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dlknowles.bsky.social • 209 days ago

I wrote about why all of the bars in downtown Chicago are staffed by Irish people every summer

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/08/08/a-short-term-work-visa-shows-the-benefits-of-immigration

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jonimacadahupla.bsky.social•209 days ago

It's not like they are taking money out of the country either.

They earn some dollars. They drink those dollars.

dlknowles.bsky.social•209 days ago

Indeed! As the story says

geographyjim.bsky.social•207 days ago

I did this in 1999, although inexplicably choosing to go to Wildwood NJ rather than somewhere like Chicago

joshandrews.bsky.social•209 days ago

The Pret that used to be across from the Art Institute was all Irish all summer.

dlknowles.bsky.social•209 days ago

Ah Pret. One just reopened - not that one though. I genuinely miss it

richardmorkan.bsky.social•209 days ago

In Ireland living abroad is talked of like a rite of passage, for both middle and working class. People who never lived abroad will be a bit apologetic or regretful about it. My impression is that's not the case in the UK even, and definitely not the US.

dlknowles.bsky.social•209 days ago

Yep! I mean it is in part a function of size. Dublin is a lovely place, but it is not exactly a big city. My wife left for the UK and so is now an emigrant twice over. The US by contrast is massive - many places to move to internally! But it's more than that for Ireland I agree

richardmorkan.bsky.social•209 days ago

In the US it obviously takes more work to move internationally, and people do move internally, but there is still a difference in that I don't think as many people get the point of living somewhere else (even another city / state) just for it's own sake, or for a couple of months or a year.

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