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> the medical care situation in the US, which is outright designed to help trap people in their jobs.

Absolutely! so start working on something right now to free yourself from that. I left a perfectly good first-world country and permanently moved to another one because I liked the quality of life better - you can too!

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Theoretically. In practical reality there are quite a lot of obstacles, none of which can't be overcome mind you, but then there's considerations for the other people in your life you'd have to leave behind, the flaws of the country you'd be moving to, etc.

It's risk/reward, like almost everything else. Don't be surprised when people rationally choose a lower risk path.

Its also about what you value most; Being happy about everyday, or material things.

For some people its material things like a house, car etc. and thats okay.

How old were you at that time? Did you have to leave any dependents behind?

I did the same thing in my 20's, now, with family and kids, a large change like that would be much harder to pull off.

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