Oops, sorry, looking at the map that includes international airports precludes Pittsburgh.
What’s the biggest city in the USA that doesn’t have an international airport?
El Paso? OKC?
You might be right that it’s one of those. Googling this doesn’t give a clear answer but those two seem to be in the running.
To an extent, yes, but they’re going to be kind of like the velociraptor testing the fence that they think exists and over the next few years they’re going to realize there is no fence. Like they do “whatever the fuck they want” but not really. It’s not like they’re breaking down random doors and hauling green card holders to detention centers for deportation, or at least it’s super rare. But it turns out the only recourse if they do that in their border zones is that there could be an administrative complaint filed!
So a Trump or DeSantis POTUS can definitely crank up the fuckery.
I don’t. I think there’s going to be a risk of it for all non-white immigrants, and I think the idea of the risk is going to make it intolerable to live here. The thought of the person I love having to worry about that daily is an intolerable thought to me that causes me pain. I need her to feel safe and happy.
Yes, of course. But this, like many things we discuss on this board, comes down to risk tolerance. Same with COVID or the fall of democracy. When the outcome is that awful, the amount of risk one should be willing to tolerate should be really low.
Especially if the risk will escalate over time and it may get harder/impossible to leave.
Yes, super easy game. Just move 3,400 miles from my entire family and all my friends and a lot of her friends, and 4,500 miles from her entire family and most of her friends, to a place where it will be difficult for me to earn a living, where neither of us have ever set foot.
EZ Game! Thanks for your awesome insight.
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Is that due to airports or it’s just in? That sucks if it’s not due to airports. If it’s due to airports it’s still a gray area likely to be litigated in the coming years so time will tell.
Yeah it’s tough to say whether that’s the case or not but if we do eventually move for this reason I’m definitely not looking to move for this reason twice.
She’s already a long way from her family and friends in Brazil, and most of the friends you mention seem to be online.
Either you think having ICE kicking your door in is a significant possibility, in which case emigration is logical, or you don’t in which case what is this all about?
Once you have EU citizenship you could move to Spain to play poker.
it’s honestly sad that you just can’t stop yourself.
Yes which sucks a lot for her and makes me sad, and yet doesn’t mean that it’s better for us both to be far away from our families, or for the time zone difference to get significantly worse for her.
Lol no
Or I think it’s such a bad outcome that even a low risk of it is worth considering thoughtfully. Hmm maybe if I’d said that, you’d know. I should have said that. Oh, wait!
I went to a couple casinos in Spain on my trip there and the rake was astronomical. Doesn’t seem realistic as a live poker pro spot.
…which is where emigration comes in. Would probably be nice for her to be able to speak her first language too while adjusting to the Euro life.
Re, rake. Wouldn’t the softer games more than compensate?
You might as well suggest moving to Brazil.
How easy is it to acquire EU citizenship?
Yes that’s another possibility for them but I don’t know what the poker games are like in Brazil. I guess the rake might be higher than he’s used to.
It isn’t. That’s why jal’s comment received backlash. Even if it’s legally easy (marriage or family route), it still takes years to go through the process.
It does feel like a bit of unnecessary concern to me. you’re never going to find anywhere in the country where you’re foolproof safe, even right now - if the things happen you’re afraid of they’re not gonna give a crap about very arbitrary lines they’re allowed to operate in. they’ll either ignore those lines or expand them. we already saw the worst worst case scenario here with trump which Biden hasn’t even rolled back that much - recently he was begging sanctuary cities in CA to pretty please cooperate with BP.
that’s why I recommend sanctuary cities. even if they give BP unlimited power, you’d want to be in a city that’s actively giving the feds the finger. they really get crippled without local support.
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Can confirm, the casinos in Spain (at least Barcelona) suck. Uncapped rake is a crime against humanity.
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Americans don’t understand how good they have it, rake-wise.
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Yeah. Euros seem to treat poker like table games. Basically their philosophy is that these are not intended to be games where a player should win money in the long run. They are just forms of entertainment that the player is paying for.
It kind of seems like they are right? Beating an uncapped rake game long term seems like it would need a combination of you being really fucking good at poker and consistently sitting in the softest games imaginable.
Yeah, at those levels of rake they are correct.
My point is that they don’t set lower levels of rake because they are not interested in attracting winning players. I’m not saying this is the right approach, but it is clearly what their approach is.
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Worst country in the world, except for all the other ones.