Comments by "My Namename" (@mynamename5172) on "Nomad Capitalist" channel.

  1. That is literally how and why America was founded. I admire the stay and fight crowd. Each to his own I say. Also GW Politics surveying republicans is just silly. Its called push polling.
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  2. Nothing in the US is solidly red, sorry to say. Californians will trash several western states as they flee, and stupid will kill the rest of the remaining red areas. Sometimes it just takes one big college town to flip a low population state blue. Its sad. Lets all call Andrew now. we can pool the all the coins in all our couches and pretend we are one huge family looking to stay together and move together.
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  3. The fact that people like Joe Biden says it all. The guy has been a political sleezeball since the Jurassic era.
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  4. I am female, but even I am considering opening a branch in Serbia haha.
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  5. The juice is worth the squeeze, I like this expression. I have never heard it before.
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  6. If the US were to implement a 15 percent across the board flat tax it would indicate more than just a tax rate change. It would mean there was a change in the mentality of the people, and that this change in mentality had resulted in a substantial change in the government and bureaucracy (one that I would support wholeheartedly). So it would make me want to stay not just for the money, the money would actually be the least of it.
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  7. These ladies will just play the race card and move on. Works every time.
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  8. In the West you generally aren't the customer for healthcare, some third party is. Sometimes more than one third party (in the US its an insurance company + government). Therefore its expensive and it sucks. Paying directly for services is the only way to be treated best.
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  9. I think the US has some serious social and structural issues, but in no way do I feel its passport is equivalent to Rwanda LOL. I get that it sounds good in a vid but come on. I have yet to travel as a St Lucian, but the US passport beats my other one (Argentina) by miles. My issue with the US isn't that it has a bad travel document, its the rest of the baggage.
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  10. Uruguay is closing its borders to everyone - including residents and passport holders, read that again because its crazy - until Jan 10. Just a little window into where we are going as a planet. St Lucia's passport is looking better and better, we all need travel documents from places that are small and not super reactionary and/or organized about stuff. Closing borders to passport holders is really concerning.
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  11. Yeah they are going to Texas, bringing more drones from California to flip that state to stupid.
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  12. Zero Canadians I know were surveyed in this poll. So its probably 75% of Canadian bureaucrats in Ottawa. Not that it matters, you are right, they will do it.
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  13. Everyone from Argentina is that guy you don't want to be with a safe full of unreported dollars, LOL.
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  14. It also comes with a really nasty side of SJW nonsense, which makes it even worse.
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  15. I had an office (a branch office sort of thing) in NYC and it was constant fighting with the state. The last straw was when THEY made an error in our payroll taxes and sent us a fine. They claimed to fix their error, and sent a letter to that effect. About a year later they sent us an invoice for 1.8 million dollars in "fees and fines and penalties" for the same error (their error, not mine). This took another year of time (MY TIME) to clear up. The result was that I decided to close the NY branch. I would do business in hell before NY. Hawaii (where every "aloha" and "mahalo" you get costs $50 bucks) and California were benign compared to NY for me.
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  16.  @andycommonsincanada  Florida, like everyone else haha.
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  17. I know, right? Its totally worth 10-20% inflation and the loss of the dollar as reserve currency to get the bigmouth from Queens out of the Oval. When I am donating plasma to buy beans I will be able to sleep peacefully knowing we are once again polite (ish).
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  18. We had stagnation under Obama, with a massive increase in regulations. And we nationalized 1/6th of the economy. I agree with Andrew that I don't care about who the president is, but I do care about what the electorate coughs up because it tells me who the voters are. Biden is a big sign for me, if he can be elected this is not a place that will prosper in the future. People are easy to manipulate, poorly educated in government schools, and collectivist minded. Not for me. People here in DC cheered when Biden was elected, because he is just a figurehead for the swamp. If you like the swamp fine, apparently many do, but lets not lie about history. That is dangerous.
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  19. I would add that you request all of your necessary documents today, I am working on paperwork for my American husband and its a bit of a mess right now. The times to receive birth certificates, marriage certificates and police background reports can be long depending on where they are (it goes by the state in the US, so you may have to contact multiple municipalities, none of which will treat you best). Then there is the apostille process - but get a few copies of your personal documents - it will save time once you call Nomad Capitalist to help you move abroad.
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  20.  @dsteere2303  It's not just "the jab". It's a jab every 270 days in many places to be considered "fully vaccinated". Keep jabbing, I am sure it will work someday.
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  21. I just got my US Passport recently, haha. This channel makes me feel like an idiot.
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  22. Uruguay is basically Argentina's Canada (with various tax benefits designed for people from Argentina and beaches). We all talk about it like Americans talk about Canada. So clean! I'm moving there if this place (Argentina) doesn't shape up! (PS Argentina is not shaping up). Every once in a while a whole bunch of gringos become obsessed with the place for some reason (Travel and Leisure magazine spreads of Jose Ignacio maybe), and they all threaten to move there. I have residency in Uruguay, but the country locked us all out during the virus wave 1, including passport holders. You needed a special permission to come and go from your own country, sort of like Canada and Australia. So yeah, Uruguay, its a little like the CUNA countries Andrew hates as far as rules and paperwork. And Uruguayans are organized and pretty low on the corruption scale so you will be doing the paperwork and following the rules. Unlike some other locales which seem worse but where small gratuities fix everything.
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  23. Santiago de Chile just elected a 30 year old proud "openly" communist woman as mayor. Something is going on in Argentina/Uruguay/Chile that is not good right now. Well Argentina is never good, but the other two are disappointing.
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  24. Only if you speak Arabic
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  25. The US handles crises opportunistically.
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  26. Get more than one "second passport". Look at Uruguay. If a country can close its borders to its own passport holders once, it can happen again.
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  27. This channel seems to not want to factor pandemic restrictions in as part of the overall ranking of a place, which makes me watch the channel less to be honest. Being locked in your house and shaken down for QR codes while enjoying a coffee are a huge lifestyle issues. For instance, Mexico - the borders are open with no questions, but once you are inside there are tons of ridiculous health security theater measures everywhere. I just downranked it for myself based on this - I don't want to be sprayed with weird stuff entering every store, restaurant or hotel. These things DO impact "where you are treated best".
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  28. Its convenient they keep a list of tax heavy regulation heavy countries, makes them all easier to avoid.
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  29. We should be prepared to pay everyone with the fake dollars we are printing like maniacs. This guy must be related to Hugo Chavez, he did the same. It works great!
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  30. You need to start a Youtube channel immediately sir, so you can tell us non 9 figure people how to do it!
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  31. Half of Argentina has an Italian passport in their back pockets. But you still cannot get rid of your citizenship in Argentina, you just have another passport. I am one of the 4% of people from Argentina who does NOT qualify for Italian citizenship, argh!
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  32.  @craigb3154  I would not retire in Argentina, but its great to visit as a tourist. Mendoza is a medium sized city, nowhere near as large as Buenos Aires. It is clean, well laid out, and has a great vibe. it is located in the heart of the Malbec wine region, so it is fairly sophisticated as wine tourism brings an international crowd. Food & wine scene is great. Again, my opinion, visit Argentina. Do not get too attached to it as an investment/business/retirement permanent destination. Its unstable, its government is insane, its Covid lockdown situation was extremely harsh and you really cant imagine what will happen next, but you know it won't be good.
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  33. Aside from a**holes, who exist everywhere, I have found Americans to be exceptionally decent and friendly during my time in the States. Skeevy dudes tried to mug my husband about 14 times in Barcelona (I have no idea why, he's a Marine so it never worked out for the muggers lol), but I don't project that onto the average Spaniard. I get that its fashionable to hate the US, especially amongst the US "elites", but zzzz, enough already. The country has structural problems and about half of the voters are dumb and do whatever they last heard on MSNBC, that is the real issue. Not the average person.
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  34. Copenhagen is full of hygge! And not much else haha.
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  35.  @asparrow9876  Unvaxxed Canadians can't board a plane, and unvaxxed foreign nationals cannot drive across the US border. So no.
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  36.  @therock8224  I am an immigrant and I have generally found Americans to be really pleasant people. Obviously there are exceptions, but I speak a couple languages out loud in public, I am foreign, and I've never had anyone call 911 :) I just think its fashionable to claim some sort of discrimination or unpleasantness based on race or ethnicity these days, more's the pity.
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  37.  @seabreeze4559  Nah, unfortunately its not true for physical attractiveness. Look at Thailand - women hot, men much less so (sorry, I am just being honest, we spent tons of time there, eye candy galore for my husband, nothing for me other than marveling at the lady-boys who are really a work of art). Spain is a country with hotness parity. But lets be honest, men and women use different criteria for selecting mates, and visual hotness is more important to men. Women like money.
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  38. I love Nomad Dad. If you see a sign that says "don't go there", then don't go there. Haha. Iceland is awesome. Lebanon is awesome to visit. You should try it sometime!
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  39. The Netherlands is currently approaching German levels of Kung Flu hysteria, with an eye to exceeding them.
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  40.  @MariaBelenSeyssInquart  Brexit has nothing to do with the UK government seizing assets of an estate in debt. It is the same where I live in the US if you die with any unpaid bills or (especially) taxes. It really hits people with dementia hard because they literally forget to pay their taxes and other bills years on year, even if they have assets including cash assets. The government takes it when they die. A lawyer can help, but it is often more expensive to hire one than a small estate is worth. This is one place where Argentina is better than the UK/US, the families generally stay closer and more involved in each other's lives, and you have to be, especially with dementia. This level of involvement is just not the custom in the same way where I live now.
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  41. I think American men generally aim to please and are confused as to what women want, probably because of 50 years of screaming, angry feminism. I met my husband in the USA and he is one of the good ones, but I had to wade through an ocean of weak man-buns on the way. I am from South America where being a manly man can go too far, especially among the less educated people. I am happy with a balance, the US is not a balance, the women want to be men and the men are confused. My husband has a military background, I think that helps.
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  42. I am sure Biden (*cough* Harris *cough*) "winning" is great for the expat business! Thanks for all the great info, we need it more than ever and not just because of the one election.
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  43. I know haha, I was just thinking the same thing. Apparently dudes need not apply.
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  44. I believe they have decided her nomination was a bad idea. Just the idea that she was on the list is of course a huge problem.
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  45. To me Dubai and Abu Dhabi are remarkably boring and bland. And too hot. If I had to be in that area I would prefer Oman, at least it has some character. Dubai is like a bland photocopy of Dallas, TX with a side of Islamic despotism. People hang out at the Mall in Dubai, seriously. The Mall.
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  46. I believe he did.
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  47. We just elected this crap nationally.
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  48. Komandant Harris is coming for the rest of us. California not too big to fail? Lets nationalize this crap!
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  49. Scandinavia is anti-service LOL. Its like they take it as a personal affront of you can manage to get anything out of a "service" employee. Don't be mad at me, i liked my time in the north but there is an anti-service culture there. If you get any help its because that employee is doing you a personal favor. And they let you know it. France has better "service".
