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American expats look to Vancouver Island in search of a different life (www.albernivalleynews.com)

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Quinn described hiking on a remote trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park when they encountered a lone hiker coming down the trail toward them.

“We pulled our gators up over our faces as a precaution (against COVID) and he walked right up to me and said, ‘I don’t appreciate you pulling up that mask’. Then he pulled up his shirt and showed us the pistol strapped to his chest. It was an eye-opener.”

That wasn't the only thing that prompted the couple to leave their homeland, as the evolving political climate in the U.S. played a part in influencing their decision to leave.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Emigrants. The word you're looking for is emigrants.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

no you don't get it, emigrant is for poor people

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

They’re legal american immigrants.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Either they are Expats, then any Mexican coming to the US is an Expat, too. Or they are refugees.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Don’t put up with people who don’t appreciate you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"and I don't appreciate you trying to intimidate me, so I guess we're even"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Please Canada, take all the rich Americans you can. Just make it a requirement that they can't have foreign investments.

That way we get cheap housing and you guys get unlimited vc funding. Win win.