Why did I move to Slovakia 🇸🇰

[@monikathomas4985]

The biggest problem is that the Slovaks themselves don’t know how good they have it. They think everywhere else is better than here, when it’s completely not true. They need to have better respect for their own country

[@axelpalfy7597]

všetky miesta na svete maju svoje pre aj proti, a slovensko nie je zlé miesto, minimalne z bezpečnostneho hladiska sme na tom lepšie než vačšina europy, ja som tu nadmieru v pohode,

[@jankrnac3535]

Problem of Slovakia is that we are still language/culturally connected with Czech Republic and they lot of time doing things better, so when people see this comparison wants from politics just do their job and repair there problems or "deficiency". And they almost never doing that.

[@palmacate]

Usually true, I often hear bad opinions on Slovakia (from Slovaks) 😅

[@vyli1]

Suhlasim, ze zatial to je na Slovensku relativne ok, no problem je, ze to zacalo mat vyrazne zhorsujuci charakter. Dostat sa k zdravotnej starostlivosti je tazsie ako par rokov dozadu. Vysledky studentov na zakladnych a strednych skolach su kazdym rokom horsie. Stupa kriminalita a hlavne drobne kradeze. A nastalo velmi rapidne zdrazovanie. Neviem kedy sa ten trend otoci, alebo aspon zastavi a ciastocne niektore veci sa uz asi ani nebudu dat napravit, no vyzera to tak, ze sa nam tento rok zije horsie, ako sa nam zilo v 2019tom. Volakedy som tento negativny outlook na buduci vyvoj Slovenska nemal, ale od pandemie sa dost zhorsuje mnoho aspektov zivota na Slovensku. A to este neviem ako sa zije mimo Bratislavy, ale asi to bude este horsie.

[@mattymurdo4134]

you are out of your mind... I moved away like a decade ago and it just keeps going downhill

[@rastik7012]

I admire your positivity especially nowadays amongst many Slovaks who have no idea how well they are. They should learn from you ☺☺

[@DeeKov]

Enjoy your stay here. I love my country, travelled a lot and only then I could see its beauty and advantages, wonderful nature, climate, geographical location, people, culture, religion....I am so grateful.

[@josepfgrant9093]

You haven’t traveled a lot 😂

[@DeeKov]

@josepfgrant9093 You wish😂

[@LudmillaKr]

Thank you for the video. Glad to see, that there are other Slovakian vloggers on youtube. Hope you are enjoying your stay in Slovakia. If you have a good job, life is good here.

[@palmacate]

Thank you! 😃

[@ginaveritissima3993]

I like your objectivity and common sense 👍 i lived in 4 different western european countries and i dont think slovakia is bad at all

[@pavolkubecka2698]

Ciao Palmacate, I'm from Slovakia and currently living in England. You are right we are often very critical about our countries. When you live abroad then you realise that Slovakia is not that bad. For example housing is of a good standard comparing to some expensive mouldy flats you get in the UK. And yes salaries are not great but most of Slovaks (80-90%) own their houses so no need to spend 20-30% of their salary on rent or mortgage. Compare to the UK, Slovakia is also much cleaner, safer and you don't see rubbish laying on grass and streets. So what keeps me from going back? Perhaps fear of not finding a job in the field I'm currently working.

[@palmacate]

I agree 😊 and yes it’s also hard to come back to one’s own country after getting used to living abroad! It’s normal to have this doubt.

[@200KCycling]

I am from England and moved to Slovakia ten years ago. I would say that you are correct, but it really depends what part of England you are talking about because like Slovakia is differs wildly depending on the region. I have been to some places in Slovakia which i would never return to, and others which are not far off paradise. There is one thing that Slovakia has a major downside and that is salary.. Sure the housing and taxes are cheaper here but it is better to earn £3000 per month and have £2500 living expenses than to earn 1000 euro per month and have 700 euro living expenses. That is where Slovakia fails, many people myself included cannot survive on one job and that is not great when you live in a country with so many things to do and spend money on. If you work for a foreign firm and can work remotely here that is the honeypot.

