YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LEAVING RICH COUNTRIES ... Here's Why

[@dboi4952]

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.

[@wecandothiswarriors]

Wish I had a choice like you economic migrants.

[@BottleBrookGardens]

You’re fortunate to have this option

[@Private-rm5dy]

​@@wecandothiswarriorsyou can move too. It takes alittle courage and a sense of adventure.

[@afrivox]

@@wecandothiswarriors Why do you think you don't have a choice?

[@michaeldidikof634]

Have similar plan. In near future I'm planning to move to some nice Asia country and live close to nature. Wish success with your plan.

[@andybarry3435]

There aren't any rich countries, just wealthy people in countries alongside poverty stricken folk. With an overburdened taxation system.

[@fanfeck2844]

Just debt ridden countries like the U.K.

[@tn18977]

In these countries the working poor are taxed into the poorhouse to pay for the nonworking poor.

[@fabs8498]

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.

[@fanfeck2844]

@@fabs8498 we’re slowly but surely giving away these hard fought for rights

[@andybarry3435]

@@fabs8498 Wasn't the communist overthrow of Russia a Wall st banker financed venture, for the judeo-bolshevik murder and enslavement of Russian folk.

[@glennpells9712]

I'm 47 years old, British born and bred. I'm becoming increasingly unhappy here and would like to leave. My daughter is 14 now but once she has left school I'm going to sell up and move abroad. I can't stand the UK anymore. Everyone is so miserable the same as the weather. Politicians and corporations have destroyed this country.

[@arrtukreutzman]

sorry to hear it. my country is even colder unfortunately as living in the far north. will it anyhow help us changing the environment to the warmer one as this young lad mentioned? i doubt it. been living (short term job contract) in Mexico city for 3 years and maybe it’s sunnier but air pollution, lack of water, cost of living (seriously check how much even yogurt or simple pizza costs not mentioning about rent in bigger cities) are the big problems there. unfortunately there is no silver bullet for now for anybody if you are not born wealthy.

[@kato2395]

Yeah politicians letting massive illegal immigrants in is certainly a problem, London looking like Pakistan now. Thus London should be called Londonistan.

[@eotikurac]

i would invite you to croatia but properties went up 200-500%, depending on location in just the last few years. the politicians started doing the exact same thing here and in 20 years we will be in the same spot where you are now.

[@B-jd1pq]

We need beautiful,hardworking, honest young people to make our village in Bulgaria alive.

[@B-jd1pq]

We need beautiful,hardworking, honest young people to make our village in Bulgaria alive.

[@stuartsinclair1134]

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.

[@peanutboxes4076]

All their criminals are here in the UK, their president/PM said it himself 😆

[@terridempsey2493]

When did you go there?

[@Zzz-lu6ud]

Read the history, balcanas is f.. ing melting pot in time of all troubles. Ukraine is beginning of ww next

[@Zzz-lu6ud]

@@techbricks5300 balcanas is unstable region historically.

[@MohammedSuarez-ou8wp]

No crime In Albania u sure every albo here in the UK are criminals lol

[@tracybodinaar]

The smartest thing that should be on everyone's mind right now should be to invest in different streams of income that are not dependent on the government. Especially with the current economic crisis around the world. This is still a good time to invest in gold, silver, and digital currencies (BTC ETH...).

[@chaiwat7393]

I'm in a similar situation where should I look to increase income? Do you have any advice? What did you do? Thank you

[@tracybodinaar]

Thanks to Mrs Charlotte Junko Walsh

[@tracybodinaar]

She's a licensed broker here in the states.

[@Joshuaaragon268]

Well explained. Financial education is indeed required for more than 70% of society in the country as very few are literate on the subject, thanks to Mrs Charlotte Walsh the lady you ones recommended

[@chaiwat7393]

This is not the first time I am hearing about Charlotte Walsh and her exploits in the trading world but I have no idea on how to reach her

[@MetalGearMk3]

From the US and I can relate, it's not just young people, people of all ages are moving to cheaper countries if they can work remotely or online.

[@Abraham_Tsfaye]

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.

[@zadkovichraj3246]

The UK needs to turn back to God there is no political or religious or economic solution

[@UniDeathRaven]

lol

[@gsismaet5385]

Sounds like downtown LA

[@pw3858]

These countries aren't rich they are all heavily in debt.

[@davidk7262]

You are thinking of countries like personal economics and it just does not work like that.

[@pw3858]

@@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.

[@marcolorenzo5369]

Exactly. Where does the money come from ? It’s debt, printed out of thin air.

