AhChingados t1_j6993n6 wrote on January 28, 2023 at 5:42 PM

If you are a foreigner, be ready for the culture shock. If you come from an EU country, be ready to lose a lot of benefits you may take for granted. If you come from a non-industrialized country, it is going to get a lot better. Just a few things: -Most countries industrialized are doing better than US in maternal and child mortality rates and in health care/life expectancy. -Workers rights are usually worse than many countries -Corruption depends on the state, for RI we are talking third world county levels. Which could be good for you if you have the money to buy your way around. Just avoid the feds -Getting a green card it is hard, your options are: Student visa (temp) and most employers will be reluctant to sponsor you once you are here unless you have a niche. Work visa, again it has to be for something in high demand. Fiancé visa. Or buy a shit ton of property. -It is definitely a fun state especially if you come from Latin America.

boulevardofdef t1_j69pqdy wrote on January 28, 2023 at 7:35 PM

I ALWAYS stop reading at "third world"

AhChingados t1_j6bxvzs wrote on January 29, 2023 at 5:58 AM

It’s the two thirds world (I don’t like “developing countries”) but I don’t know if people reading will get it, and don’t know an international terms for countries ransacked by colonial powers. This is the one hill I don’t die on.

AhChingados t1_j6by3c3 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 6:00 AM

Oh, and the Latin America part is because I am from Latin America and was having this conversation with other people from Latin America. It is waaaayyyy too familiar