# Get Out Of My Country! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 17, 2001, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220 "2001-04-17T00:36:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/1 "2001-04-17T00:36:05Z")
Premise: You are being deported. Question: What country would you move to and why? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/2 "2001-04-17T00:40:34Z")
Where: USA (I’m Canadian) Why: Friendly people and comparable standard of living. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/3 "2001-04-17T00:45:18Z")
To hell with you, I’m not going anywhere! **You** get out of _my_ country!! [I fixed your coding, and here’s a one-way ticket to Greenland. :)] [Edited by Czarcasm on 04-16-2001 at 08:22 PM] ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/4 "2001-04-17T00:46:27Z")
And fix my coding error on your way out! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/5 "2001-04-17T00:51:33Z")
I’m in the U.S. I would go to the Brits. Cause they are so fucking cool. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/6 "2001-04-17T01:31:11Z")
Egypt. To work in the Cairo Museum. My first trip to college earned me an Associates in Egyptology and it’s my first love. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/7 "2001-04-17T02:30:58Z")
I have to agree with Mercutio and go to Britain. I’ve been there and I know I love it. However, I would pop over to Ireland and see how I liked it there. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/8 "2001-04-17T03:19:16Z")
I would move to Spain. Or “Espain”, which is fun to say. This would allow me to live in a Western country at a similar latitude to my home in the U.S. Of course, Italy would be nice, too. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/9 "2001-04-17T03:27:58Z")
I’d go to either Hong Kong or England. As a die hard capitalist and city lover, I’ve often suspected I’d feel more at home in Hong Kong than, say, Indiana. As for England, well, I’ve always been a bit of an anglophile. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/10 "2001-04-17T03:33:58Z")
Belau ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/11 "2001-04-17T03:56:50Z")
Australia sounds nice… ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/12 "2001-04-17T03:58:24Z")
England. Nice people, relatively good TV, mad cows, what more could a guy ask for? ---
**Author:** ![A\_Friend\_of\_the\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@A\_Friend\_of\_the\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Friend_of_the_Devil)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/13 "2001-04-17T04:30:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silver Fire \* > To hell with you, I’m not going anywhere! **You** get out of _my_ country!! Yeah, wait a minute here. You better be sure you can make me leave first! (Looks out window - Swat teams, two Army divisions, etc. Reminiscent of the scene in the _Blues Brothers_) Dammit, I’m going to go form my own country. And wait until you see _my_ immigration laws! ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/14 "2001-04-17T05:50:18Z")
This is a tough one. I have to leave New York? Um, New Jersey? It seems a little exotic, but I think I can adjust. Do I need a visa, or is just the passport ok? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/15 "2001-04-17T05:55:21Z")
Jersey?!? I’m sorry, but I said another country, not another _planet_. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/16 "2001-04-17T05:56:23Z")
I’d move to Mexico. It’s nice here in Cali. but some parts of Mexico has it beat. Besides, I gots family down there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/17 "2001-04-17T06:02:56Z")
The Netherlands. I like countries that subtitle their films instead of dubbing. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/18 "2001-04-17T08:02:03Z")
South Korea, course I’d have to learn more of the language. ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/19 "2001-04-17T08:19:50Z")
Under the premise that I’d have to leave my S.O. behind, I’d go with Thailand. My best friend has been there and he said it’s an unbelievably beautiful land. Not to mention that alot of the females are drop dead gorgeous (although I guess having a thing for Thai women and food doesn’t help) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220/20 "2001-04-17T09:29:41Z")
Toss up between Canada and Australia. Canada is more like the US, but it’s not known for it’s climate. Australia has the better climate, and loose women, which is always a plus. But alas, they don’t have a major league team down under, so I’d head for the great white north. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-my-country/62220.md?page=2)