What Do Future Expats Want?

A couple of weeks ago, I asked you to give me some input about topics you’d like to see more discussion of here. As promised, I let the poll run for a couple of weeks and now it’s time for the results. The choices were: Health Care Language Learning Personal Stories Portable Careers Reviews of [...]

Expats: Ready, Set, Go!

Last week I asked you to help me out. I’ve been wanting to narrow the focus here at Future Expats Forum, but before I make any big changes I wanted your input. A bunch of you have responded, and here’s how the categories are breaking down to this point: Preparing to Expatriate: 27% Earning an [...]

What’s Important to You?

Since starting Future Expats Forum in March of last year, I’ve written on a pretty wide variety of topics. Health care, earning a living, garage sales, expat-themed books and movies. . . and the list goes on. I’d really like to narrow my focus a bit, and I have some ideas about what I’d like [...]

Results of Health Care Coverage Poll

Recently I asked the question: Health Care Abroad: are we writing Just the right amount Too much Not enough The results are in — and I wish more of you had responded. A whopping eighty-three percent of respondents clicked “just the right amount.” Thanks, guys! Seventeen percent said there’s not enough health care coverage. And [...]

What Would You Like to Read About?

Periodically, I’m going to insert a brief poll to get some feedback from you, readers, about whether you’re finding what you want and need here. Today, since we’ve just been discussing health care, I’m asking for some input on how well we’re doing in that department. I’d really appreciate it if you’d take a quick [...]

Post-It When?

Generally I post new material here three times each week. Since January, I’ve uploaded the new posts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the evening (Eastern Standard Time for me). I thought I’d ask all of you if that posting schedule is convenient for you, or if something else would make it easier for you [...]

Where’s Your Fave Social Media Hangout?

I’m trying to find out more about you, Future Expat readers. What social media are you most active with? Where do you like to hang out? We’ll let this run for a couple of weeks, then publish the results. Which social media do you use most often?(opinion) You can find me mostly on Twitter, Facebook [...]

Americans Totally Want a Public Health Care Option

According to information released today by Sen. Dick Durbin, Americans overwhelmingly want a strong public option to be part of health care reform here in the US. Eighty percent of poll respondents fully support a 50-state public option, and 65% of respondents were completely opposed to the so-called “trigger” option. In the meantime, until the [...]

Health Care Poll Results

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a poll asking the question “how important is health care in your decision to move abroad?” Fully 75% of all respondents indicated health care was very important in their decision. Nobody selected not a consideration as a response. The other choices were evenly split, with 8% going to [...]

Our First Poll Results

We recently ran a four-part poll to find out a little about readers’ plans for moving overseas. We asked four simple questions:

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