[@thomasfowler8212]

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

[@davidk7262]

@@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.

[@Edward-hj5fu]

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.

[@smilingbuddha536]

hard to argue with any of this, people need to wake up and realise this is all by design.

[@xxgaming_generation_2156]

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

[@CobinRain]

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…..

[@clairew2184]

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.

[@alexnelson9512]

Yes, you are absolutely correct.

[@HaggisMuncher-69-420]

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.

[@zrymill]

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.

[@JoolsUK]

Surely you moved there before Brexit rules enforced last 3 years

[@Neil-Y2K]

Smashed it. Well done 👊🏻

[@rgw5991]

can i move there too? lol. id love to.

[@Craig-zj3cl]

Did you move there recently?

[@lbrahimplay]

£500 a month in east london now will get you a flat share with 3 other people.

[@Serge-cm5my]

💯

[@wulfsorenson8859]

That’s way too cheap. It would be over a thousand a month.

[@Serge-cm5my]

@@wulfsorenson8859 A room, not a whole flat mate.

[@wulfsorenson8859]

@@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 😅

[@user-kj7gq1eo2m]

@@wulfsorenson8859correct

[@ZionCrafter]

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.

[@Hi.IM_AARON]

I’m happy for you 🙂 thank you for sharing your story

[@tpeterson9140]

I think many Africans would be happier and better off going back home to their roots. Being poor in a rich country is usually not fun.

[@sethrono6013]

Kenya is the place to be.. I'm Kenyan, it's simply paradise

[@infosuge]

Born n raised in London left last year impossible to raise my family there. I’m not a millionaire. The London I grew up in don’t exists anymore Europe is more prosperous, if I was a single man I’d head to south east Asia.

[@stevenmorris2293]

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 .

[@aokookello5564]

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

[@tanura5830]

😢I can't stand city life either but I don't want to give up certain luxuries.

[@Finn959]

What did you expect in japan lol

[@aokookello5564]

@@Finn959 Japan is good, and I enjoy it here. So your question is ambiguous

[@Punisher303]

Most Polish ppl did this a long time ago. 😅

[@wheresarnie1]

How incredibly selfish for foreigners to leave their home country to live in another, more technologically advanced one, take social security, take education benefits, use the sewage and infrastructure and then to say "hmm, not for me, thanks though". You / your family should never have even left Kenya. If you come from an "underprivileged" place, stay there and help it grow or help fix it. The indigenous population of Europe doesn't want you here, nor do the Japanese people. Our nations have been co-opted by faceless corporations and supranational organizations that manipulate policies and push for greater immigration from the 3rd world - we have our own problems to deal with, you and your ilk are just complicating things further. Go fix your home and we'll fix ours. People like you claim to love where they came from, well then go help your countrymen whom you abandoned and stop being a hypocritcal complainer.

[@JoseRodriguez-ti2ii]

Japanese youth are also migrating to other countries for better jobs and pay.

[@TheSourcerer111]

Not really

[@Alesti5]

@@TheSourcerer111the wealthy and highly educated ones are i.e the ones that drive economic growth

[@TheSourcerer111]

@@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

[@UnimportantAcc]

​@@TheSourcerer111they will eventually return yeah. Exceedingly rare to find a Japanese ex-pat

[@boristheamerican2938]

Lies! There are no Japanese youth!

[@Shan21.]

Rich countries are basically fancy cages. You'll have everything, but no money most of the times

[@Stephen-lx9nm]

Still better than poor countries

[@Meerque]

​@@Stephen-lx9nm Mind if I ask what is a poor country and what is a rich country?

[@Truthseeker-iz3dj]

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

[@alexnelson9512]

That was a very succinct explanation of how things are going to be.

[@Toreadorification]

@@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.

[@nappa4317]

The western world is being strangled. Many people discover that the non first world countries are quite pleasent.

[@CovenOfWonders]

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

[@berhanu1631]

Yes, that is right!!

[@vinny.morales]

Non first world countries went to ruin first world countries and now wants to go back to ruin some other countries

[@visitante-pc5zc]

This is socialism taking over

[@JDeMuse]

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.

[@fistofthenorthstar3155]

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.

[@coopsnz1]

then left media claim norway has 80% home ownership , you mean 80% public housing shoe boxes is not growing middle class

[@eotikurac]

norway is stupid expensive.

