WOW! So much of your guys' input thank you so much! In regard to GROCERIES- yes, I think I did make a bit of a mistake🙈- I would say it's definitely more like $120-150 a month 😱😱 I'm sorry for the mistake! I hope then now you can DEFINITELY see what the real cost of living in Croatia is like, including with the average salary. love you all so so much!!!!
Kal, the real cost is extremely difficult to find in Croatia. One example are kinder gardens, right?! They are cheap, but subsidized by the local Government, namely Bandic. Than Public Transport, very very subsidized, ZET is paid by City budget, which is a huge taxation on City dwellers. A lot can be said about schooling, Universities and Zdravstvo (Public Health). All subsidized. While this might not be a huge problem for wealthy countries, it is unsustainable for Croatia, I'm afraid. So, good luck to them and you!
Kaileigh: The Levi's jeans is also pronounced in my country (Peru) the same way the Croatians do it " Le-vees" , instead of the way ( the correct way)Americans do it.
Buck Cerin Yeah, my parents still make comments about life in the old days.. Lots of haters out there. American salary & living in Croatia is a dream for me. It looks like I’m going to have to wait until I retire before I can live there full-time. Zadar
@@socalsilver6397 old days are nice idea but we have Germany work until pension and then return in Croatia... but its nice in school learn Englisch and later learn German ..
Mr.Bojke It’s a good idea. If you work and save for retirement, along with a pension & 401k (pension not common anymore in America), move to Croatia and live very comfortably. That’s my plan. 🤞🏼
Gledas video i osjecas se sritno i ponosno sta zivis u ovako lipoj zemlji, toliko jeftinije nego u americi, a onda dode kraj videa i svatis koliko koliko jadno placaju nas rad i trud da jedva krpas kraj s krajem ( tiraju te da zivis sa nekin da bi placa jedne osobe taman pokrila troskove za zivota od druge si uspila nesto dodatno priustit)....jedina pozitivna stvar u svemu je sta naucis kako zivit skromno i stedit...great video again, have a nice day everyone
Tocno toliko te jadno placaju u Americi da fakat tjeraju da se vise radi a da da si tamo mizerno placen za bilo koji vrstu posla ti nema nigdje samo u Americi
Health insurance in Croatia is taken out of your paycheck every month...depending on your paycheck. It's 15% of your paycheck each month... + you pay 'dopunsko' which is 70kn each month.
just google it,... you can call it gross 1 and gross 2 gross 1 is calculation for your neto salary (includes pension and taxes you pay) gross 2 is for your employer, he must add 16,5% of your gross salary (16,5% for health care), and that sum is all total salary cost example total salary cost = ? gross salary (example 10 000 units of HRK or $) (gross 1) 1. gross 1 = 10 000 2. contribution from gross 1 = 2 000 15% for pension =1 500 5% for pension = 500 3. income 1 (1. gross - 2. contribution) = 8 000 4. tax break = 3 800 (min tax break on salary in CRO) 5. tax base (1. gross - 2. contribution - 4. tax break) = 4 200 6. tax (is progressive by group 12%, 25%, 40%) country (4 200 puts you in 25% group) = 1 008 county / city (10% is most common) = 100,8 7. neto salary (3. income 1 - 6. tax) = 6 891,20 (this is what you will get) 8. gross 2 (gross 1 + 16,5% of gross 1) 16,5% for health care 1 650 (changed from 15 to 16,5 from this year) = 10 000 + 1 650 = 11 650 (this is what employer will pay for you = total salary cost) math is good but everything else is loosely translated, sry 😅
can you please show me how do you see calculation for total salary cost, and if health care is not added to gross 2 from what are you add or subtract it
@@coldwarrior5 Might sound like much but it is still way cheaper than here in US. Recently I've cut my hand which required 10 stitches to fix, cost me $1300. I did not have insurance because it would cost me just about $400 a month to maintain health insurance with $10,000 deductible and 20% co-pay. A day spent in a hospital can cost anywhere between $1500-$35,000 depending on type of care received.
