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[dippididodaday]

I've heard it said "the grass is always greener on the other side". I would omit the word "always" since this is not necessarily true for each individual case.

But, it would be fun anyway, just for taking a look at other parts of the world. Wanna meet in Belize?

Anytime!

[Sithara007]

You don't have to renounce your passport. Your passport isn't you. The "person" of your passport is one of your persons. This person isn't you, because you breathe and have flesh and bones; it doesn't. The person of your passport is a tiny representation of you. It isn't you.

Doesn't matter much. If you don't renounce your passport, then the IRS will come after you and take away all your savings. Why risk that, when you can renounce your citizenship in a matter of few days?

[psychosis7]

Oh you're looking for donations to get out of the US. That's strange. After you break up with your GF and get sick of living in a shitty 3rd world country we'll welcome you back. No matter how bad America may seem the Philippines is much worse.

[sergeyzol]

You don't have to renounce your passport. Your passport isn't you. The "person" of your passport is one of your persons. This person isn't you, because you breathe and have flesh and bones; it doesn't. The person of your passport is a tiny representation of you. It isn't you.

Doesn't matter much. If you don't renounce your passport, then the IRS will come after you and take away all your savings. Why risk that, when you can renounce your citizenship in a matter of few days?

Stop to amuse people! Who in their right mind would refuse a us passport? People will remain in the country and will live a normal life and work. If Trump is not like you need to enter the rallies and adjust his actions. Better to let it leave the States!

[bra4our]

It will be better to stay in the USA than go any where else because of politics. The hatred and animosity will eventually die down.

[RobertDeNiro]

Whered the op go?

[Slow death]

Oh you're looking for donations to get out of the US. That's strange. After you break up with your GF and get sick of living in a shitty 3rd world country we'll welcome you back.

Do not take it back. Leave him in the Philippines that until the end of his life

 No matter how bad America may seem the Philippines is much worse.

I've never been to the Philippines, but I see some documentaries on the Philippines on TV, so I can not say it's too bad to live there, but I can say that living in very poor countries is a real nightmare...

Better reconsider dude because politics is everywhere including your own home.

he might not be moving from US because of political reasons alone ,he would have found that it is more cheap and inexpensive to live in a third world country and being a US citizen have its perks in a third world country i guess. Good luck

I agree, being white increases the chance to get laid with hot young women. LMAO

It is the $$ what makes you hot in the 3rd world.

That is only true for old farts looking for sex. Young white guys are highly desired by brown women in many countries because they want beautiful looking children.

I did not know that.

[iamnotback]

I've never been to the Philippines, but I see some documentaries on the Philippines on TV, so I can not say it's too bad to live there, but I can say that living in very poor countries is a real nightmare...

It is a different culture and value system, unless you isolate yourself. So in that sense it is a nightmare if you aren't able to totally abandon your own culture and value system. Which is very difficult if not impossible to do.

I live here with a combination of isolating myself, cherry picking the best advantages, and to some extent my western culture was eviscerated by being here in the Philippines for half of my life (I will be age 52 in June). For example, I no longer use toilet paper. I always use my hand, water, and soap instead.

Many westerners just come for a vacation and sex tour (but more go to Thailand for that since Philippines is a Catholic country), but the infrastructure is sub-par and the disease welcoming you doesn't discriminate against white people.

You can hook up with a pretty lady here, but most likely she is going to give you a health gift that keeps on giving even after you've left the country.

You can find a good girl who won't give you an STD, but she will drive you nuts with her weird culture and her entire family out to the 5th cousin who will expect everything from you, such as never brushing her teeth. This beautiful lady in the mall started to speak and I forgot about her beauty.

On the positive side, filipinos are happy go lucky and want to have fun all the time. The downside of this is don't expect your gf to help you accomplish much of anything, other than consume your resources on fun all the time. Responsibility and attention to details are not concepts that are practiced here.

You can make some minor tweaks here and there, and perhaps there are some exceptions but what I have written is accurate enough to represent the average reality here.

[malcovixeffect]

I've never been to the Philippines, but I see some documentaries on the Philippines on TV, so I can not say it's too bad to live there, but I can say that living in very poor countries is a real nightmare...

It is a different culture and value system, unless you isolate yourself. So in that sense it is a nightmare if you aren't able to totally abandon your own culture and value system. Which is very difficult if not impossible to do.

I live here with a combination of isolating myself, cherry picking the best advantages, and to some extent my western culture was eviscerated by being here in the Philippines for half of my life (I will be age 52 in June). For example, I no longer use toilet paper. I always use my hand, water, and soap instead.

Many westerners just come for a vacation and sex tour (but more go to Thailand for that since Philippines is a Catholic country), but the infrastructure is sub-par and the disease welcoming you doesn't discriminate against white people.

You can hook up with a pretty lady here, but most likely she is going to give you a health gift that keeps on giving even after you've left the country.

