Nor do they always like what they find overseas. Anka Pack left Pretoria with her husband, an electrical engineer in 1996 to build a better life in Waterloo, Ont., only to see their standard of living take a dive. Here, we can't afford day care. We have a small property. The neighbours are just a metre apart.
People are just on top of each other.
Shawn Jacobs is bracing himself. He knows he'll have to live in an apartment, begin his career anew, do without a maid. What is important is feeling safe, feeling hope for a future. I have a lot of friends there, and they all say good things about it.