So going to wait it out a tad, to see if they go through with it, but full on vaccine passports are basically here in South Korea. They are going to require them to go into restaurants, bars, and cafes. It's hard to see Koreans putting up much of a fuss considering they are now working on vaccinating 5 year old kids here.
I'm weighing the option of coming back to the states about 2-3 years earlier then planned, possibly in July. My original home and where most of my family is at is in Charlotte, NC.... I really don't want to live in the city, but could live maybe an hour away in the NC mountains might be nice?
I want to do what is best for my 1 year old son as a new dad I didn't think these decisions would weigh on me so much, making the right decision for his future is paramount to me. I would like to be close to my mom and family, but I've also been thinking about a fly over state one that is deep red and has no vaccine mandate crap and like minded people.... in Charlotte, 99% of my friends and family are like minded too.
I do own a small online business that does ok enough, I'm not rich by any stretch, very much middle income, wife stays at home and we both raise our son, so we could really move anywhere.
Would you guys recommend staying near family and friends, or moving in the middle of the country, or is staying near friends and family best even if that puts me closer to a big city and NC's vaccine and mandate shit? While not worried currently, my business did have the worst year since I started this year, so it's not guaranteed I will not have to be employed at some point... so mandated vaccines could be an issue.
I value the thoughts on here, so any advice would be wonderful.
I understand the desire to be close to family, but I don't think I'd trust NC as a place to move to. I know a guy who lives there and he's always complaining about the Dem governor (which he was got there by fraud) and being surrounded by liberals (he lives in a city, though). Personally, I wouldn't feel safe even living out in the country because one could still be impacted by leftist policies as long as the Dems run the place.
I'd go to a fly-over red state. I live in a very red, very rural county in SW Missouri, which never had mandated statewide lockdowns nor statewide mask mandates. Business in my local community pretty much went on as usual, though a couple stores recommended masks and made their employees wear them, but about 3 or 4 months ago all that stopped and now I hardly ever see masks in town. We have an R governor (he's a bit squishy though). Our AG is an R and is a tiger. He's been filing suits against the mandates and has won a few or at least gotten injunctions (haven't heard of any that he lost yet). I'm not trying to sell you on Missouri, as other red states are equally good. I'm just trying to give you a flavor of what it's like living in a red state.