I’m currently looking for another job. While I would like to stay in Florida (this being the USA, the last redoubt), if I got wind of a fit in another country, I’d be willing to take a careful look. I think the USA is in major trouble, and a Republican sweep of the House and Senate this fall won’t change that very much.
I love the USA, but I still gotta eat.
I made my decision to leave back in 2012. The Tea Party revolution turned out to be coopted. Despite the damage that Obama did during his first term, the pubbies managed to nominate the one candidate who could’ve lost to him, etc.
The thing is that I saw we had basically lost the culture war. Fortunately, in the past couple of years, there have been some new additions to the field that are trying to make an impact. But a little too late? As Breitbart said, “Politics is downstream from culture.”
Didn’t tell anybody about my plans but any time I traveled somewhere I was looking where to go. Watched a lot of videos about the places that I was thinking about, etc.
My suggestion is to look at different bugout locations. Travel as budget and available time allows. Look at boring things in addition to sightseeing (rental costs, gas prices, food costs, etc). View a ton of videos from various sources.
EG, Thailand isn’t for everybody. The culture is way different than the US. The food is different. The writing is different (yes, there is English on signs, but not all). There are plenty of other expats here — but you have to be careful around them as a lot just do nothing but bitch about the country where they are living. The religion is different — e.g., the nearest Catholic parish to where I live is in the next province and it’s a fairly liberal parish so I don’t have too much interest in making the drive more than necessary.
But if Thailand isn’t good, the Philippines might be OK or alternatively Costa Rica.
I suggest that everybody...EVERYBODY...has a plan “B” and a plan “C”.