Moving to the US... but where?

[DrMetallica]

Cali is definitely the coolest place to be for an Irishman, trust me. Frisco and the bay area is the best place to be in California, San Diego next... but avoid Los Angeles. If you want to live cheaper you're going to have to move inwards from the coast. Boston is also a good city. I also really like Phoenix, but not during the summer.

jobs go to craigslist.com or monster.com, see what you can find.

 

[silverwex]

Wow! Thanks for all the info guys.

Hmm Tampa seems an interesting place...

As I said already I not DEFINATELY going but Id like it to be an option as Ive always wanted to see the states.

Thanks for all the input.

 

[bbestar]

Rent here in Virginia is like $350
but bring your confederate uniform and flag, them here don't tolerate yanks in these parts.. They'll shoot ya. son.

 

[comic_relief]

Originally posted by bbestar
Rent here in Virginia is like $350
but bring your confederate uniform and flag, them here don't tolerate yanks in these parts.. They'll shoot ya. son.

Yee-haw lets start that civil war with the uneducated southern slave masters

 

[Wyldfire]

Originally posted by comic_relief
Yee-haw lets start that civil war with the uneducated southern slave masters

And will the funky Pennsylvania Dutch and Amish Farmers be driving their horse buggys down to represent your state? :crackup:

 

[comic_relief]

Originally posted by Wyldfire
And will the funky Pennsylvania Dutch and Amish Farmers be driving their horse buggys down to represent your state? :crackup:

Hey they are pretty wicked with a pitchfork!!! Spike you in the @$$ when you are doing this to them :moon: :crackup:

:woo: amish pride baby amish pride

 

[Diaoz]

don't you need a working visa or something?

 

[MetalFortress]

Re: Re: Re: Moving to the US... but where?

Originally posted by comic_relief

I always wanted to visit California but it is too damn expensive. Up here in NE PA I could get a 2 bedroom apartment for $400 a month or a house at less then $20,000

comic_relief

Houses are THAT cheap there?? Shows me what a naive San Diegan I am when I've never seen a house under 200,000 dollars in person (except for trips to New Mexico and New York). Dude, I'm going up there and buying rental properties.

 

[silverwex]

Yeah could someone give me info on a working visa?

Is my only chance to get there to apply for the greencard and keep my fingers crossed?

 

[Bible_Belt]

Getting to the US is easy, but the green card (perm res work auth) is much harder. I think you need a sponsor of some sort - family, spouse, or employer.

And btw, to correct a common fallacy about immigration, if a US citizen gets married abroad, he must still complete the perm resident paperwork and waiting period of months-years. He can't just get off the plane with a new bride. INS will send her back to her country to wait for the paperwork to clear. If anyone from the US ever gets married abroad, don't tell immigration about it. Say that she is here on a 6-month visitor's/tourist visa. Then after you are back home, file the paperwork.

INS treats everyone like they are a Cuban boat-refugee. It has been my experience with INS that our rules serve to keep out intelligent and skilled people who might contribute to this country.

 

[Jay-X]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Moving to the US... but where?

Originally posted by MetalFortress
Houses are THAT cheap there?? Shows me what a naive San Diegan I am when I've never seen a house under 200,000 dollars in person (except for trips to New Mexico and New York). Dude, I'm going up there and buying rental properties.

here in italy, it's even worse... where i live (it's not the best part of the city), a 1000 square foot apartment will cost you around 400,000-500,000$...

 

[Not Quite There]

If your a student, then you can get a J1 visa to work there for about 6 months tops. i did it a few summers back, worked in delawhere? was good craic, then went round travelling, have to say cali was my favourite place, but also liked chicago and boston.

If your not a student, then good luck getting a visa, i'm not condoning it, but your best bet is to work illegally, I met a girl from my school who had just been doing that for the past year or so in an irish bar. there is plently of work in them, and construction etc i imagine. A lot of irish and brits are illegal over there, but I heard recently about 2 irish alds who got caught and sent to prisosn since 9/11.

If i was you I would consider canada, you can get a 1 year work visa for their through bunac.com and you don't have to be a student, also why not try australia or new zealend?

I plan to do a year in canada and australia at soem point in the future, and if i like them maybe emmigrate seeing as i will have the points to do so.

 

[silverwex]

Thanks Not Quiet There - yeah ive heard of irish ppl staying on illegally and supposedly its not that serious to do so - you just get deported back.

I never really liked the sound of canada, just like the US for some reason lol.

You used the word 'craic', you an irishman yourself?

 

[Not Quite There]

Originally posted by silverwex
Thanks Not Quiet There - yeah ive heard of irish ppl staying on illegally and supposedly its not that serious to do so - you just get deported back.

I never really liked the sound of canada, just like the US for some reason lol.

You used the word 'craic', you an irishman yourself?

you probably like the US more, because the media basically teaches us to do so, every day we watch programs about the american dream way of life....saying that though, it still is a lot of fun.

I only went to canada for about 3 days, I went to toronto, which is meant to be the most americanised city, and I really liked it. and since then, I really want to go back to canada, maybe somewhere like vancouver island, I like the look of those open spaces.

I'm not Irish myself, but all 4 of my grandparents where born there and i still have a lot of relatives over there. There is a large irish community in birmingham and theyre actually turning part of the city into an official irish quarter right now. The word craic is pretty common over hear nowadays, even my indian workmate said to me the other day how some pub was good craic.

I'm more of a 'plastic paddy' someone born in england who claims to be irish. lol

I've eaten got a photo of me somewhere when I was 2 sitting in the sam maguire cup!

 

[DrMetallica]

where's the craic??

 

[silverwex]

Lol, we should all start using the word 'craic' on these boards!

In case some of ya ont know, craic is the irish for fun!