Would you move back to your home country if you had a clean $500,000 AUD in your bank?
Posted by bbio93@reddit | AskBalkans | View on Reddit | 37 comments
No judgement just question :)
736384826@reddit
I surrenders my US green card a few months ago and moved back to Greece
Big-Vegetable4550@reddit
Nope. No amount of money could make me move back to the States from Croatia š
bbio93@reddit (OP)
No I mean would you move back to Croatia ? :p
Big-Vegetable4550@reddit
I know - I am in Croatia (adopted Croatian by marriage, born in the USA).
bbio93@reddit (OP)
If you donāt mind sharing your thoughts? On living/growing up in the US and happily relocating to Croatia ?
Big-Vegetable4550@reddit
I was a military brat (son of an Air Force Non-commissioned officer, and we moved several times before my dad retired when I was ten (including a couple years each in Canada, France and Germany). So I was used to moving from an early age. After I graduated as an engineer, I got a job that meant working in several countries, including two years in Croatia, where I met my wife forty years ago. So Iāve always loved Croatia (and BiH, where her ancestral family is from). Once we retired and after our daughter said she really didnāt want to live her whole life in the States (she spent some time with us outside the States growing up), we moved to Croatia, and Iāll be happy to live here the rest of my life. (I went back to the States for a couple of months last year, and it didnāt feel like home at all anymore).
NightZT@reddit
How is living in the states right now and what makes you feel that? I have many older family members that left in the 60s due to bad economy here, they are now very sad they left but can't relocate anymore because they are to oldĀ
Big-Vegetable4550@reddit
Honestly, things in the states seem so trivial to me now, like people arenāt holding to core principles and values. That may be connected to the fact that I canāt understand how more than half the voters voted for Trump and the people that enable him twice. Baffles the mind. And everything feels very commercial.
That reminds me of another thing - television in the states is outrageous. Commercials for medicines and supplements with a long list of side effects spoken at high speed. I know those are showing up in Croatian TV now too, but nothing like the number and frequency of US TV.
Infamous_Dish_4348@reddit
What are some of the biggest changes in your opinion?
Big-Vegetable4550@reddit
LOL - the biggest changes were mine! Iāve been living outside the states for 13 years now, so I see it like a foreigner. Some things are great, like how easy it is to find everything in the stores. But food in the supermarkets is really expensive, massive portions and pretty bland (almost plastic). Even upscale supermarkets were nothing like the town market and butchers and fish markets ten minutes from me here - the taste of stuff is so much richer. Even though I was within walking distance to a lot of stores when I was visiting the US, almost no one else was walking and the infrastructure was not set up for walking. Drivers had no respect for pedestrians (this was in Houston) - they fly past people halfway through a crosswalk like itās nothing (not sure if they donāt know theyāre supposed to stop, or donāt care). Tipping - I hate tipping. Not because Iām a spendthrift but because it angers me that the waitstaff in a restaurant is not paid a living wage and they are forced to hope for decent tips.
People were nice enough, and the food in restaurants was decent and there were a lot of good cuisines you just donāt find here in Croatia (outside Zagreb and other larger cities). And the craft beers are light years ahead of Croatia, at least for now.
Minerc15@reddit
Most of people i know, came back to our beautiful Slovenia :)
FoxFort@reddit
Yes, buy a two smaller flat, perhaps in Banja Luka. Rent them out for some passive monthly income. Heck yeah.
Capital-Driver7843@reddit
No. I have kids that are more Germans now. Plus the money is not that much tbh. One flat in Sofia is 200-300 kā¦.
Infamous_Dish_4348@reddit
Dude convert it to USD or EUR if you want more answers
bbio93@reddit (OP)
330,000 EUR
c4tellano@reddit
yeah, come
bbio93@reddit (OP)
Come to where ?
c4tellano@reddit
For investing opportunities, i'd say Albania considering they plan to join the EU by 2030.
For living quality, i'd say Croatia.
bbio93@reddit (OP)
Iāve heard Croatia has a nice living quality compared
bbio93@reddit (OP)
Would love to visit Albania though ! Underrated country that gets far less attention than it should
CtrlAltDesolate@reddit
Wouldn't move back to the UK if you stuck another 0 on it.
bbio93@reddit (OP)
š donāt blame you
ragingtemper@reddit
Lets say that you will use 30k to relocate, buy a used car etc, you are left with 300.000⬠to start a small business or buy a property. These are enough money if you want to come to Greece which is the most expensive Balcan countriy when you take account of the low wages it offers
I think the best choice to relocate would be on Turkey on the Aegean coast, though, since you will have better currency exchange and Another great choice would be coastal Croatia.
In the end it, is a lifestyle choice for me 300k are enough money to start a life.
OkoMushrooom@reddit
What a silly question, certainly not š
blumonste@reddit
I would and I will, hope I don't regret it.
GreatStrategist26@reddit
I am still living in it and I donāt have 330,000 EUR.
bbio93@reddit (OP)
Macedonia is a special place ā¤ļø
Substratas@reddit
No. Money is not the issue - itās the people in general.
This_Music682@reddit
I would love to live a Hybrid-Life. Between MK and Germany. Would be lovely :)
bbio93@reddit (OP)
Thatās the dream , Macedonia is a beautiful place no where else like it ā¤ļø
TheMediumJanet@reddit
I would not
Worried-Owl-9198@reddit
To be honest, I would return even if I only had 5 dollars in my pocket. My aunt died in an unexpected car accident last year. My cousin was living in Australia, and we had to give him the news over the phone. We had to bury her immediately, so he couldn't make it in time. By the time he arrived, his mother was already underground; he didn't even get to say a final goodbye. Some things simply cannot be measured with money. Australia is a place that demands heavy prices for these kinds of situations.
bbio93@reddit (OP)
That is very sad Iām sorry to hear that, I think there is such a mix of monetary opportunity but then you miss out on the things that are in your heart
levenspiel_s@reddit
Nope. It was never about money.
bbio93@reddit (OP)
Thatās fair enough
Right_Map8151@reddit
Most definitely screw good money if you are have nobody around you to spend it, i would in a heartbeat. I have bin living in the EU for 7 years now and im the process of returning back to serbia since i made enough money i don t need more of it i miss my friends and family and my culture and no amout of money could ever replace that.
Successful-Biggy@reddit
Depends on where the home is lol