FinchyLuka No, it’s not $20. You have to go to driving school 1st. It used to be free in high school. High school does not offer driving lessons anymore. They haven’t offered that in probably 25 years. Driving school in Los Angeles is about $300-$400 USD
I lived in Croatia when I was young and I remember my parents stressing over money. My parents were college educated (many people in Croatia are) but life was not easy financially. There were times when we'd run out of money towards the end of the month before they got their next paycheck, or my dad's boss wouldn't pay him on time. Now I live in the US and while I miss Croatia immensely and I miss Croatian kind hearted people, it is at least nice to never have to worry about money.
Blue Sky yes, now no health insurance, no 34 days of paid leave, no paid sick leave, no free universities ... in US it is very good if you are healthy and can work and to pay for all that. What would you do if you get sick ... and you cant work ... who will pay for tuition fees, healthcare, sick leave ...
@@alexhorvath9277 Everything you say is true. And yes, the situation can change very easily for a person, especially like you say, if one is dealing with illness. But still overall, I find it a lot easier to make a living in the US on your own, without connections, nepotism etc.
@@4lugan Croatians are emigrating to other countries a lot, mostly Germany and Ireland for multiple reasons, mostly because their friends and family are there. Not 100% sure, but I think currently there are more Croatians outside of Croatia then inside.
Kaileigh, while you included price of gas, you forgot to include something way more impactful: the price of getting the car itself. Cars in USA as way more cheaper than in Croatia.
Yeah but car insurance is probably much lower in Croatia. We pay around 3000kn or €400 for road tax and insurance for lower kw car with let say 20% bonus or a few years of no claim. Insurance for the exact same car with 5 years of no claim in Ireland would cost you €1000 plus €400 for road tax. I imagine prices in the US are in the same range as those in Ireland
Health insurance isnt free,its just paid directly from your salary and it isnt cheap,almost 10 percent goes to it,and then same amount goes to pension fee so our salarys are not big
@@N1te0wl141 Ne lupetaj, naš sustav je daleko kvalitetniji od njihovog. Rođak mi je tamo išao u srednju i faks. pa oni su tunguzija prema nama, ali ozbiljno - kaskaju po dvije godine za nama. A da ne govorimo da im je opće obrazovanje nula. Pojma oni nemaju o ničemu. što se tiče kretena, njih svugdje ima, ali ne dao ti Bog da vidiš što se sve događa po američkim školama... Pogotovo onima koje nisu privatne... Pakao, doslovno. Daleko smo mi od toga, hvala Bogu još uvijek jako daleko... Mnogi se tako zayebu, ne cijene i ne vole svoje pa onda gutaju tuđa govna jer misle budale da je sve tuđe bolje... Mi smo iskompleksiran i glup narod koji ne cijeni i ne voli svoju zemlju. I svi bježe ko zadnji šupci, umjesto da uzmu stvari u svoje ruke.
@N1te0wl141 Mi jesmo pametniji ljudi al naš sistem se bazira na glupim bodovima koje skupljaš četiri godine , pa kad me dođe neko iz nekog sela neke tamo jazbine prošo sa 5.0 sve razrede da će ić u mioc naježim se . Tu se mučim idem u tešku školu pa mi kažu da treba bit tak teško da dobim neko predznanje. Gluposti ... treba bit ko stara vremena kad su se davali ispiti prije srednje a ne ovo sranje jebeno .
@@svenkelek2179 Često su djeca sa sela pametnija od gradske, i to ti govorim kao gradsko dijete. A protekcija ima svugdje, i kod nas i u SADu, ne brini.
It is very important to put things in perspective FIRST. A 20 minutes video with most important information at the very end makes a lot of viewers lose interest, stop watching and draw completely wrong conclusions. This also could have been avoided by translating each cost into a percentage of average pay in the respective country: US rent 1000$ or 33% of average wage, CRO rent 375$ or 44% of average wage, etc.
