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_refugee_  ·  2924 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Daydreams of leaving

Just from casual looking of my own, the only thing I have to say is that it looks hard as fuck to get a visa - you either need to have money or relatives in the country.

I mean, until you look at the first step of actually following this process and see if you could even hope to do it, or not, then the rest of the hypotheticals can kind of just be ignored.

You can't speak any foreign languages so you should limit yourself to places where English is either the dominant language or a large part of the population speaks English. Off the top of my head, that gives you England/the UK; Australia; New Zealand; wait i found a list.

So then think about if any of those are places you'd want to live. Forget about cost of living for the moment and pick out like, maybe 5 favorites.

Go check visa requirements for the countries. they will probably be pretty similar across the board. see if you qualify.

I find that I can often figure out if I even really want to do something, or just like talking about it, if I look into what it takes to seriously execute the idea.

so just do that. people have been ex-pats before. it's not utterly impossible, but i think pretty difficult.

also yes so FYI general announcement guys; there are some things reddit is way better for than the community here. this is one of them. any super-niche idea, you can probably still find a couple hundred of people who have done it or are really into it on reddit. they've actually done and are passionate about the topic. so...don't forget to check there. (thinking of the 41 and homeless and $100k post, i wanted to refer it to /personalfinance honestly).

anyway yeah it might be right or wrong for you but like check to see if it's really even an option first





user-inactivated  ·  2924 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    also yes so FYI general announcement guys; there are some things reddit is way better for than the community here. this is one of them. any super-niche idea, you can probably still find a couple hundred of people who have done it or are really into it on reddit. they've actually done and are passionate about the topic. so...don't forget to check there.

Indeed, and if I decide to get serious about this, I'd check there among many other places. I'm just posting this cause I was bored at lunch, I like the musing of the idea, and Hubski as a whole is extremely intelligent and insightful, often to a surprising degree.

    I find that I can often figure out if I even really want to do something, or just like talking about it, if I look into what it takes to seriously execute the idea.

Also part of the reason I'm posting this. Shit, if half of you guys said "Woah! Don't do it! You'll ruin your life!" I'd start to think, "Hmm. I guess Wyoming is more practical."