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Old 05-12-2008, 12:57 AM  
Paul Markham
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Do you live outside of the states? Why?
Quality of life?

As a father I have to think of the culture our daughter grows up in.
Schooling.
Health care.
Cost of housing.

And the general over all culture of America. Yes I'm sure there are places which are great, in fact I've been to some, New Mexico, North Texas and Northern California.

But I have to live where I can work and those places are not suitable. Do I want my daughter growing up in a culture that places so much value on things that are wrong? Yes it's wrong to worry about how much you have rather than who you are.

Do I want to live where I will have to pay a fortune to get our daughter educated?

Do I want to live in a country where doctors can cost so much and I will have to work to keep medical benefits? If she gets sick here no one asks for my medical insurance, they cure her, no charge. We pay for it in our taxes. Yes it has downsides, but we live longer than people in the US. Go figure out why.

No we're very happy here. We could live in the UK tomorrow and choose to live here.
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