Vedran Jurić Well, it’s her video, she can film in which ever order she decides fits best. What you’re suggesting is what makes most sense for you. Besides, the title says “costs of living” and “america vs croatia” and that’s exactly what she did (first), she compared them.
Just because you are free to do whatever you want, it does not make it right, or correct. I am sure that what I am suggesting makes most sense to a large majority of people, which is backed up by a number of people pointing the obvious flaw, which in turn called upon you, a champion defender of the video creator, to stand up for the helpless commenting that "Everyone shut up". But, if you really want to be right on this one, yes, this is her video and she can do whatever she wants with it. Cheers.
How do you mean? It really is free because your employer has to pay it for you. It is extra expens for employer, but currently it is its fee calculated on top of you gross income.
In Croatia it is almost impossible to live alone if you work on a shitty minimum wage so most of our younger population still lives with their parents and they aren't in a relationship meaning the population is decreasing
@@KaleighHendershot also I believe there are measures in Croatia that make it cheap to have kids. e.g you would have to pay insurance for kids whereas in Croatia it would be fully free.
Health insurance is not free in Croatia. If you're employed, your employer automatically deduces a percentage to pay for the general health insurance, along with taxes and pension fund. You can also choose to pay 70 kn per month for additional health insurance (which covers more medications and medical procedures). If you compare your net salary (money you get after deducing everything) and your gross salary (money your employed needs to pay out), the net salary is ~55-60% of gross salary. A huge amount of money you earned goes to the government. That is one of the reasons salaries are small and entrepreneurs stay away from Croatia for the most part. In Croatia, when we're given our paycheck, we receive net salary with everything deduced, while in USA they receive gross salary and pay their taxes and insurance separately (if I'm not mistaken), which is why certain things seem "free" in Croatia. They're not free, you just don't think about them here because it gets automatically taken care for you.
I personally live in Croatia and it is a really bigggggg difference of the standard of life between Croatia and the US and our politics suck wayyyy more than the US. You didn't mention smartphones and other electronics are way more expensive than the US and the internet is way slower in Croatia. And i want to point out Lilith Enslaveds' comment "Health insurance in Croatia is taken out of your paycheck every month...depending on your paycheck. It's 15% of your paycheck each month... + you pay 'dopunsko' which is 70kn each month."
But hey, it goes the other way too. I have a friend who, due to his parents' job lived a few years in Macedonia and he felt the same way as Kaleigh did in Croatia. Everything is much cheaper but everyone else's salary is much smaller.
In Croatia you can more easily acquire organic food, ... some people grow food around there houses in garden or small agricultural field. Nature is more beautiful and clean. ... Unfortunately a lot of people can not find decent job, so they flee to Germany, Ireland or England.
Really? You think peope fertilize the land by pumping out sewer vaste directly on the filed? Manuer need to stay in a pit to get ripe before it can be used as a fertilizer.
Good video, but 90$ for groceries per month? Impossible! I do not know what you eat but 90$ is just not enough for 1 person unless you eat every other day or you are on some serious diet. 2 persons can not survive a whole month on 90$ for groceries, 2 persons for 90$ per month would be hungry most of the month. You need to recalculate but nice try!
Thanks for mentioning the salaries cause all my friends say OMG so cheap to live there but don't realize we put NOTHING on the side and traveling abroad ruins us...
You know what is crazier...me sending a large If it fits, it ships priority mail box to Croatia 9 years ago was about 35.00, now the USPS wants about 80.00 for the same exact box! I'd love to ship my relatives goodies here and there, but when the shipping is twice as much as the goods I am shipping, it seems senseless.
One of the reasons your utilities are more is that the Seattle non-metro area is one of the cheapest electric and gas rates around. In fact the state is the 2nd cheapest almost cheaper than Montana. The residential rate is about 9.75 cents per KW outside seattle city limits (so the surrounding cities). The US average is 14 cents and Croatia is 15 cents. Natural gas is cheap and popular. Propane even in the US is about 3x more money. Also, much of the power comes from hydro which is cheap and some pretty large wind farms.
