• ineedaunion @lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Still wish I had EU citizenship. Imaging getting on a train and going anywhere you want.

    • Dave@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      My life so far:

      1. Be born in UK, be able to work / live anywhere in EU
      2. Emigrate to USA to try that for a bit (can always move back to anywhere in EU if I don’t like it!)
      3. Brexit
      4. Trump

      And yes, I do miss the trains.

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        1 year ago

        Ireland is still an option for UK citizens. If you have skills, nz, Australia or Canada are welcoming too.

        It’s not all bad.

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        My mom was born and raised in the UK, came to the US in her mid 20s and never left. She went back a month ago to visit my grandparents, and she said that even though America is in a very bad place rn, the UK is a lot worse off. She said she even had a grieving period while she was there, and just let go of whatever UK pride / citizenship she had left. My cousins just moved from their to Canada, my aunt and uncle are moving to South Korea, and my grandparents are staying. They’re conservative/right wing and feel right at home and truly support Brexit and are racists.

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      I mean, if you are a us citizen you have free reign to take a painfully slow train to one of the three states that doesn’t suck.

      Wait, the third state is currently on fire.

      Make that two states.

      • ineedaunion @lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Yup. Be careful not to derail because corporate overlords can’t even give railworkers 3 days off a year.