I’m asking because climate change is fucking my shit up, has made my hometown a ticking time bomb, and everything in Puerto Rico is just so fucking depressing. I can’t take living here any more. Sure, I don’t feel lonely living with my parents but this near yearly post traumatic stressor of hurricane season, combined with the brutal austerity measures enacted by the Junta de shit eaters (aka the great Satan) has made living here a burden as we are victim to the worst capitalism has to offer.

I can’t do the whole ‘stay to fight the great satan’ thing anymore. Nobody actually cares anymore about the privatization, the strangling of the public and education sectors. All the cool young proles have left the fucking island and all that remains are rich failsons and libs. There is no commitment to any cause, if people were actually committed to independence we’d have more Albizu Campos and Bhagat Singhs. I can’t do shit anyways because I’m an immigrant despite growing up here.

I think I’m ready to move to the States on a permanent basis and I might have flexibility choosing where i want to go. I don’t mean to give up but my personal life has taken a toll here as friends keep on leaving and thE diversity and amount of people I meet is so low.

about myself: i am nb, I am dark skinned, i don’t like racists and bigots be they chuds or libs. What’s a place I can go to where i can thrive in my personal life and as a leftist?

  • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    The Northeast US might be a good fit for you. New York in particular has a large Puerto Rican population and parts of Upstate are going to have the least issues with climate change. Rochester, Buffalo, and NYC are all your best bets. Maybe Albany. The other cities have a larger chud percentage and less diversity. Housing isn't awful if you know where to look but it can still be a challenge.

    Puerto Rico is unfortunately only going to get worse from here as climate change increases. It's a bit of a miracle it's still standing even now. The hurricane has made me realize that my hometown is probably going to become uninhabitable by the end of the decade. It's difficult to leave behind something that's so familiar to you but I hope you're able to find a fresh start wherever you decide to go.