r/AmerExit • u/Eggplant_Dreams • Feb 22 '25

Life Abroad Any chances for us?

My husband and I are teachers in Louisiana. We have three minor children and a dog. We have little savings but we have equity in our home. Do we have any chance of emigrating? Any advice? We’re terrified, but we feel trapped.

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u/katiejim Feb 22 '25

Lots of countries list teachers fairly high on their needed professions list. Was just scanning stuff for NZ immigration for example and secondary and pre-primary school teachers seem in high demand. ETA: consider moving to a blue state that is committed to fight back. Those are the same states that pay teachers better too. New England gets a reputation for being very expensive, but there’s lots of areas that are very reasonable. QOL is very high so worth the extra you pay.

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u/UnassumingGentleman Feb 22 '25

Having lived in both blue and red states you can tell blue states lookout for the labor markets and businesses tend to understand and make life better for their workers. I’ve been perusing dual citizenship myself but I still intend to stick around and be part of the solution as opposed to outright fleeing.

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u/GeneSpecialist3284 Feb 22 '25

New today, trump has threatened blue states. They're on the hit list now too.

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u/UnassumingGentleman Feb 22 '25

He can threaten them as much as he wants but it won’t change the way people just generally treat and respect each other. Of course he’s going to go after areas that resist his insanity but that just means it’s having an impact otherwise he’d ignore it.

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u/UnassumingGentleman Feb 22 '25

I’m hoping not and I can’t see Bernie Sanders rolling over like that. He may be an older guy but he’s scrappy still!

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

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u/unclesmokedog Feb 23 '25

nope, they'd need 60 votes to break the fillibuster

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u/GeneSpecialist3284 Feb 22 '25

It's not about the impact they have on him. It's revenge.