C= Kid,
Quote: "im gay so noone suggest anyware like texas "
i had a good friend that is gay
and from texas, and she spoke very highly of the gay community where she lived (dallas). judging from all the pictures she had showed me, and the insight she offered, it was comparable to The Castro district in San Francisco (i live about 15 mins from SF, CA). point being, if you're serious about coming to the US, do a little research and maybe contact some "gay lifestyle-related" organizations, which are in abundance. she's also lived in Sacramento (CA) for a number of years now and the gay community there is very active and alive.
point being, don't rely on what you
might think are potential "closed-minded" areas. with a little web-surfing, i think you'll find many, many more geographic "options" available to you than what you might currently think.
re: emmigrating. i can't offer much in the way of specifics, but 1) there are a number of professions that, apparently, the US
needs more of. the one i hear most often is in the
nursing field, but i'm sure there are others. i do have some insight on nurses specifically where a couple that i've know came into the U.S. under special programs devoted to nursing. once they became full-fledged nurses (RN), there were numerous oportunities among various hospitals that were offering generous incentives beyond the good wage-earning potential. ie, moving packages, "signing bonuses", help with paying off school loans, etc. so, you might do some research into professions you are interested in that might be considered "highly needed" here in the US.
2) is just a comment/observation: i've come in contact with a number of immigrants (a quite high population of immigrants here in the SF Bay Area, (among others)). none, save 1**, ever expressed any regret in making the move here or ever wanting to go back to their country of origin to live. take it for what it is; one person's observation, but the recurring chant i hear is "it's bad all over". heh.
** the one exception
was an exception. he had special "circumstances" back in germany that a) caused him to leave, and b) caused him to return.
so, there's my 2 cents. good luck in whatever you do.
PS: i almost forgot during my long-winded post: the Commodore reference! i grew up on the Commodore 64. how is it that a teenager such as yourself now calls himself the Commodore Kid?
inquiring minds want to know (but won't pester if you don't want to respond to it. heh).
edit: i'll add
teachers to the list of "needed" professions. teachers have it a little rough here, though. they really don't get paid what they deserve, in my opinion. but, it may be a road you're interested in travelling on, so i'll mention it. maybe there's a
shortage BECAUSE of the adversity teachers face here, but none-the-less....
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