[@pavolkubecka2698]

@@200KCycling you are right mate. Apart from thinking about earning £3000 per month in the UK. That's dream salary outside of London. Most of the population 50-70 % in the UK is earning between £1700-£2600 per month after taxes. Wages are the same for past 10-15 years. Cost of living went up. Just council tax for two bedroom flat is £2100 per year. You can come visit and see for yourself.

[@200KCycling]

@@pavolkubecka2698 Ok but even if you earn £2500 per month in the UK it is still better. It is possible to adjust spending, reduce costs and downsize property if possible. In Slovakia there is no opportunity for that. If you are left with 200-300 euro spare and that should cover food, travel and taxes it is not possible unless you rent one room.

[@robinfree107]

@@200KCycling Correct😉Right evaluation💖

[@eriktopolsky8531]

Slovakia is super clean, SAFE from crime, more or less prosperous country

[@zltydodo]

do not listen to those fooled youngsters :) Slovakia is okay :) safe, beautiful and nice poeple

[@amirarabi3249]

Thank you so much for your sharing information

[@slovajednoduche9640]

When You get quality over quantity mindset Slovakian is place to be…The štandard of food is above any westerners expectations ❤ Láska prechádza žalúdkom. Lepší vrabec v hrsti ako holub na streche.

[@Bet-vx3fg]

Costs are growing almost throughout Europe, thanks to the costs of the war in Ukraine. Slovaks like foreigners, except dark ones who do not want to work and just want to support themselves on the social system.. They love Italians, Chinese, Vietnamese, because they are hardworking and decent.

[@romino29]

No. The inflation started even before the war in UA and is not matter of only Europe. It's rather because of corona times and central banks "printing" billions of new euros / dollars back then

[@EeroKutale]

"Cost of Living in Bratislava is 26.2% lower than in Milan (without rent) Cost of Living Including Rent in Bratislava is 33.9% lower than in Milan Rent Prices in Bratislava are 51.0% lower than in Milan Restaurant Prices in Bratislava are 35.5% lower than in Milan Groceries Prices in Bratislava are 26.6% lower than in Milan Local Purchasing Power in Bratislava is 7.3% higher than in Milan" I guess that there are no African or Middle-Eastern migrants in Bratislava, unlike in Italian cities.

[@palmacate]

Milan is terrible when it comes to prices, especially for housing like many big cities! Luckily I come from a much smaller city. Of course, the good side of Milan are its endless opportunities. Pros and cons as usual :)

[@miropolacek7]

I was in Milan at the summer and I didn't feel like it's much more expensive like in Bratislava. Where I was was aproximetally the same... For example i bot e bottle of mineral water or some soda from automat and I paid less I pay here in Bratislava. 🙂.Rent and flats I don't know the prices but as a tourist to buy things was very similar. Of course depending where you are going in Bratislava and where you are going in Milan 🙂. But One think I knotes the Taxis are in Bratislava deffinetly „cheaper 🙂I was there at the business trip cos we have branch there.

[@Pidalin]

Jesus, that's the most stupid comment ever. 😀 Even if they have hordes or migrants in western europe, it still doesn't change fact that their buying power is much better. And grocery shopping in Czechia and Slovakia is vice versa pretty expensive, electronics is more expensive, cloths are more expensive, price of electricity can be ok one year and 5 times higher another year depending on what German will have bad mood this morning at Frankfurt exchange market. I don't believe that Slovakia or Czechia has better local purchasing power than Italy, average salary in Italy is 2 times higher. Maybe when you compare it specifically with Milan, maybe, it can be extraordinary expensive city. In Czechia and Slovakia, advantage is that prices in small towns and capital are not that different, grocery shopping is even cheaper in capital because of better competition and you will save a lot of money at traveling around because most of native people have pretty cheap year pass for public transportation, while in a small town or village, a lot of people need a car or they have to rely at expensive trains and buses that don't work after 9PM.