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  50. Thank you for focusing on the tragedy that is Argentina and their latest plan to stab themselves in the foot, again. Uruguay is owned by Brazil & Argentina, I agree that Argentine people should get a second passport with more distance (mine is from the USA LOL, but its better than Argentina). Ultimately Uruguay will do what Argentina says, your apartment in Punta del Este will be taxed by Cristina if she wants to do it.
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  51. I have never had one of their wines. Another reason to go there! I understand it is one of the oldest wine growing regions on Earth.
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  52. It took you that long? =)
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  53. Here in the US they vote on property taxes, and the voters raise them all the time! Many renters (usually the same people who will be screaming about gentrification) vote yes to increase property taxes because (I guess) they don't think they will be paying them. Of course they will, because rents go up as taxes go up. But they are just too dumb to see it. It makes me understand why in some places in the past only property owners could vote. People who are not invested in the system have equal say - who would run their own business or household like this? Nobody.
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  54. People keep arguing with me about this very obvious point. Visit Argentina (enjoy the random quarantines and checkpoints!) but seriously, if you want to invest in anything or become a citizen there you are nuts. N U T S. The corruption and nonsense is at every level.
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  55.  @darioinfini  Oddly maybe it will be Florida. I worry about Texas, so many "new arrivals" and a new expedited "illegally cross the border to voter" policy.
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  56. My husband collects cars, lol. I knew of this habit before I married him so I am not looking to change it, but I underestimated what a pain in the butt a car collection is (insurance, storage, maintenance, and more!). I like one nice, non-fancy car because I hate public transport and I like going where I go. Beyond that more is not more for me.
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  57. Might want to tone down that sense of humor too, or you will stand out like a sore thumb =)
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  58. I really enjoy your shows with positive content (such as the 5 great CDMX neighborhoods, or the interview with your Bogota tailor - see I really do watch!). The ones that talk about how crappy the US is/Americans are I generally skip. I understand why US born English speaking Americans are grouchy about illegal immigrants and might express this in the comments with some frustration. I am a LEGAL immigrant to the US I have found it a welcoming and lovely country full of nice people (and as you said, it has a great work culture). That said when I go to certain cities around the Washington DC burbs it is 100% Spanish, English is an inconvenience to them. I speak Spanish so for me it is OK but even I find it weird. The US does have a culture, you can assimilate and if you don't want to or hate the place, why live there?
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  59. And like a crazy ex-girlfriend, you just cant get rid of your Argentina once you allow it into your life.
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  60. LOL just get a well connected local lawyer (or hire Andrew and he will hire one for you). Do not try to do the paperwork yourself. Hiring a lawyer shows the local bureaucrats that you won't just go away and stop bothering them at the first, second, or nineteenth obstacle, missed meeting, or delay for no reason. Weird fact: Often your well connected South American immigration attorney will be of German ancestry.
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  61. I have a friend who travels on a Lebanese passport. Of course his passport is about as thick as an old fashioned telephone book because he needs a visa to go everywhere. But if you are determined and plan ahead (and are a respectable person) you can travel on just about any passport. He recently got a Schengen visa, amazingly.
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  62. The fact that you can leave your purse in your shopping cart for even a nanosecond in America is still amazing to me. I am from Argentina and it would be stolen every time haha. People wear their backpacks on the front there, that's how bad stealing is. In fact my American husband and I have a codeword now, I tell him "Honey, wear you backpack on your front" and he knows we're in that kind of place. It didn't even work in Barcelona! He (was a marine!) was mugged on the Rambla anyway.
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  63.  @Chris-gs7cq  I'm from Argentina but I've spent a bunch of time in Uruguay. Its a nice place, you can take a cab without being robbed by the driver, but I don't know what to say other than 70-ish percent of people from south of Texas are genetically pro-socialist and highly tolerant of government excesses, and Uruguayans are no exception to this. I'm married to an American and we got Caribbean passports in case we want to leave the US (living in Argentina is NOT an option for me!). Uruguay's government is competently uncooperative and awful, residency is a pain in the butt for non-Mercosur residents, a passport takes years and years, and they have a bad and growing side of wokeness worse than Argentina or Chile. Oh, and they closed their borders to residents and citizens during the pandemic. You had to make an appointment to get back in to your own country, and then undergo an obnoxiously long quarantine (and remember they are competent, you cant avoid or ignore government "requests" in Uruguay.). Contrast that with St. Lucia's government which barely gets out of bed in the morning and just wants the money. I'll take option 2, lazy and just wants the money, the less my government thinks about me the better as far as I am concerned!
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  64. @Brian Anderson There are a lot of these floating around the comments today. Bernie Bros out in force.
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  65.  @ShadyD365  The BNO passport was made for people living in Hong Kong who chose to retain British citizenship after transfer. IE, the people had to want one to get one.
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  66. I think its a good list. I am trying to get my American born, raised, English only husband on the path to leaving the US. Its hard to get people used to the North of Texas standard of living used to other locations, even Europe sometimes.
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  67. I just naturalized into the US (my husband is American, I am from Argentina) and they really had virtually zero questions for us at the final interview. We had seen all the silly movies where they ask you what toothpaste he uses or whatever, so as to trick you into admitting that yes, its all a sham. There was zero of that. We are similar in age and we are both employed professionals, which probably helps.
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  68. You have to renounce at a US Embassy (and it costs money, of course). You can choose not to renew your US passport, but you are still a citizen and technically subject to US global taxation and reporting requirements.
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  69. Sweden has a smothering nanny state (in my opinion, but its a nice country and smothers relatively efficiently), including "healthcare for all". So none of this "omg they stole all the healthcare in America" applies to them, yet they were the first example cited. An over-spoiled existence sitting on your butt, overeating, waiting for experts and government to lead you may be unhealthy. Apparently particularly for men, who are killing themselves in greater and greater numbers. Go figure.
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  70. What are bureaucrats going to do about it? Obamacare 2.0? 3.0? I'm in DC and people do nothing but talk about how more bureaucrats and lawyers are going to improve health, wealth and life in general. If you believe them I have a bridge to sell you.
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  71.  @TaiwoWilliams  I don't think Nomad Capitalists have a lot of moral objections to things, or really anything. They seem to be more of an "I am getting mine" type of person. And since they have 9 passports each they can just surf around from country to country when things go wrong somewhere and riots break out, as they might in Georgia right now and probably will in Turkey at some point. I get it, and I get the objection to it. Having moved from Argentina (corrupt, tragic, full of idiots) to the USA (dying under leftism, in chaos, full of idiots) I am leaning more towards the 9 passports side of things at thing point in time. I cant fix as much stupid as we are seeing lately.
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  72. I think it will be a while, people are very stupid.
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  73. Don't get mugged in Barcelona! Oh, wait, sorry, you will so just be ready and enjoy that charming part of the local culture!
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  74. Tiny tax havens have done pretty well during times of world crisis. Heard of Switzerland?
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  75.  @therock8224  I have multiple passports including US. I used to travel a lot, all over, including those countries that have to issue your visa on a separate piece of paper because your home country says you can't go there (spoiler: you can usually go there). Never experienced this issue. This guy must have been flagged for another reason (including random, that happens) or been really sassy with immigration. Just hand over your US Passport when entering the US, look pleasant but bored, and if you get flagged for search (it happens to all people of all melanin levels and all 56 genders or whatever we have now) just be pleasant. I have had my stuff tossed by other countries, generally US TSA/immigration just runs the bag through an additional magic machine and says "have a nice day". Argentina, they toss your stuff like they are robbing you haha, try that sometime. Repacking all your personal items right there in the terminal.
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  76. I am the nomad type, my husband is an American patriot (is/was a US Marine). The only place he likes to go is visit my family in Argentina (OK to visit, do not invest/move there people, please). We became St. Lucians so that he would have a second passport with help from this website and Andrew's book. It was actually pretty easy for him, but they had questions for me (which Argentina was slow to answer because they are *ridiculous*). It seems that the more passports you have the more questions there may be when adding another. Just something to know.
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  77. Budapest was always the nice one, even when the Iron Curtain was up it had a certain style and the people were pleasant in a way that most communists are not.
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  78. Nope for Argentinians, the citizenship is like a bad rash you cant get rid of. And there is mandatory voting in Argentina. I live in the US and have become a citizen, but I keep accumulating little fines in Argentina for not voting, and of course there is no way for me to vote remotely. Awesome, right?
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  79. Obviously, do it. I did exactly this. Then I met an American, fell in love and got married. Maybe don't do that (unless you want to stay haha). Life in the US is fine, I like where I live. My issue is with the path the country is on, not its state right now. Nothing that my family tells me I should be seeing (chaos on the streets!) is reality in my US life at all.
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  80. Was it?
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  81. Anyone else remember those green covered US passports from years ago? So confusing. I think they were around 25ish years ago, something about an anniversary year or Ben Franklin or blah blah I don't actually know, I wasn't American back then. They caused tourism issues for some Americans way back when I was young. Changing big stuff like the cover color of a commonly recognized passport is a disaster, it invites questions well beyond the customs office (you need ID to check into hotels, to bank, etc and your driver's license from Montana may not be considered sufficient). Don't let someone sell you a passport with a weird yellow cover.
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  82. Yep, I am the same as a guy who runs across the border and sends all his money back home via Western Union. In fact he is regarded as a hero by many, I am just a chump taxpayer who entered legally and followed the rules to become a citizen. Its so annoying.
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  83.  @Whatisthisstupidfinghandle  Depends what is important to you and where in the US you are.
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  84. Nothing has changed. The paperwork and residency requirements are annoying, and the bureaucrats are in no hurry.
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  85. Thanks for focusing on positive and interesting locations rather than enumerating the negatives about a certain other country. Its much more interesting in my opinion.
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  86. We are going (to Brazil) this winter and I am so excited to visit! I haven't been since i was a kid!
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  87. The smaller the country and the less common its native tongue, the more likely the educated people will speak good English.
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  88. Ugh, thanks for a new tax update Nomad Capitalist, I am super excited about it! I don't have the privilege of "earning too much" yet, but these things always trickle down and impact the economy in fun new ways. I can't wait!
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  89.  @successandlifestyle  Call me when you find that magical place!
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  90.  @1drummer172  That's fine, if you are somewhat or even mega wealthy and feel morally compelled to make bad investments in government, do it. Just don't demand that the rest of us go first.
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  91.  @zer0gravity184  Yup, he's a Kennedy. But I guess he is OK by California standards haha.
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  92. Lebanese passports are pretty radioactive as well.
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  93. This channel assumes everyone is jabbed. Test and travel is actually better for un-jabbed people.
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  94. Most middle class Americans have enough monthly income to qualify for residency in many Central and some South American countries, actually even Mexico. Ecuador, for instance, is absolutely full of American expats. This is of course a double edged sword (edge sword?) because they like to talk American politics and American problems while having relocated to avoid America (and not just taxes). So if you are trying to leave that behind, maybe avoid heavy expat areas like Cuenca & San Miguel De Allende =). But you also have to be OK with a certain level of dirty, and sad street dogs all over unless living in an expat bubble full of potentially complaining expats. (Thats the double edged sword part). Depending on where you stand ethically and with your principles, Central and South Americans are largely leftists and more religious than the average American in my opinion. There is simply no concept of small government south of Texas (corrupt government, yes, changing governments like changing shoes, yes, small, efficient government with limited power, not even on the menu). Good luck! I am from Argentina, my husband is American, we are also looking to expand our horizons. Argentina is NOT on the list. Fine to visit, bad to live full time.
