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Would you like to live in a different country permanently?

Introduction

Today, globalization has done much easier for people to transport

themselves to different places; this implies they can move more

easily from their homeland to another place, whether to live

permanently or temporarily. The nature of the reasons why someone

may decide to live abroad permanently is very variable: economic,

emotional, spiritual, of healthcare, etc.

The following analysis of it will be based on me put on that

situation. That is, would I like to live abroad permanently? Why? In

order to explore this issue a comparison of the pros and cons of

living permanently abroad may be useful.

Pros Cons

Economic Better opportunitiesof getting a good

income or job.

Variety of jobs

The cost of livingmay be too expensive

and, due to

nationalism, job

opportunities may be

limited.

Environment New landscapes,

different climates,

wildlife, enrichingsights.

Pollution, insecurity,

unknown places that

may be difficult toget through.

Lack of natural

resources.

Problems in adapting

oneself to a new

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environment.

Social/Cultural Opening the mind to

different cultures and

societies.

Enriching knowledgeand social skills.

Knowing different

lifestyles, food,

traditions.

It may result hard to

adapt oneself to a

new culture and

different manners.Language may be a

difficulty.

Relationships could

be difficult to

manage, as people

behave different to

that one is used to.

Technology/science There may be muchmore technology and,

therefore, more

opportunities to

progress and expand

my business.

Science findings may

be better exploited,

so one can take

advantage and profit

of it.

Becoming toodependent to it.

Education Much higher level of

education, better

opportunities of

getting a good job

due to the

qualifications got

there.

Learning problems

due to the language

might be required.

Public order There may be less

problems related to

crime, vandalism,

terrorism, etc. So one

can make much more

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progress on anything

one needs to.

War If there was a war,

being part of a

technologicallydeveloped country

could be an

advantage, as there

are good chances of

winning.

There may be more

chances to be

disturbed by wars, aspowerful countries

are more likely to be

engaged on that sort

of affairs.

Conclusion

Finally, despite several negative aspects of my homeland, I would

never prefer to live permanently abroad, because, personally,

Colombia represents to me my family and personal history. Most of

my ancestors were from this magic land, their traditions and ancient

wisdom has been given to me tanks to the fact that they have lived

here. Most of what I am today I owe to this land and to the peoplerelated to it. So in order to preserve and for the enjoyment of future

generations, I am very happy to live here forever. The cultural

aspects of enrichment that can be derived from living abroad can be

exploited without the need of living permanently in a different

country. One can travel occasionally with certain purposes.

Ricardo Quintero Mosquera