P.s. you ve got most of the costs right but food for 1 person is 90$???? No way!!! I spend more then 130$ a month for food and I get most of my veggies from my dads garden (free).
Ma što je pogodila što vi ljudi pričate u nekim gradovima pogotovo u Dalmaciji su prosječne cijene stanova za rentane 1500kuna, dobro ljude jeli se vi drogirate?
@@faithless7985 koga smo ti ubili da se tako zestis? Popij normabel 😁 ja zivim u splitu cili zivot. U centru grada ne mozes nac garazu po cijeni od 1500kn/mj, a kamoli jednosoban stan. Prija mi je zivila u jednosobnom stanu na sucidru (daleko van centra) i placala ga je 1700kn. Eto, ti nadi jednosoban stan u centru za 1500kn i ja ti platim rucak
@@faithless7985 pogledaj video pa ce ti bit jasnije odakle joj brojke. Prvo tvrdis da je stan 1500kn za rentanje, a sad pricas o svojoj sestri van centra u dvosobnom stanu....??? Aaaa?? Meni nije jasno sta ti uopce mislis
I love how you said that the croatians live with families because they simply dont have enough money to rent or buy house/apartment. Turns out, that is one good thing about poverty. It forces you to stick together. Health insurance should be free everywhere, that is why people rather move to Canada than to the states.
Unfortunately, this is a realistic picture of life in Croatia. I'm 30, I'm not married, and like many of my friends I live with my parents in the apartment because my salary is not enough to go to live alone. With less than 4000kn(600USD) salary it is practically impossible.
Oh i guess you didn't hear are prime minister and our Ms. president they say that the average pay in Croatia (Zagreb) is 7,500 kuna. And just to inform you price of oil in croatia is so big becose half of the cost gose to govermant taxes. and utilities are so big because most of the people work in companies that provide utilities and usually they have normal wages (about 7,500 kuna) but u have to be politically suitable to work in these companies. It is great that you realize that there's some problems here, but this is just a surface. Corruption of politician is huge here!!
Yup...agreed!!! 25% of everything we buy (including services) goes to government as a money that will be invested in infrastructure, hospitals, building, parks...etc. but also its invested in expensive cars, houses, travs of our politicians who dont even worh 8h a day but also gets about 3-5 times more salary then we average people do. And that salary is, again, from taxes that we pay every single day
Hi Dario. Thanks for your comment - I do think it's important that these issues are talked about and I'm trying to find the balance between promoting the wonderful Croatia while exposing the reality... Thanks for your support and, you are right, corruption is a HUGE problem!
dude if you are any good in anything you dont work for 5000kunas.... if you dont have highschool you can work for 5000kunas.... waiter, cleaner, any shitty job can get you from 4-5k kunas.... if you are high school with skill you can get 6-9000kunas.... if you are collage educated you can get 10-15,000kunas.... if you are master you can earn 20,000 easy... if you own your own business you can even go higher...20-30-50.000... Problem is that Croats came from communist country and they worship JOBS and thats why most of people enjoy working and are scared of starting own business....
@@elvismanhattan284 well yea but not really she is talking about a regular job in US not high end job with master deegre and lets be honest here people in Croatia dont make above 6-7 if they have legal job and if they are not working in politics
@@edilazanin8173 sta pricas ja perem ventilacije za 6000 + 5100 extra kad sam na terenu... sa osnovnom skolom... kad sam konobario imao sam 6000placu i baksis 50-150kn dnevno.... kad sam namjestao namjestaj imao sam 35kn sat... 10sati dnevno 350kn x25dana... 8000kn... o cemu pricas? svi moji prijatelji sa fakultetima imaju place 15-20,000...neznam di ti zivis al tako je u ZG
Also, a square meter for a house in Zagreb is about 10k, come to the sea and you can easily double that, a normal house first row to the sea is about 600-800.000€,
You spend only 90$ on the food per month? How? Or I didn't understand something....For entire month, my husband and I are spending about 450$ and we don't buy that much food or eat out much.