You can find a good girl who won't give you an STD, but she will drive you nuts with her weird culture and her entire family out to the 5th cousin who will expect everything from you, such as never brushing her teeth. This beautiful lady in the mall started to speak and I forgot about her beauty.

On the positive side, filipinos are happy go lucky and want to have fun all the time. The downside of this is don't expect your gf to help you accomplish much of anything, other than consume your resources on fun all the time. Responsibility and attention to details are not concepts that are practiced here.

You can make some minor tweaks here and there, and perhaps there are some exceptions but what I have written is accurate enough to represent the average reality here.

Im curious what part of the Philippines are you referring?

[gredisgold88]

MYTH: America's best days are ahead of us.

FACT: If you're not utterly ashamed to be an American right now, its because you're not paying attention.

MYTH: Thousands of people are following through on their word to emigrate from America if Trump becomes president.

FACT: I am. I was also planning on moving if Hillary became president, because fuck this.

I bought a plane ticket for a 1 month trip to the Philippines to see if I can make it there doing freelance editing, writing and tutoring work on the internet. The cost of living here is ridiculously expensive compared to there, but I think I could live comfortably as my own boss over there. Having been to Luzon once before for a couple weeks, it won't be an overwhelmingly foreign experience for me. It's really not that different from anywhere else, just impoverished, crowded and with desperation. Still, there's far more crackheads out of their mind in my current neighborhood than there are per square mile over there, and far more guns.

After having spent a decade of my life trying to convince white-collar criminals to stop abusing the health insurance system at the expense of the poor and the sickly and being met with opposition at every level, I'm giving up trying to have a "normal," run-of-the-mill life. America is supposed to be better than other countries because of the way we treat people, but we treat our own people like shit -- especially poor people, which are _most_ people (despite America being the richest country on earth). If there were better benefits to agreeing to be part of the beehive collective, perhaps I'd be more inclined to put up with an unfulfilling career working for an un-respectable boss. But the benefits suck and I can no longer be scared into complacency.

My goal is to find an employer in the Philippines that will sponsor my work visa so I can live there with my girlfriend, who is a citizen and currently lives there. She's from an impoverished part of Pangasinan, the kind of place where $200 is life-changing money. I feel like I can make more of a positive difference over there than here, so with any luck I will have moved out of the U.S. by spring.

I'm thinking about creating some sort of fundraiser so people who wanted to move out of the U.S. but can't in reality can donate me money to help pay for my transition. Then I could post updates about my move from the fundraiser page so they could live through me vicariously.

If you like this idea, you can show your support by leaving me a donation at the address in my profile, then I'll know that maybe the general public might do the same and I should start a GoFundMe or something.. Here's my booking confirmation for my ticket to Manila. Thanks for reading this!

scram O imperialism minded people, you go around saying that the tribe and the ingenuity of the people can govern the people dinegaramu the 3rd world, if only you are a little smarter then you will be frightened to move to a third country

[Sithara007]

Many westerners just come for a vacation and sex tour (but more go to Thailand for that since Philippines is a Catholic country), but the infrastructure is sub-par and the disease welcoming you doesn't discriminate against white people.

Don't forget that the Philippines is one of the top destination for foreign pedophiles, especially those from the Western nations. And one advantage over Thailand is that in Philippines you will get real women. In Thailand you don't know whether the lady is a biological female, or a shemale.

[igorokavg13]

Many westerners just come for a vacation and sex tour (but more go to Thailand for that since Philippines is a Catholic country), but the infrastructure is sub-par and the disease welcoming you doesn't discriminate against white people.

Don't forget that the Philippines is one of the top destination for foreign pedophiles, especially those from the Western nations. And one advantage over Thailand is that in Philippines you will get real women. In Thailand you don't know whether the lady is a biological female, or a shemale.

I was in Thailand and I can tell you what to tell a girl from a shemale very easily. Natural girls they are very ugly, and transsexuals Vice versa. Philippines attract tourists because there is a beautiful nature and its sexual liberation.

[bitcoinboy12]

Many westerners just come for a vacation and sex tour (but more go to Thailand for that since Philippines is a Catholic country), but the infrastructure is sub-par and the disease welcoming you doesn't discriminate against white people.

Don't forget that the Philippines is one of the top destination for foreign pedophiles, especially those from the Western nations. And one advantage over Thailand is that in Philippines you will get real women. In Thailand you don't know whether the lady is a biological female, or a shemale.

I was in Thailand and I can tell you what to tell a girl from a shemale very easily. Natural girls they are very ugly, and transsexuals Vice versa. Philippines attract tourists because there is a beautiful nature and its sexual liberation.

Well personally I really don't think this is a bad idea. Thailand and Philippines is easier for western guys because people there can understand and talk English very well.

[daiyuba1971]

This is an artificial issue. Who will leave America? Trump really is a shame for the country, but that is no reason to leave the country. Especially since I doubt that many countries in the world whose life can be compared with America.

