About TravisTeel

Status:

Considering a Move Abroad 

Gender:

Male

Currently Lives:

Citizen Of:

United States

Some Forum Posts:

Uruguay: Moving to Montevideo, Uruguay:

Thank you GaryChar for starting this thread almost 21 months ago. You, Jean12345, CabraVoladera and the other respondents, make this one of the most honest discussions of this topic that I have read concerning any country. I am considering a move to Uruguay for 2013. I am a native of the United States. I will visit in 2012. I wish to create companies to manufacture and sell products worldwide. I have been studying a list of countries for the past 5 years and Uruguay is impressive. If I were visiting another country and was asked by a native of that country my opinion on moving to the United States, I would not run out of crime stories. Every day, black, brown, red, white and yellow Americans and immigrants, steal from each other, rape each other and murder each other, for every reason you can think of. We call each other every derogatory name in the book. We hurt the young and the old; able bodied, wheelchair bound and bed ridden; hetero and homo sexual; yet thousands of people cross the U.S. borders everyday by all possible means, to find a better life, with all of this violence being international public knowledge. Do Americans have anything to say about immigrants that do not speak English? With all of that being said, I feel very safe in my Midwestern U.S. city of 110,000. Every skin color, religion, multiple languages. I understand all of the nuances. If I move to another country, I will have to learn their nuances. That is part of the adventure. I also believe that if I present myself in a positive manor, people will respond in a positive manor. All that Jean12345 said about Uruguay might be said about the U.S. Some people everywhere "suck". Drugs and all of the negative that goes with them is nothing new. But most crime is caused by poverty, whichever nation you speak of. People with gainful employment use drugs less than people without. I am looking at the politics in Uruguay also and I can tell you that the U.S. has some "active" criminals in office, not "ex.". My point is that so much of life is perspective, degrees and points-of-view; which equals socialization. Changing the ones that you are used to, will allow you to enjoy more that the world has to offer. People move every year to nations farther down any quality-of-life list than Uruguay. It is all about opportunity. It is all about perspective. Everyone that wants to immigrate has their reasons. Most do not hate the country that they are native to. They just wish to enjoy personal and economic opportunities that they feel they are not getting at the moment. They want a short list of basics to make sense; the rest they will adapt to. It takes good people to make a good neighborhood or nation. Yes, some people are only trying to make money for themselves. But some are trying to provide accurate information and good service; in the U.S. and abroad. I will enjoy my adventure. I hope all of you will enjoy yours.

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