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Leaving America... Ideas?

rivrrat said:
LOL Well, that's how I read the thread... that he wanted ideas for his story(ies)/book/something-or-other
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i just didnt conceive that the US became one large major metropolitan area that the subject of the story had to leave to escape

does tie in to the hysteria of late of over-population :thumbs:
 
The silenced majority said:
Then all of the leeches & moochers would flock to the EU's ultra-welfare state & we the people of the United States could lower our tax rates and return to being the land of the free & the home of the brave.
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Umm... did you miss the point where I said I'm trying to keep things apolitical? Yeah... You go on your little tirade every thread you can, is it too much to ask you to keep it out of my brainstorming thread?

Mods, it there a polite and non-infraction-worthy way to politely ask someone to take his bs and get the **** out of my thread?


As for another question, what do you all think it'd be like for Americans dropped in a non-anglophone, non-western country? I'm thinking like China or Russia. England, australia, and South Africa can't take everyone
 
the makeout hobo said:
So I'm working on a series of stories right now that I've tentatively labeled "yankeetown". The concept is that for whatever reason, Americans are forced to emigrate our country en mass, setting up immigrant communities in a variety of different countries. I got the idea when I went to San Francisco a few weeks ago, and ended up visiting Chinatown and Japantown.

Now I have a few ideas for various stories, but I can't think of a good reason why large numbers of Americans would emigrate. It's really not in our nature; America is where you go, not where you leave. I mean, for all their bluster, was there really any sort of actual immigration to Canada? Not really. We may move around our country, but we don't leave it. So I need a good catalyst for emigration for my stories. Any ideas? Also, please keep things as apolitical as possible. I'm not writing overtly political stories, and this thread isn't here to discuss Obama, Bush, the Dems, the GOP, or anything. I'll ignore any overtly political post here.

Thank you.
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Are you gone yet?:lol:
 
The silenced majority said:
1.) I was making a political response to another political response.

2.) kiss my ass lightweight.
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Firstly, I didn't see CC's response as especially political. He was just trying to give a pull factor instead of a push factor. He didn't say anything about the US directly.

Second, is it too much to ask you to leave my thread if you're not going to be constructive? All I'm doing here is trying to pick brains for a vignette series I'm working on. I'm not trying to discuss politics, I'm not trying to discuss the flaws of America. If you're not going to be helpful, please just leave me in peace.
 
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My idea would be that there would be a series of problems, not just one. A country as powerful as the U.S. could not be worn down by a singular issue per se.

First you could involve some kind of disease, resource depletion, or a major depression. This would in turn weaken the military which would in turn make the U.S. vulnerable to foreign powers. To preserve the intrigue, an invasion wouldn't be direct like in the 19th or 20th centuries, but would involve more foreign business entering the U.S. and replacing the domestic business. Poorer nations whose economies are even worse than that of the U.S. in a depression would come because it would be the most affordable time. If you want to add controversy, it could be the Mexicans. :)

An oppressive government would be another one, with the U.S. Constitution being tossed out... perhaps you could even say that the original paper was burned. Members of the government could have been killed, causing the remaining political candidates to become factioned off due to lack of political process. The country could revert to statehood, or several "blocks" of states, leading to civil war or simply the transformation of one country into several smaller nations. Each of those nations could have different characteristics... maybe one of them could be the doomsday machine.

Just some ideas. :)
 
the makeout hobo said:
So I'm working on a series of stories right now that I've tentatively labeled "yankeetown". The concept is that for whatever reason, Americans are forced to emigrate our country en mass, setting up immigrant communities in a variety of different countries. I got the idea when I went to San Francisco a few weeks ago, and ended up visiting Chinatown and Japantown.

Now I have a few ideas for various stories, but I can't think of a good reason why large numbers of Americans would emigrate. It's really not in our nature; America is where you go, not where you leave. I mean, for all their bluster, was there really any sort of actual immigration to Canada? Not really. We may move around our country, but we don't leave it. So I need a good catalyst for emigration for my stories. Any ideas? Also, please keep things as apolitical as possible. I'm not writing overtly political stories, and this thread isn't here to discuss Obama, Bush, the Dems, the GOP, or anything. I'll ignore any overtly political post here.

Thank you.
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Read The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, and Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack.
These are stories which might give you some good ideas about what it would be like if the United States government fell apart or was dismantled by fascists.

Remember that depending upon whose perspective you're telling the story from, you might not need to go into great detail about how the government fell apart/ got taken over/ whatever, because your narrator might not know that. He/ she might only have hearsay to go on, rumors and innuendos, word-of-mouth information that might or might not be correct.
The average American most likely wouldn't understand much about what was happening, in that situation. They wouldn't have all the details.
 
rivrrat said:
Overpopulation

OR!

People that just want to get back to nature... get away from the ugly, stinky cities that keep encroaching on beautiful landscapes.
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Come to Scotland, y'all. We have trees. Many, many trees. Also, cows. I used to get a day off work when they escaped from their field and blocked the road out. :cool:
 
the makeout hobo said:
So I'm working on a series of stories right now that I've tentatively labeled "yankeetown". The concept is that for whatever reason, Americans are forced to emigrate our country en mass, setting up immigrant communities in a variety of different countries. I got the idea when I went to San Francisco a few weeks ago, and ended up visiting Chinatown and Japantown.

Now I have a few ideas for various stories, but I can't think of a good reason why large numbers of Americans would emigrate. It's really not in our nature; America is where you go, not where you leave. I mean, for all their bluster, was there really any sort of actual immigration to Canada? Not really. We may move around our country, but we don't leave it. So I need a good catalyst for emigration for my stories. Any ideas? Also, please keep things as apolitical as possible. I'm not writing overtly political stories, and this thread isn't here to discuss Obama, Bush, the Dems, the GOP, or anything. I'll ignore any overtly political post here.

Thank you.
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If your looking for something non political how about something like the Dust bowl?

[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl]Dust Bowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
 
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