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  95. That's interesting because whenever I have gone to Miami I find it absolutely chock full of Central and South Americans who own vacation homes there and really seem to like it. They have much nicer things to say about the US than the locals. Not just refugees from Venezuela or Cuba or whatever, but really wealthy people who are doing that Trifecta thing, Spanish speaking style.
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  96. You have to renounce your US citizenship because of global taxation. If this stupid global taxation didn't exist, you probably would have kept the passport.
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  97. I don't know that I would refuse it if they gave it with zero work on my part, but I wouldn't really want a Uruguayan passport as a naturalized citizen. It is one of two countries on Earth that gives citizenship WITHOUT nationality. For instance, if you are Ugandan and you get a Uruguayan passport, the nationality inside will say UGANDA in big bold letters, sometimes with additional explanatory text like "see page 9". All of that inside your spiffy new Uruguayan passport. Its bizarre and very confusing to customs officials everywhere, even in Uruguay itself so not super useful as a travel document. Uruguay keeps saying they will change this, but they don't seem to be in a big hurry, its been going on for decades.
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  98. I vacationed on St Lucia years ago and didn't like it, as I recall they had a $20 departure tax, I have never more happily parted with 20 bucks in my life haha. Nevertheless, thanks for the information I don't need to love the place to buy a passport, sometimes life is funny like that. Maybe its nicer now, it did have pretty beaches and a volcano. What else do you need on a tropical island?
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  99. And the rules change like a yo-yo, because Holland was one of the most open places just a few months ago. It makes travel planning a nightmare.
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  100.  @victoriakleber1397  The thing is that the people have gotten better at managing the peso, they just reprice constantly in dollars. So that kind of amazing deal is less common, its an unofficial dollar economy now at about all levels.
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  101. 40 million clients overnight. Good luck N. C.!
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  102. Because he hates the US? To the point that he expatriated himself? And his business is built on helping others who hate the place to leave? Just spit-balling here but I feel like I am in the ballpark.
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  103.  @diogenescasares4294  100% they wanted a bribe. Just take the ferry to Montevideo every 3 months for the rest of your life, stamp in, stamp out. Can take less than one day haha.
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  104. Other countries do not have global taxation, so there is no reason to renounce. The US has incentivized renunciation based on taxation.
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  105.  @theedesertmermaid  Emiratis will just ignore you as an expat. They may not treat their own wives and daughters best, but if you can take the heat, fakeness, and complete lack of character its a fine lifestyle.
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  106.  @darioinfini  I hope Texas stays Texas. My husband is from there and parts of it remind me of Argentina, where I am from. We sometimes consider a move, but then I see some of the bigger cities in Texas and the open border and wonder.
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  107.  @ogunsiron2  Brazil too, for now anyway.
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  108. I love Denmark, but Scandinavia is stunningly expensive. Its not just the taxes (corporate taxes in Denmark used to be oddly reasonable for Scandinavia), its everything single thing you do or buy. And I find service is poor for the price, maybe because its not a tipping culture and the employees get paid for work, or not work. And don't get me started on the rules and regulations. When I lived in Copenhagen it was virtually impossible to throw away large items - the result was even Danes were throwing old TVs and mattresses in ditches in the burbs. Again I love the place, but they have a tax or rule for every minute of every day!
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  109. He has covered Uruguay a bunch in his vids., its expensive and has closed it borders on and off to permanent residents throughout the pandemic. They are locking down again right now. Uruguay exists to serve the 1% of Brazil and Argentina. I like it too, but its not super cheap and again, watch it because sometimes you can't get in.
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  110.  Undercover FBI Agent  Me too!
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  111. I skipped the Powell words of wisdom. His personal story is compelling but the guy is just not my cup of tea for many reasons.
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  112.  @JorgeLuisInAction36  "The US" is not a person, it is a group of 330 million people. Don't collectivize eating. We have tons of vegetarians here, and vegans, and various other similar persuasions. I don't want the government (ie, the US) "going vegetarian" on my behalf, thanks. There are healthy vegetarian diets, and unhealthy vegetarian diets. Just like most other types of diet.
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  113.  @AlicjaChojecka  Until Frau von der Leyen passes her EU wide mandate. I hope she fails but Europe is a bit scary right now. Austria is melting down, Germans are crazy, and even the Dutch are rioting. Yet there is very little news coverage. I am glad Poland is holding strong. Good luck to you!
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  114. The guy above in the comments says the greens in Germany are pushing for global taxation. Its hard to research because they are pushing for every sort of tax under the Sun LOL, google returns 10 trillion results.
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  115. You will not be treated best as a citizen of Argentina. Yeah, yeah, I am a broken record. But its true.
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  116. Inflation is a tax on everyone.
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  117.  @priestesslucy  Yeah 100%. They will nationalize them based on some sort of equity and fairness grounds. I would not put any money in any sort of official US retirement account unless you are very close to the age at which you can withdraw (sometimes with employer matching it still is actually free money IF you know you can get the money out soon)
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  118.  @sebas8225  Spoiler: They do.
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  119. And Cape Town may be no way out, lol. Seriously, we have "refugee" friends from SA staying with us right now. They are eager to never return, they have had it.
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  120.  @snterp  I've been living in the States for about a decade now (wow, time flies!) and I have to say the whole "Americans are dumb and fat" thing gets a little old. I have found Americans to be some of the finest people I have lived amongst (and I have lived all over the place). The only one I have an issue with on the regular is my mother in law. She calls me "the white Mexican" and I avoid her as much as possible, LOL.
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  121. I am betting the Biden-Harris regime goes 10. Harris will push Joe down the stairs during year 2, take over as prez and run 2x thereby getting the full ride of 10 years. She is actually worse than he is.
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  122.  @wdc1040  We have some seasonal winds from the Andes (zonda, google it they can be strong, there are some good vids), but in general its no more dusty than say, Phoenix AZ. I am a local so either I don't notice the things leaving children or they do not leave me unwanted gifts that I have to buy. It certainly does not happen in nicer restaurants. Anywhere south of Texas will have more of that "local flavor" than many gringos (or I) like but that is what it is. Mendoza has less of that sort of nonsense than Buenos Aires (and most other south of Texas) cities IMO. Here I go, saying something nice about somewhere in Argentina! What is the world coming to, LOL?. Its a special day, everyone go buy lottery tickets.
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  123. I was thinking the same about Portugal, LOL
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  124.  @MJ98774  FATCA is not a voting issue in the USA. Half of us are sitting around on welfare not contributing at all. They literally do not care how much other people are taxed and regulated, and in what manner and how it may damage our ability to grow out of our debt or do business at home or overseas. Like the man says, its the guy who gets FATCA repealed will be removed from his job as president, because the idiot masses will vote against "the rich guys hiding money overseas".
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  125.  @martg0  My wife is from Mendoza, nobody in her family, the entire family, likes the government, yet nothing ever changes. It just seems to get worse.
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  126. With a few really reach politicians and connected crony business families in each.
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  127. Lebanon. Mediterranean climate, good skiing, good beaches, beach clubs, yacht club, great nightlife/shopping/spas, fantastic cuisine, personal service (maids, drivers) great. The educated people are some of the most sophisticated on Earth.
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  128.  @Andreas4696  Yeah, it was (sort of) a joke. I am from Argentina, a 7th world country and sinking. I am ok with my new US Passport for now, I am not rich enough that it is killing me.
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  129.  @Andreas4696  Its not going to get better, they do stuff like lower the voting age to 16 to stay in power, and also we have mandatory voting which guarantees the stupid/lofo vote is large. And with this we keep electing terrible politicians (like the woman now) who borrow money, then print money to make it cheaper to pay off, then default anyway. And then the idiots who keep voting for her complain about inflation that she created by printing money like a maniac and defaulting. I have no idea who would even lend Argentina money. And now we are making deals with Chna, so I guess that is who. Our president will sell the country to anyone. LOL we had 4 or 5 presidents in one year not that long ago. Its not a country, its corruption in a box with a side of stupid. But yeah. the scenery is nice. So yeah, I am OK with my US Passport right now. Here is not that bad, yet.
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  130. This woman Aline living in France - her story is a bit off. Seriously, FATCA never bit her until now? How? This law has been in place since 2010. The Post is less and less of a newspaper and more and more like a coffee klatsch for bored DC bureaucrats. We don't take it anymore, or really even read it online.
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  131. It would not 100% surprise me if this harridan Cristina had another go at the Falklands in the future. Its something leftists in Argentina do to gather support from idiots. All over public places in Argentina there are little "las malvinas son argentinas" signs. Never underestimate the power of stupid.
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  132. Its already touching them! Argentina is for vacation, do not buy or invest in anything there. The people are stupid and vote accordingly, over and over and over. And these are real elections, we actually require voter ID and voting is mandatory (stupid idea). This is what the electorate wants, Cristina forever. Leaving was the best thing I have done. Now I have to get out of the US lol.
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  133.  @jeffb.140  How do you know the bus was on time after dropping you off at your hostel? I assume you were no longer on said bus? Or were you so taken by the driver you followed him? Scandinavians are polite and orderly and very punctual (from my south American perspective amazingly punctual), but customer service I find wanting. I stayed at a nice hotel (the one that calls itself "the nicest") in Copenhagen and even the hall lights were calibrated to turn themselves off, leaving guests who weren't Olympic sprinters standing in a dark hallway trying to figure out how to get to their rooms. I loved living in Copenhagen and I liked the crazy Danish ways, but good service? Its just not something they do. Probably something to do with Holger Danske or Jantes Law.
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  134. I just got back from Holland. It is open. No masks except at the airport. People are out at shops, restaurants and bars, indoor and outdoor. No issues flying in. Germany is a mass of nonsense.
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  135. Many currencies in South America are basically pegged to the dollar, and some countries actually officially use it. Uruguay and Argentina, for instance, price most stuff over $100 in US dollars. And the people in Argentina hold huge amounts of cash dollars because the peso is a disaster and the banks are not trustworthy. They will probably be hurt more than the average American.
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  136. Untrue. It varies by state. For instance one extreme example is that you can vote right from jail in Maine. Many states automatically return your right to vote when you are not in jail and in the rest you can petition to have the right restored.
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  137. OK, Europe is off the list. Thanks for saving me a ton of money trying it out!
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  138. Ooh, I love what you have done with your Bogota apartment, you have improved it quite a lot! Cheers.
