Since this wasn’t apparent the last time I asked… no, I’m actually not a US citizen or green card holder (permanent resident). Just happened to be in this country for a long time due to career reasons.
If you have the money to leave. Buy a couple people on the street loaves of bread or a sleeping bag or something.
Borrow a lot of money and then declare bankruptcy. If you’re feeling generous, buy up people’s medical debt for pennies on the dollar.
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Imagine a collateral 😩
Get an FBI background check, and get it apostilled. Easy to do from your local post office in the US, difficult and expensive to do outside the us, and you will need it for many things you might want to do in other countries
Why would you need an FBI background check outside of the US?
Actually the only time I’ve ever needed one is outside of the country. You need a police report from anywhere you lived for more than six months to apply for residencies, get teaching jobs, etc etc. the only authority in the US that can do this and provide a report acceptable outside the country is the FBI.
you need it if you apply for citizenship in some countries. they’ll ask for full criminal records of all the countries you’ve lived in.
This is a pretty important step!
Yosemite
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
Avenue of the Giants
Add to this list any national parks you were thinking about visiting. After this administration, they may not be around anymore.
Take sometime to learn about what you will do with your 401k if have one.
Turn the lights out
Take me with?
Get a few public library cards. Then abroad you can use it to borrow ebooks and audiobooks for free.
I have to renew mine in person every 3 years or so.
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Libraries are not a US only thing.
Libraries with access to the enormous amount of English language content are usually only found in English speaking countries, though.
Good luck finding more than a few books on niche topics in, say, Dutch (ask me how I know).
I deeply regret not hanging onto my US library card.
Understandable, just another reason to learn the country’s language then.
I speak the language fluently; that’s not the problem.
It’s the fact that there are a much smaller number of books available on most topics because the country is so small.
My bad, I misread your comment, sorry.
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Sir, this isn’t reddit
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Open as many credit cards as you can and spend all the money and don’t worry about paying it back it’s all good
Take me with you!!
Visit some of the National Parks, aka America’s best idea.
Some amazing ones (they’re all amazing, tbh) in no particular order:
- Yosemite
- Arches / Canyonlands (close to each other)
- Yellowstone
- Grand Tetons
- Glacier
- Denali
- Olympic
Grand canyon isn’t even on here, I’m disappointed
Bryce canyon is superior for a day trip. Grand Canyon isn’t really that beautiful unless you can hike or ride down into it.
hard disagree
If you’re in Utah then I suggest Lower Antelope Canyon as well
Not in Utah, but close enough.
Mbad ur right. It’s near paige arizona. My last trip there I kinda went back and forth between arizona and utah so things got blurred
Plenty of countries have national parks btw. Many of them had them before America. While the American ones are indeed geographically amazing, I am tired of thinUS exceptionalism that the US is the only country that has national parks.
Perhaps I’m illiterate, but I saw nothing in their comment suggesting that the US is the only country with National Parks.
I don’t think they even implied that they’re better than any other National Parks.
They said it was our best idea… I don’t think that implies we were first, just that it was a good idea for us to do it.
I acknowledge your point. Maybe I came across too harshly due to some baggage about it. Especially an episode from the podcast 99% invisible about the US national parks.
Plenty of countries have national parks btw. Many of them had them before America.
Well not really though ? Yellowstone established in 1872 is generally considered the first national park, in the modern sense of the term*, and inspired others to follow in the next couple of decades in Canada, New Zealand and Australia. It wasn’t until the 1900s that the first national park was established in Europe.
* there are a couple of other places that also claim this distinction, depending on how exactly you define what a national park is, but not many
Calling national parks “America’s best idea” is a quote from historian and environmentalist Wallace Stegner - I think the point of it is not to toot some US exceptionalism horn - in context it’s more of an acknowledgment that America deserves a lot of criticism - saying that national parks are America’s best idea is actually putting a bit of shade on other American exceptionalism claims, especially during the Reagan “shining city upon a hill” era.
While many (if not most) countries have national parks, the policies surrounding them are different. A simple thing like camping is often restricted in European parks, mixed land use is allowed so you are more removed from pure non human nature. As a result, the experience of visiting one may be vastly different - depending on what you are doing. American national parks are exceptional not because they are the only country that has them - which isnt true as you pointed out, they are exceptional because of the governing policies surrounding them.
I’d surely visit one, before I left, because the experience isnt going to be the same in any other.
I’d surely visit one, before I left, because the experience isnt going to be the same in any other.
You might want to visit them soon anyway, as I believe they will be significantly reduced over the next 4 years as our Kakistocratic government continues to dismantle everything good about this country.
I’m not from the US but maybe, some day when I’m old and grey, I’ll visit one.
As I said, you might want to hurry up. They’re already talking about selling that land.
I think that’s a fair point.
Visit some national parks if you can (while they still exist).
The Grand Canyon is amazing
Make sure your last permanent address is where you wanna be voting. Absentee ballots will all be for whichever district you lived in last.
Don’t think they can vote if they’re not a citizen, no?
oh right missed that part. well, still relevant for other readers