[@fistofthenorthstar3155]

@@eotikurac I completely agree. The only thing that has the same price as in other EU countries is electric cars. Until recently, electricity was cheap, but now it's skyrocketed because they decided to suck up to the European Union and lay some electrical cables towards it. The state subsidizes bills because people can't afford them. Every month, we pay 350 euros for electricity for a 68 square meter apartment. Here are the monthly expenses we can't avoid: Mortgage payment: 17500kr Electricity: 3500kr Various insurances: 2300kr Common debt for the apartment: 2650kr Phones, internet: 2000kr Food around 8k, let's say 10000kr. Monthly transportation: 2300kr. (Not using the car for which I pay insurance.) So, basic things around 40,000 krona per month. Nowhere to go out, nothing to see or buy for yourself, and spending every day 2 and a half hours in transportation. This isn't life; this is slavery to the system. I regret idealizing everything before I left. Now I can't wait to go back to Croatia, to my own, to my house, without debt and without the 24/7 rat race. It doesn't matter if it's in an Istrian village; life is a hundred times better there than here.

[@JosephGreenslade-uj8qc]

Totally agree dude, great comment

[@tor4523]

Beware of Spain, it's not a cheap country at all. It's the same here.

[@alexdebono4087]

Agreed

[@Studio_Anon_ESC]

​@@alexdebono4087 Go to tai land then.

[@Anomaly66666]

​@@Studio_Anon_ESCthailand has become hostile to immigrants now.

[@brahmaistrash.indiaisatoil5292]

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.

[@Anomaly66666]

@@brahmaistrash.indiaisatoil5292 where you get the money?

[@infinityfabric]

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.

[@pwalk4160]

In many ways you are right, but raising children in the UK, I'm not sure about that. Also the NHS is so overrated, quality, waiting times, etc.

[@thequackashow619]

Don't forget the freshest water on earth

[@sevendeuceuk]

NHS is 💀. South East Asia with health insurance wipes the floor with the NHS

[@haydnlawrence8167]

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.

[@infinityfabric]

@@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.

[@no_soy_rubio]

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

[@wulfsorenson8859]

Moving to the US or Australia? Are you insane? That’s out of the frying pan into the fire.

[@letter1014]

@@wulfsorenson8859The US is huge so there are always different opportunities.

[@wulfsorenson8859]

@@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.

[@jonathansimmons5353]

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.

[@LilyGazou]

Buy rural land. Super cheap.

[@pommygeezer9309]

WEF dictating western countries not our own individual governments. Make the most of today.. we live in interesting times 😃

[@velvetindigonight]

As the Chinese curse goes! But ‘The Time is now’ and ‘Here we are’!? Go well

[@AngryVet44]

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.

[@eotikurac]

wef is just a bunch of impotent boomers.

[@shortbreadbiscuit2002]

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]

£1k a month is enough in Thailand if you don’t go mad.

[@shortbreadbiscuit2002]

@@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.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

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.

[@shortbreadbiscuit2002]

@@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.

[@Dirpitz]

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

[@MrBI2ian]

Felt the same in Canada as a engineer, working there you make nothing and pay it all to taxes and rent. Move to USA get paid two to three times as much instantly

[@milkyvanlife]

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

[@alexnelson9512]

_Good for you._

[@giakolou2876]

L

[@vinny.morales]

Another loser😂

[@nickpimenta]

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

[@mike7920]

Spain has gotten so bad too over the last 10-15 years

[@stubru16]

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

[@mike7920]

@@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

[@omaramoodi3057]

Were U in Spain during that overreaction 2 that bad flu, from wot I heard Spain went full on Totalitarian .

[@cornelius_aug]

I feel the same. I want to live somewhere else, but I don't know where... I know this world isn't perfect, but it seems worse day after day.

[@johnevans191]

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😊

[@camstanley]

Where abouts in the Philippines do you live? Sounds amazing!

[@silversurfer6758]

Curious where a 3 bed nice apartment with verandah is £100 per month? I assume it's not in BGC 🙂

[@Expat_zillionaire]

something tells me you are a retiree...

[@twitchytitchy5472]

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?

