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Don't pick a country to work there. If at all possible get a location independent career or sufficient passive income that you don't even need to work except wh
by etherael 4y ago
Don't pick a country to work there. If at all possible get a location independent career or sufficient passive income that you don't even need to work except when you want to, and pick a country based on whatever you decide is most important, be that cost of living, lowest taxes, quality of life, cultural, social or political fit, whatever.
Nobody knows you as well as you know yourself and after many years travelling and seeing what the world is actually like in practical day to day life this becomes even more true and you know even moreso what is important to you.
When I left Australia well over a decade ago I had no idea that I would value the things I learned to love only by having access to them on a regular basis and realising that they were readily available as options. If I'd gone only to where my idea of what I wanted would lead me to believe at the time, I'd have missed out immeasurably.
Figure out the logistics for a quick recon of practically every locale that isn't a hard no, and while figuring out those logistics expect to add liberally to the hard no list, and build from those experiences.
- marto1 4y agoI'd also add another major factor is age. With age requirements tend to change quite a bit and as one gets older things like healthcare really begin to factor in.
- etherael 4y agoHaving had direct experience with Japan, South Korea and Thailand, it's also really difficult to overstate just how much more cost effective mundane medical treatments can be. Things that would bankrupt you in certain countries are minor inconveniences in others. I don't have experience with later life healthcare as of yet but for the normal stuff prior to that, I will say that the medical systems of Asia appear to be vastly superior to their first world Western counterparts. Definitely for those with particular medical requirements, these should be factored into your logistics planning for your destination. Information is typically abundant. It really drives home just how fundamentally broken certain healthcare structures actually are.