Im from Nigeria but currently live in the US. Im moving back home to buy a bunch of land and build a homestead. Grow my food, have some chickens, sit under my guava and mango trees and play with my pigmy goats.....people are more concermed with living a peaceful, quality life instead of chasing money to the grave.
In ´rich' countries the worker class fought during centuries to earn its rights to live better. Revulutions in France or in Russia happened because the lower social classes had to pay or were slaves of the richest.
Convenience over ownership, the whole great reset is a subscription based model for everything in your life. Ownership will only be for the high value people and corps
@@Stephen-lx9nm it depends if you have to work there or not. If you have a pension or a rent, and the country is relatively safe, poor countries are better. This is why so many pensioners relocate abroad.
I left the UK for Albania and bought a house near the beach in Vlore for 64,000 euros. No council tax, water, electricity and internet IS £27 a month. Low food costs, no crime.
My internet's £16 a month :D (Travel modem with data sim). I need a beach house... I used to walk to a beach twice a day until I got stuck in the North of England.
Born and raised in the UK. Left 3 years ago with my wife and 8month old. Came to the land of my forefathers, Ethiopia in Africa. Standard of life has more than tripled. And the best thing is that I’m able to contribute significantly to the economic development of this country so you feel like you have more tangible meaningful impact in the world.
seems that way the west have all the money and their cities are broke, thats all you need to know and they can all so afford to blow people up 1,000 of miles away but their streets are crime ridden
I’m from the UK, lived in the US 12 years. Similar problems in both countries - biggest wealth transfer in history - rich get richer, middle classes eviscerated. Remember they told you ‘you will own nothing and be happy’. Modern California making $250k per year is peanuts. A 1 bed apartment is $3k per month, $5k for a decent place. Thats $60k per year - just in rent, with tax means you have to be making around $110k per year just to pay your basic rent - not including bills, car payments, insurance, medical, food etc. Forget buying a house unless you’re a trust fund kid. Western society is finished and it is all by design.
You’re an idiot if you’re paying $5k a month for a flat, respectfully. Move to any commuter town/village in the UK and you’ll easily be able to find a nice 2 bed apartment for around £1,500, with many cheaper options if you’re willing to be more frugal. Don’t blame ‘society’ for your poor economic decisions. Western society is ‘finished’ because your fatalistic/unpatriotic mindset is so widespread
Matches completely my own experience and that of family members. Life in LA….all that money! all that Sunshine! Is an utter grind full of uncertainty and menace where all you need is a major illness to discover that whatever your insurance is it will still cost you your house, your business, your savings. I have cousins in Long Beach desperate to get out…..
I moved from inner Melbourne in Australia, to a smaller regional town here. The value of an average house almost doubled from 800k to 1.2mill, in less than 10 years. The city itself went from beautifully liveable and easy to get around in, to overdeveloped, clogged, polluted and crazy in about 15, from the mid-2000s. The same was true here, partially in reverse. People moving from utterly horrendously over-crowded populations in Chinese, Indonesian, Malaysian, Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, UK, German and other big, overpopulated places. Everyone originally chasing 'better lifestyle'..while developers set about destroying pristine forests surrounding big towns all over, sprawling out 'new' estates, bulldozing old koala and possum trees..sucking water out of local, slowly inadequate reservoirs, hiring people shooting entire kangaroo mobs and putting in service stations and McDonalds/fast food outlets, then the slabs of concrete/amenities connections, then the new houses, like bloody triffids. Inner city ..much worse though, Burgeoning, shite, fast built, mega high rise nightmare streets..suddenly feeling like Shanghai, in two years..old, more diverse, happily-blended cultures that took several hundreds of years to grow distinctive 'Melbourneness'....a memory ..corruption-paid corner cutting to attract 'foreign investors'..selling off everything for a buck. Now, the average Australian can't qualify for a mortgage, or buy a home. Chinese-based oligarchs 'traded up' and spirally upsold our real estate, like it was share markets, not local people-required residences for homes..in the 'boom years'..now they own hundreds of inner city units, charging exhorbident rents. Our IMF-puppeteered pussy willow governments did nothing, probably many pollies made money and themselves tasted higher wealth at that time. We have tent cities of lower paid employed forming everywhere, now not much better off in standards of living, than those living in Indian shanty towns in New Delhi. People living in cars and modified trailers/vans everywhere. Sydney has been through similar. Populations grew too fast, particularly through visas granted to internationals who came to study, or on working visas, took part in migrant scams then stayed, or pretty much 'financial advantage' bought homes, which granted residential status, then 're-colonised' the major capitals. Like many original/mixed heritage 'middle class past' Aussies, i had to get a mortgage in a small town - now i largely work online. The lifestyle and lower transport/utility costs are far preferable. But even here, the many people who rent are running out of options, as 'city refugees' buy up what they can of remaining old 'done up' rentals, to escape the high density, imported, international company and food/shopping chain-run city horrorscapes. My house value has gone up about 100k BP equivalent, in just 3 years. I can't afford to sell it, as another will just cost the same! We are still fielding huge 'financial migration' every year. More older Aussies in their 50s/60s are having trouble re-financing after retirement, now with many selling up/ moving offshore to low income average Asian nations. Like you, they can there, purchase/rent and live in cheap, low overhead accomodation. So we're doing to them, what's been done to us! Mark it up, pass it on.. Isn't it obvious? The human population is too high to keep this 'endleas progress' notion up in 'Western' and over-developing, overpopulated nations. Places people once fled to, for 'better lives', are themselves becoming centres of growing, new expat, diverse mixed communities. Language, cultures, histories and identities will shift even more in decades ahead. Who knows where it will all eventually lead to. We need an 'anti-growth' approach, returning to stability and sustainable communities, that simply reproduce and qualitatively improve their cohesian and amenities. We shouldn't be seeing wealth-centred corruption, tax evasion and 'uncivil' wealthy behaviour depriving fellow citizens of eg. public housing options, hard won former health standards and welfare trampolines. If people move to any new community, they should become involved in understanding its existing populations, communities, supporting better quality of life in all its diverse richness for all - not just 'dog eat dog' working hard, but cutting corners..and having 'more' to 'show off' in some kindve bizarre success notions to offer the 'poor people of the village home'. Inner peace and nature is all we need. With a few children if wanted, a small modest home, a decent 1 acre plot of land..and lovely home grown food, milk, eggs and loving pets.
