People are leaving the US in record numbers — partly for political reasons, but also because remote work lets them combine high American salaries with other countries’ lower living costs. In 2025, 150,000 more people left the US than arrived, the first confirmed year of net emigration since the Great Depression. Portugal’s American population has jumped 500% since 2020; Ireland welcomed 10,000 people from the US last year, more than the number of Irish who moved to the US; Bali, Colombia, and Thailand saw protests against rising housing costs as high-paid US workers arrived. These digital nomads are often making the move permanent: US nationals are applying for citizenship in Britain and elsewhere at record rates.
mackattacknj83 on
This is so sad.
Pissflaps69 on
I’ve considered moving to Ireland, I just don’t know that my wife and kids would be as up for it as I would.
Messyfingers on
Those numbers aren’t SUPER concerning until we start seeing citizenships being renounced.
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People are leaving the US in record numbers — partly for political reasons, but also because remote work lets them combine high American salaries with other countries’ lower living costs. In 2025, 150,000 more people left the US than arrived, the first confirmed year of net emigration since the Great Depression. Portugal’s American population has jumped 500% since 2020; Ireland welcomed 10,000 people from the US last year, more than the number of Irish who moved to the US; Bali, Colombia, and Thailand saw protests against rising housing costs as high-paid US workers arrived. These digital nomads are often making the move permanent: US nationals are applying for citizenship in Britain and elsewhere at record rates.
This is so sad.
I’ve considered moving to Ireland, I just don’t know that my wife and kids would be as up for it as I would.
Those numbers aren’t SUPER concerning until we start seeing citizenships being renounced.