What is the state of the UK? US/UK citizen here.

I would secretly humor myself that I would move my family to the UK if the Republicans got back into power while in their current deranged state. I just never thought it would become a reality. I have been waiting for November 6th to finally have a sigh of relief.

My daughter had a brain tumor removed as a child. If the government removes the preexisting conditions protections in our ACA, insuring her would become difficult. Also, my wife and kids are Jewish (not practicing). Currently, Jewish people are not the focus of singling out, but there is a Naziesque / Christian Nationalism bend to what’s going on here. With more propaganda and leaning into hate, I can imagine a scenario where that would change.

My wife and children (15 and 12) are only US citizens. I’m self-employed w/ clients from all over, working remotely, but my wife works in commercial real estate and a move to the UK would be a setback for her career. We live in an extremely high-cost-of-living area of Southern California ($150k would be scrapping by). Excluding the greater London area, the costs in the UK seem quite reasonable, but I know we’d see a substantial drop in income to go with it. We live a simple life: no fancy cars or vacations. We don’t drink, try to eat healthy, and take good care of ourselves. If we have a roof over our heads, put food on the table, and set our kids up for a good life, we are happy.

I apologize if I seem unfocused and rambling; I’m feeling a bit shell-shocked and lost in the moment. I have genuine concerns about my children’s future, although it may be premature since we don’t know how much worse things could become. The difficult part will be gathering the courage to make the move to a far-from-perfect UK and adjusting to all the changes that come with it. If moving is the right decision, I want to start thinking about it sooner rather than later, instead of waiting several years for conditions to worsen.

I would secretly humor myself that I would move my family to the UK if the Republicans got back into power while in their current deranged state. I just never thought it would become a reality. I have been waiting for November 6th to finally have a sigh of relief.

My daughter had a brain tumor removed as a child. If the government removes the preexisting conditions protections in our ACA, insuring her would become difficult. Also, my wife and kids are Jewish (not practicing). Currently, Jewish people are not the focus of singling out, but there is a Naziesque / Christian Nationalism bend to what’s going on here. With more propaganda and leaning into hate, I can imagine a scenario where that would change.

My wife and children (15 and 12) are only US citizens. I’m self-employed w/ clients from all over, working remotely, but my wife works in commercial real estate and a move to the UK would be a setback for her career. We live in an extremely high-cost-of-living area of Southern California ($150k would be scrapping by). Excluding the greater London area, the costs in the UK seem quite reasonable, but I know we’d see a substantial drop in income to go with it. We live a simple life: no fancy cars or vacations. We don’t drink, try to eat healthy, and take good care of ourselves. If we have a roof over our heads, put food on the table, and set our kids up for a good life, we are happy.

I apologize if I seem unfocused and rambling; I’m feeling a bit shell-shocked and lost in the moment. I have genuine concerns about my children’s future, although it may be premature since we don’t know how much worse things could become. The difficult part will be gathering the courage to make the move to a far-from-perfect UK and adjusting to all the changes that come with it. If moving is the right decision, I want to start thinking about it sooner rather than later, instead of waiting several years for conditions to worsen.