5 reasons NOT to migrate to the USA

[guantanamero99]

Source: http://www.forumcash.com/wordpress/f...te-to-the-usa/

1 – Inexpensive labor.
It’s probably the only place in the world where paying for household help doesn’t cause a major dent on the wallet. I come home from a long and stressful day at work and I only have to worry about my children and how to spend the rest of our waking hours. It’s the only place I know where I can indulge in little luxuries on a regular basis. These things, I need, to preserve my sanity!
2 – Financial independence, a reason no more.
The US economy has been in a slump for quite sometime now. So the financial perks of living there, no longer exist as much as they did years ago. I’d rather stay here and have a solid support system around like family and friends.
3 – Crime
I never fail to read the news, local and international. I don’t see any difference in the crime trends here and in America. In fact, I’m more scared of the kind of crimes that exist there.
4 – Weather
It’s weird enough nowadays, with global warming and all. But I’d rather deal with typhoons than add tornadoes, hail storms and the like.
5 – The absence of a support system
I’ve always had very close familial ties. Leaving the Philippines would also mean, leaving my immediate family behind. It’s never an easy thing to do for anyone. I belong to a very small family and therefore, find it hard to imagine myself anywhere else.
Is life in America for you? It could be, but not for me.

Do you think these are VALID reasons?

What are YOUR reasons for staying in the Philippines?

[MissFugliness]

Americans and europeans goes to China for jobs.

[buchichang]

Oh di dito lang kayo. Sino bang pumipigil? Dito na lang kayo para wala akong masyadong kakumpitensya pagdating ko dun.

[xBigoteAtBalbasx]

1 – Inexpensive labor.
It’s probably the only place in the world where paying for household help doesn’t cause a major dent on the wallet. I come home from a long and stressful day at work and I only have to worry about my children and how to spend the rest of our waking hours. It’s the only place I know where I can indulge in little luxuries on a regular basis. These things, I need, to preserve my sanity!

I call that slavery.

2 – Financial independence, a reason no more.
The US economy has been in a slump for quite sometime now. So the financial perks of living there, no longer exist as much as they did years ago. I’d rather stay here and have a solid support system around like family and friends.

That's always up to you.

3 – Crime
I never fail to read the news, local and international. I don’t see any difference in the crime trends here and in America. In fact, I’m more scared of the kind of crimes that exist there.

Sa isteyts pwede mong gamitin iphone at ipad mo in public

4 – Weather
It’s weird enough nowadays, with global warming and all. But I’d rather deal with typhoons than add tornadoes, hail storms and the like.

Depends where you live.

5 – The absence of a support system
I’ve always had very close familial ties. Leaving the Philippines would also mean, leaving my immediate family behind. It’s never an easy thing to do for anyone. I belong to a very small family and therefore, find it hard to imagine myself anywhere else.
Is life in America for you? It could be, but not for me.

True but nobody stopping you to build your own.

Bottomline is, mabaho ang china.

[buchichang]

Jusme! Ang dami namang palusot eh kung gaano kasama ang US, mas masama pa ang Pinas.

[TTJ]

bakit kelangang gumawa ng mga ganyang article? yung mga gustong umalis,gusto talagang umalis.

[buchichang]

I think ginawa ang article na yan para naman at least hindi sila mainggit sa mga nasa abroad.

[invi]

My reasons:

1. I worry about what I'm going to do for a living when I get there. I'm the type of person who if I don't like my job nagsasawa ako at nawawalan ng gana, then nalulungkot. In the career that I really want to have, competition is very fierce dito pa lang sa Pilipinas. What more sa states pa where there is that disadvantage of being a second class citizen.

2. My mom is in the U.S. Okay I love her to death but me and my mom when we're together physically we clash all the time. I feel guilty for saying this but I can't stand being with her everyday na kahit isang buwan lang minsan nga kahit isang linggo lang na araw-araw ko kasama nagiging allergic na ako sa kanya If I do decide to live in the U.S. I'll probably have to eventually live separately from my mother.

However, lately I've been thinking... and with the situation here in the Philippines nowadays, migrating is becoming more and more attractive to me. So, who knows? Maybe when things fall into place and I see a happier future there, I'll go.

[marcus_hunt]

Do you think these are VALID reasons?

VALID for the author. Thats all that matters, its his/her REASONS.

What are YOUR reasons for staying in the Philippines?

No reasons to leave. Got a decent job, a place of my own, and can go places i wanted to.

[jazzmine22]

Sa isteyts pwede mong gamitin iphone at ipad mo in public

Bab, dati, yun din ang paniniwala namin. Pero not now, recently lang, nadukutan kapatid ko sa bus, yung bestfriend ng kapatid ko, hinablutan ng Iphone nung pauwi na siya sakay sa train, Itim yung nanghablot.

Funny pa, pag hablot nung itim, eh bumagsak kasi napigil nung earphone wire, sabi lang nung itim "oh, I was just kidding", tapos casually lang bumalik doon sa upuan.

Sa Pilipinas din naman, pwede mong gamitin ang Iphone at Ipad, huwag lang sa mga notorious na lugar.

[jazzmine22]

About the author's reasons:

1 – Inexpensive labor.

