How would you feel about emigrating?

TeletextPear · 22-07-2008 01:21PM

m@cc@ wrote: »

Not everyone lives for cars and apartments.

ditto

Creamy Goodness · 22-07-2008 01:21PM

if i was going to it would be to either of these cities

san fran
montereal
tokyo
stockholm
london

rainbow kirby · 22-07-2008 01:22PM

I'd love to go when I finish my degree.

Tony Broke · 22-07-2008 01:27PM

Cremo wrote: »

if i was going to it would be to either of these cities

san fran
montereal
tokyo
stockholm
london

Can the vast majority of ous who are not highly skilled eg surgeons, even emigrate to some of those places?

zuutroy · 22-07-2008 01:32PM

I've had enough of other places for now, though I could handle a year in Toronto again.

KBarry · 22-07-2008 01:39PM

I've been living here 4 years after moving from England and have lived in Germany and Israel before. Not planning on going anywhere for a while yet. Job is going well and I don't think the economy is anywhere near as bad as the doom-mongers are making out. Just need to sort out the sunshine (lack of) issue and exterminate all criminals, drug-dealers and general scum and Ireland would be just about perfect for me.
A few years down the road and I might decide to move on (not England though, it's sh*t). Australia or Canada maybe, although their immigration laws seem pretty tight.

Creamy Goodness · 22-07-2008 01:41PM

Tony Broke wrote: »

Can the vast majority of ous who are not highly skilled eg surgeons, even emigrate to some of those places?

of course, why you think i'm thinking of it

anniehoo · 22-07-2008 01:43PM

m@cc@ wrote: »

Not everyone lives for cars and apartments.

Good for you...i dont live for them either..but they help!

BeansMeansHynes · 22-07-2008 01:49PM

Am saving to feck off somewhere this time next year hopefully.

The Irish weather doesn't really bother me.

m@cc@ · 22-07-2008 01:52PM

anniehoo wrote: »

Good for you...i dont live for them either..but they help!

You make them sound like a noose around your neck as though you could never achieve these things outside Ireland. Also if your "good friends" are good friends, then that won't change with moving away. Whose to say who you could meet when you're away, that's half the attraction of meeting new people, is that they challenge who you are. I personally believe that you can't truely know what it means to be Irish until you leave these shores.

anniehoo · 22-07-2008 02:03PM

m@cc@ wrote: »

You make them sound like a noose around your neck

How have i done that exactly? Yeh i worked hard for them..but its a great feeling owning your own place! Yep probably could do it in another country but im perfectly content here.

wrote:

Also if your "good friends" are good friends, then that won't change with moving away. Whose to say who you could meet when you're away, that's half the attraction of meeting new people, is that they challenge who you are.

Of course itll change...emailing,phoning,skyping is not the same as meeting your best friend for a chat or being there for important events in their lives and them sharing in yours! How often would yuo expect your mates to come visit it ya in Oz eh?

wrote:

I personally believe that you can't truely know what it means to be Irish until you leave these shores.

Rubbish! Of course i know what it means to be Irish...im not the one leggin it out of the country!

m@cc@ · 22-07-2008 02:11PM

anniehoo wrote: »

How have i done that exactly? Yeh i worked hard for them..but its a great feeling owning your own place! Yep probably could do it in another country but im perfectly content here.

Of course itll change...emailing,phoning,skyping is not the same as meeting your best friend for a chat or being there for important events in their lives and them sharing in yours! How often would yuo expect your mates to come visit it ya in Oz eh?

Rubbish! Of course i know what it means to be Irish...im not the one leggin it out of the country!

You ask what's wrong with being 'too settled'. Some people feel that having a car and apartment is not a sufficient reason to stop them from moving. Are you saying that leaving Ireland is unpatriotic? Get a grip,lol.

22-07-2008 02:16PM

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anniehoo · 22-07-2008 02:19PM

m@cc@ wrote: »

Are you saying that leaving Ireland is unpatriotic? Get a grip,lol.

Nope, what lines are you reading through here seriously?You're the one who said you wont truly feel irish until you actually leave the country..what b*llox is that..so you cant feel truly irish in your own country..honestly? The OP asked opinions on how we'd feel about emigrating, i personally wouldnt, have a grand life here, end of story!

m@cc@ · 22-07-2008 02:25PM

anniehoo wrote: »

Nope, what lines are you reading through here seriously?You're the one who said you wont truly feel irish until you actually leave the country..what b*llox is that..so you cant feel truly irish in your own country..honestly? The OP asked opinions on how we'd feel about emigrating, i personally wouldnt, have a grand life here, end of story!

I said until you leave it, didn't say anything about not coming back. How can you know what it is be Irish if you don't even know what it is that defines you?

anniehoo · 22-07-2008 03:16PM

m@cc@ wrote: »

I said until you leave it, didn't say anything about not coming back. How can you know what it is be Irish if you don't even know what it is that defines you?

