State of the Union

[bubosquared]

So. Facts re: emigration to NYC:

• I'm young, I'm fairly presentable, I'm adaptable, I'm bilingual, I have a European high school diploma. I have a good chance of finding a decent job.
• It is quite possibly cheaper to have my stuff shipped over there, so I don't have to worry about buying furniture. (Will, however, need new tv and video. But that's okay.)
• While living inside the city is expensive, the suburbs are supposedly not that expensive. It's not like I've not been commuting all my life anyway.
• If worst comes to worst, there are a number of people in/near NYC I could crash with.
• I will need to contact the US embassy this week to find out how soon I would be able to get a visa.
• I will need to cut down on all expenses and save money. Lots.
• I am quite possibly insane. AUGUST?

Comments

[dragonfizz.livejournal.com]

Q: Why would you go to New York City, AMERICA, at a time like this?

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Because there are far more of "my people" in/around NYC and in the USA in general than there are in/anywhere near Belgium. Because I've been watching the votes for the fascist party in Belgium grown leaps and bounds since I've started to pay attention to politics, and the way my fellow Belgians are heading scares me a bit. Because I'm insane. :)

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[dragonfizz.livejournal.com]

fascist party?

*EEK*

okay. good enough justification for me.
go forth and be a fine and noble citizen, young femgeek.

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

I call it the fascist party, because. Well. A lot of their goals reek of fascism to me. They want to give out grants to every Flemish child born, repatriate (?) all non-EU people, etc.

They also v. much play into people's feelings of unsafety -- and when I say "feelings" of unsafety, I mean it. They've been gaining an aweful lot of ground in areas where people are rich and safe and really have no reason to be displeased with the government (which is why a lot of others vote for them).

So, yeah. They scare me. They get about 10-15% of the votes (25% in my city) and they're still gaining ground. They'll never be in power, I don't think (thanks to the "cordon sanitaire", which basically means no other party will allege with them), but the fact that so many people vote for them is frightening.