Well that's true, sa US, you need to pay per hour kung gusto mong may mag nanny sa mga anak mo, unlike sa Pinas, kahit 4 na katulong, kayang kaya mong paswelduhin.

2 – Financial independence, a reason no more.

Totoo naman, madami kaming kakilala sa US, na nawalan ng trabaho, ng second job and third job nila, yung mga binawasan ng oras ng trabaho.

Naswerte lang kami, nasa healthcare kami, hindi naman mawawala ang may mga sakit, at dapat alagaan.

3 – Crime

Ang nakakatawa dito, Naging biktima kami ng basag kotse, kinuha lahat ng gamit including the GPS, then binasagan din kami ng window sa bahay, sa US to ha.

Sa Pilipinas, thank God, hindi pa kami nakakaranas ng ganyan, pwera na lang kung isasama ko yung na snatchan ako ng bracelet sa recto during my college days, LOL.

Funny right?

4 – Weather

San Francisco kami, love ko ang weather doon, compared naman sa Pinas, so hanap lang siya ng state na maganda ang weather.

5 – The absence of a support system

Baligtad naman sa akin, lahat ng support system ko nasa US ng lahat. Ako lang ang nandito ngayon sa Pinas.



Currently nandito kami sa Pinas dahil:

- Nandito ang business na very stable pa naman. Siguro, kung wala na kaming stable source of income dito, stay na kami sa US for good.

Perhaps, we just got lucky, having the best of both worlds.

[charmed_huntres]

I think ginawa ang article na yan para naman at least hindi sila mainggit sa mga nasa abroad.

gumawa lang ng ganyang article dahil sa inggit na agad? di ba pwede na yun lang talaga yung mga rason nung author...at saka ano naman kung andun ka, ano naman dapat ika-inggit namin sa yo? pweh

[histrionic]

2. My mom is in the U.S. Okay I love her to death but me and my mom when we're together physically we clash all the time. I feel guilty for saying this but I can't stand being with her everyday na kahit isang buwan lang minsan nga kahit isang linggo lang na araw-araw ko kasama nagiging allergic na ako sa kanya If I do decide to live in the U.S. I'll probably have to eventually live separately from my mother.

I can relate Parents, siblings, and extended family are only good in small doses

Reason ko why I'm staying in the Philippines, wala pang money eh

[istarbaks]

ba't kailangan pang ipangalandakan ang mga dahilan kung bakit hindi dapat mag-migrate?

yung may gusto, eh di magsipunta. yung mga ayaw eh di huwag.

ang siste ba eh kapag may bansang taliwas sa "5 reasons NOT to... " na yan eh magiging "5 reasons you HAVE to" naman ang kalalabasan?

[jazzmine22]

gumawa lang ng ganyang article dahil sa inggit na agad? di ba pwede na yun lang talaga yung mga rason nung author...at saka ano naman kung andun ka, ano naman dapat ika-inggit namin sa yo? pweh

I agree, palagay ko diyan sa author, US immigrant yan, na mas piniling manatili sa Pilipinas.

Kaya meron siyang mga reasons not to migrate because he has options, kasi kung wala ka namang access sa US, hindi "not to" yun, it's just, you don't have a choice but to stay in Pinas.

[xctrekker]

Para sa akin, mas masarap pa din buhay dito, kaya never ako pumunta sa US. Kung tour pwede. Kung immigration o magtrabaho dun, wag na lang. Kaya ko rin naman kumita dito ng sapat at mabuhay ng maayos.

[natasha_red]

ano naman po yung tawag nyo sa taong puwede namang tumira sa isang mayamang bansa tulad ng korea o australia. marunong naman po silang magsalita ng lenguahe nila, may mga friends at mga family naman po sila doon at may mahahanap naman pong trabaho kung gugustuhin po nila pero pinili pa ring tumira sa pilipinas? di po ba katangahan po iyon?

[buchichang]

Ano bang pinagkakaguluhan nyo dyan?

[pangasar]

Hindi naman kailangan ng reasons ng iba para makapag decide ka kung aalis ka o hindi. Ang importante ay yung reasons mo.

[s_lo75]

Jusme! Ang dami namang palusot eh kung gaano kasama ang US, mas masama pa ang Pinas.

This!

I think ginawa ang article na yan para naman at least hindi sila mainggit sa mga nasa abroad.

Maybe Most BUT definitely not all.

ba't kailangan pang ipangalandakan ang mga dahilan kung bakit hindi dapat mag-migrate?

yung may gusto, eh di magsipunta. yung mga ayaw eh di huwag.

This!

Para sa akin, mas masarap pa din buhay dito, kaya never ako pumunta sa US. Kung tour pwede. Kung immigration o magtrabaho dun, wag na lang. Kaya ko rin naman kumita dito ng sapat at mabuhay ng maayos.

I beg to disagree with you. Case to case basis yan. Siguro kaya mo lang sinasabi na mas masarap buhay dito kasi dahil sa mga household employees. Well, sa mga independent people, that's not always the case. There are a lot of opportunities in the US as long as you have the ability to work hard and THE RIGHT ATTITUDE! Then and after then you will be rewarded with the fruits of your labor.