I don't know

Everything is subjective, no such thing as objectivity. But saying that, I've done enough qualitative inquiry to understand and demonstrate the nature of my reality. As in most individual case studies the most one can generalize is to say if your situation resembles this, you may find the same results.

Auto-ethnographic I assume?

Or, it could be IPA (not the beer) or participative action research too...

Or possibly postmodern crap.

No surreal and absurd. Different Realities perception and experiences are what makes everyone here unique. We are the travelers in today's era where everyone appears lost.

Or possibly postmodern crap.

I don't think we ever thought of it in terms of cost. For a number of years it gradually became clear that the UK was not the country where we could be settled and content in the long-term. Vancouver, or even Canada, was not on our radar until a friend suggested we visit. Once we got off the plane at YVR it was pretty much love at first sight. It was a place where we both felt comfortable, and we still do.

I did the informational interviews. Even though the economy was in the crapper at the time I believed I could get some sort of job within a few months if I was prepared to be flexible. We checked the classified ads and reckoned we could afford a reasonable house in the suburbs. So we went for it. It was a case of could we get by rather than could we buy a huge house and have lots of toys.

Now Mrs JonboyE is involved in community activities and has a huge circle of friends. I see the Golden Ears when I join the freeway each morning, and watch the sun rise over the northern Cascades in my rear view mirror. I am doing work that pays the bills and allows me to make a modest contribution to the society that we have chosen to live in.

It is hard to imagine how life could be better.