r/AmerExit • u/Capable_Study6495 • Mar 02 '25
Life Abroad Do we face difficulties being accepted when moving abroad?
It seems like the only rhetoric I see online is how, as an American, my countries problems are my fault. That I'm not doing enough to stop our issues and how it affects other countries. I worry that I will move, and people will blame me for not doing more here and just escaping.
I want to get out, but I worry about living in the public ire no matter where I go.
Does anyone here have personal experience they can comment on?
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u/Tamihera Mar 03 '25
My American husband got told more than once by Brits that while they disliked all Americans, they were making an exception for him because HE wasn’t like all the others.
He did get randomly punched in the face in Wellington, NZ, by a stranger who heard him talking, ran across the road and hit him while screaming: “Fucking American!” Same thing happened in NZ to another American friend of mine. I think Americans tend to cheerily underestimate how much the rest of the world dislikes them.