hello folks, i am quite sure this subreddit is quite inundated at the time being, but i too am weighing my options. i am not one to make hasty, or rash decisions and therefore i am trying to take a calm and rational approach. the decision to leave the united states has been on my mind for a few years now and due to more than just the election (though it being the largest recent impetus) i am considering the benefits and downsides to leaving.

without doxxing myself too much:
- late 30's single male with no children.
- holds 3 bachelor level degrees. aeronautical engineering from penn state/embry riddle(2008/2010), business administration & social science from old dominion(2016).
- speaks semi fluent spanish, french, very basic italian, very basic ukrainian.
- disabled combat veteran of the american navy. served 6 years. also volunteered for 4 months in ukraine.
- agnostic and fairly progressive.
- has been a paramedic, has worked in sales & retail, has worked in grocery, has worked in food service, has worked in technical jobs doing electrical work.
- has no criminal background.
- in relatively healthy shape other than complications from military service, (some mobility problems from combat injuries, bipolar, cptsd)
- is not fixated on guns.
- is not a whackjob.
- as of now, until project 2025 goes into effect i will have a monthly stipend of about $2,000 USD per month in addition to whatever work i would find in the new country.
- has a valid u.s. passport.

i have some contacts in Australia, in parts of Europe, in South Africa. i am trying to be realistic and if i move someplace i would not try to force myself as it were onto the people, but rather i would try to adapt to the culture, to assimilate and ingratiate myself. i have spent my life trying to serve and protect people for the majority of my adult life through volunteer work, paramedic work, military service, donating to charity and more and i would want to continue to serve the community in one form or another wherever i would move to, to become one with the people. i would work to be respected by those around me.

i have been looking at countries visa programs but what i have been finding is that many of their visa programs have age cutoffs at 30 or 35 and being that im late 30's means i am ineligible. some have requirements that degree programs have to be within the last 3 years and the last ones of mine were 8 years ago. now i have a 20+ year work history that i can bring to bear, i have been to 30+ countries around the world so i have experience traveling. i just need a direction to point.

i just have no hope left for myself in america. for many years i've been getting by with a flicker of hope for others, but holding none for myself. now, i have none left. i am broken and need a fresh start. a new beginning.

any input is appreciated, thank you.