Oh you're boring me now! Again, why do you feel the need to leave the country to define yourself, can you not do that here? And for that matter, why do you need to define yourself at all?

m@cc@ · 22-07-2008 03:23PM

anniehoo wrote: »

Oh you're boring me now! Again, why do you feel the need to leave the country to define yourself, can you not do that here? And for that matter, why do you need to define yourself at all?

I'm actually bored. So maybe it's best to agree to differ.

patmac · 22-07-2008 03:37PM

Any single person under the age of 30(rules me out on both accounts) should definitely travel for at least one maybe two years or even more. The country is going down the pan rapidly and because of all the dogooding, politically correct, born again, drinkaware campaigners trying to take the only thing the country has going for it i.e 'the craic' out of it, I'm thinking of heading meself. A damp wet miserable, exhorbitantly expensive country, I ask the question what has Ireland got to offer that say places like Canada, Oz, New Zealand and the States have (apart from the GAA of course).

Canis Lupus · 22-07-2008 03:41PM

I left Ireland (Kerry) for London 3 years ago this August.

It's nice to go back and make short visits to see friends and family but I would have to be put in chains and dragged back screaming before I'd move willingly to anywhere in Ireland.

m@cc@ · 22-07-2008 03:46PM

Canis Lupus wrote: »

I left Ireland (Kerry) for London 3 years ago this August.

It's nice to go back and make short visits to see friends and family but I would have to be put in chains and dragged back screaming before I'd move willingly to anywhere in Ireland.

True, I find our culture has become incredibly materialistic whereby people measure their success by the amount of money they earn. Plus the interest in celebrity (or percieved celebrity has got ridiculous).

Poccington · 22-07-2008 03:48PM

I could never leave, I love Ireland.

workaccount · 22-07-2008 03:50PM

Sherifu wrote: »

Immigrating is easy peasy.

To EU countries, yes.

You can't just emmigrate to Australia or the US though.

I can see myself living somewhere seriously cool like America....going there for holidays in September (NY). It will be unreal.... So different.

Australia does not appeal to me in the slightest. Perhaps Toyko or Hong Kong aswell...

Singapore looks cool too but I don't think there's anything about it that really attracts me. (apart from the skyscrapers)

Canis Lupus · 22-07-2008 03:52PM

m@cc@ wrote: »

True, I find our culture has become incredibly materialistic whereby people measure their success by the amount of money they earn. Plus the interest in celebrity (or percieved celebrity has got ridiculous).

Well.... It's worth noting that London has more than its fair share of materialistic tosser celebrities and celebrity wannabies.

London is just an amazing place.... a country on its own almost. Nothing would make me go home to Ireland permanently.

I would balance the above by stating this is my opinion on London only. Outside of London it's not as great and in many ways starts to become lots like Ireland particularly peoples opinions of 'foreigners' etc.

Tony Broke · 22-07-2008 04:11PM

workaccount wrote: »

To EU countries, yes.

You can't just emmigrate to Australia or the US though.

Whats the story with those, US is closed but to a few?

Oz you have to be under 30 and do 3 months in the bush to stay 2 years or skillled placement dont you?

I wouldnt fancy going to a non english speaking country, its not that I couldnt learn the language, it makes things complicated.

m@cc@ · 22-07-2008 04:16PM

Tony Broke wrote: »

Whats the story with those, US is closed but to a few?

Oz you have to be under 30 and do 3 months in the bush to stay 2 years or skillled placement dont you?

I wouldnt fancy going to a non english speaking country, its not that I couldnt learn the language, it makes things complicated.

Depending on where you come from in Ireland, you may have to learn English.

Tony Broke · 22-07-2008 04:28PM

m@cc@ wrote: »

Depending on where you come from in Ireland, you may have to learn English.

Kerry

Töpher · 22-07-2008 04:35PM

Just moved back to Dublin after about 8 months (was meant to be more permanent!

) in the UK. Don't care how bad things get, I'm never leaving again! Love it here!

HalloweenJack · 22-07-2008 05:15PM

I can't wait to get out of here, crappy economic situation or not. As soon as I finish college, I'm off to Spain for good.

deecom · 22-07-2008 06:09PM

Moved to Slovenia almost 2 years ago, best thing i ever did, really happy here. Dont really miss Ireland at all, fine to go back for the odd visit, but the weather and way of life are far better here. Language should be no barrier, i not the best with these things, but even i managed!!

Dizzyblabla · 24-07-2008 09:39PM

I moved to Norway just over a year ago, like someone said earlier, the main thing I miss is Monster Munch too! (sometimes sausages, but not as often) I like it here, I do meet other Irish people too, and I've joined an Irish in Norway Yahoo Group, but just to head out for the odd session, not because I want to surround myself with all that is Irish while I'm here.
I'm not ready to move home yet, and I've no desire to, I'm getting opportunities here that I would never get in Ireland, and I'm having a great time doing it.
I say for those who know they can do better than what they are doing right now, go for it, take a look online, see what's out there, you can always go back home if you don't like it.

How would you feel about emigrating?

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