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  139.  @Dis_is_fine  Exactly. Recently I sat next to a lovely gentleman from Uganda on a flight from the US to Europe. He showed me pictures of his house in Uganda and lots of snaps of his life, and it all looked very nice - modern house, the cows outside it were different but whatever, some wealthy Ugandans love status-symbol cows (and he had a collection of really fancy looking bovines I tell ya). But when I really pressed him on life in Uganda as a full time permanent resident he admitted he lived most of the time in Virginia USA and Dubai with vacations in Amsterdam. So he has a trifecta (quadfecta), of which Uganda plays a small part. I have his contact details and will 100% visit, but visiting <> living full time.
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  140. It is a really good travel document, maybe that is what he means. I agree more with you about the direction of things. And you know that these rules will relax much more for a certain type of New German who wants to enter Germany and vote there than for Germans living abroad who want to add another nationality.
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  141. Its literally impossible to know if you have filed a return correctly, unless its 1040EZ. Which means any time you sign a return it can be used against you and a crime can be found that requires payment + fees + fines + interest.
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  142. I think we need several. I was thinking Uruguay but its expensive and they just closed their borders to their own citizens who are abroad. So that one moved way down my list. If they can do that crap once they can do it again. Maybe Brazil and somewhere in Asia? (I have US/Argentina now, Argentina sucks). And I am looking at an EU passport by descent. I want to be able to move around the globe without some bureaucrat closing doors in my face.
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  143.  @asparrow9876  I have heard that private planes are possible. Private boats as well. But you cannot legally enter the US borders without showing a vaccination certificate. Its a shame because once you get inside the US life is quite normal virus-wise, it is one of the most open places on Earth. You would need to fly/sail to somewhere green on that map - Mexico if you want to stay in North America. Inside Mexico there are still virus restrictions, masks and whatnot. But you can enter the country unvaxxed, they don't even ask.
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  144.  @asparrow9876  You might be able to board an international flight out of Canada using your non-Canadian passport. But really, you should probably speak to a Canadian immigration attorney about your options. They would be able to provide you with current information.
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  145.  @myrnafromcanada1216  Unvaccinated? How? I sometimes hear about Canadians that make it into the US. I am happy to hear it every time, but skeptical as well because unvaccinated foreign nationals are not allowed into the US. Biden made it a presidential order back in 2021 and his handlers seem to want to keep it in place. If unvaxxed Canadians are getting in it is either extreme good luck at some border control point, or some off the books method (or an official asylum visa which Canadians never receive).
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  146. He's a US Marine. I married one of them. They are generally patriotic and will fight to the end for their country. Or they were like that anyway, who knows now as the US military has gone woke.
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  147.  @Originalman144  Income is not the issue with FATCA. Its an obnoxious law that makes foreign banks not want to deal with Americans at all. You could earn $0 and have problems. Retired people have problems. It is awful, and probably one of the main "facts not feels" reasons people get rid of their US citizenship. PS. FATCA is so problematic you can have issues banking abroad even if you were born in the US, but you are no longer a citizen of the US (birthplace is on passports). And yes, the IRS may in fact hassle you if you fail to report one penny over the allowed exemption when working overseas (exemption is currently just over 100k). Zero accountants would tell you to rely on this "probably won't hassle you if you are only a little over" rule. The IRS is nasty, the tax code sucks and is overly complex, and this is another great reason to get rid of US citizenship.
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  148. As a woman, you can marry an Emirati (if you can find one in the sea of Brits and SE Asians). Citizenship takes a long time but residency is pretty much instant (so they can import more Bangladeshi child brides with less paperwork, obvi). And so true about them being extra nice to women, well-behaved modestly dressed expat women in particular! I cannot tell you how many lines I bypassed while living there and what great service I generally received everywhere I went.
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  149. Allahu Akbar
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  150. I don't know you personally but you would probably never meet an Emerati in the Emirates, you would be living in an expat bubble of glitz staffed by Indian guest workers. I have never had a problem in the UAE with harassment or whatnot. It is not my cup of tea (its fine for business, I actually go there for work sometimes) but for living it feels completely fake and is not at all my style. Tons of brits there, so if you are an Irish lady who hates people from England maybe this would be an issue, otherwise fine. Cheers
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  151. I am not even sure its an ethnicity! I think its to lump Mexico (North America), Central America and the continent of South America into one blob of "Spanish speakers" (Sorry Brazil, Guyana, Surinam!) that are south of Texas. I hear it most from Americans (as in from the USA). I don't mind, but its weird because I am from Argentina and our lifestyle is pretty different to say, Mexico or Bolivia. Even the language can be quite different. And none of us speaks Latin, LOL.
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  152.  @glennellis1584  1880s really, but I see what you did, without even using the other n word.
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  153.  @JamesSmith-qv9qo  I don't have enough Italian ancestors, they are the wrong gender, and they came very early (for Argentina, before 1900) so the line of descent is broken. The family is also missing documentation. My dad (a type A lawyer) tried to get his Italian passport, no dice. Strangely for Argentina my mom is 0% Italian, I am surprised I can't lose my nationality for this reason alone LOL. From what I understand Italian law made it much easier about 20-25 years ago (or so). Back then, during yet another severe crisis of state in Argentina, tons of (educated) people my parents age went for second passports in Italy and many received them. Now everyone moves to Spain. Barcelona is becoming a suburb of Buenos Aires.
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  154. We do tax it, its called the Clean Air Act.
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  155. Add more money and one will appear. Probably more than one. If you are taking a woman from one fabulous house to another business class or better you really shouldn't have an issue, in fact you might have a waiting list.
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  156.  @barackthecomposer6642  Biden wants to federalize zoning, so that HUD can put public housing/apartments/casitas/"density" in neighborhoods with single family homes. For the fairness, and the children, of course. What is amazing is that people in my neighborhood in DC, which is full of single family houses in the 2-20 million dollar range, have those idiotic virtue signaling yard signs saying they want "more density". LOL. I need to sell and get out.
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  157.  @louisbarbisan2608  Once you reach North Dakota you have actually left Canada and can pretty freely move around the US. There are no domestic travel vax mandates in the US. No guarantees that holds forever, I hear they are cooking up a new virus. The problem for Canadians is that you still cannot legally cross the US border as an unvaxxed foreigner tourist visa holder. Some Canadians get lucky and just drive across with few questions, but its not guaranteed.
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  158. Mexico is great until you enter. Then it is full on health theater everywhere you go.
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  159. I am so annoyed that the US will not allow foreign nationals to enter legally with just a PCR test (or no test). Maybe after 2022. Best wishes from your neighbor to the south. The US is currently annoying to enter for the unvaxxed, but fine once you get in. Even DC seems done with the health uber alles.
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  160. Dude. Canada is nice maybe 3 months a year. Unless you are a polar bear or live in Toronto where its 4.
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  161. Apparently I do nothing but waste Swiss people's time then, haha, thanks for the tip. No matter the city, language, meeting or ski resort, the Swiss seem really annoyed with me all the time - particularly any sort of "service" personnel.
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  162. I am sick and tired of Joe Biden.
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  163.  @hernandayala  I hear its fatal in the end =)
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  164. Argentina is a tragedy.
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  165. The Man in the High Castle is a short-ish book by Philip K Dick, one of the more interesting writers of our time. His unique imagination has inspired tons of interesting movies - Bladerunner for instance.
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  166.  @ib9511  The US needs to drop that obnoxious law, but we won't. Sorry, neighbors. Our government sucks too.
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  167. The new (awful) incoming German government says it will make getting a German passport easier, and relax the rules on not allowing German citizens to hold more than one passport. They also say they will allow you to choose your gender, so of course I want to go troll them and start my life as a German man as soon as this law passes. They say they will "reduce" the time to 3-5 years to put it in perspective. But the new government is going to tax everything even more than it is taxed now (its the stoplight coalition, with the useless allegedly libertarian FDP going along with the lefties and greens) so I would not bet the farm on the no cap gains on crypto thing going forward. They are going to have to tax everything to pay for what they are planning.
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  168. zero figure entrepreneurs, I love it.
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  169.  @toddjohnsen7996  Yeah Argentina (and Uruguay) is crazy with various quarantines lately, but I know some Aussies and Kiwis who have lived in Argentina for years using the "Buquebus" visa plan. Ferry to Colonia every 3 months. But its a new world now with the virus and borders close randomly.
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  170. Everyone else paid about 0% on their wealth in the US, therefore Buffett overpaid. The problem with the US is that idiots who don't know the difference between income and wealth (or really much about anything) vote, now right from the convenience of their couch months before and after election day. its not good.
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  171.  @Timithos  Lebanon really isn't even a country in any sense of the word. The people are highly divided and mostly crazy. The government goes from nonexistent to terrible, but it is completely incompetent to enforce its will on anything. Hezbollah runs half the country and has a parallel government, but does not seem inclined to impose Shariah or crush the party scene. In spite of this the lifestyle is actually pretty good. What is written in the paper is not what you experience in everyday life. Faraya has good skiing (the village sucks, the European village scene is much better). The private beaches are some of the best in the world. The nightlife is fantastic as is the shopping. I've never had a banking issue there, the banks have actually treated me better than banks in Argentina or the US. Its not for everyone, but if you have connections to the country its a good no-low tax lifestyle.
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  172. Ugh, such a long flight! Even with the massage plane seats. Personally I'd pick somewhere nice in Europe to deprogram my kids from Dubai's mall rat culture.
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  173. Find a seller who accepts crypto?
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  174. ​ @conversationclub8230  I couldn't live there full time, but as part of a trifecta it might be OK. And the rest of the Emirates are going the way of Dubai as far as style, even RAK. Dubai is basically the newest, glitziest city in India, it seems like every Indian Muslim lives and/or works there for at least a year.
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  175.  @HunkyMan777  The "olfactory experience" can also be rather bracing.
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  176.  @robtriton  Trump deranged people can't help it. You say Trump and they say FOXNEWSREEE. Its weird. And no, I don't watch Fox, and I'm a libertarian. Nothing really happens at 11:30, the guy just gives another of his opinions about large government and the direction of the US. Some of which I agree with and some of which I do not. But its still interesting.
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  177. News flash: There is never a one off tax. Once they figure out they can rob you they never stop.
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  178. Fact check Lebanon. There are some good doctors there but just remember these lists are published as clickbait. Lebanon on top probably get them more eyeballs on the list.
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  179.  @trevcam6892  The US permits multiple passports. Always has. Many Americans can become Irish yet so few do, it seems very odd to me.
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  180. It was a Sci-fi writer idea from the 1980s, his more famous book was Cryptonomicon. I don't see the world moving that direction these days, but what do I know? But Stepenson had a lot of interesting ideas.
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  181. I was harassed constantly in Istanbul, and I dress modestly and am not a flashy person. I travel all the time (or did) so I get the "local customs" thing, but this was above and beyond. Skeevy dudes, scammers and rug sellers constantly interacting with me any time I was visible. I couldn't even sit down in a cafe to eat without constantly being bothered. Its different if you are walking around with a male, but for women alone, Istanbul is not great. Unless you like being bothered.
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  182. " Also Dream body clinic in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico." Oooh, what is that?
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  183. @NostaIgia Because I am encouraging him to broaden his perspective and increase his options. He's not stupid, he gets it, but I have actually seen collapse firsthand growing up in Argentina.
