If you’re leaving the U.K. because of Brexit where are you going?

[OrangeSamphire]

We’re seriously thinking about our options of where to live given the current situation in the U.K.

We both work in service industries which would be transferable. We don’t speak any other languages to a business standard though. One of our children is disabled.

I have Canadian citizenship but Canada just doesn’t excite me one bit. And the schooling prospects for my disabled child would be dire.

We have family in USA, Canada and France.

If you’ve left, or are leaving, where to and why?

Dual UK/Irish national here. Moved to France almost two years ago. No regrets. I have no experience of the education system for disabled kids here, so can't comment on that aspect.

Life generally here has turned out to be pretty darned good. Property is cheaper, but cost of daily living is a bit higher - taxes. That said, there is a much higher level of community services provided than in the UK. There is also a very strong sense of community pride. I have found the French people to be overwhelmingly friendly, welcoming and helpful. Any effort to speak their language and fit in has been met with warmth and friendliness.

I am incredibly glad I formalised my Irish citizenship - it means I retain my EU citizens' rights which Brits are losing. There is worry amongst the British community that as a result of UK leaving the EU, they may find themselves losing their homes and being forced to leave France, in the same way that EU citizens in the UK are being made to feel. As for 'gilet jaunes' violence - well - just to say that's Paris and Paris isn't the rest of France. Going through the French system (buying a house, getting on to healthcare system etc) officials have all noted down my Irish nationality only. Down with a shrug and a "Brexit.. who knows what may happen.. let's be safe, eh" type comment.

I have absolutely no desire or intention to return to the UK. I am appalled by the growing anger, xenophobia and outright racism on the rise in the UK.

Wherever someone chooses to move to, I would say this - remember it's not the UK, it's a different culture, different life, a different way of doing things. Embrace that change and join in. Don't become ex-pat abroad whinging in a little club of Brit ex-pats. You may well find (as I have) that the different way of dong things can often turn out to be better. And even when it isn't, the benefits far outweigh the downsides.

A small island just off the equator.
Seriously, we have four DCs and we’re thinking of doing this before Brexit.
Both DH and I can work remotely and hope to transfer to local jobs once we’re settled.

DH has been keen to do this for a while but I was always reluctant. Brexit has changed that for me.
I’m mixed race so obviously not English and have experienced a shocking change in society since the referendum.

As everyone agrees the economy will take a hit in the short term at least, this is going to get worse.
I’m utterly heartsick.

Dual New Zealand and British citizen here. DH British. Kids are also dual British and New Zealand.

Moving to Australia (Melbourne) next month (as a kiwi I have automatic rights to work there - I can sponsor DH) as I have been offered a job there.

No way would I move back to NZ though, rather stay in the UK.

Great post @blackcat001. I'm moving for many of the same reasons.

@swimmerforlife welcome to Melbs! I'm back 4 months and have no regrets.

swimmer why wouldnt you move back to NZ, out of curiousity?

Finally taking the Dutch plunge and going for my citizenship myself.

Holland is our back up if things get really bad. Dh is Dutch, and feels like the other bitter and disappointed European nationals on this thread. Dc have their Dutch passports already.

This thread is so utterly depressing. I'm Scottish and voted remain. We can't afford to move/don't have any other citizenship. I feel totally bereft and sad and stuck and so worried about our children.

Off you pop then, don't let door hit your arse.

I'm already in Oz, getting my citizenship this year. I feel bloody lucky to have got out of the UK and will never live there again. I genuinely hope Brexit works out for you all (especially as my family are in NI), but I think its going to be a shit show and I'm glad to be a long way away from it!

I have worries about this. We are fortunate in that we have a back up plan to leave the U.K. if the SHTF but we love being where we are. Our kids are settled and for us to move would be such an upheaval. I love the U.K., my family have been here for over 500 years, very boring local lives never moving very far, but it pains me to see other nationalities treated differently, and is not the Values I want my kids to grow up seeing. We are all human beings here on earth for just a blink in time and we are thousands of times more fortunate than most to be born when we were and to live where we do. I’d quite like to see a Mumsnet coup on the news at ten. Get rid of these politicians on both sides and put mums in charge!

I moved to Prague. As it happened, my marriage ended (no DC), I was estranged from my family, and I'd had almost a decade as a trailing spouse, so was near-unemployable in any corporate context. I needed to be somewhere I could actually afford to work as a freelance (writer and translator -- I have nine languages, though I mostly work from one) and where I would be included in the health and welfare system without too much difficulty.

Czechia is far from perfect. It's having its Trump moment, like a lot of places. But Prague is a very comfortable city and I get to do the work I'm good at and keep my head above water. I've got all my residence paperwork sorted out and am fully in the system, and I regret nothing. But it's been a relatively easy move simply because I had to live somewhere and I had no real ties. My traumatic situation was actually a comparative privilege, in this particular context. For those who have commitments in the UK, it's far more difficult.