I left the UK and moved to Romania. Best decision of my life. Bought a house for 6000 euros and spent another 10k fixing it up. Off grid except with electricity - will be adding solar soon though. The UK is a lost cause.
How big is the ex pat UK population in Romania? Isn't the language an issue or your not going to learn it? Sounds like a great place for younger people to move to.
went from manchester to asia, I will never be able to move back. It's too damn good here. My apartment is 250$ a month and it is the best apartment I've ever lived in in the safest area I've ever lived in, and I eat out EVERY DAY.
@@henryeyes Ah, I remember eating so many main dishes costing like 9000 won (around 5 pounds) in those small street restaurants in Korea. Literally unimaginable in the UK, the most you'd get for that kind of money here is a large bottle of water or some bread bites lol
@@MartinX333 I used to buy ramen near the university that only cost around 3$! So yea, I cant go back to the UK, the quality of life here is too good and it is very safe here too
The UK is broken. People who work 40 hours per week (or more) are no better off than people on benefits. Hard working people in low paid jobs are struggling to pay rent, bills and buy food. The elite are doing better than ever, but for the average person it has become a major struggle. Even people in well paid jobs, such as engineers, doctors etc do not have the same standard of living as they did 10 years ago. The ideal solution is if you can find a remote working job or set up an online business. If you can earn £1500 to £2000 per month from it and live somewhere in South America or South East Asia then your standard of living will be much improved. I have done the maths in depth and if you have £2k per month in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand then you can live the lifestyle of someone earning around £6k in the UK. Literally the only negative is the healthcare system in the UK, but if you pay for a good insurance you can get a good standard of healthcare in SE Asia too.
@@shabbos-goy9407 I agree. £1k per month is a good income in Thailand. Would be like £3k per month here in the UK. Probably not enough if you want to be comfortable with a family etc but for a single person it is enough for sure.
Don't think that benefits are great and anybody who can work has been pushed into low paid jobs despite what this Govt says. Jobs are also taken up as second jobs. Mums with kids also have to work X amount of hours. People who work aren't getting things very great but benefits are much worse as they are constantly cutting them. People don't chose benefits. Part time working is topped up a bit that's all. Everyone is just scraping by either way.
@@janetmalcolm6191 Don't get me wrong, I am not having a go at people who are on benefits or have to use benefits to supplement their income. It's the system that is broken not them. The system works for the benefit of those at the top and the vast majority of people are suffering for it. All I am saying is that 10 years ago, there was still an incentive for someone to go out and work in a low paid job and they would have a better standard of living than those on benefits. Now even that incentive has gone, people are going out to work and still using foodbanks or can't afford their utility bills.
lol benefits as good as working 40 hours fuck me you'll believe any propaganda they throw at you, go on believe the new working class scapegoat while the elites laugh at you
I'm 31 and live with my mum. I work for the Ambulance service and have two kids who I look after full time. If I was 20 now I would have left this dump 100%
@@thelostgeneration2000 They’re covering up how we are now in a post lockdown silent depression. I’m seeing hundreds of applications for even poorly paid entry level jobs.
My son has a good degree and it took him seven months to get a semi-decent job . In the interim he worked as a slave with Amazon , no joke , it’s slavery working there . I should be looking at retirement in a few years but I don’t think so , may have to continue working . One thing I know is I can’t retire in this country ,it’s impossible.
We need to normalise bashing recruiters. I swear they're partially responsible for people never getting work and therefore making the economy shit. You can never get a job with these twats gatekeeping.
I spoke to my kids already and I told them that in the past many people came to the UK in search for a better life. But that the time has come to look outside the UK for a better life, and that when the time comes they should consider leaving because the UK isn't able to give young people a good life anymore. Times have changed, formerly rich countries are no longer what they were. The bright future lies elsewhere.
