▲ 439 ▼ There are more people moving from America to Ireland than Irish moving to America. (www.bbc.com) submitted 6 months ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world locked 78 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 13 points 6 months ago (5 children) Anecdata: I know 2. permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (4 children) From the numbers in that article it's about 1 in every 2000 Americans going in 2025. Surprisingly high rates. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] aramis87@fedia.io 1 point 6 months ago (3 children) 9600 last year, so less than 1 in every 30000. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (2 children) That's only to Ireland. It was 180,000 left the US in total. Further down it says: "at least 180,000 Americans" voluntarily left the US in 2025, which it said was a record high. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aramis87@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Ah, okay, I got bored before the end of the article and missed that. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago No worries :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (4 children) From the numbers in that article it's about 1 in every 2000 Americans going in 2025. Surprisingly high rates. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] aramis87@fedia.io 1 point 6 months ago (3 children) 9600 last year, so less than 1 in every 30000. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (2 children) That's only to Ireland. It was 180,000 left the US in total. Further down it says: "at least 180,000 Americans" voluntarily left the US in 2025, which it said was a record high. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aramis87@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Ah, okay, I got bored before the end of the article and missed that. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago No worries :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aramis87@fedia.io 1 point 6 months ago (3 children) 9600 last year, so less than 1 in every 30000. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (2 children) That's only to Ireland. It was 180,000 left the US in total. Further down it says: "at least 180,000 Americans" voluntarily left the US in 2025, which it said was a record high. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aramis87@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Ah, okay, I got bored before the end of the article and missed that. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago No worries :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (2 children) That's only to Ireland. It was 180,000 left the US in total. Further down it says: "at least 180,000 Americans" voluntarily left the US in 2025, which it said was a record high. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aramis87@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Ah, okay, I got bored before the end of the article and missed that. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago No worries :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aramis87@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Ah, okay, I got bored before the end of the article and missed that. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago No worries :) permalink fedilink source parent