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Over 1 million immigrants in two years in the middle of a cost of living crisis and without the infrastructure to support it is such a kick in the teeth for middle and lower class Australians...
@Mr500RWHP stop complaining about immigrants who contribute fair amount of value to the Australian economy, personally you start saving more and it won't be an issue in the future
@@muhindikilamahali3242 the complaint is valid, letting over 1 million extra people into the country without the infrastructure to support it is a dumb move...simply saving more money isn't a good idea long term either, the currency gets devalued at around 10% per year...
everyone is too "comfortable" and has to work so hard to get the little luxuries they like that they are too scared to do anything that might loose that.
The issue with Australia is that you're punished for being poor. Want to live in a shed on a cheap block of land? Illegal. Want to live in a caravan on your friends suburban block? Illegal. Camping on a rural-zoned block of land so you can actually save to build a place by yourself with your own hands? Absolutely illegal. Australian's in poverty are legislated to death with bureaucracy and red tape. Australia criminalises poverty. If you have the means to get out, go, there are so many beautiful countries right at your doorstep. Don't listen to people who tell you to suck it up and tough it out. They're stuck in Australia and are resentful about it. Get remote work, live on your terms, and enjoy the adventure that life was meant to be.
I agree with you adding that these restrictions are just about freedom, not being poor. If you own land you should be able to do whatever you want on it that fits someone's lifestyle of interests if it doesn't harm other people. It's nanny state regulations.
@@AussieInRussia4005 Australian Federation are behaving like national terrorists and I think the problem extends to most commonwealth and western countries.
Yep the parasite/beurucracy class has grown so large and built up so many rules and regulations (to give them something to do) that it's become oppressive. I would rather sleep in a shed and be able to actually save up significant money, but it's not really an option, both culturally and legally, so you are forced to spend 40-60% of your income on shelter. Part of it is that they want to keep property prices up at all costs.
Very well said. Balanced and true. How dare anyone question the free will of someone else merely looking for something better . Beggers belief that so many Aussies give themselves the right to do so with such flippant arrogance .
100% agree. I'm 55yo Aussie and it's hard to believe the rate this place is going down the drain. Sadly, this has all been predictable for the last 30+ years - and there is nothing on the horizon that is going to turn the place around. Our corrupt political class sold us out.
They've decided allow the money printers to monopolies their industries and decided to embrace these jglobaloid's perverse plan for humanity. Hence they have sold their Christian nation out!!! Happening all over the Western world unfortunately!
I'm 59 and you are spot on mate,exactly the changes we have seen over the past 20-30years.Very sad as my kids have no chance to secure a place of their own in this Country.We sold up to be closer to family back in Sydney so no chance for us either,I am so keen to move to another country with realistic prices and attitudes.
Here in Sydney we live in a fucking prison. I can’t drive anywhere without being hunted down for revenue. This place fucking sucks. They’re fucking us through every hole
Sydney reminds me of that great quote from the movie My Dinner With Andre: He said, “I think that [Sydney] is the new model for the new concentration camp, where the camp has been built by the inmates themselves, and the inmates are the guards, and they have this pride in this thing that they’ve built-they’ve built their own prison-and so they exist in a state of schizophrenia where they are both guards and prisoners. And as a result they no longer have-having been lobotomized-the capacity to leave the prison they’ve made or even to see it as a prison.”
Not just an infrastructure issue, but an ideological one. Our cohesive society is now fractured, and because the govt has handed out visas like lollies, it will never be able to be reigned back in.
Immigration isn't the problem. It's the rapidly growing wealth inequality. It's the multimillionaires and billionaires eating the middle and lower class alive and nobody even noticing
Speed cameras everywhere in SA now putting them in the back of tradie Utes, getting tired of this shit. Australia is one big police state run by BIG Government.
And SA was the state who prides itself on not being settled by convicts.... As they treat you like convicts. SA sounds like they have ex-Victorians running their bureaucracy. When I travel from NSW to Vic, I'm looking everywhere for speed cameras. It used to be the NSW Riverena was "Victoria's 4skin" (wannabee Victoria without the speed cameras) but that now sounds like the title goes to SA.
