It also seems to be the case of the grass is always greener on the other side! Everyone wants to immigrate, and the funniest of it all is that if immigration was as open in the USA as it is in Canada a whole lot of people would be going there. Because they hear stories of how great it is over ther and how easy it is (Of course no one is going to admit how miserable they are).

I have met so many people who obssess about moving abroad, but they neglect to think of the little details of: Taxes, the long working hours, the alienation, the backstabbing that goes on in the arab community (and before anyone jumps down my throat, I tell you that for most newcomers to a country abroad, they usually seek out others from the same background, and a lot of times they get used because they are naive).

O and by the way I never immigrated I was born with dual nationality, and I lived formore than 20 years abroad in europe and the states. I loved europe hated the USA, and I came home and am quite miserably happy in Amman, and Amman has its good points. Yes its getting impossibly expensive but so is everywhere in the world.

For some its about making ends meet and for others its about a lifestyle they like to lead.

I agree, the first party hasthe right to leave but unfortunitly so they can\\\'t afford to. The second party, consitute maybe west amman in its extended version where a family can\\\'t lead a decent middle class lifestyle if the household doesn\\\'t generate about JD 1500 a month i.e. a family of 2 working parents with a couple of kids that they like them to have some decent education, pay installments for 2 cars and a house .

This is crazy by all means, and to think that the same family could do with JD 1000 only 500 years ago, is by all means TOO MUCH.

Its not about playing life smart M, unfortunitly its much much more than that. Not everyone can land a JD 800 job!

In the context of Amman and its recent history of price hikes; those with lower income cannot be expected to pay energy bills the same way as those 10 times their income, they just can\'t.

Its time for good social wellfare in Jordan, whereby the rich pay more taxes to balance things around. Micro-financing will do wonders I agree. But the whole tax system should change.

It depends on one’s expectations really…Personally; I have much stronger reasons for wanting to leave Jordan!

Also, I think that people who suffer the most from sky-rocketing living expenses are those who cannot afford to leave in the first place…