Millions worldwide would like to switch countries
 

The name says it all, Some 700 million people worldwide, or more than all the adults of North and South America combined, think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence and want to permanently move to another country, a poll showed Tuesday. The least likely to want to emigrate were Asians -- only one in 10 Asian adults said they would move to another country.

Millions worldwide would like to switch countries: study - Yahoo! News

Americans always say they want to move to different country, but it's really just our constant attempt to rebel with familiarity -- and the Government.


An all too common phrase is, "Well then I'm heading to Canada!"


Truthfully, 90% of Americans would be helpless outside of their comfort zone.

I would love to get out of this country. Its so corrupted with greed and full of liers

Kinda like all countries. Reminds me of that saying..."Right now your government is doing things you think only other governments do".

1 out of 10 Asians may sound low, but it's still well over 100 million, just from China.
I personally like where I live, I may want to visit other countries but I like liveing here. Green grass means it's growing..and I hate mowing grass.

That "sort of" explains why a lot of young Americans who just graduated from university (with M.A. or Ph.Ds) are moving to Canada to get jobs.

Canada: absorbing America's intelligence since 1992 :vsign:

GO CANADA! I wanna go snowboarding there.:vsign:

How many is "a lot"? And who has better universities? America or Canada? If Canada is absorbing intelligence, maybe it has to because it can't produce any of it's own.

A "lot of" Japanese dream of going to university overseas, and the first country on their list is America, particularly if they are looking for a graduate-level degree. And more Japanese work and study in America than all other countries combined.

Moving to another place won't change anything as long as people change themselves in fact.

That wont ever happen.

Did you even read the article? It's not Americans that want to move.

*sigh*

I was curious exactly how this question in the survey was worded...

"Would you like to live in another country?" would likely get a lot more YES answers than "Do you want to make a life in a foreign country?" , "Do you want to move out of your country forever?" or the like...

Considering the age range for the survey went as low as 15, it was likely to be heavily influenced by those who simply want a change from their life - anywhere away from controlling family. From the little bit of information provided about the methods of the survey and the content it seems like useless data.

that's kinda big number to me~ ;)

Like Nyororin I want to know how its worded seems rather interesting though.
Besides its easy to think the grass is greener till you actually make the move and find out you need to do some weeding. Im not surprised by the destination of those who would like to move. The US was built on the backs of those who came from other countries its at the core of what America is.

Hmm?
 

Millions worldwide would like to switch countries
 

I'd love to re-locate.

Very natural to get bored of what you have for to long.

Average life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa is only 35 years or so, so 15 is considered middle-aged there. A large percentage of 15 year olds already have children, and it's not unusual for Africans to become grandparents before they are 30 years old.

I would suspect that most 15 year olds in the 3rd World (which would be the majority of 15 year olds in the world), are already working to help their families, if they don't already have families of their own.

Knowing these facts makes it pretty easy to see why people would love to leave their own country and look for a better life elsewhere.

I wouldn't say America was built on the Backs of folks from other countries so much. Imigrants from across the world came to America to make something of themselves and created the American dream while doing so. That doesn't mean there weren't problems along the way, there certainly were, but I don't hold to that "American's are to blame for everything" hogwash they try to sell.

I agree that 15 could be fairly indicative in 3rd world countries, but this survey was not limited to there. My 15 year old neice, like most American teenagers, would be far from practical or realistic answering this question if you simply asked on the spur of the moment and expected an immediate response.

I think that it is in human nature to be unsatisfied. People are always striving for something greater than what they have,which can be good or bad depending on how you view things. I would like to go to Japan myself, but as for living there permanently, I think I would like to stick to my homeland. It really is to easy to just seperate yourself from society, and wish for something better. Maybe people should try to see the qualitites of their own countries throughly before they use another as an escape route.

I wouldn't want to move permantly to any other city much less country. Growing up I moved aorund a lot now as an adult I like the idea of having a place to always call home.

I'm a thrill seeker and I love adventure but my heart stays where the majority of my family and friends are.

So to these people who want to escape thier countries faults.There's no perfect country or ideal paradise anywhere. You have to make your own paradise by analyzing what you really want in life.. not what sounds " cool" or just "better".

I bet that if someone had taken the time to explain all you have to go through to adapt in adiferent country, that number will be cut at least in half, I mean is a complete change of culture, you have to learn a new language, make new friends,find a job, etc....
It is not where you are moving to but why? and most of the time is because of the economy to find a dignifying way of life. or because you are so rich that you can spin the globe and wherever your finger points you can thrive.

so why would you want to move????

People have always wanted to immigrate... where is the news? I've lived in Algeria and England. I'm now living in France and I get why my fellow Algerians seek to move abroad. Considering Algeria is pretty okay compared to other African nations, I'm not at all surprised that millions of people search for greener pasture abroad.

That's interesting because we Canadians assume that it's the Americans which are doing the brain drain. I know at least a dozen friends (doctors) who've moved to the US for better wages. Not to mention a warmer climate.

In any event, that statistic is no surprise. I'm thinking about moving overseas as well...

Canada's universities are improving at a fast speed for the past decade or so. But also Canada caters towards smart foreigners pretty well. Weren't American universities originally supported by British and French universities in the past?

Just to let you know, Canada is famous for communication studies in the academic world.

From what I heard, a lot of Chinese and Koreans are ditching American universities. Not to mention a lot of my professors are trying to encourage my peers NOT to go to American grad schools, instead British, German and Australian.

Foreign Admits to U.S. Grad Schools Plunge - BusinessWeek

I believe there are huge differences for job migrations among provinces. At least Ontario has some flow of Americans into the province.

Many people from less developed countries want to go to the US for education. But hasn't this always been the case? People have always gone to the world leading country. It has happened since Ancient Greece. Plus, people seem to care too much about University Rankings, which to be honest are pretty crap statistics.

One thing I'll say though, is that American universities are a bit of a rip off price wise. After finishing secondary school, I was looking at universities. I could have gone anywhere in the world, and so I thought I'd look at Columbia University. Spoke to admissions, they were pretty confident they'd accept me if I applied, but then I found out the price. Straight away, I thought it was a waste of money! I'd end up getting in more debt than if I stayed in the UK.

In the end, I came to France because their education I think is much better than UK or US, and it costs me no more than 400euros a year in admission fees.

Yea, University prices are nutso here. I managed to pay my way through via the GI Bill, not everyone can do that though.

I dont agree that people only want to move because "the grass is greener".
Sometimes the grass IS greener.
It depends on what you want.
Every country is different from each other so youre life wont be the same where ever you are.

I'll take me as an example.
I live in Sweden and I'm born and raised here, and I really dont want to live here.

There are many reasons to why I don't like my country, I dislike the climate, culture, the sociaty in general etc.
And I KNOW that I'm going to be much happier if I move to a country that has more of what i like.

And I would never want to live in the same place my whole life.
I want to see and expirience the world, not just stay where i grew up and live a boring ordinary life.
That's not what I want.

I think that most people think like many of you people seem to do, because they are affraid of the "unknown".
Yeah, it IS a big thing to change country, to step out of you're comfort zone, learn new rules and culture, but isn't that part of the beauty?

Humans will never satisfy with what they have and will forever try to better their circumstances. It's our nature.