[@miropolacek7]

Listen Jesus ,be more positive and realistic 🙂. No doubt that west countries have better GDP per Capita PPP than east . They wasn't occupied and didn't have communists 40 years.We just go step by step and is getting better anyway although it could be always better. .Bratislava region is defacto already in west.The rest of country has some more work do do 🙂.The isté some big investors like volvo and impact we will see in future. U will see ,it will be better. And u forgott to mention that Slovak debt to GDP was 2023 56% and Italy 135 %,Spain 113%,Fr 110 % etc... It is important to be monetarily responsible.Its always nice to live on debts,but somebody has to pay it later on.

[@vyli1]

@@miropolacek7 you do realise that the debt is growing significantly and there seems to be no way of slowing the growth of debt right now, right? Yes, it's better than Italy currently, but at this rate it is not so long before Slovakia catches up.

[@mandeepsh3397]

Please continue with what i eat in a week videos and share with us your workout routine😊

[@palmacate]

Thank you for your comment! 😊

[@michael.shishov]

Talking about cost of living - it's rising rapidly everywhere after russian invasion in Ukraine. I moved to Nitra, Slovakia last year from Novi Sad, Serbia and it amazes me that Nitra is actually cheaper than Novi Sad, while salaries in Slovakia are much higher than salaries in Serbia. Still I understand that it was much better just several years ago

[@konzerva80]

This is not caused by Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine, it is caused by the collapse of the fascist West, living on debt, after the mortgage crisis, after the senseless Covid totalitarianism, after cutting off Europe from cheap, Russian resources, after the imposition of borderless migration, mindless "green" policies that have made energy too expensive... The stupid West is trying to attribute its failure to Russia. Transnational slave owners are trying to arouse hatred of slaves from all over the world against Russia, so that slaves are willing to fight against Russia, so that slave owners can obtain Russian resources.

[@josepfgrant9093]

I went to Nitra after many years living in western countries with some friends from abroad to show them this “historic” town. I was ashamed to be honest. That city is falling apart and I never realised how ugly the city centre is 😂

[@michael.shishov]

@@josepfgrant9093 true, but at least the nature is beautiful here. I think I couldn't live here at all if not Zobor, Kalvaria and Borina :)

[@gramos5700]

cost of living go up one year before invasion and it's connect to printing tons of paper without real value.

[@romino29]

@@gramos5700 exactly. The selective memory of some people amazes me

[@michaelvojkovic671]

Few friends from Pakistan would like move there and 2 friends which are there love Bratislava and beautiful clean country .

[@LalKhan-pi4tb]

Hello dear friend I see your video I am your big fans,when I see you I am very very happy

[@miropolacek7]

U are right. I also used to work in Scotland in Edinburg and I came back 🙂. I was there to learn English(very special english is there🙂) to know other country and have experiences. You are right we have to think more positively. My scottish teacher și tald me Bratislava clear.and good public transport. I didn't belie.it at all.Know I see she was right. If I found something what is not correct we have odkazstarostovi and there reboot what is needed to repar or change etc...Is good thing. And also the major of our city he speaks Italian and studied in Italy 🙂. When i was complaining about something ehat needed to be repair I whrote him and he realy anwered and try to deal with the problem. But as you said they are always pro and cons. Bratislava Just to be Always Multietnical City on the main historical toads as a suborb of vienne called krasavica na dunaji 🙂.

[@josepfgrant9093]

Nope. It used to be called “Bradavica na Dunaji” or “Tumor on the Danube” for english speakers.

[@miropolacek7]

​@@josepfgrant9093 be possitive is still getting better. I understand that people from is Slovakia many of them doesn't like Bratislava cos off they are jelius or some king of... I like Bratislava I like east as well 🙂.