@@JasonISF That too. 💯 mate. I just got done racing to the vet to save my dogs life. Had to put him down in the end. I sent a letter and evidence to prove it to appeal as a medical emergency can be exempted. I was only over by 7kms in a school zone and not 1 kid in sight. I still had to pay it. Australia is a 💩 police state, and if C0vid didn’t teach us, other things will soon. Some will just take longer to learn it. For me, I’ve started looking and planning to leave. My estimate will be 2 years if the world holds together that long.
I lived and worked in Jakarta for 6 years many years ago and it was then that I realised that Australia was cooked when I came back . Aus has become a dumping ground of corrupt politicians hell bent on dividing us at every opportunity. Well done for having the courage to move . I’m not far behind you mate .
Australia will always be remembered especially victoria under dan andrews as been the most authoritarian under the covid restrictions, australia wins that and the state of victoria wins it outright in australia. I also recall the premier in northern territory been an absolute dick also but dont recall his name, gunner comes to mind as i write this but thats all i have
This slave mentality of "Just work 2 jobs and get a side hustle" has to stop. In the modern age If a person who has a single full time job and puts in the work can't afford the basics for themselves + a few kids then I say society is failing. There is no way that *basic* shelter should cost what it is, they have articifiacially pushed the prices up to insane levels
@@paulorocky Gotta be careful with boomers, they are so spiritually dead. Incredibly arrogant and just do no care about anything beyond their possessions and those cruises they go on all the time.
It's pretty straight forward if you scratch the surface - not dissimilar to the US, our two-party system is broken. By constantly voting in the same two parties, decade after decade, they have gained the confidence to create laws and policies that overwhelmingly benefit themselves and their rich lobbying mates. Australia is not in the state its in by accident - it is by design.
theres a power behind the scenes always in power (same across the western system of 2 party politics) , you me and everyone else just change the public face of it every 4 years , its an illusion brother , to give you the idea we have freedom of choice
Especially Melb. The City of Melbourne council have Toby Kent, WEF hired goon as chief resilence officer from 2015 to implement their surveillance-state smart city agenda 21/30. UN puppets planted all over in these cushy jobs, to turn our once-beautiful cities into 15 minute prisons/gulags.
The cost of living is only the tip of the iceberg. Deliberate flooding the country with immigrants, working families can't get, let alone afford a home to rent. Plus the prison walls are literally being built around us as we speak. Digital ID pushed through, next online censorship bill will be pushed through next will be cashless digital currency & 15 minute cities. Most Aussies have no idea how fast this prison is being built
100%. The future will be a global digital prison surveillance state. To create their new society, they have to destroy the old one..and all of society's traditional ways are crumbling today.
And the worst part is increasing numbers of our population are low IQ knuckle-walkers who wallow in QAnon whackjob conspiracies. How many more weeks until THE STORM finally breaks, pede? I forgot. Oh! That's right! Just two more weeks, right?
Mate, you got out at a good time. We now have a cost of living crisis which is being ignored by the government. We have a government (and opposition) who appear not to be working for Australians interest. Tent cities across Australia have become the norm. I'm mid 50's and have never seen anything like this. Most Australians paying attention feel betrayed by what the government is doing.
I sold off everything I had in 2009 and left the land of Oz. After 25 years in the workforce I had little more than 17K in the bank. What a loser? Nearly 15 years later in South Korea I have a 1.5 million dollar property portfolio, run my own business, drive a brand new SUV, and take regular holidays. Now this is what I call living!
@@Ondraythe1 Work life balance is a juggling act no matter where you live, nowadays. Indeed, that is a concern of many Koreans. It is difficult to convey the differences. When I lived in Australia I was single, and in and out of part time and contract work. In Korea I settled down, my work habits became more stable, and I got married and had kids. In a nutshell I think moving to another country, be it Asian, or anywhere else for that matter can be invigorating, and refreshing, opening up your mind to new ideas, and possibilities.
