They will hear back from the corporate overlords, who are trying the figure out potential effects on annual revenue.

Water management has long been a contentious issue in New Zealand, with legislation to centralise its control and overhaul outdated services thrown out by the National-led coalition government in favour of local reforms in early 2024.

No. You’re 1-2 years of visa applications and paperwork and job searching away from deciding to sell all your possessions and make the move.

You wont be able to renounce until you’ve gained citizenship in your destination country, which takes about 5 years usually.

I sold everything I owned online marketplace, down to mugs and dishes.

Most countries you’d want to go to have a tax agreement with the US to negate the effects of double taxation.

10 years. It was a lot of paperwork. Got a job in new country, built a new life.

There are a lot of valid excuses why one cannot emmigrate, but “I’m not filthy rich” is not one of them. Some people use that theory to assuage the cognitive dissonance. In other words: emigrating is a fuck load of work, and it’s easier for many to simply lie to themselves that they need to be filthy rich.

Notice that I didn’t say that I retired with $10k and three suitcases.

I left with $10k and 3 suitcases.

conservative mischief this.

Did you know that the H stands for Harold.

ie. Hark the Harold’s angels sing

if a “terrifying line is being crossed” every day, how does that affect you? Is each line a new horror? or do they all blur together?