[@johnevans191]

@@Expat_zillionaire Correct expat. Retired early Ex NHS

[@RobWhittlestone]

Hi Aaron I'm Rob - thank you for this well articulated and interesting video. It struck a chord with me on several levels. One - after being self-employed in UK and having worked in Belgium and France, I emigrated to Switzerland 35 years ago. One of the triggers was the very intrusive income tax in UK - for my business i had a carphone and it was taxed as a perk if the numbers weren't preprogrammed. I found that unjust and nit-picky. On another level, my high-achieving, hard-working eldest daughter moved to Portugal for a bohemian lifestyle. Currently she owns almost nothing and I'm not very comfortable with her choice long-term, but hey - it's her choice. On another note, my middle daughter is doing her second Master's in law in London. Her aim, after having grown up in Switzerland, is to become a solicitor in UK. I'm not sure I would want to return after all this time - it's quite a different country than the one I left in 1989. And my youngest daughter has emigrated from Switzerland to the USA which definitely seems like the second world to me in some respects (infrastructure, internet, healthcare, working wage, food quality, work-life balance, social support for the weaker) after Switzerland. I was also very frustrated in UK with the short-sighted petty politics. It seems each party in power was eager to undo what the previous one had done, instead of having a vision for the future, they are focussed on the recent past - not a good attitude in a competitive world. The Japanese have a 30-year plan which is revised regularly but at least they have a vision for the future. The two-party system is definitely past its sell-by date. I would welcome a Swiss-style direct democracy in UK or at least England. I am impressed by the Swiss approach which has seen it rise from a poor central European country in the 19th and early 20th centuries to be a significant player on the world stage with only 8 million inhabitants - a ninth the size of UK. I have hopes for Reform UK breaking the duopoly and finally respecting the will of the populace instead of corruption, cronyism and self-enrichment while disdaining ordinary people - these remarks pertain to BOTH traditional parties. Education is KEY to building the country for the future. Free enterprise and motivation for the individual to better himself also. I could go on and on but won't. A last remark - don't underestimate the value of the NHS and free health treatment. Mine here costs all-told over 500 GBP a month on average. Thanks for tolerating my braindump! All the best, Rob in Switzerland

[@Stevo_YouTube]

Get out while you still can mate.

[@haroonhussain259]

Where to?

[@johntopp8266]

Russia 😂​@@haroonhussain259

[@lonalxaia]

Panama 🇵🇦.

[@reedre6177]

@@haroonhussain259anywhere were feminists haven’t destroyed

[@CarlosPerez-zf1uy]

@@lonalxaiaso were will the locals go if we go to Panama? We are just moving the problem there.

[@FiscalWoofer]

I love the UK but quality of life has collapsed. Dad could afford to be the sole bread winner when I was growing up, no such luck now.

[@fanfeck2844]

Governments printing money causes inflation. People need to vote differently

[@ablamill8357]

It's a worldwide issue.

[@gurglejug627]

Women were suckered in by feminism. Didn't take a genius to work out what would happen...

[@NeoCawte]

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.

[@larkop6504]

The banks are getting their claws into Asia too, it's only a matter of time, people are building absolutely everywhere

[@worldofwilson464]

I left the UK 5 months ago and I sure as hell don't ever want to go back!

[@haroonhussain259]

Where to?

[@worldofwilson464]

@@haroonhussain259 I moved to Korea

[@haroonhussain259]

@@worldofwilson464 can you speak Korean?

[@worldofwilson464]

@@haroonhussain259 no

[@worldofwilson464]

@@haroonhussain259 no

[@henryeyes]

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]

I'm in korea btw

[@marcusr3795]

@@henryeyesnice it’s like a budget Japan.

[@MartinX333]

@@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

[@henryeyes]

@@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

[@zs5002]

Yeah but the pollution will take a decade off your life

[@carrickobama]

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.

[@Mikey72182]

*Living in the UK as a young adult is awful. The Tories have massively increased inequality.*

[@saltnessmonster]

The issue is Labour are worse. Both all working for the same masters. Sadly we can’t vote ourselves out Of this

[@ibrstellar1080]

Don't you mean Liebour-CON-SERVATIVE Billderberg controlled puppets.

[@ceeb2275]

you'd twice as fucked under Labour, look what a labour Mayor has done with London

[@Mikey72182]

@@ceeb2275 Wrong

[@davidk7262]

@@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.

[@jonyngvesyland5461]

"it costs a lot to live." thanks. that's all i needed

[@tombyrne7784]

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.

[@zrymill]

You've got to take money with you. If you have to work, its better to stay in a Western country.

[@joefer5360]

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.

[@Guitar6ty]

Exactly the same in the UK no prospects for young people.

[@Yu7Zi]

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.

[@santostv.]

They are all retirees or have remote jobs in their wealthy countries thats why they are called expats instead of immigrants, while complaining about their own country that gave them money 😂.

