.

One thing I'll say though, is that American universities are a bit of a rip off price wise. After finishing secondary school, I was looking at universities. I could have gone anywhere in the world, and so I thought I'd look at Columbia University. Spoke to admissions, they were pretty confident they'd accept me if I applied, but then I found out the price. Straight away, I thought it was a waste of money! I'd end up getting in more debt than if I stayed in the UK.

In the end, I came to France because their education I think is much better than UK or US, and it costs me no more than 400euros a year in admission fees.

[Ryzorian]

Yea, University prices are nutso here. I managed to pay my way through via the GI Bill, not everyone can do that though.

[Kristin]

I dont agree that people only want to move because "the grass is greener".
Sometimes the grass IS greener.
It depends on what you want.
Every country is different from each other so youre life wont be the same where ever you are.

I'll take me as an example.
I live in Sweden and I'm born and raised here, and I really dont want to live here.

There are many reasons to why I don't like my country, I dislike the climate, culture, the sociaty in general etc.
And I KNOW that I'm going to be much happier if I move to a country that has more of what i like.

And I would never want to live in the same place my whole life.
I want to see and expirience the world, not just stay where i grew up and live a boring ordinary life.
That's not what I want.

I think that most people think like many of you people seem to do, because they are affraid of the "unknown".
Yeah, it IS a big thing to change country, to step out of you're comfort zone, learn new rules and culture, but isn't that part of the beauty?

[wolfrainvn]

Humans will never satisfy with what they have and will forever try to better their circumstances. It's our nature.