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applegrove

(132,004 posts) Sun Mar 22, 2026, 07:04 PM 11 hrs ago

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More Americans left the country last year than came to the USA.

Welp, WSJ study shows us: Americans are leaving US in record numbers. Why? More affordable and safer. Last year, more left than came to the country, which last happenedâ€¦during Great Depression. Oops.

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— MikeyestMikeyMike (@mikeyestmikeymike.bsky.social) 2026-03-22T16:20:19.304Z

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More Americans left the country last year than came to the USA. (Original Post) applegrove 11 hrs ago OP

Yeah, a couple of my neighbors with dual citizenship left the US for their European countries. RockRaven 11 hrs ago #1

I'm one of them. sinkingfeeling 11 hrs ago #2

So sorry you didn't feel like you could stay. applegrove 10 hrs ago #4

Great if you can afford it. mwmisses4289 10 hrs ago #3

RockRaven

(19,275 posts)

1. Yeah, a couple of my neighbors with dual citizenship left the US for their European countries.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2026, 07:26 PM

11 hrs ago

sinkingfeeling

(57,773 posts)

2. I'm one of them.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2026, 07:38 PM

11 hrs ago

applegrove

(132,004 posts)

4. So sorry you didn't feel like you could stay.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 22, 2026, 08:40 PM

10 hrs ago

mwmisses4289

(4,028 posts)

3. Great if you can afford it.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2026, 08:31 PM

10 hrs ago

The rest of us are stuck getting to clean up the mess.

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