@@Serge-cm5my you obviously know nothing about London rental prices lmao. It’s over £1000 for a room now in most places. A one bed flat would be over £2000pcm 😅
Well, even the legal immigrants in Canada are realising this. Record numbers are returning back to their home countries (myself included). It's literally a ponzi scheme.
Be careful when you think about the US. Yes, in various places you would make 3x. Typically, those are also more expensive places to live. You will also get no NHS and the most expensive health 'system' in the world to navigate, near-zero social safety net if you fail (and if you fail as certain classes of migrant you might be deported), hardly any days off each year. If you spend only a short time here you may lose national insurance contributions and the UK could tax you on various things like capital gains if you return too soon. Not saying don't do it, but be aware of the things that are substantially different from life in the UK before you make the call. Having said all of that, UK taxes are crazy high and the system is incredibly complex.
I've been in the USA 15 years. This is not the place to come if you earn average or below average. If you are skilled you are highly compensated though - x2.5 to 3 compared to UK - you've built your own safety net in a couple of years. Pick somewhere reasonable like North Carolina, Texas etc and cost of living is very reasonable and there are plenty of jobs there - its a big country. Once you are more experienced you negotiate the holiday - I get 5 weeks in exchange for dropping my salary 5%. People who say the crime is high here haven't really been here and just comment on the average stats - Americans don't all live in Detroit where it is insanely high. Go to a suburban or countryside nice area and its not - low crime. Generally I liked the UK and I currently like the USA - both are quite nice but the salary differential on skilled professions is so big that I had to pick the USA for my circumstances.
Portugal is already suffering from that talent-shortage immensely. The answer? Importing talent. That has it's own consequences. All our youngsters are out there fighting for an actual fair pay for their skills, and their poorer counterparts from poorer countries are doing the same, but coming to Portugal for that. It's almost ironic, everyone's leaving their motherland in search of "better", and then they are replaced by an outsider whose standards of "better" is exactly the previous conditions that the local wasn't happy with. Another man's trash is another man's treasure. Long live the woods and nature, they keep me sane. Cheers friend.
We live in a connected world, these "cobweb model" cycles who used to last generations now last three years since there is almost immediate information on how things are evolving.
I left uk in February 2020. Will never go back again. I now live in the Philippines where it is so much more pleasant in many ways. 3 bed nice apartment with verandah is = to £100 per month. Food is generally cheaper, especially fish an chicken. Beauty products even the most basic can be more expensive. Healthcare and medication is not free but not overly expensive and you can get a Dr. appointment in 24 hours - same as dental. Very happy here😊
One.of my biggest fears moving away is being somewhere where the locals would hate me for being a Brit. How do you pick a country where you'd feel safe?
Same here. I love the parks in London and the fact that I can walk to the local shops and get around easily compared to where I am right now in Indonesia but it's just simply too expensive to live in London. If I had the money I would Live stay but right now I'm considering just staying in Indonesia with my parents (I'm half Indonesian but born in London). For me personally Indonesia is too hot and rains even more than the UK and I find getting around here very stressful because of the amount of traffic and lack of public transportation but I's it really worth spending all my money to live in a shared flat for the rest of my life to not have to deal with the heat and traffic. I would move somewhere else in Europe over Indonesia but Brexit has mad that a lot harder.
@@davidk7262 Why is it different? You aren't a rich country if you survive on massive amounts of debt and you aren't a rich person if you live on high amounts of borrowed money.
But if you’re making money online let’s say making ££ remotely it doesn’t really matter if a country is in debt, it’s still low cost and your purchasing power is incredible
@@pw3858 I cannot explain that on a yt comment adequately but the most fundamental point to understand is that government spending and income are linked in a way that is wholly unlike household finances. Most economics channels have a video on it and if you google it there are hundreds or articles. Positive money has quite a decent one.
Im Kenyan, currently living in Japan. Honestly, this matrix is insane. Work, earn money, pay bills, work, and the circle continues. Now i have a shift in mindset. I want to live in Africa. Buy land, build a house, dig a well, grow my food and live under fresh air. I cannnot stand city life. Its a hoax
I was burnt out. Nearly destroyed my life through worry and depression. Then I decided to make my life better so moved into my van. I love this country so won't move abroad but I've been in my van 5 yrs now and living it. My life is mine and I feel free and work less so I can enjoy more nature and free my soul
A word of warning about the USA, sure the wages are higher but owning a car is almost mandatory and there are a lot of hiden costs that may not be obvious such as insurance for home, car and health as well as triple layered taxation (federal , state and local) and possibly HOA fees or municipal levies.
HOA is nonsense that never made sense to me. Why should Karen down the street have any say over my property? Worse than regulations because at least with regulations, I know what I have to deal with. It is text that I can read and a lot of the time, they make sense. Something like an HOA only makes sense in an apartment building with shared owners who own their individual apartments.
I pay 6 tax bills a year being VAT registered and running my own business. I wish I never VAT registered because it forces you to work much harder. I don't want to employ anyone because the paperwork means I'd lose more money or have to work harder still. It's almost impossible to prosper in the UK now. I was in the process of buying a house to renovate and let out but the tax was crippling so I pulled out and kept my money in shares. US shares because UK shares often have no growth. The UK is stuffed. If it wasn't for my boy keeping me here I'd take my business to Spain and trade inside the EU probably making more money. I'm sick of 4 months of darkness in the winter too. Britain is crap!
