Great Ex-Pat Internet Resources

I’ve always been wary of the term “ex-pat” - which is short for “ex-patriot” - as it makes me feel like I’ve turned my back on my country. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Back in the late 1980’s, it dawned on me that I hadn’t been back to the United States in nearly 5 years. Nearly 25 years later I hadn’t been back more than a handful of times. By then it was pretty much understood that my interests lie elsewhere. In the interim I missed entire phenomenon’s - didn’t even realize “Friends” had been on television for 10 years until it stated playing on Italian TV. Was to busy drinking ouzo in Greece to know what Bud “ice” was all about. But that’s o-k. I missed the Macey’s Day Parade but sat on a beach in Thailand, didn’t catch Dick Clark counting down the end of the year cuz I was sipping champagne on top of the Eiffel Tower. I’m certainly not alone in these pursuits. There are thousands of individuals from all over the world who have picked up and moved somewhere else besides their native land. And therein sits the real definition of an “ex-pat.

To that end, there are some exceptional ex-pat resources on the internet. Required reading for anyone who is planning on living somewhere else, or perhaps has already settled down where “somewhere else” happens to be. The most interesting ex-pat resources fall under the umbrella of EscapeArtist.com (that would be www.escapeartist.com for those of you that want to get technical). EscapeArtist.com has been on-line since 1994 and is like a portal to another world. Pull up the site and you’ll see such topics as:

- Living Overseas
- Country Profiles
- International Real Estate
- Investing Offshore
- Overseas Employment