Desire to Move Permanently to U.S. at New Low

PorciiVorbesc

Can I have your spot then?

greenchair

still on top, nuff said.

Daishiman

Not just that but the people who change their opinion the most are generally those with excellent education and job opportunities elsewhere.

happosai

The only proven method of stopping immigration to your country: make your country such a shit hole nobody wants to move to it.

binklee

Shows a lot what Europe thinks of the US. I'm surprised though that people from South Asia who would like to move permanently to another country also have a low vote for the US.

rayiner

Gallup does this survey regularly, and I think perhaps the most interesting thing on the chart is how few people in south and east asia (around 10%) want to leave even if they had the opportunity to do so. I think that says something about the psychology of people who do leave their countries.

heybales

In other news, desire to move permanently FROM the U.S. at a new high.

bryanlarsen

I'm surprised that "Northern America" was only 4% in 2024. It feels like a huge percentage of Canadians used to move to America. Maybe everybody who wanted to move already has?

binlog

The irony is that restrictive immigration policies designed to keep out "low quality" immigrants are only going to stop the flow of skilled ones who have better options at home or elsewhere. People who are desperate will continue to immigrate no matter what.

Aurornis

The sub-headline adds important context: > U.S. still top destination as desire to migrate falls worldwide So the US is still the top destination by a wide margin. Part of the decline is attributable to a global drop in desire to migrate at all. Recent politics is undoubtedly part of it, but if you assumed the US had fallen behind other countries you should probably read the article.

k__

Isn't that what the US wants? I mean, at least this ICE stuff happened doesn't seem very inviting.

wolvoleo

Yeah I would never ever move there. I had an offer just before Corona but naaah. The only reason I applied is that they advertised it as a local job at first. While this administration is in place I don't even want to visit, even for work purposes I refuse. Especially the toxic manosphere culture at the moment. I've lived in 4 countries but the US is not one that appeals to me. They pay the most but cost of living is also huge and besides that money isn't the most important to me. I'm making about 60% of what I would make in the same role in my home country. But that's ok because I enjoy living here a lot more. What matters to me is quality of life, and a good social welfare system so I don't have to worry.

glimshe

They could also have phrased that as "Ability to move Permanently to U.S. for those who want to is at New Low"

caaqil

> U.S. still top destination as desire to migrate falls worldwide > But despite these changes, many people worldwide — an estimated 900 million — would like to move, including about 134 million who would prefer to move to the U.S. Important caveats.

Ritewut

I'm trying to get out of the US but every other country is also having their own anti-immigration moment right now.

js8

How can people today even think they can "move to the U.S. permanently"? U.S. is even considering stripping citizenship from its own citizens. It's very impermanent.

ck2

Heritage Foundation wants to reduce the US population by 11 million people by 2029 imaging what's going down just before/during the Olympics which I am 99% certain will be boycotted by then

bryanlarsen

Looks like Matthew Yglesias's dream of 1 billion Americans is impossible now.

testbjjl

It’s always good when we all don’t want the same things. I expect to see a lot more doom and gloom headlines of the midterm elections go as predicted, but anticipate quality of life increasing for us non billionaires as well.

mvcosta91

The only way I’d ever set foot in the US is if Brazil decided to extradite me. Luckily, we don't extradite our own citizens.