@@Alesti5 which is the same for every country. The thing is that other countries while may have high pay, will also have high cost of living. Ending up not much or no savings. Eventually they return to Japan
Yes, Australia has changed, the ozzy dream life no longer exists, many will get a shock when they move and expect to buy a property, any property, anywhere. It’s over for UK NHS doctors and nurses coming to Australia. They are now part of the middle class poor in Australia.
Been friends with guys from Nigeria and Kenya. All of them say they are going back because of the high living costs in first world countries. They would rather use the money they earned now to buy lots of land, build a house, a farm, raise a big family, and live a peaceful lifestyle at home instead of having to slave away for bills every month.
Hi Aaron, I'm Matt. I recently left the UK for many of the reasons you stated. I was earning over £40k but living in Sussex it was impossible to get on the property ladder. I had no opportunity for progression in the company I was working at and I was bored, demotivated and miserable. I worked my butt off for a year, saved up, sold everything and am currently travelling the world. I teach a little English, make youtube videos and live frugally. I'm so much happier and feel like I'm finally living and not just existing. Keep up the good videos mate, I've subscribed. Any professional would be much better off moving to Australia or the US. Bear in mind these countries do have their issues too of course. I was just in California and the city centres are dire in places, and it is very expensive. Good luck and I'll be watching to see what you do next
@@letter1014 Erm no the entire country is in a complete mess, house prices and rents have gone insane and large sections of the country are rural with few job opportunities. The good jobs are all concentrated in the cities where rents will swallow all your salary. It’s all hybrid or in office. Renote jobs are being phased out and becoming increasingly hard to get.
Forget australia. Its unemployment is 5 times uk, in at around 12-18% real world. The gov. Is fudging it massivly. I know indians working in oz, with degrees, doing 3 jobs, to survive, and want go move back to gujurat for beyter employment, and easier life.. Me?- 9 years in oz, and a citizen now. Dont come!- you will be begging for a basic van driver job, or cleaning job like 1000s of others! Do yourself the biggest favour, and dont come to australia- take note, and thank me.
As someone who has lived in South America for a number of years, there are a number of things to keep in mind. Whilst things might be cheaper, it is relatjve. Wages are less, services are unpredictable, and crime and political uncertainty are common.
Remote work just started. Give it another ten to fifteen years. The wages and disposable in a lot of these nations are going to go through the roof due to all of the Expat Westerners. Make businesses when you go out to these places. Don't just collect a salary and run up the local's prices. Hire them, schedule them, contract them, and sell high quality imported goods to them. You will benefit because you get 24/7 access to some if not all of your Western amenities and the locals can use their newly wages to buy from your inventory. Zoning laws and the culture on code law versus rule of law in these countries make it a lot easier to sell goods directly out of your property.
Definitely a lot of pros and cons to consider when leaving the UK. Quality of education, healthcare, amenities may not be as easily accessible in other countries.
I've spent the majority of the last 15 years working across Southeast Asia, Japan, and Mexico. Whilst in some countries the pay wasn't the best my quality of life, health, and dental care was far superior. Now aged 55 had to return for a while to sort out and take care of my aging parents. Everything is on the decline in this country unless you're rich enough to be able to live in the nicer areas it's pretty much fucked for everyone else. My biggest nightmare growing old and poor in this country
I lived in Spain growing up, did school there. Moved back to the UK in early 2000s, since then till now, the UK has become so much worse and harder to live, exactly as you state. I dream of moving away again literally every day
Spain isn’t perfect. Many problems going on in Spain especially in the housing markets many locals can’t afford to buy a home due to foreign people moving to Spain and outpricing the Spanish locals
@@stubru16 it's not foreigners buying homes that's made housing unaffordable. It's a factor in some areas, but take the capital for example, where this is a huge problem, only a tiny percentage of homes are bought by foreigners and housing is totally unaffordable. There's barely anything to even rent
I left Southampton in 1991, for San Diego Ca. I met an American girl while on holiday . It was a struggle for a few years. Now I work a union maintenance job at a major Southern California University. Base annual pay is $91000, with o’t’ on top and yearly pay rises negotiated by Teamsters union. Plus health, dental and vision insurance and 50% salary pension after 20 years service, as well as Federal SS pension age 62-67, depending on when you want to take it. I’m not bragging, just joining the convo’ and thanking my lucky stars I took a chance .
When I was in UK. I saw empty boarded up streets under a constant grey sky, litter everywhere. Homeless people sleeping in doorways. A women with cat whiskers makeup casually walking into Tesco with her pajamas. Opioid addicts out of their mind and women so drunk they urinated on the streets. It's a sad declined country.
You can get a 2000 square feet house with a 2000 square feet garden area in a beautiful green village in Southern India for a monthly rent of 150$. The total cost of living can be less than 500 dollars per month including the rent. You can afford a full-time housemaid for less than 200$. But you must remember that such a low cost of living is possible only due to low minimum wages. If you work as a supermarket salesperson, you would be paid less than $ 150$ per month. But if you get earned in US dollars and can work remotely, you can save 90% of your salary. Fastest way to become financially independent is to earn in dollars and spend in rupees.
