Quote: (10-04-2017 04:50 PM)Constitution45 Wrote:
I am 25 years old now, native Brit with a location independent skill set that means I can make about £30-50K in most parts of the world. It is a consultancy based security work to do with finances. I do not want to go further into it, as this is a public forum but just to give you an idea. I speak intermediate Russian as well if that matters.
I want to leave London due to a few reasons. Politics, the analogy of the frog in slow boiling water, comes into mind. Yes the city will be a financial hub for some years to come but I have been seeing the cracks emerge for some time now.
Secondly, finances; yes technically I can make some good money in this city but with the cost of living. I could envision myself being a slave if I was to set up a family and get a mortgage here.
Thirdly, culture and women, I believe the two go hand in hand mostly. It is unavoidable. If you are not staunchly left wing in this city, you will find yourself feeling like a black sheep. Yes it is true that there are a lot of good foreign women knocking about in the centre of the city but I still find the quality of girls to be far better overseas.
So I have two options
1. Leave next summer, with limited qualifications, I am thinking EE or SEA, potentially China. I lived there before so I know the pitfalls. However I get to enjoy the freedom.
2. Leave in a couple of years time. Knuckle down on my fitness and self improvement, develop more qualifications and skill sets and take it for what it is. And aim to expatriate when I am 27 years old.
A big part of this, has to do with setting up roots as well. I am between a rock and a hard place because I am a patriotic Brit. However my community in London that I have grown up in, has completely transformed. It is now full of low income ghetto housing and self absorbed yuppies.
I am aware that it is different up North, but I do enjoy the expatriate lifestyle and I actually reckon it would feel the same as migrating to a different country; being an obnoxious Londoner born and raised.
Any opinions or comments welcomed.
I'm British too. In the past, London would be the natural place for me, in some ways. I'm involved in trade and finance.
But like you, I am disillusioned with various things about England, and especially London. I hate the corrupt croneyism of the so called "class system". But I'd also hate to have kids who are exposed to the brainwashing of all this homosexualism/over globalism/radical Islam and all that nonsense. I think the flow and effect of cheap wage migrants to Britain will get worse, despite "Brexit". I turn on the news with its all immigrant, or homosexual, or Eton educated newsreaders/read a newspaper and think "Fuck, is this the place I grew up in". Strangely, I read Russian newspapers and feel quite excited/interested about a "new" yet ancient country ie Russia developing. (Its a little bit like Schwartzenegger in Total Recall when he decides he wants to move to Mars!! hahaha).
Really, I'm considering a European timezone, but possibly Far Eastern too, in the more distant future.
My shortlist is likely to be Russia (St P, Moscow and Sochi). Also Spain, Southern France and maybe a few Southern Slavic places. One big factor will be if I'm settled down or not. I mean, places like Switzerland and France could be interesting for someone settled down, but not so much for someone who isn't.
Have you thought about St Petersburg and then moving to say Sochi or the Mediterranean/similar in Winter?
Maybe parts of Bulgaria or Budapest, the Baltics or Croatia? Maybe the Crimea?
I don't think the cold of Central/Northern Russia is that bad. I mean England's dampness is pretty bad.
I'm really keen to set up roots in somewhere like Russia. Partly because I had Russian grandparents. Ofcourse its potentially a little daunting. But there are others like me. Western born, Native English speakers. And nowadays with the internet, its easier to find like minded people.
Ultimately, I think the quality/strength of the social circle you develop will dictate whether or not you eventually call a new place your home.