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  184. Trump likes debt. But with Trump there was some small hope of a growing economy, which is one way out of debt (or to live with it). With Biden we will have even more debt, and stagnation and then Kamala. Americans under 60 really haven't seen how fast things can go to sh*t. They can, and once they do its very hard to get back to normal. Look at the history of my country, Argentina, as an example.
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  185. I can't wait for the new Agency of Eating, with armies of bureaucrats and enforcers to help us with this lifestyle. I feel healthier already!
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  186. on the streets? in the streets? I hate prepositions lol.
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  187. Do we really? America has become very shushy lately. I know its not the government, they have outsourced it to twitter.
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  188.  @michaelreid8857  Final quick example, you are an adult do as you please. Get a passport from Argentina if you want. I HIGHLY recommend you enjoy the country as a tourist. My uncle bought a rundown house in Mendoza to fix it up as sort of a passion project. He is an attorney, he had an attorney and a notary (its an important job in Argentina not just a stamp). A year after he bought it the government fined him thousands of dollars (zillions of pesos) because (they said) the property had various tax liens and levies against it. That were of course undocumented prior to the sale, but now are due, to the government. with interest, fees & fines still being added daily. Also do some research into the really nasty quarantine the country just had. This virus is the new normal, and the government of Argentina uses it to put everyone in prison whenever they like. Either a real prison if you go out and get arrested for being outside, or the prison called your house. There is zero reason to become a citizen of Argentina. Just renew your tourist visa forever by taking the ferry to Colonia every 3 months.
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  189.  @kippsguitar6539  Brazil is boring? That is not an adjective I would attach to Brazil! Loud, interesting, crazy, affectionate, lively, unruly, dirty, beautiful for a few. But I have never found it to be boring. If you want to get a Brazil residency get the right lawyer, because its also quite corrupt. With the right lawyer everything is easier.
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  190. @WILD JOKER BOXING PROPHET Yes, you do. There are a few (very few) exceptions, but in general Uruguayans are really orderly and follow rules and cant be bribed to ignore the rules. Every Uruguayan I know has been 2x vaxxed and boosted. Uruguay locked out permanent residents and passport holders in 2020, like Australia. They did not lock them in, but you needed special permission to enter your own country. This annoyed me.
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  191. I moved to the US as well and I agree.
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  192. Nobody hates America like Americans.
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  193.  @sylphmoon9657  Exactly.
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  194. Spain Spain Spain Argentina Spain Spain. LOL @ this list.
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  195. I don't personally care for fancy bags, but I did once sell a vintage Hermes bag for a ton.
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  196. I predict old "Lunchbox Joe" is going to nationalize (ie. rob) all the private pension plans on his way down the drain. It won't work, but its exactly the kind of thing crappy corrupt politicians do to "help us" and "promote fairness". Think about that before you put another cent in your 401K or IRA.
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  197. Which one would you suggest? I cant think of one myself. I like Europe just fine but service is generally bad. Part of it is probably a culture of no tipping, but its also a mentality.
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  198. Hopefully she at least said "Hello, how are you?" first LOL.
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  199. I would visit Paraguay first, if there is a residency requirement (and I think there is now) you may find its local charms get old pretty fast. Just about anywhere is OK for a visit, even interesting, but for spending serious living time Paraguay is not on my list.
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  200.  @JamesSmith-qv9qo  I am not that hot on being Italian, it seems sort of like the Argentina of Europe. I have a US passport and we are going to become St Lucians thanks to the advice here. I want a travel document from somewhere small and disorganized. I have German ancestry too, and women could not pass that on until the 1970s (iirc, fact check me if you are trying for that citizenship or call Nomad Capitalist, to me it seemed very complex/impossible to become German), so I guess Italy is progressively less sexist, LOL.
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  201. Everywhere is different but yes, I agree with you and also agree that people gloss over this aspect of immigration. The I hate America types often use it to say that "everything was free and better" in some other place on Earth. I have never been asked for my insurance card more than in Uruguay (often featured in Travel and Leisure as the most perfect place ever of any time for expats). I joined a gym and they demanded my insurance card. The last time I entered the country they asked me (for covid testing purposes) to show them an insurance card. I have private American insurance that works overseas so it was fine, but if you do not it can be an issue.
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  202. I went with my husband. They are completely racist against Indians, but he had no issues as an American black person. 0% problems.
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  203. This guy only helps people do legal stuff. Also I predict 5 people are going to reply telling you about crypto, lol.
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  204.  @guilhermesalesferreiradaco2934  Ah, I get it. Chile is pretty orderly. I don't see the passport application getting lost until you provide a large tip for it to be found and processed, Chileans just aren't like that. Argentina is a different story, they are gonna start robbing you the minute you land there, but both have great "off season" skiing for people from the Northern Hemisphere. Cheers
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  205. For anyone else who doesn't know what island - per google its Keswick Island.
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  206.  harvey swinestein  I hear ya, I currently live in the US (and do not seem to hate it as much as most people here). The US would be better if it were still functioning as a constitutional republic with some sort of limits on the central government power, out of control agencies, and their bought and paid for corporate shills. The thing is, I have lived all over the place, there are awful people everywhere and nowhere is perfect. I guess you just have to keep moving around - until some new pandemic or green initiative makes travel impossible. The lockdowns and health uber alles initiatives are my current biggest threat to "being treated best" - this channel does not really talk about them at all. The US is actually pretty good for freedom to walk around without a dirty rag over your face, or the requirement to share personal medical data with every waiter and hotel concierge.
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  207. Do you rent or live with family? I'm from Mendoza, you could squeak by in Mendoza if you didn't have to add rent, never ate out, and didn't ever buy any luxury good, but it would be a bit grim. I honestly didn't know Cordoba was that inexpensive.
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  208.  @Aletheia_Z  In Argentina? Do not use a bank for anything! Change money with people (shopkeepers, locals you trust) and keep the money with you or somewhere safe (or in a foreign bank in a country that does not constantly rob the banks). Do not use a bank in Argentina! The average street money changer is much more honest and has better rates.
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  209. Before you call anyone have your assistant pull your criminal background check, your vaccination records (especially measles), and your guaranteed income statements. Then get all of these apostilled. Unless you are doing citizenship by descent these are probably the first things Andrew will ask you for, and the apostille process takes a while these days.
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  210. I know it is not allowed on this channel but although the US has issues, I like that the people are feisty and tired of the virus nonsense. I enjoy not wearing masks and not being required to boost every other day. At some point we may leave (we both have 2 passports), but not today. 'Virus response" freedom is important for us given what we have seen over the past 2 years almost everywhere else.
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  211. Always.
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  212. It is like that in some places right now.
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  213. It depends on your priorities when you say loss of freedoms. I travel a lot and have family in several places in Europe and South America. Of these places the US actually has some of the least annoying pandemic response rules once you are inside the country. Censorship in the media as well, I always shake my head when Americans say this, they have no idea. The US is full of alternative media outlets and talk radio, etc. Things that are not legal or present in much of the rest of the world. Divides in society? Yes, the political class in the US foments race and class unrest to stay in power. Its new and ugly in the US to the degree that I see it, and I actively dislike it. But its just normal political rhetoric in Argentina where I am from. I would at least say go take a year's vacation in several cheap places that you might want to retire. Try before you buy because it is not all as advertised online.
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  214. Its not that the people in other countries don't support a wealth tax, its that their governments aren't in a position to implement one, yet. Prosperity breeds an entitlement atmosphere in the average person. These taxes and rules will happen anywhere once the conditions have been met. People are people everywhere, envy is in everyone. Watch Singapore, its ahead of the curve in Asia.
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  215.  @baronsilverbaron757  Do you live with another native English speaker and speak English all the time at home? This can make it more difficult. My English was good but I always had to think when speaking it, and many accents were simply incomprehensible to me. Back then speaking English made me tired - it was a lot of work for my brain, even if I sounded OK. Eventually I moved to the US and married an American. At that point my life became 100% English, all day every day. We refused to devolve into yet another Spanglish household. I would say that within 3-4 months or so I was able to speak and understand almost all English without excessively thinking and working at it. OK, my English is not perfect but I can communicate without stress and without becoming exhausted by the language. I can crack jokes and make meaningless small talk. I can listen to snippets of conversation in crowds and understand them. Mastering a foreign language can be done, at any age, but it's really hard. Kudos to anyone who tries.
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  216.  @justintie  Of course. But its never the one and only, is it?
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  217.  @KazzArie  Ditto for people from Argentina. We know what is America the country vs the continent.
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  218. Nice, congratulations on the lifestyle. I have to figure out how make my life portable, then convince my American husband!
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  219. I assume there were a few happy moments at one point?
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  220. We need some sort of consevatarian party.
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  221. Internet sucks in Argentina. In some areas its OK, others its a freaking joke.
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  222.  @GGWP-nx3kn  Its not all women, that's why our government has to work so hard to keep glorifying single mothers and eroding the institution of marriage. Married women over 30 have been a pretty reliable and sensible group and generally do not vote for more government power (or leftist-collectivist lifestyle, or whatever you want to call it).
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  223. My husband left the room when you said Spanish is easy to learn haha. I think basic get around town Spanish is pretty easy and most Americans under 50 have studied a bit of it. But to fully master it can be very difficult, in fact it might be a language that becomes more difficult to learn as you learn it. We have US/Argentina now by default, but I would change that for Canada/Uruguay/Singapore. My tax haven would probably need a tax haven, but I like clean places for living. Malaysia looks good in your pics, and we have good friends from Serbia (who hate the place) so we might look there.
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  224.  @markbartel216  You already know the answer, the Ample coalition is keen to convert as many New Germans (you know, the ones Merkel invited over) into voters and citizens ASAP. They are much less keen on letting actual Germans get a second nationality and passport to ease their exit from the country.
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  225. One advantage for women in many parts of the Middle East is that if they marry a citizen of that place they get residency quickly. This does not work in the reverse - women cannot grant residency/citizenship/work permit status to their husbands in Arab countries. This includes the UAE. And remember, the men can marry several women so read between the lines on how difficult it may be to find someone willing to enter into that state. Just be sure to keep your other passports in good order, hopefully at least one in a place where women are fully considered citizens.
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  226. We checked out Ecuador (me and my gringo husband who hates Spanish). Its OK, uses the dollar and English works in many places. It is FULL of Americans (and Canadians too but mostly Americans) who sit around complaining about the USA LOL. I feel them, I complain about Argentina but not to strangers on the beach! Just to you chumps on the internet! Everyone I know loves Colombian ladies (and the country as well), but it can be rough in some areas. If you like the North American lifestyle as far as security and hygiene (and really, who doesn't?) it can be a bit, I don't know, dirty? Sorry Colombians, feel free to fact check that or find a better word but he honest haha. Chile is closest to American levels of hygiene and order right now, but start reading the local papers, there are government problems there (such as writing a new constitution). Ecuador was the least expensive most dollar and American friendly of the three to me. The expat complainers selling BLM nonsense to my husband makes it a no go for us. He's American, pretty conservative and black, he just does not want to hear woke white people telling him how to think, and they certainly were. Maybe if you don't mind this Ecuador would be fine, it has a lot to recommend it. Sorry for the long answer but were in the same process of investigating other options.
