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Anonymous
Hey /trv/. I'm an Amerikkkan but I don't want to live here any longer, I would like go to France. I'm 18, graduating from high school this June. How are the universities there? Which region should I go to? How easy is it to get citizenship?

If it helps, I've been taking French for six years and I have $10,000 saved up.
Thanks.
>> Anonymous
Traitor, the French don't want your sketchy ass in their country either. The French usually operate on a recipercating policy with citizenship. Meaning, you becoming a french citizen is just as difficult as a muslim guy from France trying to US citizenship.

10.000$ will last you about a week in France. You should have some sort of marketable skill and a job lined up before you move. The French Government isn't going to be very happy with another unskilled foriegner struggling for a job there. You better have something they can use, like a Masters in Chemistry so you can get a job as a taxi driver.
>> Anonymous
$10,000 is worth like 15 euros you emo bitch.

By the time you earn enough money to make a transatlantic expatriation you'll look back at how stupid you were as a teenager and lulz.
>> Anonymous
So, should I go to med school before I leave the US? International business major maybe? I really don't want to be here when the dollar is equal to the peso and since I've been taking French for so long I figure I might as well... you think Canada would be a better decision? Their economy really isn't any better than ours though.
>> Anonymous
France is the least advanced industrialized nation on the planet. Canada would be a better option, at least there might be a job market there. Think about the riots in France (what, a year ago?) where everyone was in an uproar about not being able to get a job. There are no jobs in France, and there aren't going to be jobs there because of their absurdly worker favoring labor laws. It's a horribly unwise decision to move to France. Britain, Canada, or staying put would be much better options in the long run.
>> Anonymous
>>29770
Maybe you should be less of a panicky bitch, and stay in the United States? Canada is just like America, its progress is directly correlated with the USA's.

If your such a fucking coward your willing to abandon the USA, try getting a Medical degree, like you were saying. An AS-Paramedic or Nursing degree is useful almost anywhere. Take that shit and go to some other crumbling 3rd world country and excell there. Europe, for the most part has more then enough skilled labor, and foriegn defectors and traitors (which they note on your citizenship papers) that they really don't need you. Russia, and the former Soviet Republics do, even though you will be paied close to nothing.

Consider South American countries. Their economoies are booming, and they have a huge demand in skilled labor. In Europe, Chemists are Taxicab drivers, and Generals are security guards. Don't think Europe wants anything to do with your ass, because they don't.
>> Anonymous
>>29773
Are you regretting moving to Europe or do you just really like the US?
>> Anonymous
>>29771
>where everyone was in an uproar about not being able to get a job

LOL, I was working in France at the time and only learned about the riots through the media. The riots only lasted 2 days, and took place only in a tiny town (Villiers-le-bel) I had never heard about before, or since. It sounds sucky, sure, but there's no reason to go there.

Plus, there were at most 300 people rioting (out of 60+ millions), and most were under 18.
There are plenty of job opportunities, 3 years ago there was a serious shortage of butchers and several IT jobs for instance. I found a job there in a single day, kept it 2 years, and was offered a raise when I decided to leave.

>absurdly worker favoring labor laws
Yeah but that's kinda the point? I mean, as a "worker" I sure didn't mind being "absurdly favored" with things like:
- 8 weeks of paid vacations
- about 12 holidays
- 35-hour weeks
- recurrent strikes where the country is paralyzed and you can goof off at home (while still being paid) because you can't reach your workplace anyway

Now perhaps I'm a kind of hero, but I withstood all this treatment like I man.
>> Anonymous
Don't mind these bitter depressed 4channers living in their mom's basement since they themselves were too scared to emigrate when they wanted to. Just move to France, live your dream, go to a university. You'll have a great time.

Although I have heard their universities can be very bureaucratic and aren't as good as some of the others in Europe. But I'm sure they'll have some good ones. Look at academic rankings. Also, go to the Mediterranean coast. It's really really really really expensive, but you won't care because you'll be lying drunk on a beach.
>> Anonymous
>> How are the universities there?
As said before, bureaucratic and not the best of Europe. In the other hand, it's more or less free to study in it (I pay 400€ per year).
>>Which region should I go to?
To study? Paris, all the best universities are there. To visit? Paris, South of France also. To work? Paris is where you will get easily a job. But there is job anywhere in France for somebody who is fluent in english, unlike me ;)

>>How easy is it to get citizenship?
Get a Study or working VISA for an american is easy. But get citizenship is very difficult if you are not born from french parents, or born in France or married with a french. Anyway, you don't need the french citizenship to live in France: my grandparents are living in France since 1960 without the french citizenship and the only difference with french citizens rights is that they can't vote for national elections.
>> Anonymous
You can work in an American or English society in Paris too, you don't need to be fluent in French you will learn but English level is very low for an average French so they seek a lt of English speaker
>> Anonymous
>>29773
oh lol
>>29801
do it
>> Anonymous
> "But there is job anywhere in France for somebody who is fluent in english, unlike me ;)"

So there is a high demand for English speakers? Sounds good.