Where can I find out more about living and work in Southern India? My day was born in Mumbai and I have distant relatives there I might be able to trace. What about safety and fitting in? Are there any books/websites/RU-vidrs you can recommend?x
@@jennyrobbins440 I am from Kerala, and it is much safer than most US cities. Climate could be hotter, and infrastructure not as good as western countries, but cost of living is extreme low, and all services including hospitals and supermarkets are accessible in all villages. And internet connectivity is good at 100 Mbps speed across the state.
True but imagine living in India as an outsider!?!? I have never seen anywhere in that country that wasn't wall to wall people, dirty, LOUD!!, mismanaged and corrupt. The big reason pratyahara is a meditative practice from India is so you can actually get some peace and quiet!
I had a friend in England that would work real hard in a seasonal job for around 4 months and then spend the rest of his year in India. This was 25 years ago and he always said "you can live like a king for £5 a day"
I understand your frustrations about the high costs in the UK, but I also wanted to share a different perspective. As someone who moved from Spain to Scotland, I've found that despite some expenses being higher, there are also incredible benefits to living here that have made it worthwhile for me and my family. The NHS, Stock and Shares ISA, lower taxes for self-employed like me, free nursery, free dental care for children, and free college education (Scotland) are invaluable resources that have made a significant positive impact on our lives. While the cost of living may be higher in some areas, there are also more affordable regions within the UK where one can find reasonable housing and living expenses, especially if working remotely (It's possible to buy a house for 50K - 80K in some well connected towns). Moreover, I personally feel that the UK, offers a safer and more supportive environment for raising children compared to some other parts of the world. The social support systems and relative stability here have been a blessing for our family. Of course, every person's situation is unique, and there are always trade-offs to consider. But I wanted to share my perspective as someone who has found great value in calling the UK home, despite the challenges. It's a matter of finding the right balance and making the most of the opportunities available here.
This is not a personal attack, just my opinion on your comment. You moved from Spain to Scotland for free nhs , free nursery, free dental, free college education, social support systems and more supportive environment for raising children whatever these are and the government takes less of your money in tax . Some people want to be coddled from cradle to grave by the state and are happy to relinquish freedoms and rights. It seems people used to move for opportunity and freedom ( particularly thinking of Europeans who moved to the US in the 19 century) but they were bred much tougher than we are today.
@@haydnlawrence8167 Seeking access to quality public services and a supportive social safety net does not necessarily equate to a desire for excessive coddling or a relinquishment of freedoms and rights. Many developed nations, including the UK and Spain, have found a balance between individual liberties and providing essential public goods and services that contribute to the overall well-being of their citizens. The NHS, for instance, is a cherished institution that ensures access to healthcare for all, regardless of one's financial means. Similarly, free education and childcare support can be seen as investments in the future of a society, rather than forms of coddling. It's also worth noting that taxes and public services are not inherently at odds with opportunity and freedom. In fact, many would argue that a strong social safety net and access to quality education and healthcare create more opportunities for individuals to pursue their goals and aspirations without being hindered by financial barriers or unexpected hardships. While it's true that past generations faced different challenges and had different priorities, it's important to recognize that societal values and expectations evolve over time. What may have been seen as excessive coddling in the past may now be viewed as a necessary support system that allows individuals and families to thrive and contribute to their communities.
I live in my 6th country. I left UK 10 years ago. I never looked back. There is more to life outside UK. Yes UK has great infrastructure and facilities but what I learned is that you can still find happiness and peace.
I worked 15 hours a day to provide for my family and couldn't tell one dsy from another. Sometime i went dsys without seeing my children because they were asleep when i went to and came home from work
The only thing “rich” countries offer is a high wage. However, most of that wage gets destroyed by all forms of taxes. In America there’s federal income tax, state income tax, there’s sales tax, there’s property tax, there’s a capital gains tax, local city taxes, there’s an inheritance tax, and some states have a death tax. This is without counting the one off fees and fines that a person might accrue throughout their lifetime. It’s practically slavery designed to keep increasing the size of an already bloated government. Not enough homes have been created to keep up with population growth for at least 30 years, while almost 9 million illegal immigrants have been allowed to come in the past 3 years. It’s an absolute nightmare, all for a “good wage” on the surface. At the same time social bonds have been destroyed, there’s never been a bigger political ideological difference between men and women in human history. And the prospect of starting a family (much less keeping it intact) seems near impossible. I was born in the Dominican Republic, recently determined to be the happiest country in the world. I’ve seen and witnessed that happiness first hand, and it doesn’t compare. Lately I’ve just been dreaming of going back to the place of my birth, I don’t want to spend the second half of my life miserable.
Mate i've never heard the living situation for young people in the UK articulated so well. You hit the nail right on the head. I moved 2 years ago and your "paid half as much but live twice as rich" resonated well. Do it man, reconnect with existence.
Maaan, 60k $ in US is like 24k £ in uk, it's different money brother. Check how much life cost in US first, and taxes in UK and US are pretty same. People are paying 2000$ a month for similar apartment as that for 500£ in uk.
