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OK, but by that logic lots more USA citizens should be moving to the UK, Ireland, Spain than the other way around. That's just not the case, at least until very recently.

I could see that the appeal of Ireland can be increasing and Poland sounds cool. I'm not saying that the USA is great, it has tons of problems.





Net migration US/Ireland is positive to Ireland.

UK numbers yes, though maybe gloomy weather plays a role? Just kidding. That said, Brits are slightly more likely to move to Spain than US despite it being a tiny country in comparison and not necessarily easier to move to after Brexit.

Spain, not sure. It’s tricky to compare since non immigrant Spanish speaking population in US is probably significantly lower than Spaniards speaking English. But yeah, you probably have a point on that one.


America has around 42 million fluent Spanish speakers (based on # that speak Spanish at home).

Spain’s entire population is 48 million.

I have never met an American that migrated to Spain.


Maybe you’re an exception but this place’s demographics probably does not have a wide Latino-American network compared to other demos.

Well America is pretty freaking cool, so I guess I don’t blame them.



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