# State residency in the USA, how far does this go?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 17, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residency-in-the-usa-how-far-does-this-go/679089 "2014-01-17T19:26:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-residency-in-the-usa-how-far-does-this-go/679089/21 "2014-01-18T17:03:57Z")

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This is interesting. The EU is **not** a ‘union of states’ but a collection of sovereign countries. In spite of that, A Polish citizen can come to the UK, live in temporary (often slum) accommodation, but claim UK state benefits for his children who live in Poland. Go figure?

Of course the reverse applies too, but state benefits in Poland are far lower if they exist at all.

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