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MurrayDelph

(5,748 posts)
43. I'd be in Spain now
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 08:21 PM
Oct 2025

if it weren't for being a 70-year-old diabetic with an artificial knee that needs revisiting.

What these places that have universal healthcare don't tell you is that you have to pay your own way for the first two years to make sure you really want to stay there (and not just take advantage of their healthcare), and we spent months unsuccessfully attempting to find a third-party insurance company.

I could theoretically get Czech citizenship through my father, or Hungarian through my maternal grandmother, but there's this something about them all leaving over 100 years ago (and Jewish records having been destroyed) that makes it tough to follow-up.

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brasov, Romania lapfog_1 Oct 2025 #1
Very Good for you--Spain is wonderful. But many are not financially able to do so... hlthe2b Oct 2025 #2
Thank you. piddyprints Oct 2025 #5
This. I am not willing to continue moonscape Oct 2025 #40
Ecuador or Botswana milestogo Oct 2025 #3
I love Tuscany-- viva la Oct 2025 #4
I'd leave except I can't figure out how to take my money out of the country. no_hypocrisy Oct 2025 #6
Do you think he will let us leave? Initech Oct 2025 #7
Slovakia. I'm eligible for Citizenship By Descent. livetohike Oct 2025 #8
Slovakia is not in good shape atm. Robert Fico is taking them down a hard RW, illiberal, nationalist, Putin-hugging path Celerity Oct 2025 #15
Thanks for posting this. I hear of it via my cousins. livetohike Oct 2025 #31
Canada. It's only about 150 miles north and my mother was a Brit when Canada was still i in the empire. Ping Tung Oct 2025 #9
I've got nowhere to go Bettie Oct 2025 #10
Same with me HappyH Oct 2025 #17
It is a fantasy to think that other countries will accept mass immigration of Americans. RockRaven Oct 2025 #11
Wife has applied for Italian citizenship tinrobot Oct 2025 #12
I've been thinking about that... LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #18
I have as well. My court date is February 10th CanonRay Oct 2025 #36
Stay and fight. chowder66 Oct 2025 #13
Here here. My daddy and his daddy Billsdaughter Oct 2025 #44
I have a cousin in Canada, if I can slip across the border.... lastlib Oct 2025 #14
I'm pretty sure I can get one of those "genius" visas to just about anywhere. 😁 dameatball Oct 2025 #16
so you're saying you are as smart as Melania? dem4decades Oct 2025 #54
Who isn't? I can post smilies in 62 languages. dameatball Oct 2025 #66
If popcorn still available DoBW Oct 2025 #19
British Columbia, with our daughter and granddaughter Maru Kitteh Oct 2025 #20
Staying Put OC375 Oct 2025 #21
Well, I can do like all the MAGAs around me, buy an automatic machine gun and start practice shooting. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Oct 2025 #22
Tortola BVI first choice MuseRider Oct 2025 #23
Homeless can't afford anything Tribetime Oct 2025 #24
I'm not going anywhere Greg_In_SF Oct 2025 #25
None. GaYellowDawg Oct 2025 #26
Plan B lindalou65 Oct 2025 #27
I've been to Alicante and it's so beautiful kimbutgar Oct 2025 #28
I don't see this ending any other way CanonRay Oct 2025 #37
I hope NY does too. BlueKota Oct 2025 #39
You really think Trump or any wannabe dictator who might follow him would allow any states to highplainsdem Oct 2025 #56
Sadly you are probably right kimbutgar Oct 2025 #57
What Greg in SF said: I'm not going anywhere. NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 #29
I do have Italian Citizenship by descent available NeoTrajan Oct 2025 #30
Gonna stick around Mossfern Oct 2025 #32
I mean, I could claim Ukrainian citizenship pretty easily... Tommy Carcetti Oct 2025 #33
I wish I could do that. CTyankee Oct 2025 #34
The front lines, wherever they may be. rzemanfl Oct 2025 #35
I've considered Portugal. bamagal62 Oct 2025 #38
I have 2 choices Tripper11 Oct 2025 #41
My heritage is a mix of Irish, Italian, and Scottish. BlueKota Oct 2025 #42
I'd be in Spain now MurrayDelph Oct 2025 #43
He would likely be assassinated by someone with access... QueerDuck Oct 2025 #45
I am worried they'll not let us bring our money. Johnny2X2X Oct 2025 #46
I'd guess that both those things you're worried about are almost guaranteed. highplainsdem Oct 2025 #48
I think they've already floated that on Social Security Johnny2X2X Oct 2025 #63
I'm not leaving, MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2025 #47
This. obnoxiousdrunk Oct 2025 #65
When that happens Oeditpus Rex Oct 2025 #49
Already have dual citizenship with the UK VMA131Marine Oct 2025 #50
I have no planned destination abroad.... Jack Valentino Oct 2025 #51
Emperor rso Oct 2025 #52
I'll be riding this hell train to the bitter end, zero chance of moving anywhere. Blues Heron Oct 2025 #53
Dollar is tanking but I will still visit abroad peacebuzzard Oct 2025 #55
Considering Canada, Portugal, Ireland vapor2 Oct 2025 #58
I would love to live in Ireland. arkielib Oct 2025 #59
Costa Rica oberle Oct 2025 #60
I thought pretty hard about it, Bayard Oct 2025 #61
Can't really run away from climate change Kaleva Oct 2025 #62
There's no place for me to go. I have no money, I'm old with no skills. No money other than SS. mucholderthandirt Oct 2025 #64
Staying put. Torchlight Oct 2025 #67
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