There are couple of holes in the calculation, in USA all prices are displayed without sales tax, Croatian prices include tax. Paycheks also, in US that 3k that you mentioned is before tax and 850 in Croatia is after tax
Pozdrav amerikanka- gleda I smo ja i supruga vaše videe i smejali se ,radovali vašim objašnjenjima jer smo mi iz Jugoslavije ( Ilirije) svi isti...! Čekam kada ćete spomenuti ikupiranu Srpsku Krajinu sobzirom da dolazite iz slobodarske Amerike (usa) pozdrav i bez uvrede - volimo vas!
I have only one question? In which town or city in Croatia apartment in the center of town costs 2.400 kn? Because I would happily move and live in that city. These are live nonsense. I live in Croatia, and with 100% certainty I can say that nowhere in the center of town you can not find an apartment for 2.400 kn.
Yeah, family of two here, we spend about 100 $ a week for food and hygiene. And I cook every day, if not, it would be much more. Maybe she eats at her mother-in-laws and she grows stuff?
@@watcher0754 my wife and I spend about $150 to $200 a week on food and hygiene here in the USA, and about $100 a week for both of us when we're in Croatia. I Wonder how you only spend $300 a month
A sad samo za hrvatske 'pacijente' ovdje, NAJBOLJI ŽIVOT je (i u ovakvoj) Hrvatskoj, a vi u Canadi (npr. Vancouver prošetajte sami malo iza ponoći downtownom, a govorimo o Canadi, ne o US, Toronto je još gori, a Montreal je semiOK), kad ostanete bez posla u Canadi bez problema se preselite u drugi grad, zašto, pa zato što je SVE ISTO MONOTONO i bezvezno. Za US isto, ako ne i gore vrijedi i tamo oni sigurni (njih 5%) lete privatnim avionima, svi ostali na zemlji su NESIGURNI. Znate zašto su u Hootersa (je li još postoje?) slatka krilca, ne zbog kvalitete piletine već zbog kvalitete 'prezentacije', ko i pivo (ako se ta splačina može tako i zvat) i tako vam je većina stvari, PREZENTACIJA je najbitnija. Najbolji živiot uz HR, je u Mexicu (to znaju i ovi iz Canade i ovi iz US), sirotinja, a svi se smiju STALNO, opasno je, ali SVI se smiju i pjevaju, i čim pređete iz Texasa u Mexico,. kao iz tmurnog kišnog popodneva na jutarnje sunce. Onaj koji je ovo prošao zna o čemu govorim, a znaju i oni Sjeverno Amerikanci koji se preseljavaju u Mexico (a nisu kriminalci) ćim mogu. Za kvalitetu života jasno je da je vrlo bitno da ste siti i obučeni, ali vjerujte, ja bih osobno rađe bio polusit i polugol u npr. Omišu, nego sit i obučen u South Dallasu (ili za taj slučaj u bilo kojem drugom većem predgrađu). Novac NIJE SVE, ali je izuzetno važan, međutim pitajte strance što najviše vole ovdje (pa i neka Kaleigh reče što je prvo zamijetila), to sigurno nije povezano sa novcem i bogastvom. Našu Hrvatsku zagađuju pokvareni, lažljivi kvazipolitičari i neradnici koje nam je komunističko-socijalističko jednoumlje ostavilo u nasljeđe, ali i njima (koji kad kradu misle da kradu državi, a ne svima nama) doći će kraj, Lijep pozdrav
Croatian living in Sweden here! Great videos Kaleigh! Really fun, and really entertaining. Subscribed! :) Going to the movies over here: 16 freaking dollars per ticket. How’s that for shocking :P
@@lorawho9331 I’m not 100% sure what you mean. I was talking about going to the movies in Sweden, not Croatia. And converting the price to dollars, it’s about 15-16$.
