"Chad Haag considered living in a cave to escape his student debt. He had a friend doing it. But after some plotting, he settled on what he considered a less risky plan. This year, he relocated to a jungle in India. ‘I’ve put America behind me,’ Haag, 29, said. …
… Some student loan borrowers are packing their bags and fleeing from the U.S. to other countries, where the cost of living is often lower and debt collectors wield less power over them. Although there is no national data on how many people have left the United States because of student debt, borrowers tell their stories of doing so in Facebook groups and Reddit channels and how-to advice is offered on personal finance websites." …
The first two in particular have low debt for such an extreme action to be taken. The third has so much more, but still. I have more than all of them and yet I slug along, a little at a time, on an income based plan.
I have no sympathy. I paid my $28K in 1980 dollars and H’s $21K in the same back completely. I made sure that my kids attended schools that I could afford. There are choices and I have no sympathy. Lucky for them we don’t have debtor’s prisons anymore.
Also, I am very glad I didn’t name any of my kids “Chad” because it seems to be a student loan flee worthy name.
Aussies did indeed do that, it was a thing, if you left to go overseas, that your HECs debt didn’t follow you.They have only recently tightened that up, and the UK older expats benefited from free tuition.