Don't think on it, mate, just go wherever your heart tells you. I had lived in 6 countries, and the difficulty of moving to another place is greatly exaggerated.
Yeah there are new opportunities in Africa, mainly Central Africa, especially if you're educated w/certificates will get you Government positions. Those places are growing and in new developing era.
I'm from Canada, and this is my last year living in the west until (if) the madness stops. Already have a flight booked to South East Asia this fall and have been selling off all my shit for the last year.
The grass isn't always greener though. Most EU countries have a much higher tax burden than the UK and it can be hard to integrate with language barriers etc. The salaries are high in Australian and US cities but the cost of living is also crazy high. In the US your work life balance/holiday time would take a massive hit as well. Poorer countries are obviously cheaper to live in but you will deal with other issues. Basically nowhere is perfect but you have to live somewhere you feel connected to and can develop as a person.
In states work life balance can vary so much depending on different companies. More and more companies in the US are offering European style work life balance.
It's nice to get small channel recommendations like these. Fellow British guy here and I agree this country is exorbitantly expensive, but it's also completely unsustainable and will get very unpleasant in the future. Ferraris and other luxury cars are deceiptive as a lot of people finance cars or rent them very short-term (as I've learnt with influences). I believe university is for women, especially when I never felt worse attending there. The US is also heading in a poor direction. I recommend doing research into their property crisis, mass shoplifting and crippling inflation. My goal is to skill up as much as possible and hopefully live somewhere I can actual raise a family, probably in South America. EDIT: Your concerns about a "talent shortage" are valid. This is called a brain drain and it can be a real problem for countries of all kinds.
The cost of living and taxes in the "developed world" are out of control. I am a civil engineer in Norway, earning an annual salary of about 70,000 euros. Together, my wife and I have a household income of around 125,000 euros per year. And what kind of life do we lead? Hardly any. I'm an immigrant who moved to the developed world seeking a better life. We bought an apartment, but it's 50km from my workplace because the prices of family apartments in Oslo have skyrocketed. If I commute by car, it costs me about 550 euros just for the travel to work. It's 225 euros if I use public transportation, but then I spend two and a half hours each day commuting. My life is literally "home-work." Moreover, here in Norway, there aren't local spots for daily enjoyment and coffee drinking; it all boils down to shopping centers and a few bars in the city center. It's somewhat similar to American suburban life. Meeting people is difficult, social life is terrible. Norwegians are only free and relaxed when they are drunk on weekends. All in all, life here is deeply unsatisfactory. We are preparing to move back to Croatia and live relatively close to the sea. I'd rather live with less money than in this madness where everything revolves around money and costs as if it were made of gold. One doesn’t realize what they have at home and what they lose by moving to the "developed world." My wife and I have been burned by this mistake, and it has cost us years of our lives. Young people, I support every effort you make to escape this madness that grinds people down and to live a more peaceful life. Life isn't all about money and career-that's just wasting your life. I only see this now as I approach my 40s.
I was watching passport bros vids, and most have normal work from home PC jobs and pay about £250 pm and that's it, you can earn £1800 pm from a laptop and live happily.. UK is truly a Nasty place now. Thanks Parliament!
@@wecandothiswarriors I live in Denmark (not so different to the UK), I live comfiortably for about 2000pm, and i am able to save up money on the side and maintain a severe cannabis addiction, I go on a vacation every year abroad, and spent all day playing videogames. All it takes is; not have a smart phone and dont buy fashion crap.
Why does everyone think you can do a remote job from another timezone with bad internet infrastructure? Why ain't everyone doing it? I was gonna buy a farm in Bulgaria. My ex looked into it. The vast majority of remote jobs you had to sign a contract saying you lived here.
@mr.nobody1081 mate I'm UK live on about £1800 pm I don't have a car nore smoke etc and save a little plus rent 2 bed flat all bill's paid zero debt .. but No girlfriend maybe that's why.
@@Muttley69 right, no girlfriend either here, that one is such an expense I thought it a given that one abstains. I have lived on a budget like this for 10+ years and all around me people that work overtime or studied for ages to work on something specific complain how they cant afford anything and have no time. I dont understand what they spent their money on honestly.
I wish to leave this country not just for these financial reasons and the difficulties of making a living, but also because I believe western Europe is doomed and when the third world war happens, I believe something very interesting will happen in the aftermath, western Europe and perhaps other parts of the western world will be so badly defeated and devastated, that there will be a burning desire to leave, and there will be an exodus, people will no longer be eager to relocate to these countries, things will go in the opposite direction, people will be desperate to leave and live in the parts of the world which right now are deemed to be third world, developing, etc.
I've been living in West Sumatra, Indonesia for six months, out here on a one year contract. This part of the world is very safe, people are kind, and friendly, cost of living is very low. My rent, utilities, phone bill, food, travel and leisure costs work out to be between 400-500 a month. I wont be staying here long term as there are other parts of South East Asia I have in mind but having seen how easy life is here compared to back home in the UK, while I don't know where I'm ultimately going to end up, I do know for certain that I will not return to live in the UK ever again.