Monthly salary difference is also the biggest factor why people in Croatia (young ones) stay longer in family house together with parents. While in USA they move out sooner. It has its own pros and cons. Living in caring family is actually good. You dont alienate from parents. However living alone helps you become different person (maybe better, maybe worse). Perhaps that could be the subject of your new video? Young people and their perspective (or if its case sensitive, not perspective but their habits). :)
Things have changed and 90% of the millennial are moving back home with their parents, they can't afford the cost of living on their own plus going to school.
...please... im 26 and cant even dream of moving out of my parents house and its extremely stressful and demeaning, i feel like i failed at life even though i have a degree and good job, but the money is just not nearly enough to get my own place and freedom... i hate it, i would rather live on my own and visit my familiy when i wanted to
@@steverothmans5908 I hear ya!..You failed at nothing and its not demeaning, look at it from a different perspective, and thank the lords parents are around to be able to share their living quarters with you. I'am afraid we will never see the good old days that some were able to experience... Things have changed and they will not get better, too many people that have no business are riding the gravy train, and someone has to pay for it...There was not as many toys once upon a time, and that helped students to live independently. Tuition's were cheaper blah blah blah i can go on and on. Things are always easier in two's, can you find a decent room-mate who will pull their weight, and share a living space with you. Will mom still have you home for the occasional dinner..Factor all the pluses and minuses of living alone, will it be worth t? Treat mom and dad to an occasional dinner out, they deserve it...Good luck dude!
As a croat it feels like everything is expensive because the salaries are small so there is like an illusion of spending more money than you actually are.
Buu, koje vi predrasude imate :( www.riverfronttimes.com/foodblog/2015/04/03/antonios-bistro-and-market-a-new-bosnian-restaurant-in-southhampton "From the menu, choose from dishes including pljeskavica ($6.95)" Hocete Australiju? Nema problema, cevapi su AU$10.
@@aleksandarrasic3424 Dje ga nema, u jednom austrijskom gradu od neki 100.000 st. ima 6 cevabdzinica i 3 balkanske pekare, par diskoteka, kafica na svakom cosku, osjecam se ko kod kuce.
In Sweden its normal to pay 500-1500$ on rent and 500$ on utilities. And gas costs around 4.5$ per gallon. We also pay 33-55% in taxes depending on how much you make.
So basically we're a shithole, not that I didn't know that before. Adjusted for salaries, the cost of living in Croatia is very high. Most families spend the majority of income on food and utilities, and very little is left for everything else. Food in particular is very expensive in Croatia: while eating out is cheaper than in US and most Western countries, you can actually find cheaper food in supermarket in Germany for example, than the one in Croatia, which is ridiculous. As you mentioned yourself, if everyone actually paid all of the costs on an average salary, we'd be in debt, which is why an average Croatian citizen is cutting costs whenever possible, including taking public transportation, chasing discounts, and yes living with parents. Great video though, your best one yet. Informative and fun. Hopefully we'll see more of that in the future.
thank you so much! yes, you are right, people are trying to cut costs wherever they can and it is simply near impossible to cover all the costs by yourself. I'm glad I was finally able to get this video out too, i'm glad that you enjoyed 😘
I went to kindergarden which was one of the best for 120$/month in Croatia. Some normal ones are 20-30$/month. Cheapest you acctualy can get for around 15$. Im's acctualy 12 years old now and it amazes me how thing are expensive in USA. But sallerys are here like 400-500$. We acctualy consider these prizes here in Croatia really high because of money problems. Greatings from Križevci!
Minimalac je oko 400$ Normalna placa je izmedu 800 do 1200$ Stan kosta 300-350$ mjesecno i to dvosobni stan Znaci ne pricaj o cemu neznas imas 12 godina
Hi sweetie! thank you for your input - it's so nice to hear from something your age! Things are more expensive in the US but, remember, the salaries are bigger, allowing anyone working to be able to afford those prices! Greetings to Križevci!
I was not able to write this when 12yo :) Are you sure you are 12? Any yes, I went to Vladimir Nazor. The cheapest are subsidized by the local government, everyone pays for it, even us with no kids. That is not really fair, don't you think?
