My father knew in 1955 that the socialistic bent of Holland was going to ruin it.....
yes Australia is also popular, most Dutch esp these days can speak passable English, they are taught well in school.....
even in 1955, my dad said he had three choices, US, Canada and Australia, he chose Canada because he already had a sister there, his cousin of the same age chose Australia, he's lives in the outback somewhere.....
also because I imagine those countries were looking for and accepting Dutch farm workers, my area still gets in Dutch farm workers, esp for the tobacco harvest.....
yes I was in Holland in 1970 and then we went back in 1988 and we could not believe the traffic jams and Holland just doesn't have the space to build new highways like we do in North America, though they keep making more land out of the sea, doesn't help you in the middle of the country though....
I find it very interesting that Dutch-Americans are the most conservative ethnic group in the country, along with Cuban-Americans. Although sometimes I think the Dutch are both conservative and Republican, while Cuban-Americans are often more reliably Republican than conservative.