When I visited the Netherlands in October 2006 I bought a few Dutch books and had them shipped by mail. One of the books had the intriguing title 'Ik mis alleen de HEMA' -- 'I only miss the HEMA'. The HEMA is a Dutch low-price department store chain, a little bit like Target in the U.S.
The book is a collection of stories of people who left the Netherlands in the last 10 or 15 years. Some of the people were successful, others returned home when their plans didn't work out.