So for all those who want to leave the US one day...

[Smashius Clay]

In Colombia it is insanely easy to get an investment visa. Just have to say that you will open a business here and invest $10K. There are burgeoning design, manufacturing, and IT industries here and a large talent pool to select from. I would suggest this for anyone looking to move and wanting to be an entrepreneur.

Standard of living* here is the same as living in the U.S. You won't be missing anything if you lived in a major city like Medellin, Bogota, Cartagena.

I'm an open book, anything y'all wanna know just ask.

EDIT: *Standard of loving is pretty high here too, but I don't think this is the thread for that.

 

[DrBanneker]

In Colombia it is insanely easy to get an investment visa. Just have to say that you will open a business here and invest $10K. There are burgeoning design, manufacturing, and IT industries here and a large talent pool to select from. I would suggest this for anyone looking to move and wanting to be an entrepreneur.

Standard of living* here is the same as living in the U.S. You won't be missing anything if you lived in a major city like Medellin, Bogota, Cartagena.

I'm an open book, anything y'all wanna know just ask.

EDIT: *Standard of loving is pretty high here too, but I don't think this is the thread for that.

Great report, thanks! What field are you in?

 

[Smashius Clay]

Great report, thanks! What field are you in?

Np. I'm in IT - web development to be exact.

 

[MikelArteta]

I wanna leave Canada to africa

 

[phcitywarrior]

@DrBanneker I was side eyeing your thread at first but I continued to read it and you had some pretty good info there . I really need to connect with expats in my age range because everyone I've spoken to thus far have been older and retirees. So they all advised me to wait until I retire so that I can have a stable flow of income. It's not bad advice but

I have a meeting scheduled later this year in Ghana to meet with a group of AA expats to discuss their experience.

@Cynic and @LShedged where are you located? Do you have family there? What was the toughest part of expatriating for you?

I’m in Europe atm, I had a few cousins here but didn’t meet them or know about them till I was already established. We barely speak now because I like to keep them at arms length.

The toughest part is culture shock and if you prefer a cohesive life then you’ll have to adjust because the level of conformity here is HIGH.

Can you elaborate on this? Very curious

 

[DrBanneker]

I wanna leave Canada to africa

What's goin on up there, eh?

 

[mbewane]

Dope post OP

 

[phcitywarrior]

Pretty spot on.

For the African countries the biggest thing is knowing someone there that can help you navigate your way into that upper middle class crust. If you have the tangible skills that's one thing, but getting the "in" is another thing.

 

[MikelArteta]

What's goin on up there, eh?

Nothing just don't belong here

Travelled to Africa and had an Awakening

I want to live amongst black people on African soil

 

[MikelArteta]

I think the greatest thing holding most of us back is fear of the unknown. We are to comfortable with our little jobs and way of life.

I'm actually thinking of taking like a 6 months sabbatical from work and try living a month here a month there and seeing if I can manage before taking the plunge

 

[DrBanneker]

Nothing just don't belong here

Travelled to Africa and had an Awakening

I want to live amongst black people on African soil

Nothing wrong with that. Don't let people force you to fit in. Find your place in this world.

 

[ULCYril]

Australian citizen been around the whole bottom of aus beautiful place and IMO some of those country towns are perfect to raise families just good communities and decent ppl but obviously in country towns less jobs I’m a painter buy trade and as you stated before that work is up and down with the economy mines closing etc saying that tho there quick to put another mine in But iv never not found work of some sort been farming last four years there always screaming for workers and it’s consistent work but I noticed you said i t that’s really just becoming big here ppl starting to realise the importance of it but there is a lot of opportunity to start your own business or whatever geez I have to wait two weeks for a lady to come down from the city and fix my phone wen I break it ha

Ask anything about Australia and I’ll try and answer to the best of my abilities

O and nz b I don’t know about that wen I lived in Tasmania shyt was freezing like the dew on your closeline would be frozen snow on your lawn mist and fogs that didn’t rise till after lunch and every nz person I met there told me nz colder so yeah I gave up on nz as it was somewhere I wanted to go

Sorry about the spelling and punctuation s at work

 

[MikelArteta]

Australian citizen been around the whole bottom of aus beautiful place and IMO some of those country towns are perfect to raise families just good communities and decent ppl but obviously in country towns less jobs I’m a painter buy trade and as you stated before that work is up and down with the economy mines closing etc saying that tho there quick to put another mine in But iv never not found work of some sort been farming last four years there always screaming for workers and it’s consistent work but I noticed you said i t that’s really just becoming big here ppl starting to realise the importance of it but there is a lot of opportunity to start your own business or whatever geez I have to wait two weeks for a lady to come down from the city and fix my phone wen I break it ha

Ask anything about Australia and I’ll try and answer to the best of my abilities

O and nz b I don’t know about that wen I lived in Tasmania shyt was freezing like the dew on your closeline would be frozen snow on your lawn mist and fogs that didn’t rise till after lunch and every nz person I met there told me nz colder so yeah I gave up on nz as it was somewhere I wanted to go

Sorry about the spelling and punctuation s at work

what about dem big ass snakes

 

[kovi]

Don’t see myself being comfortable outside of an English-speaking nation or a world-class European country. At the same time, I don’t want to be around cacs long-term, a luxury I enjoy where I currently live—but I wanna live in peace.

That moving shyt is a luxury only cacs really have. There are very few places for black Americans out here to live right. I’ll fight it out here before I’d move to a shythole unless there’s good business opportunity.

 

[AuntAnniesPretzels]

I think the greatest thing holding most of us back is fear of the unknown. We are to comfortable with our little jobs and way of life.

I'm actually thinking of taking like a 6 months sabbatical from work and try living a month here a month there and seeing if I can manage before taking the plunge

Experiment before you settle down because if you have a wifey and kids it’s over you’ll be stuck until you get old, only live once