16:01 lev-ees? lot of people? Now, everyone in Croatia calls them lev-ees :D :D but, the interesting part is that Levi Strauss was Jewish, and I think that the exact pronunciation of the term Levi in Hebrew is Lev-ee. Ok, I know that's something different, but maybe that's the reason why people pronounce them like that, and probably the main reason why is that Levi's jeans are present in Croatia a long before many have understood English at all ;)
I was just apartment hunting and here’s the 2020 update: a one bedroom in zagreb (central-ish) will cost you 500-700 euro a month, depending on condition and location
Man after reading all these comments I am starting to doubt my dream to retire in Croatia. Well at least I will still visit as soon as this Damn Plague ends I hope everyone stays safe and hopefully a better year in 2021...Cross Your Fingers..
You can't rent an apartment in the city center for 375 dollars (2500kn). Not in Zagreb. Further from the centre sure but rental in Zg, depending on the location, is muy caro. :)
All of this is so true.. I am Croatian living in Croatia... Croatia is beautiful country and life here could be so beautiful.. but money is HUUUUGE problem.. i can barely live here to feel like a normal human being.. so sad..
My personal experience living in Zagreb Rent (1bedroom): $505 Utilities: $115 Internet: $45 Phone: $26 Gas: $135 Food: $540 (2 person) -------------- $1366 And that is for a low standard apartment in Zagreb. At the coast for that money you can live under the bridge. Average salary in Zagreb (dec 2018) $1095 (after tax) --------------- Once again Zagreb is quite cheap comparing to Dubrovnik or Split. I really dont know where did you find your numbers ... Also you dont have to pay schools or universities in Croatia as they are free. 24 min video reading stuff from Numbeo. If you wanted to make a real comparation you should put more effort in all this ... not just effort in making your video 24 min long to read 7 prices ... And what food do you buy for $90 per month? That is $3 per day ... 20k per day? 1l of yogurt and on bread??
Levi's is same as Nike. Americans call it Nikees (read Najkis in Croatian xD), and the rest of the world calls it literally Nike (read Najk in Croatian) 😂
Wrong its not free health care and u pay participation and medicaments and doctors work if u end up in hospital hospital bed u need dopunsko to have those things free its around 12$/70kuna per month and on top of dat u get masive wating lists in hopitals and on specific things like CT scan and similar apoitments u wait for few months 3-6months to get it done when u end up in Hitna/ER u might what few hrs to get it done...
Yeah, I don't know how you get expenses down to 90$, really? Is it because you're woman so you don't eat much? I'd say it's closer to 150$ here as well. And that's really just basic home made food 😉
@@elvismanhattan284 da, teoretski je moguće svesti na 1000 po osobi - ono, ako baš stisneš, sam pečeš kruh, ne jedeš meso svaki dan i sl. Volio bih vidjeti njezin menu... 🙂
@@elvismanhattan284 možeš se nutritivno hraniti za 1000 kn mjesečno po osobi. Samo to isključuje bilo kakve egzotične namirnice. Za cca. 585 kn kao što ona kaže - teško. Možda žene mogu, ne znam.
Health insurance: its not really truth that its free. Your employer pays you insurance every month, and its about 15% of your salary. So it doesnt matter if you are sick or not...you are paying it. And on the other note: it DOES mean that if you need to go check your heart/ lungs/ brain/whatever, you are probably not going to pay for your check at the hospital BUT ALSO you will probably get your check in a 6-12 months 😁😁😁 My dad has really bad neck and arm pain from november last year. He needed to get that checked in hospital (for 'free') and he got the appointment in june thia year (so for 3 months😁). But since he couldnt sit, sleep, work or drive from the pain, je decided to go to private doctor (which is not free...and you have to pay a lor of money for it). So he got the diagnosis amd apllyed in hospital for psyhical therapy....and he got appointment for 6months from than 😁😁😁 HAPPY DAYS!!! To cut this story short....in last 5months about 1000$ of his salary is given for his health insurance, and he didnt even use the hospital but he paid about 2000$ more to get a diagnose and tp start his therapy, which is still not done. So, for us croatians, when people in the states say we are lucky cuz we have free health insurance...its tragically funny. Cuz here, you can die before you even get your appointment in the hospital and you paied it in advance. The end of Story about croatian health insurance 🇭🇷😁🤘🏻
@@debelix Where exactly? I know she talked about Internet and mobile usage, but she didn't mention physical devices, I think you're mixing mobile usage and actual phones...
