If there is a Texit, I predict an Austin Airlift. 
ETA: I saw my doctor for a physical this morning. She is from Northern Ireland. She told me that she has a right to Irish citizenship, and that she plans to take advantage of it and get an Irish passport.
I would love to see Northern Ireland reunited with the rest of the country, but I find it difficult to imagine that they would vote to do so.
This is an email I got from another friend.
"All those things from this household too. Call me Dave was arrogant enough to think it was a foregone conclusion and so they didnât bother âsellingâ it to the public, where the Leave campaign did a great job of. It should have been a no brainer, but they couldnât even get that right.
And now weâre up *****creek without a paddle and weâve taken the rest of the UK with us, even though they all voted to stay in."
Having fun with the exit concepâŠsome faves that must be sounded out: Massexit, Mainexit, Illexit, Indexit, Missexit, FLexit, Vexit, Wyexit,
Lots of work for lawyers
Depending who wins in November, my family and I may be looking for the Mainexit to make a Massexit to Canada.
âIf there is a Texit, I predict an Austin Airliftâ
Iâve always been amused how people in Texas think Austin is âso liberal.â Just seems like every northeastern or upper Midwestern urban area to me - socially liberal. Thatâs normal. Not anything noteworthy. (Shrug)
So⊠was Brexit about immigration or stateâs rights?
Itâs all relative to the rest of Texas, @Pizzagirl. Garden variety liberal compared to some other parts of the country.
My daughter, an American, and her fiancee, a Brit, are still in shock. They live in London and my future SIL was pretty vocal on the Stay side. Both are worried about their jobs, the value of their flat, etc⊠They joked they may move to Canada in the future instead of the US, especially if Trump becomes president!
^ Remember. Thereâs always New Zealand.
I met up with my best friend from college during the 2008-09 financial crisis and going to New Zealand to herd sheep was the backup plan we came up with. He figured that war may follow a big financial crisis, but nobody would have reason to nuke New Zealand (and itâs sufficiently far away from anyone else that nuclear fallout isnât a major concern).
Joining this conversation late, but I think that the rest of Europe has more to lose from a Brexit than the UK does.
The stock markets seem to agree. The FTSE 100 is down just over 3%, whereas the German DAX is down almost 7%, the French CAC 40 is down 8%, and the Italian index is down about 12.5%.
This makes sense to me. The UK is a net importer from the rest of the EU. It is in the rest of the EUâs interest to normalize trade rules as quickly as possible.
@PurpleTitan That is truly terrifying.
@LasMa, I agree. Not enough people have enough actual experience with an authoritarian regime.
Talked with a British friend, who lives here. He said thereâs a palpable sense of depression and deep anxiety among his friends in England - all of whom were in the âremainâ camp.
When I think of what young British people will lose: access to study, live and work in Europe, Iâm aghast. Itâs like their parents kicked them out of arguably one of the most elite clubs in the world.
^Wow, you make it sound like Britain is a ghetto! Britain got its own prestigeous clubs.
My D1 is a currency/ interest rate trader. One of her"books," as it is called, is Pound Sterling. She called me today at 3:30 pm and said she was heading home to sleep because she was exhausted. She lives in NYC. She said she left work yesterday at 5:00, got dinner and a nap and headed back to work at about 9:00pm. She was there until 3:30am. Went home and got up at 5:30am.and went back. Was at work until she called me. She said it was a sâŠshow. Historic. But, gladly, she thought she was not too bad in her position. How she did in "her position"might mean a job or not!
For the rest of us, only time will tell in the long run. On the short and mid, there will be pain. But how much pain and for whom, weâll see.
PurpleTitan, you should read Nevil Shuteâs On the Beach, or watch the movie version, if you think Australia/New Zealand are safe from fallout!
@Iglooo, maybe you like to limit opportunities for your kids, but most people donât.
âWow, you make it sound like Britain is a ghetto! Britain got its own prestigeous clubâ
Which most donât belong to.
Now, itâs more akin to what our kids can do - move between the 50 states for jobs/university whenever. That will change once the Uk is no longer in the EU.
"PurpleTitan, you should read Nevil Shuteâs On the Beach, or watch the movie version, if you think Australia/New Zealand are safe "
That has always been one of my favorite movies. I donât know why - maybe itâs because of Waltzing Matilda.