You’re right, that’s what I should have done 🫤

Clearly not every apartment in the world is affordable for those making the minimum wage

@@AdrienField Sure... Cant argue against that. From someone who lives here for 35 years: the average T2/3 used to be around the same as minimum wage not that long ago.

I don’t trust my landlord as far as I can throw her

I’m in Principe Real

The prices were already high before I arrived and it’s not as if my singular presence is to blame for the fact that the economy is bad and the government has favored bringing in immigrants because they cannot create an environment in which the local people are able to live well.

@@AdrienField Absolutely - I do completely agree that this isa government "mafia" problem. It's been happening for quite a few years - and the latest elected government has decided to perpetuate it even further. Now, do not feel personally attacked. As I mentioned, "immigrants like Adrien" not Adrien specifically. And I mentioned a time frame as well. You are one of many, many, many others. In fact you enjoy KZbin success due to that migration flow. Having said that - I believe this is the perfect situation to clarify the context and background for the issues you are mentioning. The solutions is regulation - and regulation is stubbornly missing

I have been on youtube for 6 years (well before I moved to Portugal) and i make a few hundred dollars a year from it. If that’s success then the bar is pretty low 😂

@@AdrienField indeed - you have room for improvement. None the less there's popularity around moving to Portugal, and before that to Barcelona, and before Berlin, etc... As these locations end up spawning reactions of social unrest - the same is happening and will happen further in Lisbon. In fact, Lisbon is not really Lisbon anymore...just a caricature f itself

Thank you, that’s also the way I’m looking at it

It might be the reason why I end up leaving too at some point 🫤

@@AdrienField are you on the facebook group about people leaving Portugal? Maybe consider Spain? It's not easy.

Spain was always my first choice. I’m only here because of the Visa. Eventually I will leave Portugal most likely once I have a passport and the ability to live anywhere in the EU

I do miss many aspects of my life in Asia but as a single gay man it is pretty hopeless. Also the lack of infrastructure in Bali was frustrating at times, I ended up isolated at home often because going outside was too exhausting.

Yes, a big part of the problem is that the bedroom also faces the road. There’s no way to escape it

Actually the airplanes you couldn’t really hear from inside the apartment, the noise was from the road though

@@AdrienFieldI could hear the noise from the video.

Well you have a couple of decades to figure that out. The world will be a different place then

Im looking at Mysore, India.

Unless you are a hard-core Ashtangi yogi I can’t imagine why anyone would want to live in mysore. I lived there for 30 days to do a yoga teacher training and it is not a comfortable place.

@@AdrienFieldwhy do you say this? It seems very clean with nice neighborhoods and a good vibe

Have you ever actually been there? India is a very dysfunctional place. If you don’t speak the local language you will also have a very hard time there.

Lots of ambulances going by there 😩

It’s not a scam. This is what the prices are.

Prices are going up everywhere in the world.

@@AdrienField Might not be a scamm but Im shocked by the prices!

minimum wage is not even 900. imagine how hard it is to actually live and work here, like most portuguese people do and always did before Lisbon was trendy for foreigners... ridiculous.

The minimum wage in New York State is currently $16 per hour in NYC, which makes it tough to afford the average rent of around $6,166. So NYC isn’t exactly affordable for minimum wage earners either. The situation in Lisbon isn’t unique, unfortunately.

Lisbon is not that affordable. Especially for the Portuguese

​​@@AdrienField Lisbon used to be affordable, lived there for a couple of years even after breaking up with my boyfriend at the time. I moved to old town (Graça) with my dog for a 1 bedroom apartment for 6 years. I used to pay 250€ and raised max to 350€ when I moved country in 2013 when our PM said the economy was broken and we needed to find jobs abroad. This ridiculous prices started when Madonna moved to Lisbon and became trendy, absolutely heart breaking💔 for Alfacinhas and Lusitanian people hoping to move back in a few years! I'm just stating facts not being r a c ist! Aah I'm mixed race person

Wow, those prices are long gone. I agree, this country is pretty broken economically and it doesn’t make sense how hard the housing prices are compared to the average wages.

​@@loa367 Not really... Before Madonna there were already problems especially due to a huge wave of brazillians and africans. Some used Portugal as an entrance to Europe due to the easy access of citizenship and passport (easier than other European countries), but most stayed but didn't went for the smaller and less populated cities. Fast forward and a wave of "digital nomads" from richer european countries and north america also came and stayed in the same cities because they are the most developed. Then came a wave of asian (mostly from nepal, india and pakistan), some did occupy the small cities and villages, but most also came for the most developed cities. The Portuguese middle class disappeared, young people (from 18 to 30) can't buy houses, an apartment is almost 2x the mid wage value. A room in Lisbon and overall cities are almost the same price as the minimum wage or at least 25-50% of your salary, unless you want something in a cave and don't mind having a small room with no conditions.

Good analysis

Yes 2 years ago

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Thank you ☺️

I’m american and i have residency in PT. It’s not so easy just to move from one country to another in europe 😕

@ oh, sorry to heart that, I thought that it was actually quite easy for you to move around Europe but hey, if one day you have the opportunity to do it, and in case you haven’t yet, do visit Berlin, you will love it.

Yes I would love to buy and remodel in the future 🙏🏼

No

😊 i hope so too 🤞🏼

True 😕

I’ve never seen it here where I shop, only plain white

As a human I thank you