Shocked so many young people seem to be moving abroad

[lonielou]

First off, I know this anecdotal and perhaps someone here will have stats on this but I have one DD, been chatting to her tonight. She is 23, her school year are 23/24 now and we were chatting about what everyone from her small school are doing now. She was in a class of 14 at a prep school in south west London, we have discovered of her class

2x Live in Australia
1x USA
1x Hong Kong
1x Dubai
1x Kuwait
1x Germany
1x France

That leaves 5, DD is one of those and looking to move in the future but is still studying.

DD has no contact with 1 of these people so in theory could be living abroad.

Now I know this is anecdotal and she may just be in a particularly adventurous group but I also know several friends with kids living abroad, Australia and the Middle East seeming to be the big ones.

AIBU to be shocked by this? It feels like a lot of young people (all with the degrees or doing degrees) who could contribute so much to society just leaving!

1. the UK is a bin fire and it’s only going to get worse, ofc smart young people who don’t have careers and kids and elderly relatives to care for will be getting out as fast as they can. This country doesn’t offer them much except the promise of working like dogs for not very much return
2. it’s a prep school, so the smart young people will also be more likely to have the means / support/ international connections to make a move abroad more feasible. I suspect whilst your daughters class is unusually internationally mobile, it’s only because they are privileged to be able to do so. There will be a lot of young people (and older people) all very keen to emigrate, but lacking the means. You cannot underestimate how dismal the UK feels to many right now.