Expats, current or wannabes - what kind of expat are you? What do you think motivates you to leave one nation and adopt another? Please SELECT up to two out of six options because the first three pretty much exlude the other two - the last three do not:
1-positively selected - you PREFER your new country!
2-negatively selected - you HATE your previous country!
3-more or less mixed - you love some new (or old) things,
and hate some new (or old) ones about it. But adventure wins out.
4-seasonal, part-time or “PT” - “Snowbird,” part-time, Permanent Tourist or Traveller
5-moving on - settled for now, but open to moving elsewhere, again.
Still seeking, motives.
6-disenchanted with people or states, “foreign or domestic,” and thus seeking isolation or refuge somewhere.
Obviously, we all seek better opportunities. We hope for the BEST...for us! And part of a life well-lived is discovering what that might be: making the world like our own ‘oyster.’
I thought about this survey of members because of three things: first, the recent re-appearance of "Expat Poll - Do you plan on moving back?" Which raises unanswered questions - some of which can be filled in with this new poll.
Second, through encountering a published 'typology' of North American expats, mostly retirees living in the Lake Chapala area, outside of Guadalajara, Mexico, by a geography professor from Connecticut in the 2008 book "Retirement Without Borders." His research findings come from a sample of some 25,000 North Americans living there, Canadians as well as Americans, and extending up to some 10 years back in time.
Now, "retirees" are, like, age 50s and older. By contrast, we are probably 30-somethings at the median - some two decades or more younger. Also, we are following much of, or parts of, Roosh's own lived example, typically seeking location independent work which we can combine with the pursuit of an international love life.
Thus, the third motive for this poll: discovering more about the unique lives of men not settled into standard issue marriage or life-long partnerships like baby boomers - the subject of Dr. David Truly’s report in the book (in a Second Appendix). Let’s add to our knowledge (the whole raison d’etre of the rooshvforum)!
Therefore, I've taken from the three main and two 'emerging' types of motives from the Professor and added one more to create this poll: (A) more or less BOTH positive and negative motivations; plus (B), I've amended his "moving on" category in more young and expansive way. And ©, I've simplified two of his sociological categories, replacing them with simply "disenchanted."
Dr. David Truly had in mind people who 'retire' and then find themselves wanting to fill their open time with new occupations or activities like turning a hobby into more. He recognizes this as a then unique baby-boomer phenomenon for retirees, wanting to re-define themselves in new and innovative ways.
People here can see that potential, we’re just taking it further as a lifestyle. The point of our shared goals and novel emulation of Roosh himself requires a more expansive notion of expats. We intrigued with “moving on...." Some of us will happily settle somewhere. But most of us are too young to do so. More of us are still seeking new adventure and challenges, not simply homes or mates to tie ourselves down with, permanently.
The forum poll that inspires posting this has logged about 100 responses over two years, with roughly three pages of replies. Maybe this one can harvest more responses even sooner!
Please add your comments to define, refine, and share your thoughts about “Why...?” What motivates your expatriation below.
1-positively selected - you PREFER your new country!
2-negatively selected - you HATE your previous country!
3-more or less mixed - you love some new (or old) things,
and hate some new (or old) ones about it. But adventure wins out.
4-seasonal, part-time or “PT” - “Snowbird,” part-time, Permanent Tourist or Traveller
5-moving on - settled for now, but open to moving elsewhere, again.
Still seeking, motives.
6-disenchanted with people or states, “foreign or domestic,” and thus seeking isolation or refuge somewhere.
Obviously, we all seek better opportunities. We hope for the BEST...for us! And part of a life well-lived is discovering what that might be: making the world like our own ‘oyster.’
I thought about this survey of members because of three things: first, the recent re-appearance of "Expat Poll - Do you plan on moving back?" Which raises unanswered questions - some of which can be filled in with this new poll.
Second, through encountering a published 'typology' of North American expats, mostly retirees living in the Lake Chapala area, outside of Guadalajara, Mexico, by a geography professor from Connecticut in the 2008 book "Retirement Without Borders." His research findings come from a sample of some 25,000 North Americans living there, Canadians as well as Americans, and extending up to some 10 years back in time.
Now, "retirees" are, like, age 50s and older. By contrast, we are probably 30-somethings at the median - some two decades or more younger. Also, we are following much of, or parts of, Roosh's own lived example, typically seeking location independent work which we can combine with the pursuit of an international love life.
Thus, the third motive for this poll: discovering more about the unique lives of men not settled into standard issue marriage or life-long partnerships like baby boomers - the subject of Dr. David Truly’s report in the book (in a Second Appendix). Let’s add to our knowledge (the whole raison d’etre of the rooshvforum)!
Therefore, I've taken from the three main and two 'emerging' types of motives from the Professor and added one more to create this poll: (A) more or less BOTH positive and negative motivations; plus (B), I've amended his "moving on" category in more young and expansive way. And ©, I've simplified two of his sociological categories, replacing them with simply "disenchanted."
Dr. David Truly had in mind people who 'retire' and then find themselves wanting to fill their open time with new occupations or activities like turning a hobby into more. He recognizes this as a then unique baby-boomer phenomenon for retirees, wanting to re-define themselves in new and innovative ways.
People here can see that potential, we’re just taking it further as a lifestyle. The point of our shared goals and novel emulation of Roosh himself requires a more expansive notion of expats. We intrigued with “moving on...." Some of us will happily settle somewhere. But most of us are too young to do so. More of us are still seeking new adventure and challenges, not simply homes or mates to tie ourselves down with, permanently.
The forum poll that inspires posting this has logged about 100 responses over two years, with roughly three pages of replies. Maybe this one can harvest more responses even sooner!
Please add your comments to define, refine, and share your thoughts about “Why...?” What motivates your expatriation below.
“There is no global anthem, no global currency, no certificate of global citizenship. We pledge allegiance to one flag, and that flag is the American flag!” -DJT