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  227. Corruption and mandatory voting too. Nothing like mandatory voting to get layabouts and idiots to the polls to vote for more "free" stuff.
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  228.  @joeblow9126  I could not disagree more. Its Peronian or just plain nuts. But libertarian? No.
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  229.  @Andreas4696  In Argentina we do grilling better than most other places, and make some really nice wines. Personally I love my Malbecs. Other than that its a country that treats its citizens like crap and robs tourists blind - a violation of the "go where they treat you best" thing. Cheers
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  230.  @Chris-gs7cq  The surfer? I was at his inauguration, hes OK and I was glad he won but FA ("Broad Front") is still there, lurking around winning in Montevideo, and the country has a whiff of woke. I like it, but Uruguay aspires to be Canada. Its not the bastion of freedom and perfection sold by International Living mag.
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  231.  @amcmillion3  I'm still waiting for it to end. Places that have instituted extreme health theater once are more likely to do it again whenever they like. The ease with which I can be locked into my house, annoyed and sprayed and whatnot when permitted outside is a factor in being treated best. Governments rarely voluntarily surrender new superpowers. But I get it, its not a Nomad Capitalist concern. Not my channel, not my call.
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  232. I am confused, is your older brother's father your father?
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  233.  @lostandfound459  Interesting, I will look for it. I am always trying to improve my English sayings and phrases. Thanks!
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  234. My brother was born in Beirut, Lebanon. Its on his passport for life which always gives me a laugh. To be fair it has never been a problem, just an occasional topic of conversation with customs people bringing their A game, actually reading the whole document. The dumbest passport for immigrants is Uruguayan - your nationality in the passport is your original nationality (legal citizenship conveys only citizenship, not nationality). Its retarded and causes huge problems even just going to Brazil or Argentina.
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  235.  @jaymann9183  Don't forget that they have also invested heavily in the local politicians.
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  236.  @musiciansonships3898  Its possible its still a good real estate investment, but I wouldn't recommend it for solo female tourists.
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  237.  @musiciansonships3898  Yeah, me too I was on business in Istanbul. It was OK if I was with other people, even other women. Going out on my own (as in walking from A to B, not partying at 2AM) was a disaster of intrusive, unwanted attention of all varieties at all times of the day. We did go to some coastal beach towns as well, they were completely full of tourists, many Germans. The environment there was more generic cheap- European tourist rip off. I was with a group so I don't particularly remember being harassed, but I do remember naked fat Germans on the beach. I'll probably remember that forever.
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  238. You still have to deal with the IRS annually.
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  239. Next up, Canada!
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  240. I worked for a US company, they offered me a transfer which made it easy for me. Probably a paperwork nightmare for them. In spite of what people say, I have found the US welcoming and accepting of legal immigrants, and pretty permissive of people who overstay visas. I am college educated, work in tech and finance and was single when I arrived in the US. Good luck!
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  241. Are we talking Asian as in Pakistani or Asian as in Japanese?
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  242.  @sydneegoodman2615  That's not really an answer as you well know.
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  243. I see stagflation and loss of reserve currency status over time, I cannot see how we will achieve sufficient growth under a Biden/Harris administration to outgrow our debt bomb. This would seem to be a global issue, but for those of us stuck with dollars only it could be a problem, especially for anyone over 50 or so, because you will be dead before it corrects itself. Biden/Harris could last 16 years if they let old Joe live that long. So as much as getting out of America seems nice, the dollar needs a look too. My wife is from Argentina, we won't be moving there, that country is the definition of hot mess, with a side of Malbec to lure people in.
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  244. How is the internet?
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  245. The essence of EU citizenship. Hahahahahahaha. Let me catch my breath. OK. Hahahahahahahahahaha
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  246.  @michaelreid8857  I am a US citizen as well. Its not an issue of travel. My issue is how Argentina treats its own citizens.
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  247.  @michaelreid8857  You can "obstante" the "laws" by simply driving on a highway or trying to run a business. or daring to own a house. Come over for a beer, I can tell you tons of stories about the place, my family runs a vineyard. Dealing with the government is like dealing with the mafia, only its more powerful. The expat experience in Argentina is fine, great even. Become a citizen and get substantial assets there? Not unless you are an idiot.
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  248. They want you dependent on government - at any income level from welfare recipient to crony capitalist.
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  249. Russia tends to be a "pay to pass" country. This may also apply to language tests for residency.
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  250. 100% true. Also true for really touristy areas. No reason to be nice when everyone is a one time customer.
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  251.  @leonelgaldinomonteiro4783  Yeah, I was gonna ask "How's your German" haha.
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  252.  @leonelgaldinomonteiro4783  Yeah I have no problem with it at all. I actually speak German myself. There are a lot of Germans in Paraguay, the BBC did not lie to you.
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  253.  @mobileandroid5299  You can throw away the passport, or not renew it (my plan) but you cannot renounce it. So why add that hassle to your nomad life. Wealth tax forever, whee! Kircher forever, whee!
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  254. I like KLM business class because you get that little house full of Dutch hooch. I have a little collection of them. Unfortunately they partner with Delta in the US. Flying Delta through Hartsfield Airport is a double whammy of awful.
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  255. Let's face it, an electorate that can choke up a Joe Biden is not in a healthy place. Especially after a Donald Trump, its a mess and reminds me of my home country. Some finance types I know like Yellen because they feel they can predict what she is going to do, I personally have doubts that it matters that much. I am doing the St. Lucia thing right now, and getting a Schengen passport by descent so I won't get locked off the continent every time a new flu rolls around. Sorry Andrew, I am not rich enough to hire you to do it or I would. I recommend your page often.
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  256. Kids do play outside in the US. I see some right now, and I live in a large urban area.
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  257.  @multifacetedshaye6657  I live in the DC burbs, they are outside constantly.
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  258. Yes, sorry i didn't see this but it is much improved. I wonder what he did with that low round topped door. No, I am not a stalker, I am just into design.
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  259. I have given up reading people's reports on subjective things, such as the top 10 of just about anything. It has been very refreshing.
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  260.  @sortathesame8701  I think she will keep him around for 2 years, so she can be president for 10 (current legal max)
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  261.  @panaceiasuberes6464  I mean they don't even really run away all that often. They just sit at the trough. But this is the difference between crony capitalism and capitalism.
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  262. ​ @JamesSmith-qv9qo  Its true! Miami is not my personal jam (but I'm warming to Florida!) however I never have to rent a hotel room when there. I can always find a friend or family member with an empty condo.
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  263.  @georgerivera9220  The US permits multiple passports, as does Israel. In fact about 10% of Israelis are dual nationals. There are many Americans volunteering in the IDF right now. There are members of past and current US governments (including elected officials) who are dual nationals. The list is Israeli-American dual nationals is really, really long and has been so since the founding of Israel (Golda Meir was an American Israeli for instance). Good luck getting the IRS off of your back by just picking up an Israeli passport or joining the IDF. Every Jew in America would do this immediately, LOL. I might even convert myself.
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  264. Or threatening maybe. Let's see if it matters to Albany.
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  265.  @bossthefluff  Suriname, Dutch, Guyana, English. Neither is a romance language.
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  266.  @bossthefluff  Belize, English. There may be more.
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  267.  @PauloGaetathe_original  And I live in America, OMG! Even worse! How dare anyone from Argentina express an opinion or offer advice on a place they have visited 1000x over the last 35 years! I shall duct tape my fingers together right now in penance and maybe fast for a week or two. I reckon Lisa Lyons is from North America somewhere, the Paraguayan lifestyle is something she should see before she pulls the figurative trigger.
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  268.  @JamesSmith-qv9qo  Its because we are just too sexy! No, I think its really because Argentina is like the USA of the South in some ways. Its a loud country whose problems spill out onto its neighbors. In spite of our extreme corruption and terrible government we keep swinging for the fences, and this annoys people. But Paraguay really has very little moral high ground (read its history, its amazing haha), its just that nobody knows its there until they read a sales brochure for cheap citizenship abroad. if saying that makes me a very bad lady so be it. It is not the "1.5" world" country Nomad Capitalist talks about.
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  269. I recently drove across the Dutch German border at about 110km/h - obviously waiting to press on the gas for real after reaching Germany. There was a spot where they could have asked me to stop but they didn't and it didn't look like it was really ever open. But be careful, Europe is going crazy right now.
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  270. Don't worry, we're printing plenty, night and day the presses never stop =)
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  271.  @jakefallon2335  Its a joke with the boringness of a Vancouver or Toronto, LOL.
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  272.  @notthatyouasked6656  I looked it up. "April 1993 to March 1994 US Passports had a green cover to honor Benjamin Franklin and the 200th anniversary of the US Consular Service." I am not old enough to have seen pre-1960s green passports in use.
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  273. Spain? Sorry, had to say it =)
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  274.  @rajshreyashadhav3052  USA. We are also about to get a bunch of carbon based taxation I bet, so the breathing tax is a growth market here.
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  275.  @Stromen  I have met so many Swedes, Danes and Norwegians who say the same thing - they learned English via video games. Kids, remember this when your mom tells you to get off the computer and go outside. You are not engaging in virtual warfare with your friends and wasting time, you are mastering English, the international language of business and commerce =)
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  276. Havre de Grace? Maryland is the California of the East, and I must have missed the nice part of the town, I was there not long ago! Seemed historically rough.
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  277. As far as I know Chile has absolutely insane residency requirements that go along with their permanent and temporary residency permits. Stuff like be in Chile for at least half the year, every year, basically forever until they give you full citizenship which may be never. And Chileans are organized and love enforcing their laws, they will know if you are sneaking out. Its a nice country but I don't think it counts as one that makes it easy to go live there. I believe they are writing a new constitution right now, who knows what nonsense they will stuff into it before they are done. Might be worth waiting to see.
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  278.  @pattimurphy5151  My point was that no, its not, there is no one safe place. Not even passport holders and permanent residents can enter the country right now. The borders are shut. Not even Uruguayans (I am from Argentina, not Uruguay) who are abroad can enter the country. And the Minister of the Interior is running around arresting people for "gathering" without a very firm definition of what that might be. Uruguay is nice and I like it, but it has a better reputation amongst Americans than maybe it deserves. It is also expensive for what you get, and it is developing a nasty case of SJW, but that is another story.
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  279. With several outfit changes!
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  280. Ah Argentina, the country that is literally a hot mess. If you like to be shaken down, robbed and mugged by your own government (oh and then locked in your house for an eternal quarantine) I recommend you Argentina! I am from Mendoza, its great to visit & my(American) husband loves it. But i don't recommend that you take up residence there or "invest" in any significant way.
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  281. Politics is what it is, a dirty but necessary business. It is the news that is really toxic. People literally "wake and bake" on the US media, and the media loves it because angry people consume more news. So they exist to keep the rage going. Be informed, but turn off the TV. You can be aware of current events without the talking heads.
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  282. Will I be opening dollar accounts in these countries? Am i the only one thinking that inflation is coming?