[@Slippin]

While I love the UK in terms of how visually stunning it is, unfortunately I'm heavily considering leaving within the next year or two in order to move to somewhere that actually respects my ability to work and live

[@aaronaustrie]

I agree with you about the fact that there's a lack of skills especially among the youth and schools are to be blamed for that

[@phild2316]

If any one is thinking of living overseas and there not millionaires i would suggest doing it as soon as possible, my wife and i are currently in the Philippines and reckon if we had to we could live on £1000 a month inc rent , if we bought a place , which isnt easy if you dont have a filipino partner , we could do £700 a month , trouble is though governments are making it harder all the time unless you are properly wealthy , they see a exodus of middle income people and are worried their just gonna be left with the very wealthy who pay no tax and the very poor who pay no tax .

[@learningmaster8060]

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.

[@michaelwalker4355]

Were abouts in South India?

[@jennyrobbins440]

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/KZbinrs you can recommend?x

[@learningmaster8060]

@@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.

[@ananda_miaoyin]

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!

[@andiehyde3714]

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"

[@oliveedwards9756]

On top of this, it's become increasingly difficult to leave the country due to either our emigration policies or other countries immigration policies. A lot of us who want to move are simply trapped.

[@reflexions_france]

Bro I live in France i and i feel the same thing, think i'm gonna visit asia because it is cheaper and there are beautiful landscapes. +1 sub

[@SantiagoVeraLoor]

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

[@CraigMilesYoutube]

Did i here you right. Those were graduate salaries circa year 2000. Wages just aren't rising.

[@ablamill8357]

Yep 15 years of wage stagnation.

[@velvetindigonight]

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

[@NM-mc4rj]

@@ablamill8357much longer…decades

[@charlesbridgford254]

Agreed. That graduate starting rate was what I experienced as a minimum 22 years ago. 30ish for London.

[@Mark-cd3vd]

if you understand how the system works wages cannot and will not rise...its a set system

[@Rye-op7sy]

You talk brilliant mate. Ive moved around south east asia like you said moving around a few countries. Life is so much better, crime and peoples frequency is 10x better. Im mid 20s.

[@Jonnyicey]

You can minimize some costs by living in shared accommodation, I did that for 5 years or so. I also cycled everywhere. Now I live in the north east where housing is cheap, if you can get a decent paying job up here its a very good quality of life.

[@Muttley69]

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]

Bs no yiu cannot

[@mr.nobody1081]

@@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.

[@williamsulman2646]

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.

[@Muttley69]

@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.

[@mr.nobody1081]

@@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.

[@ashok3733]

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.

[@drewbladen1668]

This is the most coherent, interesting points, and mentally stable comment section I’ve seen in years

[@andrewbavaro9015]

I live in Australia and cost of living is so high right now, I'm opening up my mind to moving abroad

[@zrymill]

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.

[@wesbrown738]

Yep Canadian here, same issues . Our politicians are so bad they just blame global issues and global factors

[@jonesroberts3640]

Australia 🇦🇺 is full of English 🇬🇧 people living there for the longest.

[@i.m.9918]

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.

[@nicolasgirard2808]

They absolutely do need the immigrants. Otherwise the country will collapse due to the burden of the elderly without enough workers to support them.

[@lonalxaia]

​​@@nicolasgirard2808no they don't. They are just kicking the can down the road for the inevitable. Plus migrants eventually get old too.

[@jayfloramusic]

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.

[@SECRETPURPOSE]

Yes, India will be sweet

[@thomasfowler8212]

I’ve been living abroad on and off for past 5 years, leaving forever is now my priority and main motivation

[@Hi.IM_AARON]

Good luck bro

[@Carl-hs420a]

The UK economy has been handicapped on purpose by America because we are their satellite state, and the only value we bring America these days are our young professionals migrating there for better opportunities. It's a braindrain, and we do the same thing with poorer nations to fill the vacuum. Sadly however, we do a poor job of it and end up with a ratio of a lot of trouble makers and scroungers to professionals.

[@mrdiggie3321]

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.

[@Hi.IM_AARON]

You do make very good points. Thanks for your insight

[@user-zy3co8ei5u]

Plus criminality is insane over there. A whole different level then in Europe.

[@brahmaistrash.indiaisatoil5292]

​@@user-zy3co8ei5uits a wide open mental hospital

[@abrin5508]

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.

[@teddydavis2339]

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.

