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.

Economic

Pros Better opportunities of getting a good income or job. Variety of jobs

Environment

Cons The cost of living may be too expensive and, due to nationalism, job opportunities may be limited. New landscapes, Pollution, insecurity, different climates, unknown places that wildlife, enriching may be difficult to sights. get through. Lack of natural resources. Problems in adapting oneself to a new

Social/Cultural

Opening the mind to different cultures and societies. Enriching knowledge and social skills. Knowing different lifestyles, food, traditions.

Technology/science

Education

Public order

There may be much more 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. Much higher level of Learning problems education, better due to the language opportunities of might be required. getting a good job due to the qualifications got there. There may be less problems related to crime, vandalism, terrorism, etc. So one can make much more

environment. 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. Becoming too dependent to it.

War

progress on anything one needs to. If there was a war, being part of a technologically developed country could be an advantage, as there are good chances of winning.

There may be more chances to be disturbed by wars, as powerful 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 people related 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