An American journalist in central Italy says more Americans are preparing to emigrate as former President Donald Trump zigs back toward the White House.
“If Trump is re-elected, Americans plan to flee in droves.” Business Insider author Paul Starobin Said He described a conversation in a Facebook group for Italian immigrants to the United States:
Comment from a woman in Montana who was planning to move to Tuscany: “Yes, it’s true! I bought a house in a village on a hill… Compare it to the prices in the US and sing. I don’t want to. It’s expensive, and I’m tired of political nonsense and mass shootings.”
From a Texas woman: “A narcissist insurrection unable to accept electoral defeat, combined with gun and abortion policies, made migration not just a dream but a necessity.”
The author is veteran journalist, As such, he is skeptical about the eschatology of his social peers.
Every four years, as Americans prepare to choose a president, the debate over leaving the country comes up, primarily among Democrats. If Candidate X is not accepted, leave for Canada I’ll win! And every four years, the promised escape never materializes. It’s mostly just therapeutic ventilation.
But this time it’s different.For one thing, the media that Americans are comfortable reading is ring Regarding his wariness about President Trump’s approach, he said:
of atlantic ocean‘s anti-Trump articles are horrifying to those who choose to believe in progressive causes.
“President Trump has indicated that he intends to further escalate his war against blue America during his second presidential term.” I have written Pro-immigration author Ron Brownstein appears in the January/February issue.
“Returning Trump to the presidency would reopen wounds that have barely healed since the war.” [illegal migrant] “A community he says he will soon target,” worries author Caitlin Dickerson.
“He not only wants to monitor, miseducate, and suppress children as they explore their own development. [transgender] identity” Worried Spencer Kornhaber. “He wants to interfere in the private lives of millions of adults and strip them of the freedoms that a pluralistic society should protect.”
Progressives in mainstream media will distort anti-Trump messages much more than 11 Over the next few months.
But the author, who owns an apartment in Italy, also acknowledges that some immigrants are being driven into poverty amid President Joe Biden’s immigration-fueled crony capitalism.
President Trump is not the only reason Americans are focused on the exit. It’s true: America’s home prices are high… pollsters have found that fewer and fewer Americans believe that the American dream of getting ahead through hard work still holds true. In 2012 he was 53%. By October 2023, it had decreased to 36%.
The exodus due to poverty is ironic because many immigrants voted for Biden’s immigration policies that have raised housing costs and reduced white-collar pay.
America’s declining prosperity Underemployed and underpaid college graduates Population growth is also driving more Americans to move to countries with lower rents and lower prices. October 2023, CNBC.com report On financially unstable and stressed professionals relocating to cheap accommodation in Mexico:
CNBC Make It spoke to several Americans living in Mexico City who said the city is cheaper, offers a more laid-back lifestyle, and is rich in culture and community. . And although crime rates in Mexico are significantly higher than in the United States, some Black Americans argue that they can feel safer and more inclusive in the region.
CNBC interviewed an unmarried teacher from Texas who was fleeing a stressful life in an increasingly diverse state.
Adalia Abolizade, 48, moved to Mexico City in 2017 after teaching social studies, geography and history in public schools in Texas for 19 years. “The peace and serenity I have in this life I wouldn’t trade for the world,” Aboulsadeh says.
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“The American Dream is a fake, because I had a house, a car, and kids. I did all that, and even though I accomplished those things, I still felt like it wasn’t enough,” Aborisard said. says. “That moment was like this. [of my life] The weight of all the expectations placed on me as a teacher was becoming unbearable. ”
The displacement of isolated, stressed, and economically unstable Americans is the flip side of this country’s economic policies that support the relentless growth of Wall Street. This growth is supported by a federal strategy of extractive migration that shifts family wages and investments in the workplace. wall streetReal Estate, Coastal States, Government.
This ruthless economic policy is highly unpopular among Americans, in part because it distracts politicians from the “desperate death” of American society and its people. abandoned american.
The exodus of Americans to southern France, Italy, and other low-birth-rate countries could have a positive economic impact on many older towns and villages.
These rural communities are suddenly being depopulated by contraceptive technology. very low birth rategovernment paralysis, and technology-driven concentration of business and employment in metropolitan areas.
But foreigners from other countries also feel stress from the arrival of American outsiders into vibrant communities, CNBC said. report From Mexico City:
Several [Mexico City] But locals have this to say about the rush: [American] Foreign residents threaten to change the structure of the city. Rent prices are rising, short-term rentals are proliferating, and Mexicans are being displaced by wealthier newcomers. If you take a walk around a popular neighborhood these days, you might hear more English than Spanish or see cafes crowded with remote workers using laptops.
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“Basically what happens is a kind of butterfly effect: people come from abroad and settle in better parts of our city, better areas, and then we’re forced to go out. It is.” [Mexican architect Leticia] Lozano says.
“There are a lot of people like that.” [joke] You need a visa to go to those places [busy] ” Mexican Anais Martinez told CNBC. “I’ve heard people say, ‘Oh, now my dog can speak English.'”