[@masta1]

I burned out at my job so I quit. Pack few things and travel far far away… I spent almost two years in Western Australia but immediately upon my arrival home I noticed this foggy heaviness complaining mentality that I lived (not happily) before and taking that as “normal”.It’s so far from no worries mate always sunshine attitude I experienced Down Under… I would rather swap especially during autumn and winter season in Slovakia… I’m missing those white sand beaches pleasant Indian Ocean and those kissy jellyfishes after sundown… The sun was stolen from my ❤…

[@DanielHaliscak]

One of reasons to move to slovakia is public transport. Ok cool, but where it isn't? Just look nearby.. Vienna, Prague, Brno, Budapest. All reasons you mentioned suits many surrounding counties. If you compare Slovakia and Czechia, why did you choose Slovakia?

[@vlastajurcak2585]

We Slovakian fall on the bottom of EN countries what depends on lifestyle. 20 years ago we were on a much better path than now. Education was better, healthcare was better and lifestyle was better. Now people cannot afford to buy for their salary the same things like they used to and I am taking into consideration of inflation. Our government is corrupted and they do nothing for working class, just stealing the money of taxpayers.I am admire you, you can live that long in Slovakia. I personally would rather stay in Italy. Just mine point of view!

[@gabrielakorijkova3501]

I live in Uk for 14 years in London 10 years , Tunbridge Wells Kent -3 years and Sandown - Isle of Wight for one year …i desided to move back when i was 38 years old from Uk to Košice East of Slovakia and it was the best desition ever!!!…healthy food, friendly people, clean, safe!!! Not like in Uk…i can walk night time everywhere and i feel safe not like in Uk!!!…plus here is freedom you can walk miles in forests, lakes, parks and nothing is private…no cameras stearing on you everywhere etc. you feel free here plus so many thinks to do … better wheather also and the best bread bakery fresh food not Plastic bread and veggie etc. …i love it here ❤❤❤

[@jakubmelus6277]

Friendly people? Where?

[@arcticfffox]

You know something is wrong when you see food cheaper in Venice than in Slovakia. 😅 Including ice cream from stalls. (June this year)

[@palmacate]

Considering that you mentioned Venice, one of the most expensive cities in Italy (I assume you were in a touristic area), yes, something it’s very wrong 😂

[@streaminggamingstuff8011]

one biggest negative as a slovak - Robert Fico :D

[@konzerva80]

Fico, Pellegrini, Kaliňák, Matovič, Heger, Naď, Šimečka, Čaputová, Kiska, Sulík, Kollár, Danko, Dzurinda, Radičová, Mečiar, Huliak, Ľupták, Beňová, Neveďalová, Remišová, Cigániková, Nicholsonová, Kolíková, Biháriová... = vrahovia Slovenska. Kto z politikov, ktorí nám sem boli nastrčení do vlád, nebol vlastizradcom, veľkým negatívom pre Slovákov?

[@Martin.Serdel]

I will be honest. Slovakia have no future! Almost no economical progress, high prices of everything, bad maybe one from the worst governments in Europe, problematic transportation, education, healthcare etc. I Am Slovak itself but every other country around is so much better. Czech Republic is pretty similar as Slovakia but in every single aspect better and working. I Am now still living in Slovakia unfortunately, but really soon I will move to Czech Republic.

[@stevemcgowen]

Every Slovak I know lives here in Prague- the 3rd largest Slovak city...

[@jakubthedanger8158]

You don´t live in Slovakia. You live in Bratislava which is country inside a country.

[@miriamvetrichova7034]

Presne 😂👏🏼

[@konzerva80]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@peterpancik]

"V Bratislave sa nezije skutocny zivot." 👜

[@josepfgrant9093]

So is London, Berlin, New York, Moscow etc. Anyway, whats so special about Bratislava. I feel there like in any Eastern European small provisional town such as Plovdiv in Bulgaria, Brashov Romania. Even war-torn Belgrade or Sarajevo has better atmosphere than Bratislava.

