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‘I never felt like I belonged in the U.S.,’ says 62-year-old who fled to Bali
Marketwatch ^ | November 25, 2019 | Catey Hill

Posted on 11/27/2019 8:42:50 AM PST by nwrep

At age 60, she wasn’t entirely sure where Bali was. By age 62, she was living there.

Sherry Bronson, now 69, spent much of her life in Minnesota, where she raised three daughters and worked in real estate. But she didn’t love it: “I have hated the weather in Minnesota since I was a child,” she says. So in 2010, when her oldest daughter, who was teaching in South Korea, asked her to come to Bali so they could celebrate Sherry’s 60th birthday together, Sherry — after, she recalls with a laugh, Googling “Where’s Bali?” — jumped at the chance.

It didn’t disappoint: “The first thing that struck me as I got off the plane was the air — it was chewable, humid and warm with a scent of incense,” she says. “It was sweet and spicy and magical.” The next morning, she awoke to roosters crowing and the swooshing sound of a woman sweeping flower petals that had fallen in the night.

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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: bali; indonesia; minnesota
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To: nwrep
“This is my tribe,”

🤮

21 posted on 11/27/2019 8:56:34 AM PST by TADSLOS (You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
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To: nwrep

Married and divorced five times. I wonder what that’s all about.


22 posted on 11/27/2019 8:57:25 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: nwrep

She made her Money in America so she could afford to live in Bali.

Without living in America first, she would be living in a Tent on a Bali Beach if the Government let her live there without showing up with a bunch of Money.

Anyway, good for her. Her hard work paid off.

I wonder, is she collecting her Social Security yet?


23 posted on 11/27/2019 8:58:41 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Good luck with that. We’re still the biggest ATM on the planet.


24 posted on 11/27/2019 9:00:34 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: nwrep

Healthcare in Bali ?


25 posted on 11/27/2019 9:00:40 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: nwrep

She became too indoctrinated by the media. Her views reflected not reality across the U.S. but what the media wanted her to think. She was uninformed from what she read, not from what was open for her to experience, through unprejudiced eyes.


26 posted on 11/27/2019 9:00:41 AM PST by Wuli
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To: grey_whiskers

I meant the North Stars as a joke, as I am certainly aware of the Wild as well. Then there was also the World Hockey Association’s Fighting Saints (based in St Paul, IIRC) with the clear plexiglass boards in their home rink.


27 posted on 11/27/2019 9:00:44 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: nwrep
She was Balinese trapped in an American body. 😆
28 posted on 11/27/2019 9:02:40 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: nwrep

Crazy eyes..we won’t miss this nutcase.


29 posted on 11/27/2019 9:04:56 AM PST by pfflier
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Married and divorced five times. I wonder what that’s all about.

My guess is bat guano crazy.

OTOH, it's biblical, isn't it?

"You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband. What you say is quite true." /ba-dum t'sssh>

30 posted on 11/27/2019 9:05:32 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Ted Grant

Could be. Having been divorced five times, she is no stranger to various men. She may well just want some comforting from a man sometimes, without the messy entanglements of marriage .

I wonder what her story is about the divorces. No doubt, she would tell us everything was the fault of the men in her life. I’m sure she would say the marriages all failed due to the shortcomings of the men. She I’m sure is blameless is her own mind, to have failed at marriage five times.


31 posted on 11/27/2019 9:05:42 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Married and divorced five times. I wonder what that’s all about.

I noticed that too. Sounds a bit gullible and a bad husband or two may explain why she needed to retire on $3K a month after working in real estate. Still, she comes across well in this interesting article.

32 posted on 11/27/2019 9:06:06 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: nwrep

Can we encourage Californians to do this instead of infecting other states as they leave?


33 posted on 11/27/2019 9:06:16 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: nwrep

The rest of Indonesia is the largest mooslime nation on earth. How much of that seeps into Bali? Also, I wonder how good she’ll feel about her move after the next 8.5mag quake or major volcanic eruption; talk about the air being “chewable”, it’ll be downright crunchy.


34 posted on 11/27/2019 9:08:51 AM PST by Little Pig
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To: Kickass Conservative

I actually read the Article. She looks great for being 69.

Too many disadvantages being an Expat there IMHO, especially if Health is an issue.

Sounds like she found what she was searching for in Life.

Many people should be so lucky.


35 posted on 11/27/2019 9:09:26 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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To: nwrep

After 5 divorces, thank God and Greyhound she’s gone.


36 posted on 11/27/2019 9:09:32 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The internet has driven the world mad.)
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To: nwrep

It doesn’t work for everyone, if it’s important for you to be close to grandkids for example. But for some it’s an answer. Why spend your last quarter of your life freezing in Minnesota when you can live in Bali for half the cost.


37 posted on 11/27/2019 9:10:14 AM PST by marron
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To: nwrep

Even though Indonesia is the world’s largest muslim country, Bali is mostly Hindu...for now. Good luck, lady.


38 posted on 11/27/2019 9:11:11 AM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

She left the U.S. under the Obama administration.


39 posted on 11/27/2019 9:12:21 AM PST by outpostinmass2
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To: nwrep; ChicagoConservative27; Red Badger

Become a Trump/America hater and you can become a fake headline news item in America:

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