@@ceeb2275 I am old enough to have lived as an adult through 13 years of Labour rule then 13 years of Tory rule. Most everything got better for the average person in the Labour years, the past 13 years everything has got worse. Even the Labour party's supposed trainwreck years in governement in the 1970's the UK had stronger economic growth than we have had under the Tory party rule. Just go and look graphs of NHS wait lists, GDP growth, inequality, house price to income etc and you will see you are 100% dead wrong.
But in other european countries there are less jobs and also lower pay so it's the same. All money goes to rent. No matter what we do we are wage slaves unless you own a house.@@user-rk3vw3pk4w
You didn't get the memo, the USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand have the same problems as the UK, massive shortage of housing and loads of immigrants they don't need. The USA and Canada have totally open borders anyone can walk in. South America or Asia is a much better bet. Also, the UK was always a hard place to survive and thrive, its just got alot worse for the middle class and Thatcher sold off all the council houses and didn't build any new ones. Totally stupid political class in the UK. I left in 2005 and live in New Zealand. Similar housing shortage and high prices, but we do at least have really good weather.
Absurd. ‘Tons of immigrants they don’t need’?? In the US??? We have tons of jobs left open. They’re just jobs US citizens do not want to do. They’re ‘needed’ alright. Hysterics and Trumpsters keep pushing the narrative ‘We’re being overrun’… ‘The border is open’. I live near it. It’s not ‘open’… it’s as it’s always been- allowing the flow of workers needed for crap jobs. All the while we have 1.6 fertility rate… well below replacement.
Greedy capitalist corporations control the world and the WEF is just a bunch of billionaire capitalists, you think they care about climate change but one guy mentioned at DAVOS a few years back that taxing the wealthy is how to fix things. That statement did not get him reinvited.
For one, UK is not a rich country! Any one living here can see homelessness on a daily bases. People living in 19 century rows fit for a peasants For the last 80 or so years UK live of the borrowed money. You have charity shops on every high street in every town and city. Just look around at the infrastructure, aged train system, delipidated buildings everywhere. No wonder people are giving up and relocating in search for daily bread.
UK is rich and has always been rich. Its just that it has never cared about its poor and workers. Never. Even when Britain was the richest empire in the world controlling almost the entire earth, there was still peasants and poor ppl all over UK and working poor. Thats capitalism.
You are right. My nephew graduated last year and got a 'good' job in the finance sector with a starting salary of 55 000/annum. Even with that sort of salary I am worried about how he is managing in London with the cost of living. He has to budget very carefully, shares a flat and only envisages owning a home after some years of career progression coupled with extremely frugal living in order to save. The aim is to move to greener pastures as soon as he has some experience under his belt. I have no idea how someone on 24 000 can get anywhere, particularly in a big city like London.
Algeria next door is much cheaper. I am Algerian who moved back to Algeria after 15 years in the US. I live now in Algeria really good for 1K USD a month. Eating out at a restaurant is 7 dollars per person. Internet is $15 a month. Medicine is great and really cheap.
£500 p/m rent? I guess you’re talking about no place near London, most rents are around £700 for a box room. I’m a born and raised Londoner, I live on a canal boat to survive as I cannot afford the rents near my job. But I’m reaching the point where I’m sick of this, at 40 I shouldn’t have to live in a boat for survival. I thought i would be a home owner by now. I’m making plans to leave soon.
@@mistermood4164 I personally would avoid Muslim countries because i wouldn’t be compatible with their culture. Oman does look beautiful though, a place I’d consider for a holiday, but culturally I wouldn’t consider it for my permanent residence. As a Christian I wouldn’t feel safe in the Middle East, unfortunately my faith isn’t very welcome in much of those lands.
Yeah, the pay in the Uk suck. It's a great place for people coming from developing countries. I'm on a scouting trip in Guatemala at the moment. Good luck, mate.
I have a biotech masters in 5 years in the industry. Last time I tried getting a job I was told “£24k is standard for a graduate role”. Apparently 5 years experience still makes me “entry level”. I had a good job during covid, but got made redundant as soon as I wasn’t needed anymore. So I went back to uni. I will be 30 by the time I finish my medical degree. I’m sorry UK and NHS but I won’t be staying around. It would take me until I’m 40 to be a consultant here. If I moved to the US I can get my training done in a fraction of the time and earn triple the pay. I do feel guilty going to work for a health care system like America’s. But I can’t pour from an empty cup. I would like a home and a family and it seems impossible to get that here. I wanted to be of service and help people with my skills, but I’m so burnt out now. I just want to be able to turn my heating on and not worry about breaking the bank.