[@Retmok]

As slovak that lives in isolated town i can say bratislava is just modern town nothing intereting only 1 castle and some small old buildings but nothing else its modern compared to budapest but has no culture and its just boring, i would prefer nitra as our capital since its our oldest town and our ancestors started to build it during samo empire and has very long history from principality of nitra to being centre in great moravia and it lasted as state for around 442 years until hungarians defeated duchy of nitra in 1100

[@jakubmelus6277]

Please run away from this country! I would move to Italy anytime if I had no family here. This cointry is a mess.

[@JanSzedlak]

Rýchlo uteč!

[@ADDSKY]

Slovakia is bad because of our politicians, Bratislava is not, because wages are higher 😂😂😂

[@mikidobry156]

Rozdiel je aj v tom kym cudzinec si pride po par rokoch odrobenych doma na lepsiu poziciu do zahranicia celkom slusne platenu v porovnani ako by bol doma menej eur ale zas ho to menej stoji nema take vydavky a na druhej strane ziskava prax ktoru by doma mozno nemal dostat az v neskorsom veku ked sa vracaju aj domov ...rozdiel je ten ze oni idu na juniorske seniorské manazerske a ine pozicie vo firmach kedze vacsina su zo zapadu a nasinec startuje zdola od piky alebo vobec nemusi mat tak zaruceny postup nahor ako maju tito cudzinci co sem pridu pracovat alebo ti na vsetko treba tituly a neviem co...takze hodnotit zivot tu je trosku nekorektne

[@josepfgrant9093]

We are a democratic country. Politicians just represent the people who voted for them in democratic elections and put them in power 😂.

[@mikidobry156]

@josepfgrant9093 volby su hlavne fraska asi tolko k tomu ze demokraticke...asi aj ako amerika ma daleko lepsich ludi na celo ako deduskov ktorych dohadzuju uz ine kapacity

[@sadaj8987]

So you did not actually move to Slovakia, but to Bratislava. Bratislava is overpriced commuter´s bigger village - sorry but it´s nothing more. Moreover it´s hated by most of Slovaks. "City" with the biggest economic power in country - created by political decisions totally omitting rest of Slovakia. Maybe that´s why every single weekend Bratislava become empty city with no more than 100t people who have no place to run. BTW do you know that in 90´s (when we separated from Prague) there were serious discussions to move capitol from Bratislava to Banská Bystrica - very different city?

[@lukaskorcek4453]

your negativ comment about capital city can be just copy-paste to almost every video about every capital city. the same opinion from people from other parts of country is about Praha, Vienna, Budapest, London, Madrid even New York… they all say there is not real life in capital and other parts of country hate it there

[@palmacate]

I didn’t know (about your last point on changing capital)! But yes, this happens often for many capital cities, or big huge cities in general like Milan. I understand Bratislava doesn’t really reflect other parts of Slovakia, but I also think all this negativity towards it (from Slovaks) is a bit too much :)

[@robertszelepcsenyi3695]

@@lukaskorcek4453 The level of concentration of economic power and jobs in the capital city is much higher in Slovakia than in really developed countries like for example Germany. In this respect Slovakia is a third world country.

[@rastik7012]

@@robertszelepcsenyi3695 not at all, I'd be very curious where you get these conlusions from. Concluding the centralisation of the country to its capital is an aspect of 3rd world country is completely wrong. I encourage you to do some research on this topic. Greece Slovakia France and Czech Republic aren't really countries I find 3rd world countries. find the statistic "The Capital's Economic Power on statista" ☺☺

[@MarwiX_CZ]

Robert Fico, Ľuboš Blaha, Marian Kotleba, Martina Šimkovičová, Tomáš Taraba, Zuzana Dolinková

[@bububu12345]

I think because you hate yourself....

[@rastik7012]

go spread hate elsewhere Šakal Lájosz

[@mafi211]

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