Xenophobia (was Re:jobs in Linux / IT)

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org wrote:
>
>> Over the years I've had a number of occassions to know
>> people who, after complaining for years about problems
>> in Canada compared to their original country, returned
>> "back home" to discover that they had gotten used to a
>> large number of advantages in Canada that overwhelme
>> the disadvantages, and they quickly moved right back to
>> Canada.
>>
> That was such a common pattern among British expats that it was known as
> 'the cure'. Go back to Britain and get rid of the longing for the 'good
> old days' over 'ome.

     Then there are those like my parents, who, after 8 years in North
     America (3 in the US and 5 in Canada), went back to England for a
     sabbatical and never returned.

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