Posted on 03/20/2024 2:44:50 AM PDT by Libloather
For years, aging Americans have looked south to Florida for their ideal retirement home to escape into retirement from their four-decade grinds in the U.S. workforce.
But wealthy citizens are increasingly considering a life across the Atlantic, with an unappealing showdown between Joe Biden and Donald Trump being labeled as the reason.
David, a 65-year-old lawyer from Chicago, is going to Portugal on a scouting trip next month with a $500,000 budget in the hopes of finding a new second home on the Silver Coast, between Lisbon and Porto.
The lawyer, who asked to remain anonymous, citing concerns he might be harassed, said the political climate had turned so toxic that he was driven to seek peace across the Atlantic.
As the grandson of four immigrants who landed on Ellis Island, David has become particularly perturbed by debate in the U.S. around immigration.
“This country of mine has become intolerant,” David says.
“This country has always vilified people who are not like them. So we see these pictures of people on the south of the border, and they're just people, but both sides use them for political reasons, and that's just one example of the absolute intolerance, and it's sad.”
The lawyer is also moving to escape the looming threat of gun violence.
“I told my wife about 15 years ago that I had made peace with the fact that I could be shot dead at any moment in time in this country,” David said.
David is hoping to close a deal before the U.S. elections in November, because he believes that if Trump secures a second term as President, demand for homes abroad could skyrocket.
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Always to (relatively) wealthy European countries - never to Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela, or some sub-Saharan African country!
Intolerant, much?
Regards,
He says, intolerant that the American citizenry would choose someone David doesn't like for President.
Asylum law is being fraudulently used to override the political will of the majority of long-established residents.
Imagine if whites were brought into black mayor cities such as NYC, Chicago for the purpose of electing a white mayor.
The effective right to vote by the white majority of around 89% as of 1970 is being wiped out.
The invaders often have a feeling that that whatever it takes to get ahead is OK including driving without a license where good public transit is widely used.
Portugal does not extradite to the USA, which will be a plus for some of these leftists whom a Trump administration would see indicted.
If it IS becoming intolerant; it is because of people like him.
I very much dislike it when foreigners (and New Yorkers and Californians) vote for leftists and then don’t want to stick around when things get really bad as a result.
Instead, like locusts, they wish to move to greener pastures.
He must be a real putz and walks around pissing people off, screaming and yelling.
Or live in a Democrat cesspool.
If, AS a lawyer, he’s afraid of getting shot, he should reconsider his mendacious courtroom tactics!
I could be shot dead at any moment in time in this country,” David said.
Well, he DOES live in Chicago!! What does he expect?
“David the Absolute Dipshit”.
“Lawyer who lives in Chicago” doesn’t have enough common sense to MOVE.
IM CERTAIN it’s the roaming bands of Amish gangs with MAGA hats on shooting up the place and causing such misharmony.
RLTW
SECOND home! He’s not leaving, he’s just shooting off his commie mouth!
I’m sure his wife could only hope
He said this country has always vilified those not like them because we have always been so intolerant. He should have moved years ago if that is really true. So sorry that he has had to suffer living in such an oppressive country.
The left really just likes to hear themselves talk you know the virtue signaling because we’ve let over 16 million people into this country for this round of illegal aliens coming in I’m old don’t forget we let people millions in over and over again number one number two it’s become so tolerant for things that should not be tolerated!
We have no way of knowing if this David really exists.
There are 1.3 million lawyers in the USA. Well, it’s a start.
Typical liberals, having soiled their nests in NYC and Chicago, they just pick up and move on rather than cleaning up after themselves.
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