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Summary: • Mexico, Indonesia, Taiwan, Portugal, Spain, the UAE, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia, and Singapore are the best destinations for expats in 2022. • Th

Summary: • Mexico, Indonesia, Taiwan, Portugal, Spain, the UAE, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia, and Singapore are the best destinations for expats in 2022. • The worst destinations for expats are Kuwait (52nd), New Zealand, Hong Kong, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Japan, South Africa, Turkey, Italy, and Malta (43rd).

onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
Why is Italy so low??
- ithkuil 4y ago
  And what's wrong with New Zealand?
  - EdwardDiego 4y ago
    We have lower salaries and higher living costs compared to other countries. That's fair and true. The bit about a "lack of culture and nightlife" is... interesting. What kinda culture were they looking for? The criticism that it's hard to get a job implies that the people answering it aren't coming in on skilled migrant visas, as those require an employer to a) sponsor you and b) document that they weren't able to fill your role in NZ, so you'd already have a job. So it makes me wonder if the people answering it had come over on student visas that became residency visas after completing their studies, in which case you're competing with all the other graduates (and we have had problems with private training establishments that were effectively set up to sell visas, so the "level 6 diploma in Business" you acquire from them has no value in the job market.
  - willcipriano 4y ago
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i3HokGUffcU https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i3HokGUffcU
  - refurb 4y ago
    The very fact Kiwis flee to Australia for better pay and lower cost of living should tell you something.
  - ZephyrBlu 4y ago
    Low pay, high living costs, very little going on, very isolated from the rest of the world and people are cliquey. If you can afford the premium, really like outdoors stuff and want a relaxed lifestyle then it's a good place to be, otherwise I think it's pretty bad. Things you would take for granted in many other parts of the world are either very expensive or just don't exist. There's also much less variety of things because it's a small place.
- mdp2021 4y ago
  > Why https://www.internations.org/press/press-release/where-expats-should-not-move-in-2022-40279 https://www.internations.org/press/press-release/where-expat...
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Markoff 4y ago
While Indonesia is cheap and has done interesting places last time I checked they were discriminating even own citizens based on religion or did they stop this? Also expect dangerous ferries/buses and smokers everywhere. UAE with wife or as a woman, that was good one. Australia with their fascist gov and COVID insanity on par with China? No thanks. In Vietnam you will be cheated on every step unless you speak Vietnamese, as one expat told me you have basically 3 prices - local, foreigner and tourist price, you can move from tourist to foreigner price but it's hard to get to local price. Honestly I tried the local prices by looking how much locals pay and some sellers straight up refuse, sometimes you win, but it's very very tiring. On the bright side at least they are not smiling while cheating you (like in Thailand) so you can see at least honesty in their face and stay vigilant.
- mdp2021 4y ago
  > insanity I am not sure which place revealed to be spared from that (probably Switzerland, Uruguay and Sweden - not sure at all).
- Handytinge 4y ago
  > Australia with their fascist gov and COVID insanity on par with China? No thanks. Haha! Sounds like we're better off without you, mate. Keep on entertaining from afar though.
kyriakos 4y ago
and yet in Cyprus we have towns full of expats: Paphos - British Limassol - Russians

onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago

Why is Italy so low??

ithkuil 4y ago
And what's wrong with New Zealand?
- EdwardDiego 4y ago
  We have lower salaries and higher living costs compared to other countries. That's fair and true. The bit about a "lack of culture and nightlife" is... interesting. What kinda culture were they looking for? The criticism that it's hard to get a job implies that the people answering it aren't coming in on skilled migrant visas, as those require an employer to a) sponsor you and b) document that they weren't able to fill your role in NZ, so you'd already have a job. So it makes me wonder if the people answering it had come over on student visas that became residency visas after completing their studies, in which case you're competing with all the other graduates (and we have had problems with private training establishments that were effectively set up to sell visas, so the "level 6 diploma in Business" you acquire from them has no value in the job market.
- willcipriano 4y ago
  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i3HokGUffcU https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i3HokGUffcU
- refurb 4y ago
  The very fact Kiwis flee to Australia for better pay and lower cost of living should tell you something.
- ZephyrBlu 4y ago
  Low pay, high living costs, very little going on, very isolated from the rest of the world and people are cliquey. If you can afford the premium, really like outdoors stuff and want a relaxed lifestyle then it's a good place to be, otherwise I think it's pretty bad. Things you would take for granted in many other parts of the world are either very expensive or just don't exist. There's also much less variety of things because it's a small place.
mdp2021 4y ago
> Why https://www.internations.org/press/press-release/where-expats-should-not-move-in-2022-40279 https://www.internations.org/press/press-release/where-expat...

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Markoff 4y ago

While Indonesia is cheap and has done interesting places last time I checked they were discriminating even own citizens based on religion or did they stop this? Also expect dangerous ferries/buses and smokers everywhere. UAE with wife or as a woman, that was good one. Australia with their fascist gov and COVID insanity on par with China? No thanks. In Vietnam you will be cheated on every step unless you speak Vietnamese, as one expat told me you have basically 3 prices - local, foreigner and tourist price, you can move from tourist to foreigner price but it's hard to get to local price. Honestly I tried the local prices by looking how much locals pay and some sellers straight up refuse, sometimes you win, but it's very very tiring. On the bright side at least they are not smiling while cheating you (like in Thailand) so you can see at least honesty in their face and stay vigilant.

mdp2021 4y ago
> insanity I am not sure which place revealed to be spared from that (probably Switzerland, Uruguay and Sweden - not sure at all).
Handytinge 4y ago
> Australia with their fascist gov and COVID insanity on par with China? No thanks. Haha! Sounds like we're better off without you, mate. Keep on entertaining from afar though.

kyriakos 4y ago

and yet in Cyprus we have towns full of expats: Paphos - British Limassol - Russians