By FutureExpat, on June 15th, 2010

Guest Post by Michelle Garrett
Moving overseas was one of the best things I could have done.
The Author in Paris
I am frequently asked by the British ‘why do you stay in Britain?’ as if I’m half crazy. They say it like that because of the weather.
My short answer is that I live
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By FutureExpat, on June 12th, 2010
On June 10, EFAM published an article titled America — the Grim Truth. And grim it was indeed!
“Americans, I have some bad news for you,” the article starts.
“You have the worst quality of life in the developed world – by a wide margin.
“If you had any idea of how people really
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By FutureExpat, on January 27th, 2010
According to a survey by Mercer, it’s not who you might think! By looking at a country’s statutory annual leave, statutory holidays and public holidays, they compiled a list of where employees get the most time off. One caveat: it’s based on what an employee working a five-day week for 10 years is
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By FutureExpat, on December 8th, 2009
According to Forbes.com, Bahrain scored the top spot in HSBC’s recent survey of 3,100 expats. They admit this might be a fluke — only 31 responses came in from Bahrain, compared to 450 from the UK, for example. But it’s an interesting list, nonetheless. Canada moved down from its No. 1 spot last
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By FutureExpat, on July 10th, 2009
How Living Overseas Has Changed Me by an American expat mum in Britain for nearly two decades, and My Personal Reasons to Retire Abroad by a US expat moving to the
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