[@kingk2405]

Shortage of qualified people have already started and I mean manually and intellectually qualified people . If you are a qualified restaurant staff so with antisocial working hours you cannot commute but you cannot live near your job because of the high rent so basically you quit or you do something else . I live in South East Asia and my son has just graduating in an area where he can find work anywhere in the world , but himself and his friends are all planning to leave Europe . Some have already left and the interesting thing is that they do not leave in the mood of doing few years abroad , make some money and come back . They leave and if they start doing well then they want to settle there and the trigger is when you decide to buy a home then it is not to come back .

[@samuelsstuffyt]

The only problem I have with rhetoric like this is that the basis for these young people leaving the West to live in less wealthy nations is that they can still get the benefit of gaining an Western wage which due to the strong currency and just general better pay because our countries are rich goes a lot further in nations that aren't wealthy since they have a drastically lesser cost-of-living due to weaker currencies and being less wealthy. What I dislike is people bashing their homelands for this, when they would be in the exact same situation, if not much worse, if they were actually an native of the less-wealthy countries they go to (and practically exploit) and received the same wages and upbringing as the average people there. In fact, the people who usually get the opportunities to do such things aren't even living on 'average' incomes and leading average lives in their home countries, they are typically from better-off families and are better-off pay-wise than the majority anyhow. All it really takes is to look at income and wealth inequality stats to figure this out. Europe and North America have the least wealth inequality in the entire world and the highest average wages. Videos like this should always be taken with a grain of salt.

[@tanura5830]

It's not all about more wealth. Some European countries have smarter governments when it comes to housing. In countries with house shortage rent prices are wayyy too high it's incredible. You can't even pay rent even if you work full-time that's disgusting.

[@OPortuguesBaseado]

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.

[@Toreadorification]

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.

[@DevPythonUnity]

no, these newcomers come from even worese plases, or they are ill informed

[@dallysinghson5569]

Where are these population replacement conspiracies that bang on about "genocide" XD

[@ash3rr]

It's neocolonialism.

[@nobodyspecial1699]

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.

[@dontworry2379]

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.

[@RiRi-ku6xz]

Stop being racist to poor unfortunate immigrants that your country is probably the reason for thier misery & home country distruction You probably didn’t protest that did you ? Now you have no right to complain only blame ur government On top of that who told you that’s where your tax dollars are going to😂

[@RaPiiDHUNT3R1]

I left the UK 2 years ago. Definitely not the right decision for everyone, it's very difficult and you need certain skillsets. I'm glad I did though.

[@ehhnikola93]

100% exactly what im going through right now. im moving to cyprus to start something myself and live a simple life with good food

[@filipspasevski4593]

Same here in vienna, austria. Having the same thoughts and i could live a nice beach live in bali or phuket for 400-500€ a month all expenses included and do every day a beach party, instead of working in the office 3-4 times a week 😅

[@wellnesscheatsheet]

Bali is not that cheap anymore, you’ll need a $1000 to live there at least

[@halmotley2924]

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.

[@lonalxaia]

Paraguay 🇵🇾.

[@Miki99432]

I don't want to hammer you down ever more but UK is collapsing, and it will get worse. UK used to be a great country for average person like 15 years ago not long ago in fact. It made a major mistake by leaving EU, thanks to politics who were promoting leaving UK from EU, brainwashing not too intelligence people to vote to leave. Yeah UK paid a lot to be in EU but no one told them about the pros of begin a member of EU. Since I started first job, I'm working on plan to retire when I'm 40 years old I got 8 years left and I think I will make it. I got scared when I realised I will be working until I will be a very old man and spend most of my life working for someone or run a business that will consume even more of my time. The system is build around working 40 hours a week you either accept it or you need to find a way for yourself to get out of it.

[@thunderpants007]

Very wise comments. I feel the young people of Britain are disillusioned with governance and global issues such as environment. It’s that mindset and the human desire to live a decent rewarding life that’s turning them to look at other options.

[@Elizabeth-vg5lb]

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 🙏🙏☝️

[@johnalex4006]

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.

[@perefeghaandrew8076]

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

[@mebbellaforden8091]

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

[@Jameshenry-gu1fi]

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.

[@Soboj-oy8me]

yeah investment is the key to sustaining your financial longevity but venturing into any legitimate Investment without a proper guidance of an expert can lead to a great loss too

[@cunawarit]

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.

[@generalblack5556]

But where will be the new future for a better life?

[@cornelius_aug]

​@@generalblack5556That's a good question.

[@vinny.morales]

This trend is everywhere

[@reedre6177]

@@generalblack5556a country without feminism

[@santostv.]

@@vinny.moralesBut they do the same in other countries but they are called expats so don’t worry.