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  283. Everyone in Argentina goes to Colombia to get new silicone body parts and various other tweaks. I have heard great things.
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  284.  @MJ98774  Cheers. I actually just found this dude and I cant stop watching. My wife is from Argentina, she has really good radar for when a shitshow will go from ok to nokay, and shes less jazzed on her brand new US passport by the day. We aren't rich, but were comfortable, would like to find a couple boltholes to live without all the BS and hysteria.
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  285.  @rbotlion  We didn't start printing the money in 2020 LOL. Its been going on for much longer than that.
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  286. No, nobody ever does that, ever. Especially not in Central or South America. Never happens.
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  287. Not everyone loves where they are from. Argentina sucks! I am glad to have it in my rear view mirror, even if it was to get a US Passport.
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  288. @Deborah Hearne Yeah and in pure democracy it just takes 51%. If you confuse things with a parliamentary style government it can actually be much lower. Democracy can only be what people think it is ("free!") when it comes with strong individual rights. Otherwise its just mob rule.
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  289. In 5 years I can see Texas blue, unfortunately. That fake Mexican Beto came within 2-3 points of Cruz in the last senate race. It makes me sad to see.
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  290.  @qjtvaddict  That had nothing to do with his election against Beto.
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  291.  @donh5794  Hopefully he leaves for the Whitehouse in 2024.
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  292. Part of the year would be fine with me. Unless you are French its a good place for the wealthy.
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  293. @Pessy's ASMR Which really bugs me! I want no legal association with a country that shoots itself in the leg over and over. And try renewing a passport or doing your legally required voting, the Argentine embassies are slower and more corrupt than the country itself which is really saying something. I love my family but Argentina, the way it is run, makes me vomit. If Germans could get second passports tons of them would renounce. I know at least 20 who are waiting for the crazy new government to ease that restriction - its a big ask to have to renounce before you can legally nail down a new travel document. I told them when they renounce their German passports I will become a German man, because part of the new passport plan is you can pick you gender. I can't wait, Hans Schmidt here I come. Or maybe Wolfgang? with a von? That always sounds classy.
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  294. OMG his English. I am full of envy.
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  295. More dog poop than Amsterdam? I thought that was the poop capital of Earth. So gross.
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  296.  Mehedi Hasan  Gringos love Uruguay and parts of Argentina (BsAs). Of the two I'd go for Uruguay, but its not a cheap tax haven at all if you want a decent quality of life. Of course if you are willing to live in a cardboard box then really anywhere (with whatever climate you prefer) works.
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  297.  @toddjohnsen7996  I would be less than 100% confident in Argentine engineering, let them stick to lawyering. I get nervous near that big hydrodam near Malargue, you know its coming down someday with a bang. =)
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  298. I like having a car, I like to go where I want to go when I want to go there. But fancy cars are not my thing.
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  299. We said this in VA and now look at us.
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  300.  @VwapTrader  The language barrier is only permanent if you let it be permanent. I had a 6 month long headache when moving to the US but my English is fine now. It will never be perfect, but it works and that is all you really need! The hardest part is to just go for it and not worry about your mistakes. Go beat up some Mexicans with awful Spanish for 3-6 months and one day it won't be so bad. Or anyway that is how it was with my English. Mexicans are exceptionally friendly in my experience.
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  301.  @successandlifestyle  English works fine. Educated people speak English & French. The primary language of the country is Arabic (Lebanese dialect Arabic)
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  302.  @frederickmuhlbauer9477  Lebanon officially uses the US dollar, and everyone takes Euros as well. Its not for everyone but the lifestyle is nicer than people generally think.
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  303. If you are super rich or really poor it is fine. Other than that, get out.
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  304.  @crappyvegan  Yeah, I am confused by this, I've heard nothing about it.
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  305.  @paymans1153  Very bureaucratic is an understatement! If you are retired or maybe work under the table remotely or something it might be OK, but running any sort of business is just a nightmare. An absolute nightmare. France is a fine place to vegetate or spend money if you are in a good zip code, great food great wine blah blah, but its a bad place try to be productive. Just owning an apartment you can experience this. Firing anyone in France takes an act of God, including thieving harassing building superintendent/concierges. We ultimately had to bribe one to quit which cost around 4000 euros from each unit in the (small) building, and that was a while ago. In addition France now has tons of "permanent undocumented guests" lying around highway medians and public parks, and not just in Paris, its pretty widespread.
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  306.  @leplane_  Not Menem, more like Paul von Hindenburg.
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  307.  @JamesSmith-qv9qo  Just the CUNA problem, but for me it was a big one (until I solved it).
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  308.  @smartjackasswisdom1467  Unless you want to run from the lady spraying you down at the local restaurant it is certainly not optional. You would also have to tell her to F off as she asks you to wear your mask. Mexicans are polite and you can try to "gringo" around the rules, but as of last week they were really into masking and spraying. Including seeing Mexicans in the park, alone, wearing a mask. I was a little disappointed to be honest, I didn't think Mexicans would convert to sheep so easily. Honestly there is less masking in Washington, DC right now and DC people love them, its like a Prius for your face. So if you don't care you don't care, but if wearing a dirty rag over your face is not your jam give Mexico a second thought right now.
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  309. Nice hat, Mike.
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  310. I have spent so little time in Mexico, I need to go check it out. How is the quarantine situation down there right now?
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  311. Yes you are correct. Naturalized citizens gain citizenship in Uruguay, but they do not receive Uruguayan nationality, and it says it on the passport. Customs agents WILL have questions for you if you try to use the passport, and you may be required to get additional visas depending on how scary your original nationality is (it will be where you are born). I have no idea why a Uruguayan passport would be on this list, it shouldn't be until the Uruguayan government changes this law - and they aren't in a hurry. Uruguayan permanent residency may be worth it, the passport, no.
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  312. Its not the math skills of "millennials", not all jobs need the same skills. For me the issue with younger American employees ts their entitlement mentality. As an employer they often act like they are doing me a favor showing up. And showing up on time seems to be optional. Also US labor law can be insane.
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  313. I like it, suits him, no pun intended. He's a bit prissy but it works for him. Also, do people really strangle themselves with their ties accidentally? I am dubious that this is likely or common haha.
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  314.  @jeffb.140  Yeah I agree, Asia and some places in the Middle East are best I think. Europe -> Parts of the Americas -> Parts of "Arabia/ME" -> Asia. Of course there are exceptions and one can receive unexpectedly good or unexpectedly bad service anywhere (and it can be especially bad in big cities and tourist traps). I can deal with bad service, I actually think its funny sometimes. And you can certainly relax more in non-tipping cultures. Scandinavians for instance are never standing around with their hands out waiting for tips. You get what you get, and you like it or not. Oh, and Scandinavians are my type LOL, so the scenery is generally worth the price of admission.
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  315. @Fauci is-a-liar Yeah it is. I live in DC. I just have to drive about 45 minutes in any direction and it starts becoming very different to DC itself. Actually more so than going to most other places I travel outside the US as far as how the people behave, especially as regards the pandemic. Yes, the federal government overreaches constantly. Yes, big tech is evil. Yes, the country has serious issues. But my parents were locked at home for over a year in Argentina and needed special permission to travel even within the country. The reaction to the pandemic is not a thing unique to the US. The whole freaking planet lost its mind and most governments seemed to really enjoy the extra power. I know it is not fashionable to say this on this hate America channel but If you are anti "health uber alles" most of the the US (outside the big blue blob areas) is pretty good as far as the virus response. This is one thing about the US that is trending in the right direction. My biggest current complaint is that the US will not let unvaxxed foreigners enter at all, and the test for citizens to re-enter is rubbish.
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  316.  @andrewpeters8357  Still sucks you would have to lie to get out of a country.
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  317.  @serhat1  If they were in a group on a beach full of tourists they were probably irritated by various wandering vendors but not harassed. The other lady and I are discussing one on one personal harassment on the streets of Istanbul. It was extremely unpleasant. I have travelled pretty much everywhere and am not the fainting couch type, but it was too much for me. I wasn't mugged or molested beyond words and eyeballs, but other solo female travelers may want to be aware of this. It was a lot of words and eyeballs.
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  318.  @musiciansonships3898  I will just sum it up like this, in Istanbul I had to be on the extreme defensive all the time when walking around. No eye contact, walking briskly, ignoring little comments and people (men) accidentally walking too close to me. In broad daylight. I would never live in a place like that. Maybe its just me and you that have had this issue, but I doubt it. I was dressed for business, walking around during the day, and I am an experienced traveler.
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  319.  @serhat1  I have never been harassed as much and as constantly as in Istanbul. Has nothing to do with Islam, actually in many Islamic countries/Muslim areas its quite the opposite, especially for modestly dressed women. I walk around Beirut (yes I know its nominally a Christian country, but its not really) dressed how I like when I like. If one guy says "hey baby" so be it, its one guy. I don't even remember it 15 minutes later. That is part of why it shocked me.
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  320. Just watch out for these insane countries that are locking out citizens and permanent residents. I know I harp on this, but it is a thing now and if it can happen once it can happen again and spread around to other places as bad ideas generally do. You need more than one other option, and its probably a good idea that at least one of those options is a more "creative" country that will not (or is not organized enough to) pull that crap. I have a taste for clean places with no street dogs, but I am willing to get on a chicken bus these days in order to be able to move around and not be locked out of my beach house. F U Uruguay, F U. I have some real estate in Jose Ignacio for anyone dumb enough to want to buy it.
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  321. Kim Jong-un is that you? Bad boy! Go back home now, your sister is calling you.
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  322. Many people reside in the US for $0, and even if you cross in illegally or overstay a visa, Biden is not going to deport any future Biden voter so you can naturalize over time via about 1000 different methods (marriage, children, work, legal aid, complaining on TV). I am a legal immigrant from Argentina, I went to the US on a work visa, fell in love and married a local. I made money during the entire process as I was working, earning much more than I would have back home. The US has issues, but its more stable than anything south of Texas if that is what you are after. If you want action and growth and want to live in a developing country, Peru may be better. Or maybe not, that is the nature of risk. Besos desde Washington!
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  323. Do you think the new constitution will be crazy?
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  324. Your options for entering the US legally are very limited if you are not vaxxed and not a legal US resident or citizen. You can drive to the Canada-US border but student visas do not exempt you from the vax requirement. If you can get yourself across the US border you will be fine as there are no passport controls or vax paper checks for domestic travel in the US mainland.
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  325. Beirut, Lebanon.
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  326.  @747-pilot  Lets meet in a decade and take a look at Idaho, because Boise feels like Austin Texas to me, and Idaho has a relatively small population so one big city can flip the whole state. I love Idaho, it makes me sad but this is what I think will happen. Its too close to Cali.
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  327.  @BitcoinFootball  Yeah, rich no longer cuts it in California. You need to be so rich your staff keeps the homeless away from you. In the US that is really expensive.
