Living the American Dream - by Lisa Wehden
I’m often asked why I decided to move to America. I was born in the UK to immigrant parents, studied at Oxford which is the epitome of the British ‘establishment’ and had many good job offers. Why pack up and leave to move to a country without my family, where there’s no universal healthcare and even greater political polarization? After two years, the best way I’ve found to sum up why I moved to America is this…
Notes on living in America Lisa Wehden Feb 08, 2022 1 Share I’m often asked why I decided to move to America. I was born in the UK to immigrant parents, studied at Oxford which is the epitome of the British ‘establishment’ and had many good job offers. Why pack up and leave to move to a country without my family, where there’s no universal healthcare and even greater political polarization? After two years, the best way I’ve found to sum up why I moved to America is this… In America, there’s no floor and there’s no ceiling. The reason I moved to America was precisely because there’s no ceiling
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