Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
Quote:The sharp rise in younger women wanting to leave the U.S. has created a large gender gap between them and their male counterparts. Todayβs 21-percentage-point gap between younger men (19%) and women (40%) wanting to leave the U.S. is the widest Gallup has recorded on this trend.
Since Gallup began measuring this question globally in 2007, few countries have shown gender gaps this wide in the desire to migrate. Before the U.S. in 2025, no country had recorded a gap of 20 points or more between younger men and women.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/697382/record-numbers-younger-women-leave.aspx
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Quote:The sharp rise in younger women wanting to leave the U.S. has created a large gender gap between them and their male counterparts. Todayβs 21-percentage-point gap between younger men (19%) and women (40%) wanting to leave the U.S. is the widest Gallup has recorded on this trend.
Since Gallup began measuring this question globally in 2007, few countries have shown gender gaps this wide in the desire to migrate. Before the U.S. in 2025, no country had recorded a gap of 20 points or more between younger men and women.
Quote:In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups.
Quote:In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups.
I go back and forth about leaving. Health care and lower cost of living are two incentives. I don't plan to retire for some years yet, but I hate that I HAVE to work full time, all the time, to have any kind of affordable health insurance (and what I currently have is still high deductible and not that good). If I've paid my taxes and saved my money, why the hell can't I take some time off without having to worry about affording health care? Especially when it takes 3-6 months or more to get in to see a doctor who isn't that good to begin with. Americans are paying to have the same health care experiences that people who live in socialized health-care countries get just by paying their taxes.
(Nov 19 2025, 7:28 PM)Elsacat I don't plan to retire for some years yet, but I hate that I HAVE to work full time, all the time, to have any kind of affordable health insurance (and what I currently have is still high deductible and not that good). If I've paid my taxes and saved my money, why the hell can't I take some time off without having to worry about affording health care? Especially when it takes 3-6 months or more to get in to see a doctor who isn't that good to begin with.
(Nov 19 2025, 7:28 PM)Elsacat Americans are paying to have the same health care experiences that people who live in socialized health-care countries get just by paying their taxes.
I suppose it depends on the job, which is even more archaic, huh? Like there's "tiers" of healthcare too, because capitalist USA isn't done with the hierarchy of "who deserves basic human rights like being healed?" game. Like, if you work at a crappy job, they'll offer some kind of shitty healthcare plan, which you sometimes need to pay for (though every employee is "paying for" stupid private health insurance one way or another, it just depends on if the employer is just factoring into your paycheck/salary already). But like, every time I want to go to the doctor, optometrist, dentist, for anything other than a routine checkup, that's a co-pay right there. Yeah, insurance pays for some things 100%, but for many others, we got the co-pays, we got the deductibles, we got the co-insurance. It's all a fucking scam. Isn't there some data done somewhere that a single-payer healthcare system would save United States citizens money over keeping our stupid private insurances?
(Nov 19 2025, 7:28 PM)Elsacat I don't plan to retire for some years yet, but I hate that I HAVE to work full time, all the time, to have any kind of affordable health insurance (and what I currently have is still high deductible and not that good). If I've paid my taxes and saved my money, why the hell can't I take some time off without having to worry about affording health care? Especially when it takes 3-6 months or more to get in to see a doctor who isn't that good to begin with.
(Nov 19 2025, 7:28 PM)Elsacat Americans are paying to have the same health care experiences that people who live in socialized health-care countries get just by paying their taxes.
I suppose it depends on the job, which is even more archaic, huh? Like there's "tiers" of healthcare too, because capitalist USA isn't done with the hierarchy of "who deserves basic human rights like being healed?" game. Like, if you work at a crappy job, they'll offer some kind of shitty healthcare plan, which you sometimes need to pay for (though every employee is "paying for" stupid private health insurance one way or another, it just depends on if the employer is just factoring into your paycheck/salary already). But like, every time I want to go to the doctor, optometrist, dentist, for anything other than a routine checkup, that's a co-pay right there. Yeah, insurance pays for some things 100%, but for many others, we got the co-pays, we got the deductibles, we got the co-insurance. It's all a fucking scam. Isn't there some data done somewhere that a single-payer healthcare system would save United States citizens money over keeping our stupid private insurances?
There probably is data to that effect, but it would put health insurance companies out of business. Or drastically reduce business. The US is all about social safety nets for business and capitalism, so we'll never see a change there.
I'm about ready to coast on savings for a while too. So burnt out, I'm a walking bbq joint.
Tbh, we thought about leaving the U.S. very seriously ourselves too back in September during the height of the Charlie Kook national meltdown. Remember like when Kimmel got kicked off the air by the FCC for speculating about the motives of the shooter? Yeah right about then I thought to myself "Y'know, maybe it's time to just get the hell out of here while it's still safe to!" Checked with my wife and she felt the same way. We actually began actively looking for possible places to move to in three other countries. Mercifully, that atmosphere didn't last and I am in fact now less afraid of the Trump presidency than I've been in a while. But yeah, things got pretty damn scary there for a bit!
We're not even a year into The Worst Administration Ever (For Now). Things could get worse. It's still worthwhile to look at options, especially because regardless of the current administration, it can still be less expensive to just exist in some other countries. It's working well for friends of mine who retired to Central America.