I am wondering some thoughts on this. (US)

We’ve lived in this house for 6 years. It’s a great place, but we always figured we’d probably move again at some point. Now, we have a decent amount of stuff (mostly due to my 1000’s of hobbies, we like to do a lot of shit because life should be fun) so I really hate moving.

My thought is-hey, if we end up moving, lets just move really far away. Most of our families will be gone in a few years and there’s not really a reason to stay here. I could probably give up a lot of my large items if it meant moving to a really interesting new country (thinking one of the Nordic countries, my grandparents were from there). Still, it would probably be 6 years before we would actually move.

Just wondering how crazy this really is. I think my SO feels like it’s a joke when I bring it up.

  • Hapankaali@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I have lived in a couple of different countries and in total moved about 20 times or so. It’s really not that big a deal, but I do recommend throwing away most of your stuff. Most of what we have fits in a few boxes, aside from some cheap furniture.

    Now is a good time to move away from the US because you are ahead of the large refugee waves that will come if and when things get really bad (but even if they don’t, it’s unlikely the US is going to catch up to Northern Europe economically any time soon). You do need to have a job lined up though, no Nordic country is going to give you a residence permit just because your grandparents were from there.

    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      5 days ago

      Haha yeah my stuff is not for throwing away. Its quality expensive stuff. I could sell a lot of it but a decent amount I’d take with.

      Yeah, our employer has stations over there so that’d be the plan. Realistically it wouldn’t happen soon enough and like you said we would be one of millions trying to get out. Probably not worth it. Luckily our part of the US is very insulated from any craziness.