[Sithara007]

Well personally I really don't think this is a bad idea. Thailand and Philippines is easier for western guys because people there can understand and talk English very well.

People speak English well... but at the same time, the expats must be cautious. There are quite a few guys out there, who would attempt to trick the expats with various ponzi schemes and offers.

[BADecker]

Well personally I really don't think this is a bad idea. Thailand and Philippines is easier for western guys because people there can understand and talk English very well.

People speak English well... but at the same time, the expats must be cautious. There are quite a few guys out there, who would attempt to trick the expats with various ponzi schemes and offers.

You better believe it. If you decide to buy land in Central or South America, you need to find a lawyer. There isn't any Title Agency, in any of these lands. It is very difficult to determine who really owns a chunk of land being sold.

[Xester]

Dont leave your country the United States of America just because of politics but do it for love. Problem in politics is everywhere and is also present in the Philippines. You are not living in the Philippines and so you cannot see the real life situations of how corrupt and dirty the political scenery is. I am a Filipino and my father was a local politician and I saw how dirty politics is, vote buying is rampant and when they win they will stole and use government funds for their own benefits. Though corruption and drugs has lessened with the new president and his call for change but sad to say that it will take him more than his term of six years to really annihilate corruption and drugs that has been existent even before I was born.

[kryptqnick]

For a person from a developed country it is very easy to say that USA is total shit, I'm moving to a developing country. For people from the 3rd world it is different. Yes, the political situation in your country might be not in the best state. Yet if you think everything is better in countries like mine - you're wrong. You have to pay everybody just if you want them to do their job. And there is no trustworthy system of building a career here. You can be dumb or smart - it doesn't matter. What matters is who your parents and their friends are.
I hope you find your happiness in Philippines.
And maybe you better do a funding for some exchanges, at least. I mean, help people from the US to get to 3rd world countries and people from the 3rd world to the US.

[tracktorr]

Dont leave your country the United States of America just because of politics but do it for love. Problem in politics is everywhere and is also present in the Philippines. You are not living in the Philippines and so you cannot see the real life situations of how corrupt and dirty the political scenery is. I am a Filipino and my father was a local politician and I saw how dirty politics is, vote buying is rampant and when they win they will stole and use government funds for their own benefits. Though corruption and drugs has lessened with the new president and his call for change but sad to say that it will take him more than his term of six years to really annihilate corruption and drugs that has been existent even before I was born.

And why do you think that he will win the drug abuse and corruption? I'm not sure. All bloody methods good deeds are not done! Besides, to do big changes need support and he has none.

[iamnotback]

I've never been to the Philippines, but I see some documentaries on the Philippines on TV, so I can not say it's too bad to live there, but I can say that living in very poor countries is a real nightmare...

It is a different culture and value system, unless you isolate yourself. So in that sense it is a nightmare if you aren't able to totally abandon your own culture and value system. Which is very difficult if not impossible to do.

I live here with a combination of isolating myself, cherry picking the best advantages, and to some extent my western culture was eviscerated by being here in the Philippines for half of my life (I will be age 52 in June). For example, I no longer use toilet paper. I always use my hand, water, and soap instead.

Many westerners just come for a vacation and sex tour (but more go to Thailand for that since Philippines is a Catholic country), but the infrastructure is sub-par and the disease welcoming you doesn't discriminate against white people.

You can hook up with a pretty lady here, but most likely she is going to give you a health gift that keeps on giving even after you've left the country.

You can find a good girl who won't give you an STD, but she will drive you nuts with her weird culture and her entire family out to the 5th cousin who will expect everything from you, such as never brushing her teeth. This beautiful lady in the mall started to speak and I forgot about her beauty.

On the positive side, filipinos are happy go lucky and want to have fun all the time. The downside of this is don't expect your gf to help you accomplish much of anything, other than consume your resources on fun all the time. Responsibility and attention to details are not concepts that are practiced here.

You can make some minor tweaks here and there, and perhaps there are some exceptions but what I have written is accurate enough to represent the average reality here.

Im curious what part of the Philippines are you referring?

I've spent more time in the Visayas and especially a lot of time in Mindanao, which is one of the least developed regions (excepting Cebu City and Davao City which are developed).

But I have also traveled in Luzon as well.

I think my statements are reasonably accurate for the entire country. Of course you can find exceptions and the conditions have improved a lot in the past 10 years. But yet you still have to be very cautious about disease in a tropical country. Dengue is a significant threat for example. Do you know that Dengue can give you permanent genetic mutation and then you spend the rest of your life fucked up sick (which is my condition for the past 4 years at least).

Filipinos love noise. The more noise the better. They hate silent places. You as a foreigner trying to get any quiet time will need to isolate yourself in an expensive hotel. A cheaper lodging will be so noisy. Many cultural issues like this. A continuously barking dog is normal for them. You don't tell the dog to stop barking.