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  328. By presidential decree, so I don't think it will change until we (hopefully) change presidents in 2024. Unlike the EU the US does not require a booster every 270 days so if you happen to find your old vaccination certificate from 2020 in your sock drawer or somewhere like that, it is sufficient. A Panamanian friend just visited me, he had a really weird looking WHO yellow full sheet vaccination certificate all in Spanish, and it worked fine although it looked nothing like the CDC ones we use in the US.
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  329. Berlin just voted for the apartment stealing plan, by a fair margin. Its not law yet, but it will be. Only 38-ish percent of Berliners were against it.
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  330. If you and your wife file taxes jointly and she remains a citizen of the US, then she will be subject to global taxation. So there will be an IRS in your life if you file jointly with her. For your kids it doesn't matter - their US taxes will have nothing to do with you. We dont have familial taxation, yet, lol.
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  331. Yes.
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  332.  @phtochk7  I live in DC, I feel fine where I am. As with everywhere on Earth, exactly what neighborhood matters.
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  333. Unvaxed and want to stay that way? Florida haha. Everything south of Texas is very vaxxy. In South America maybe Paraguay. The "safer" countries with mostly European residents (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile) are very much into vax, mask, lockdowns (whatever Europe and Australia are doing they are doing) and all the associated paperwork.
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  334. I just go there, mine comes along after about 2 weeks or so. You know, after all the food is gone and the dirty laundry is piling up haha. He always ends up loving it when he finally arrives.
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  335. Mexico City is in North America. Just like the rest of Mexico.
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  336.  @ChanaElisheva  It would be my plan Z-, but I am biased. And you can never get rid of it.
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  337. Yes, leave KamalaHarrisastan but please dont go to other states and vote like the same idiot you used to be.
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  338.  @DestinationJapan95  Yes, they do. And I do live in DC. It's not all hood.
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  339.  @lelandsmith2320  Yes, when she pushes Biden down the stairs shes president. Shes to the left of Bernie. No, really, she is consistently rated as the most leftist senator. And she carries the race and gender card, so she will be above reproach.
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  340. Holland once again had zero questions from me about vax status on entry, I just got back from there. The airline I flew to get there did have questions, and they were jerks about it. Pro tip: if you want to go to Germany, fly to Amsterdam and drive. Germany is still pretty nuts. I feel like travel is a crapshoot these days, you never know what is going to happen. At any point some airline employee or immigration official can say "Wait! Where is your 19th booster shot declaration! Do you want to kill grandma?!"
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  341. Yes, but you would have to take off your mask. Mexicans love masks.
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  342. The Ds already have legislation to create states out of DC and PR and both territories want it, how do people not know this? LOL. I get the whole "I have expatriated and no longer care" but lets not be willfully silly. If I were a D it would be a top 5 on my D wish list and if they win "bigly" in GA they can (and likely will) do it. After all, its for the fairness, right?
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  343. Also watch out for bond initiatives. They aren't retroactive but I just became a US voter and the citizens in my area recently voted to add a big "one time" government surcharge to themselves (because it had a nice "Save all the Kittens Now!" type title and because they are stupid). This is In an area where the government serves nobody well. Its just a theft so that politicians can pay their friends to pretend to build something (infrastructure! its for the children!) and they don't even hide it. I had silly ideas about how Americans were and how they thought before I moved here! I thought they were smarter than this! If they can surcharge me once, they will absolutely do it over and over, with the support of 50.00001% of the voters. Frustrating.
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  344. I know! And how the hell does the Sierra Club get standing in court everywhere? I can't! You can't! But they can "on our behalf". Or on behalf of some fish. Its just a sign of the decadence and corruption. Maddening.
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  345. Is yak wool itchy?
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  346.  @adrian-4767 Much of Latin and South America has/had terrible lockdowns and are full of vax mandates. Costa Rica is currently vaccinating all its kids, Argentines and Peruvians were locked at home for like a year, Chile is still nuts, Uruguay is on booster round one million and the list goes on and on. I hear Nicaragua never had mandates or lockdowns but I have not fact checked that yet. Nor is that proof that it won't happen in the future, Ortega can do whatever he wants with the place. I know its not popular to say here but most of the US is the best I've been if you do not want to be jabbed, masked and locked down.
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  347.  @guilhermesalesferreiradaco2934  Now they want both, LOL.
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  348. No place, even a fancy villa, with 200 stray dogs and cats outside the door is nice. I have never liked this, and I like it less having lived in the US for a while.
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  349. I'm getting the popcorn.
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  350. OMG he called us Frito Banditos, REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. I am triggered.
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  351.    We have blue cross.
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  352.    Sorry, my reply was truncated. We are allowed to keep it even past age 65 as it is part of a US federal pension scheme. Most people over 65 in the US are forced into a government run plan that is nowhere near as widely accepted.
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  353.  @snterp  I mean I could do without the global "dumb and fat" contingent, but alas they are with us everywhere. Its such a shame! I had a bad time in Barcelona with my American husband and it tainted my view of the entire country (unfairly). Maybe I need to take another look. I listened to Mr. Casey on this channel and "don't live in the country that holds your slave papers" struck a chord with me. Cord? Chord? English, so fun!
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  354. Me too, and we ceased all business operations in that craphole a decade ago and I still hear from them. Illinois and NY are not far behind in terms of stunningly unattractive business climate with overly aggressive state collections tactics. Oh and Hawaii, do not get me started on Hawaii. Every aloha & mahalo costs you $50.
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  355.  @pr3ttypimpcess  Totally female? Who commits fully to a gender in 2020. Asking for a friend.
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  356. I was also for leaving before the pandemic, but we are staying for now. I am an immigrant to the US so have another passport (for what it is worth) and my American husband became St. Lucian just in case. But for now we stay put and join you with the red thing.
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  357. Service is crap for the money everywhere in Europe.
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  358.  @clintweathers4755  The only thing i know about Brazil is that they have birthright citizenship like the US, nothing else comes to mind. Good luck, I love southern Brazil!
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  359.  @davesmith5260  I am in! I love Brazil, I honestly don't know how anyone gets any work done there (maybe they don't? LOL) because so many Brazilians are so friendly and spend so much time saying nice things to each other when meeting - even when meeting people they know very well and see all the time. It must take 4-5 hours to get to your desk at work every morning with all the running around telling everyone else how beautiful, fantastic and wonderful you think they are today.
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  360. In the US they will take the IRAs and 401Ks based on "fairness". Some people saved, some people didn't. UNFAIR! And they will do it in some 50,000 page omnibus budget reconciliation so you won't even know.
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  361. The US is a constitutional republic, not a democracy.
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  362.  @LoveClassicMusic0205  It's funny because I think it was a raging success for governments and they will absolutely do it again. Tyrants never return new superpowers. You would be denied entry to Canada either by an airline or at the border. US law is that unvaxxed foreigners cannot enter. I too have heard stories of Canadians crossing over via roads, but I've never met a Canadian who has successfully done so. I fear this is an urban legend. Border patrol takes its job seriously on our Northern border.
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  363. I am coming! Just to check it out with my gringo husband. We have to have more options to live a pleasant life without all this US/EU/Argentina BS.
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  364. Don't be a meanie.
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  365. My Lebanese driver left Dubai because his English was not good enough. LOL. Arabic is really not required to live there at all. But I get why it might be to gain citizenship. Thanks for the info.
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  366.  @Joao-xz7hc  Nope, they don't.
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  367. They want inflation because the US is a debtor nation. For them inflation means they can pretend to pay their debts with fake money. My country (Argentina) pretty much wrote the book on this. The US could raise interest rates and stop their irresponsible monetary policy and "fix" it (with a lot of pain), but they won't. Next comes wage and price controls and increased divisive rhetoric for political gain, just listen to Brandon right now. He is basically a sock puppet being run by the loony American left (and Ron Klain), getting whatever they want and being mad about it.
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  368.  @dsteere2303  You take a Yellow Fever, TB, and Hepatitis vaccine routinely before travel? That explains a lot!
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  369. You are either 7 feet tall are those are some low ceilings. Other than that the bones are good.
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  370.  @chanelc0  People reach deep these days in the search to be offended. I've heard the "America" complaint once or twice in Argentina (from women who like being offended) and zero times in Uruguay. Personally I think if Uruguay could eject itself from the Americas and stick itself onto Europe it probably would. I am American by immigration/naturalization and from Argentina. I am neither offended nor confused by these facts. Why echo silly complaints? Peru is Peru, Uruguay is Uruguay, Mexico is Mexico and Argentina sucks. LOL.
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  371. The Dutch government does not like citizens to have 2 or more passports. Germany is also very difficult about allowing citizens to have second passports. I believe Austria is the same.
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  372.  @madsgedanken6903  They allow it under "special circumstances" only. The new German government says they may change this, I am waiting but not overly optimistic.
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  373.  @madsgedanken6903  I have no idea how someone got a German and an Australian passport years ago, it must have been under "special circumstances". The current government has just now said it MAY relax the rules, but honestly, don't take my word for it (obviously you won't), verify with a German immigration attorney. Germans are also extremely picky about immigration by descent. I am currently sitting in a room with about 20 Germans who would immediately get a second passport were they allowed to do so. And I would get a German passport if it the rules were not so strict.
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  374. The US actually has a negative tax rate for the poorest. It's all irrelevant if they do not stop printing dollars like maniacs.
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  375. Get married to a local. Some local laws are still a pain, but it is very doable.
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  376. Anywhere that collectivizes your health is bad. And its a global trend, unfortunately.
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  377. Now if we could just stop the outflow of Californians into better run states, because they are bringing their stupid with them.
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  378.  @Redneckboy991  I hate that our US borders are closed to unvaxxed Canadians (and unvaxxed everyone else). Maybe with a regime change in the US this policy will change. Then you could just drive out and never look back. I saw what lockdown was like in Argentina, absolute insanity, very similar to Canada maybe worse. A big sorry from me on behalf of my stupid government holding hands with your stupid government to the detriment of us all.
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  379.  @ib9511  I hear Americans complaining about having to take a PCR test (rapid test, whatever, all these BS tests) when returning to the country. But for citizens (who are the only voters, in theory) there is no vax mandate to enter, just the annoying test. The mandate is just for foreigners who want to enter the country legally. I do not hear Americans complaining about the border vax mandate at all, so I think it will be with us a long time. I hate that it makes a prison colony out of Canada, and I hate that my unvaxxed foreign friends cannot visit. Maybe 2024. It cannot come soon enough.
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  380. Depends where you live. Outside big cities a car is great if you don't just want to go where they have built railroad tracks.
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  381. Clemenceau? I am dubious about any list with this on top, no disrespect to all the others on the list. There are many fine hospitals on Earth. Many doctors (the ones people want to see) in Lebanon are Lebanese-Americans fresh off the boat from California, botoxing the Real Housewives of Beirut. But no way anyone should fly to Clemenceau for a procedure (unless they are maybe in Syria, but even then just get yourself to Israel). Pick a hospital in a country where the power is always on. Anywhere you directly pay for the service called healthcare you will get better service and pricing than a place where it is third party paid and regarded as an entitlement. FWIW my rich Lebanese relatives always fly to the Cleveland Clinic, version 1.0.
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