Quote:Perhaps, as the economic crisis, while not as dire as it might have been, has also ensured that one is out of work for years, I can see some of them, if they could just get themselves a can of possibility, basically heading out of the well to at least ensure they can be productive. Not because they're necessarily Fen.
Hence, 'emigrating to Australia' .
Life isn't necessarily better in the US, but people still leave this piddling rock in the hope of getting a job and jet across the pond.
The consequences of the collapse of the Irish economy have already been mentioned in Fenspace ( The housing surplus), and SS Ciara's crew ran for orbit because of it, bought their ship off the government because the government had to scrape up the cash and couldn't afford the fuel bills (A real problem for a 600ton ship with 14,000bhp)..... and were part funded by a disgraced banker looking for a way to escape from any potential justice (And 'borrowing' funding from their university).
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