[@ivanleelivingston4902]

In Canada we have a 900 square foot home above ground and 800 square feet in a finished basemment. Our Hydro is $ 80.00 a month and $ 144.00 a month to keep our home very warm and dry at 75 degrees in the day in winter and we don't use heat at night we open windows for off gasing and pollution in the home. Covert money to pounds and Britian is a fortune.

[@piggypiggypig1746]

Sadly, we're losing English-born and bred in favour of importing cheap foreign labour from abroad, driving down wages and placing huge pressures on housing and services. This Blairite government continues its reckless open-door policy that Blair started before you were born and it will only worsen under Labour. Seven hundred and fifty thousand net migrations into the UK last year alone. If you can work remotely then the world is your oyster.

[@zrymill]

Australia had 600,000 last year and they have a massive shortage of homes and they are almost a third smaller than the UK.

[@TheTruthIsFiction]

It’s not just doctors who are moving. It’s everyone including unskilled labourers and students. Everyone wants more money including the poor.

[@Stoicgenuis]

Who cares you don’t own the country

[@porridgeramen7220]

'i agree with you black lad we're losing our english born and bred' u werent that subtle bout it mate

[@paddydoyle4234]

​@@zrymill Australia is a 3rd smaller than the uk? What are you smoking?

[@marigoldbeam5475]

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.

[@jonesroberts3640]

Too much greed and corruption in London.

[@ArmanAbroad]

Spot on, thank you for voicing your opinion. Many of us are feeling this way and are already taking flight (literally)

[@fredmidtgaard5487]

I don't think many people would flag out and live permanently far away unless it is a career move. You gradually build up your career or business and improve your life. And what about your family? If you are married and have kids or old relatives to look out for, you don't want to move far away. You can, however, get an education and work that implies that you work abroad. Like as a wildlife ecologist or as a researcher, but it is a long and competitive education. Another point is that to get a decent job in eg Africa you need to be very good at what you do. I have worked for many years in Africa, but that is because I love Africa and I feel very good in the culture and nature there. However, I have to go back to Europe regularly to see my relatives there. It is not an easy balance. There are so many small things that have to fit for a permanent move to be successful. Watu ni watu - people are people - wherever you go! Good and bad. You can't expect people to respect you if you just sit on the beach and do nothing.

[@richardedwards9424]

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!

[@rainbowlyniscool]

Can you not re-register your business in another country though it trades in the uk?

[@priskruger314]

Spain sounds healthier for you n your boy anyway.

[@RiRi-ku6xz]

I heard Spain is also very expensive or is that just the big cities? Also if you’ve ever been there how are the ppl are they happy? Do the6 welcome foreigners?

[@wulfsorenson8859]

It’s also becoming increasingly impossible to get a job these days too. Recruiters are making you jump through hoops for low paid second rate jobs.

[@thelostgeneration2000]

I have 19 years of experience in the engineering and can't find the job through recruitment idiots agencies in NZ. Ridiculous

[@wulfsorenson8859]

@@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.

[@PeresD]

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.

[@al-manasama8370]

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.

[@briopalumpus8676]

i used to think that its just me seeing the rejection emails even for the most basic brain dead low skilled work.

[@milenatos]

You know, there is a reason why life is cheaper in Spain- people work for less money! When you online workers who run their businesses and earn money in rich countries started coming to Spain to have a cheaper life, the rents became unbearable for local people. Most of you don't even pay taxes here!

[@123meenasalih]

You seem like a good guy, I live in the U.S. and a lot of millionaires are leaving the U.S. to live overseas. Quality of life is better overseas, the food is better, cost of living is cheap, people are more connected to each other and a lot of people my age are getting sick of the U.S. because you don’t really get a lot of return unless you get into debt, healthcare is expensive, student loans is crushing a lot of students so it seems like a system that you can’t win in. Everyone here in the U.S. is getting sick and tired of America so they leave overseas for a better life and get out of the bs that we have to deal with everyday.

[@philipnaggs]

Well said Aaron. Young people, whatever their circumstances need to be adventurous

[@MrStax40]

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

[@LilyGazou]

You’re a good son. Bless you.

[@finlayp4897]

How have you managed to spent such a large part of your life travelling? I need some inspiration!

[@estellamurphy7660]

Australia is getting very expensive as well. Cost of living is getting higher. Price of housing is ridiculous.

[@tuttuttut7758]

People seem to forget that wages are much lower in the “poorer” countries. You need to set money aside like a lot of migrant workers do and buy a property somewhere else. People seem to forget that a lot of poorer migrant workers aren’t living the life. They scrape and hustle and bustle to put as much aside as possible to be set for life in their respective countries or are sending a lot of money back home to support families.

