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Totally agree, but you really never know where would be insulated from everything

I mean surely in the 1930s Hawaii felt like an excellent place to be insulated from war...

I mean the best refute of it I've ever heard is that the date changes in the middle of the day, and that sounds miserable

All I have to add is be careful investing in a Roth if you plan to leave the US. Some countries don't acknowledge it as a retirement vessel and tldr it's a pretty bad investment if that's the case

Cash travels, sell your non -heirloom stuff.

Doesn't need to be a lawyer, relocation companies are amazing at this stuff. They can help with taxes, government registration, all of it

Totally. But "down pat" and conversational are a bit different.

US ex pat here:

I agree with a big decision, but I strongly disagree with needing the language down pat before you go. You should know some for sure, and mostly have a willingness to learn it. You're going to learn so much faster while there than you will studying in the US.

Just need enough language to get by at first

When I took a travel job in my early 20s I was handed some Canadian pins/luggage tags/etc for this exact reason.

I'm definitely still tempted to tell people I'm from Canada

You are what you eat

I have absolutely no idea. I wouldn't know how to do it without a yellow card and that requires residence. Maybe there's clinics?

It is. Come visit (but like be respectful please it's nice)

• source: live here

Better late than never?

Yeah, that's absolutely the case