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Exercising my right to move to Norway (Boston Globe Columnist Leaves the USA Under Trump)
Boston Globe ^ | 01/22/2018 | Alex Beam

Posted on 01/22/2018 1:57:43 PM PST by SeekAndFind

UNLIKE YOU, I have options.

A number of years ago I married an intelligent, blonde woman who spoke many languages, including one that sounded like the soundtrack from “Thor: Ragnarok.” It was gobbledygook to me, but she turned out to be Norwegian — imagine my luck!

That’s right. Not only do we have the right to resettle in Donald Trump’s favorite white-bread country — Norway makes New Hampshire look like the Model UN — but Norway is also anxious to have us. We have been perusing a website called “New Beginnings in Ringerike,” which bills itself as a “recovery” program for Norwegian-Americans traumatized by the presidential election:

“In light of the results of the US presidential election, the Ringerike Recovery Program has been developed by the regional development company of Ringerike, Norway. We are offering acute aid to descendants of emigrated Norwegians, and other Americans, considering a new start abroad.”

Where the heck is Ringerike, you ask? As indicated, it’s in Norway, a bit north (ugh) of Oslo, and to the left (west.) On Google Maps, it looks like an enchanted land of lapis lakes and forested mountains, which is how I will choose to think of it.

Ringerike has a lot to offer,” the website explains, in near-perfect English. Did I mention that all Norwegians speak perfect English, and Swedish, and German? The fact is, Norwegians in particular and Europeans in general (don’t get me started on the Dutch) can be pretty annoying profiling their peacocky polyglottalia. Which may or may not be a word; my English is a work in progress.

Where was I? “Ringerike has a lot to offer: free health care and schools, reasonable [sic] priced housing, wide cultural scene, high tolerance for religious beliefs and sexual orientation, stunning nature, clean air and fresh water

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonglobe.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: alexbeam; boston; emigration; europeanunion; goodriddance; massachusetts; norway; ringerike
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To: SeekAndFind
Obligatory.


21 posted on 01/22/2018 2:09:40 PM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: tet68

LOL, exactly!


22 posted on 01/22/2018 2:09:52 PM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Dear Alex: Please leave SOON! Please NEVER come back! Thank You Very Much!


23 posted on 01/22/2018 2:09:54 PM PST by Col Freeper (Liberals: Devoted members of the "Church of the Eternally Offended".)
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To: SeekAndFind

You notice he is not relocating to a ‘sh!thole’.


24 posted on 01/22/2018 2:09:55 PM PST by fhayek
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To: MNDude

Valid question.


25 posted on 01/22/2018 2:10:47 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: SeekAndFind

What’s the matter?
His name show up in a secret memo or something?


26 posted on 01/22/2018 2:10:54 PM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: fhayek

27 posted on 01/22/2018 2:11:18 PM PST by C210N (It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
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To: eyedigress

He woulda married a Haitian if he wasn’t a racist. Just sayin’.


28 posted on 01/22/2018 2:11:28 PM PST by Pelham (California, a subsidiary of Mexico, Inc.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Norway is 98% white. You think this guy is going to start complaining about their lack of diversity once he gets there?


29 posted on 01/22/2018 2:11:34 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: fhayek
You notice he is not relocating to a ‘sh!thole’.

Exactly. And he married a "blonde". What a racist!

30 posted on 01/22/2018 2:12:16 PM PST by dragonblustar (I love reading Trump tweets in the morning.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Moving, but didn’t see anything about giving up US citizenship. So moving means nothing.


31 posted on 01/22/2018 2:14:36 PM PST by rigelkentaurus
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To: Calvin Locke

let alone one willing to move from an improving US to the disintegrating EU with its deteriorating quality of life


Norway is not a member of the E.U. However the cost of living there is sky high—makes other northern European nations look inexpensive.


32 posted on 01/22/2018 2:15:06 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: SeekAndFind

Enjoy socializing with the MUSLIMS!


33 posted on 01/22/2018 2:15:37 PM PST by 2harddrive
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To: SeekAndFind

Good riddance, Alex. Your children - if you have any - will one day be begging to come to the US.


34 posted on 01/22/2018 2:15:40 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: SeekAndFind

Are you certain that Norway will accept him - he’s not Muslim.


35 posted on 01/22/2018 2:15:53 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Jumpin Yimminy! “We have been perusing a website called “New Beginnings in Ringerike,” which bills itself as a “recovery program” ............................. Ya, come back to Norway if you are Norwegian, we would love to have you, because we are running out of Norwegians. When you get here everything you want is yours. You can even buy an American Jeep here if you miss the one you left behind. It only costs about 55,000 after the VAT tax is applied. That should not be a problem you can use what is left over from the 60% tax you will pay, there like in the rest of Scandinavia. Our new motto should be “Norwegians are welcome, because we are running out of them”. Hear that Bay Ridge Brooklyn? Ooooops, they’re gone from there too? Are there any other places in the world where Norwegians can go to?


36 posted on 01/22/2018 2:15:57 PM PST by Bringbackthedraft (Damn, the tag line disappeared again? Coursors!)
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To: C210N

LOLOL! Genius! Took me a moment. If only there was a “Departure” sign to Shithole and we could see Penn, Streisand, Fonda, Winfrey, DeNiro, et al waiting to board the plane.


37 posted on 01/22/2018 2:15:58 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: C210N

38 posted on 01/22/2018 2:16:07 PM PST by Bobalu (12 diet Cokes and a fried chicken...)
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To: SeekAndFind

What a pussy. A real liberal man would move himself and that cute blonde to Sweden where she can offer up her hot bod to all the refugees. Those poor men are having sexual emergencies every day.


39 posted on 01/22/2018 2:16:16 PM PST by catbertz
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To: SeekAndFind
"high tolerance for religious beliefs"

Except Christianity.
40 posted on 01/22/2018 2:16:40 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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