[@tatoni3602]

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.

[@SpikeyOfficial]

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%

[@Mr11ESSE111]

you not so much older from 20

[@mariuszmoraw3571]

I was 26 when I decided to leave my country. Sure kids might be torn out of their lives if you would decide to move but think about future of them.

[@SpikeyOfficial]

@@mariuszmoraw3571 it's a very difficult decision but you are right. I don't see much of a bright future here for them unfortunately

[@3I6M9]

What would you do money wise though? Im 27 and I want to leave but im trying to find some type of an online reliable income stream

[@DevPythonUnity]

until 50 you are considered young

[@f6876]

£500 for a flat? Where you living? More like £1000+

[@iamtompte]

Sometimes, we just need to be grateful for what we have. People from poor countries want to move to rich countries as well.

[@tanura5830]

They don't know the problems here

[@humtyvator]

Rich Countries doesn't mean rich people. I've lived in East European Countries on half the salary of the UK and still couldn't spend all my salary.

[@justjacqueline2004]

My sons are in Nigeria and the Gambia with their families . Leave the UK and run.

[@JimmyCall]

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.

[@bahoonies]

​@@JimmyCallYet they keep coming to the UK.

[@wafercrackerjack880]

@@bahoonies because for decades you've marketed yourselves as rich, when in fact you're not. and then you're surprised that people flock there?

[@mistermood4164]

@@bahoonies African migration is declining

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Where do the English run to?

[@Nature_rocks]

Greetings from a german that hasnt been back in 2 years hahaha

[@leeklass3907]

Spain is a high tax country Aaron if you live turisty areas's property is expensive to rent or buy like coastal parts of the UK. Ageing population is problem but that's the same most countries.

[@coopsnz1]

no it no it low tax country a homes under $100000

[@martin5504]

Money is increasingly in fewer and fewer hands. There will be only very rich and very poor. That's the plan.

[@skilledjanjua297]

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.

[@m.m.4609]

As long as most people don't see this, it will continue.

[@danyoyoh]

Buy gold and silver

[@JohnVieto]

The UK is a dreadful environment nowadays. Toxic. Very interesting video Aaron.

[@TheJon2442]

Have you ever thought, why.... DEI et Al.... If you are a native you may find it hard to get a job!

[@Asdrubael]

Very true, the UK companies are playing the game of not paying because there people who would do the job for less but they forgot about the Brexit so the amount of newcomers is waaay less therefore in couple years more there will be no people to work but then those companies will start paying more. This is how it rolls - remember you can be successful anywhere in the world and it is good to travel and explore different opportunities till you're young.

[@coopsnz1]

franchise fuck over by government how can you expect business owners to pay more 90% of business

[@girldoes289]

Me too, left as qol to me is only when you're young enough to enjoy it. Cost of living in England is extoroniate and qol is abysmal

[@iamx29]

@Hi I’m Aaron. It really depends on your area of expertise,if you are a digital nomad ie a KZbinr, programmer, or software analyst,then I would recommend Thailand,its just mostly positive but I would be in the Major cities not provinces.I definitely would avoid Spain and probably all European cities, other Asian countries like Singapore or Hongkong are great but can be very expensive and diplomatically dangerous(Hong Kong).

[@geertstroy]

Smarter US and Canadians are flocking to.... Europe... the smart ones 😊😊😊

[@joemann2178]

I left the UK two years ago and I am loving living in a peaceful, non warmongering, easy cost of living and warm country.

[@marcusr3795]

Which is ? In SE Asia?

[@anonanon6947]

I moved to Czechia from the US for my wife and I traveled to almost all countries in Europe and visited places in Asia such as Thailand. Been here 4 years. One thing I will say is, if you value just raising a family and living a sub-middle class life style with no luxuries and the occasional holiday/vacation its perfect. Your safe employment wise ( no at will termination ) and healthcare (even though it sucks its free, from the 45% tax you pay out of salary lol). But if you strive to have materialistic things like nice cars and other things its almost/close to impossible. Unless you have a really good group in that country that really business oriented and speak the language all other countries besides US its old money dominated with no way for the young people to " make it ". Granted its hard to " make it " these days compared to 20 years ago, but its still viable tax wise compared to socialist countries which take 40-45% tax. The one caveat is like you mentioned, doing business and selling courses or services in the West while living East.

[@thefuturAI]

I’m planning on leaving the uk too for all your reasons and more well said 👍