[BunnySlippers]

One time I might have countered you on this. I can’t and won’t now.

I recently have pondered the idea of becoming an ex-pat ... once unthinkable.

[Donnafrflorida]

yea but where????

[Fai Mao]

My situation is different than yours.

My wife is Chinese, my kids are 1/2 Chinese. I have lived outside the US for a long time because that is what makes sense for my family. The only thing tying me to the US is my aged parents.

I do not encourage people to leave the US

http://faimao.blogspot.com/2006/11/leaving-america-redux.html

[Caipirabob]

I hear ya. All my years assimilating language and culture don’t seem so much a fun hobby now as much a potential survival tool.