Due to cheap labour via immigration……. Its all by design not by chance the ‘top of the food chain’ know how things work and play the ‘long game’. Luckily the severity of life in europe, ireland, uk, australia, america is at last waking people up to the lies and manipulations of eons…….. Go well
I'm 27 now and since leaving college at 18 to begin with but 20 as I went back do to electrical engineering, I can't find a job or at least one that's A relevant and B pays enough to justify my expenses and rent which I don't pay atm as I'm with my dad who I partially look after but he doesn't charge me as I've no job. I'm in the North East of England and anyone from there will tell you how broken and horrible it is here. It used to be a industrial powerhouse but now just run down shops, empty towns and council estates and all the "jobs" are in the big cities with public transport being so expensive that's a no for me. I've thought about leaving if my online business works out or at least getting dual citizenship so I can live and work in another country too, but the UK is just so broken these days that it's becoming impossible to not live, but have a good decent life
I'll have to stop you right there. Australia is not cheaper. Wages might be higher but everything there is also way more expensive. Same in New Zealand. Thats the price you pay for living somewhere remote
people that come to this country uk and the us, think they can live the high life! But they dont understand the taxation, control, and and hrs you have to do to get anywhere. Thats without the lost of freedom, which is more important then money. People are starting to realise that this whole game is nonsense, and leave to have less in another country, but more freedom! And thats what counts!!
Im moving to colorado in America. My mrs has family there so we can. As a carpenter in uk i struggle to clear £40k . In Colorado its $80k to $150k . Beautiful scenery. Can buy land for $20 to 40k . Build your own house within all the bullshit planning hoops we have to jump through in Britain. Sit in my hot tub looking at the mountains.
Hey Aaron, great video bro, I felt all of the above and left the UK end of last year, feels good to be out, it was suffocating me there, as a teacher there I couldn’t make no life.
Hi Aaron. I am 65 with a son & daughter like you who question the high social costs low reward society. A situation common in Western Countries. Should you try to find a Country where you can own your own place at an affordable price. People commute to Britain regularly. Cheap flights allow that. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Good luck with you finding that place. It may be closer than you think.
You have a gift. I see great potential in you Aaron. Stay conscious, stay smart. I appreciate your insight on the current state of living in the UK. Peace
Yeah I’m 18 and I plan on moving to Puerto Rico when I get the ball rolling because the tax there is just lower and for what I’m doing there is no tax. Taxes are way too high in this country and there’s hardly any upside. Especially when you see they’re just using your taxes to keep illegals in the country, install cameras to find more people, find foreign wars and overall just decrease the quality of life.
People should remember: poverty is not an accident, a coincidence or an inevitability. It is something which is manufactured by lack of proper knowledge and decisions taking, investment remains the key to financial sustainability understanding where you are, i pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life too 🙏🙏☝️
You're right, you've remind me of what someone once said "The mind is the man, the poor is in it and the rich is it too". This sentence is the secret of most successful investors. I once attended similar and ever since then been waxing strong financially, and i most tell you the truth..investment is the key that can secure your family future.
I just wanted to share my little story to add to your point by sharing a real example I'm a high school drop out with only a GED who also grew up poor. Now at 50 yrs of age I own 3 brick and mortar businesses that do ok. I've always told folks that ask how I did it that I'm not the smartest guy. I'm not even the hardest working guy. But what I've always had is tenacity. I don't give up. It may take me longer to cross the finish line. But I will cross it. I was ignorant on so many things when I first took over my first business. But I learned and grew. I'm a slow learner also. But again, I keep going.
That's true, there is never any culture of wealth gathering or wealth creation to keep multiplying your finance that lacks an investment value Instead of saving money in the bank . This means, if you want to be successful you must be an investor
I agree with you had a senior colleague at work who was doing well but never had an investment. Unfortunately he lost his job and went from living a comfortable life to hardship. There would had been something to fall back on if he had an investment
That's why I urge everyone to start somewhere now no matter how small, this is literally the time for that, forget material things, don't get tempted,i became more better the moment i realized this.
Not just young people leaving, I'm retired , living in Philippines under their srrv program, (special resident retirement visa) . I was born in England, lived many years in Australia, Philippines is great I couldn't imagine living in a western country again .
You're not wrong. High skill, high IQ and/or high energy people are leaving. "Rich" countries have turned nasty; they steal from good, hardworking people - and it's not worthwhile living like that.
Work online, move to Thailand, Indomesia, Malaysia etc. You can rent an apt. for $100 a month, food $400, easy under 1,000$ for everything. You are young, smart, good looking dude, it is a SIN for you to stay in the UK mate! Go and grab the world by the you know what! peace from China.
Hi from Canada here i think our housing prices are really high here some areas have privatized water. Which i heard u guys had privatized water in some places in the uk recently on some podcast saying it went up 300% .
I moved to USA from India after my Bachelors in Engineering. I did Masters here and have been working here for 18 years. When I retire at the age of 65 in 2050, I'll move back to India. I'm pretty sure India will be a good place to live in the next 25 years and hopefully most of the problems now are solved. Rupee will still be less than Dollar, yes Rupee will get strong, but can't cross dollar. So I'll still be able to enjoy my last days in life. If I stay after 65 in US, the expenses will mean I have a shitty end to life.
this is caused by a massive problem in the West generally - in the last five years, and particularly since Covid, there's been a massive transfer of wealth to the top 1% of people, with an equivalent loss to the rest of us. In the UK, we have triple the number of billionaires we had five years ago, soo the problem is overblown capitalism, and greed. This is most obvious in the UK and the US currently, but it is an increasing issue and will likely spread to other countries over time. The only answer is to recalibrate capitalism so we get a fairer system, perhaps limit on how many billions or millions you're allowed to have, since we can't seem to grasp we need more fairness and equity.