@@KaleighHendershot For sure, next video can be about buying a car/house something relatively/very expensive, also mention loans/credits (especially college loans) and what interests they offer. Eagerly awaiting the new video...
That medical insurance thing is a misconcenption; if you’re a citizen of croatia you do get medical but if you work it gets taken out of your paycheck for the universal healthcare depending on how much you earn. I have my own business and i pay around 500kn monthly. It’s like a tax here.
You really have to be brave to live here instead of US.. get ready to be waiting for months in couple of years when you get old in hospitals,get ready that an usual people-arent really important,its all about the ministers and their families. You should know that the 1.number one enemy is political party called HDZ,you also should know that people living with about 450-500 US dollars payment per month and about 100-200 pension payment after they retire,living here depends on what you doing for living,most of the people dont have money for basic stuff,but oh well if you found croatia as a good country to live in,best of luck.
Thanks for the great video, I just have to mention there is nothing free, in Canada half of our taxes goes for health care, that's around $18000 a year for a person or family earning $100000 a year.
@@MegaMarlboro666 njeni klipovi su mi sasvimok i dobro se nasmijem ,,,,,pitanje bilo cisto onako usput da vidim jel moze dati kakav odgovor ,,,,nije bilo losih namjera ,,,,
@@MegaMarlboro666 Ako sa nekim nije ratovala, onda je to zato što nema nafte. Ali naravno da će svaki Amerikanac ignorirati takva pitanja, i praviti se da ne razumije o čemu pričaš.
In which US city do you only have to pay $1,200 for an apartment!? That must be in the south or mid-west where cost of living is cheaper. But where I'm from, that's the price of a cheap, older apartment in a small town about an hour's drive from NYC - and it may be in an area that's not the safest. And if you want a nicer, newer apartment in a safer area, you'll pay at least $1,600 for a one bedroom. If you need more rooms, it easily costs over $2,000.
Lets be real. In Croatia if you are not rich everything is expensive. So expensive. I am a standard person ( so neither rich or poor ) and let me tell you, i have to save some coin if i want to buy anything that is good in quality. Food is especially expensive, i literelly spend almost all the money on it. Horrible. The standard is too high for our salaries. Also, the health insuracne is not free, they take, i think, about 15% of your salary for health insurance. I would say people are leaving Croatia because they would rather live in foreign land like kings ( which most of them never do ) then live in their own country like their ancestors lived before them. They are all spoiled. Look at our country, it is beautiful! Insted of saving her we are destroying her form the inside. Fight for yours, that's what i would say to those people. You can find a good job here and live normaly but people want to live like they are royals. Pf.
In America on the rich get richer, with tax loopholes for the rich. Middle class Americans slave long hours, without benefits, 99% of Americans live on credit, and are debt ridden for life.. The Banks are the richest and will buy everything out soon....Americans go on vacation with their credit cards, and often it is the poorest who spend the most.
I will be moving alone to Croatia on work permit with salary being 1000 dollars accommodation, transportation, medical will be covered by company. So is this salary decent enough to lead a nominal life style?
Excellent comparisons. Nice job. Although sidenote, 15:57 if you end up meeting Croatian fans of Attack on Titan then we won't confuse the pronunciation of Levi's jeans, heh
What a he'll happend in Croatia I left in 1970is it was same no money no work issue. In Canada it's the same problem one works for $15 hour wages and government takes In taxes 30 % from single person. WORLD needs to wake up to political parties BS. One should keep what it makes .
