According to my dad, my one of my great grandmothers flatly refused to be naturalized... Archived Message Posted by KingTalkyTiki on March 13, 2025, 11:11:48, in reply to "Damn! Yeah it’s just sheer luck that my great grandma never naturalized here" ...and was always pretty bitter about being dragged to America. This was the side that immigrated from Amsterdam. He remembered having to take her in to get her visa renewed as a kid.... ...so I guess some of my attitude is genetic. Message Thread: | This response ↓ Rosie O'Donnell Sidejack...a question on leaving the country. - JFG March 12, 2025, 23:20:47 We’re planning on living part time in my wife’s home country - TarheelIllini March 13, 2025, 10:05:11 The fact that this didn't generate content for "90 Day Fiancée"... - KingTalkyTiki March 13, 2025, 10:47:40 Right?* - Dilbert March 13, 2025, 12:43:39 I keep picturing...IYKYK.... - KingTalkyTiki March 13, 2025, 12:52:07 Their meet cute was at a spelling bee* - Sounder March 13, 2025, 13:14:52 Bratislava? * - doubledown March 13, 2025, 10:44:02 Miami Wice Number One Show!* - VIV March 13, 2025, 11:20:59 Yes, train coming very soon. They are building it now! * - doubledown March 13, 2025, 12:41:55 Czech and Slovakia - TarheelIllini March 13, 2025, 11:17:37 *"Really?" single eyebrow raise* - KingTalkyTiki March 13, 2025, 10:03:29 These colors don’t run. * - doubledown March 13, 2025, 8:26:03 Sure but not for political reasons. * - Tuscy March 13, 2025, 8:13:23 I kick around retiring near Trebinje, Bosnia - Tooldresser March 13, 2025, 13:18:27 Yes. Future Mrs Doc and I have been entertaining a move when I retire (3 years) - ibdoc March 13, 2025, 8:03:09 check out portugal. madeira island or porto area. i doubt i could live on an island for more than a - Nobster March 13, 2025, 8:11:54 I was lobbying to get a transfer to Germany during Obama’s presidency so yes - ATL March 13, 2025, 7:34:45 I’m currently in the process of becoming an Italian dual citizen - snipes824 March 13, 2025, 7:30:04 Jealous. Despite me being able to trace my family back to the late 18th century... - KingTalkyTiki March 13, 2025, 10:39:51 Damn! Yeah it’s just sheer luck that my great grandma never naturalized here - snipes824 March 13, 2025, 11:00:27 According to my dad, my one of my great grandmothers flatly refused to be naturalized... - KingTalkyTiki March 13, 2025, 11:11:48 Similarly my wife and kids are all Swiss citizens. * - haighter March 13, 2025, 10:06:11 My wife and her sister are doing the same thing, also unrelated to politics - DT March 13, 2025, 7:49:00 Exactly. I think it would be too hard to move to Europe during my working life - snipes824 March 13, 2025, 8:05:58 Delete - GrandmotherPearlsJam March 13, 2025, 7:10:00 I probably wouldn't pick the 51st state, cuz that would be awkward - Dilbert March 13, 2025, 6:50:52 I'd love to retire to Victoria, BC. It's extremely temperate and usually pretty dry. - ATL March 13, 2025, 10:09:35 Spent a few hours there this summer. Just a beautiful town with great people - KingTalkyTiki March 13, 2025, 15:27:28 Not a chance* - illini21 March 13, 2025, 6:48:16 Absolutely.* - DT March 13, 2025, 6:15:41 Probably not the country, but depending on what my state does from an educational perspective... - tvillini March 13, 2025, 5:54:46 Does the USVI count as leaving the country? - Illiniphil March 13, 2025, 6:00:47 don't need a passport to get there so I'd say no - Gene Parmesan March 13, 2025, 10:07:56 Yeah i would do something like that - illini21 March 13, 2025, 7:51:22 I’d rather keep my home here and spend a couple months at a time in different foreign spots - Tortillini March 13, 2025, 5:52:24 That’s what we are shooting for at some point. * - harb March 13, 2025, 15:17:37 yeah, this is sort of my goal as well* - Gene Parmesan March 13, 2025, 10:08:31 Also my preference and my longstanding retirement goal* - Carl Spackler March 13, 2025, 6:34:08 Not a chance…I live in coastal California. It’s already barely the US. * - haighter March 13, 2025, 5:42:11 Hells yes - timmer March 13, 2025, 5:30:48 100% yes, but would have said the same irrespective of the results of the last election - opey8 March 13, 2025, 4:57:29 This - GrandmotherPearlsJam March 13, 2025, 7:10:48 Me personally, absolutely no way* - jjlocke923 March 13, 2025, 2:39:30 Columbia* - Sounder March 12, 2025, 23:25:20 Too drugy/killy. I’m thinking Fiji * - illini thunder March 12, 2025, 23:35:14 From what I've heard, Colombia is now considered a pretty safe place to retire. - osklister March 13, 2025, 12:03:12 I have a friend that has visited down there a few times and is considering a house in Colombia. He - harb March 13, 2025, 15:15:24 You're thinking of Colombia. He just wants to move to central Missouri.* - complainant March 13, 2025, 1:12:35 I just want oeople to spelll thingd correctly - Sounder March 13, 2025, 8:18:30 Then I vote Ekwadoor* - ilinni11 March 13, 2025, 13:22:49 Are oeople folks who really like wine?* - ATL March 13, 2025, 8:19:14 Or the SC Upstate* - ATL March 13, 2025, 7:31:37   Searching