Moved to Bali and haven’t looked back! One word that sums up leaving Australia and now living in Bali, FREEDOM! Can live like a king in Bali, or like a peasant in Australia
Spot on mate. I consider myself a lucky Australian. Born and raised here. A good paying job my whole life. 37 years in one company. Own my own home, 0 debt a little bit of savings, no Investment properties. At 58 I cannot afford to retire here. Plan to retire overseas in a couple of years. I could never have imagined that even only 5 years ago, but here we are. We gone woke, aligned with terrorist countries, poorly managed, taxed to the hilt, house prices went vertical whilst salaries went sideways. Nah mate my heart has already left, I just need to catch up to it, convince my foreign Wife and Son we must go where we are treated best. Australia is NOT all it’s cracked up to be. Why live here if you cannot live on the harbour, experience the harbour, sea or beautiful nature when you must work like slaves to go nowhere with double incomes? What hope has my Son to buy his own home without my help or an inheritance? Nada. I’m investing in his business just so he might get a leg up, he’s a lucky one. Yeah paid off his HECS too… but still in this economic climate I want him to leave. There is no future here. It’s cooked. And if you think its bad now 😂 just wait till 2025, we ain’t seen nothing yet. Malaysia would be high on the list to move to. Not only but very high. Top 5 definitely. If I was 25 again, I’d be gone already. It would be like “shut up and take my money” I’m coming over ❤😂😂
Nice story bro but there are a few things that I would question in your post. How does someone in this country work in a well paying job for 37 years and not end up very well off given we've been living through the best economic times the world has ever seen? I mean I'm only about 5 years older than you, worked low/median jobs and was single income for most of it, raised 3 kids and have done well, also without IP's. If I was in the situation you're telling us you were I would have been retired way earlier. Even Superannuation, if you had taken advantage of its benefits, should now be worth quite a bit to you by now and likely would be available to you tax free from next year if you chose to stop working. What am I missing? Also mixing family and business is a very bad idea according to everything I've seen but I'm sure you will disagree. Is it the case that the country is cooked or that many didn't take advantage of the opportunities on offer and are now blaming something/someone else?
i had enough in 2022....packed up and took a suitcase and went to Thailand to have a small break. Well....3 yrs later i am still here. I rent a luxury Condo for $100 per week, has a huge pool, gym and secure. My life has been enriched by living here. I feel safe, the Thai people are warm and friendly and i love the lifestyle. The food and expenses are what u make of it.....u can eat expensively or economically. In Australia, i had my own place, and after the divorce i was looking at a $600per week rental that was disgusting to live in. Food and living expenses have gone through the roof and the lucky land did not seem lucky for me anymore. I can live comfortably here and enjoy my life without the stress of financial ruin. travel and be at peace. Best move i have ever made!
I live in the north east part of thailand........away from the tourist traps where everything costs more...and you dont get tempted by situations that can suck your money dry!!!!!@@JasonISF
@@tanthamani am basically retired now...living here costs way less than australia....so i was able to re evaluate my circumstances and way of life to match what i can afford. I dont do without.....still eat at restaurants....or cook at hime. Still travel when i want....its all very good.
It honestly would not surprise me if the Australian authorities will soon prevent people from leaving the country. They must not be happy losing all of their tax cattle
They can't prevent to leave people with dual citizenship, I am an European with AU citizenship and I could travel back to EU even during the COVID as I said I am returning back to EU even I am an Australian too. They could do nothing about it, so it better to get another citizenship if you don't have yet and you are fine in Australia, when the country goes down you can leave at any time!
I agree its getting so much more difficult these days. Unrelenting financial pressure, companies treating employees like trash, etc. As you said, the hardest part is there's no light at the end of the tunnel. People are getting more stressed but can you imagine how much worse it will get if there is a market crash, which there is a chance of. Dark times ahead unfortunately.
Yes it's true, Australia is finished. It's a beautiful country unlike any other but we have been sold out and it's a planned collapse which is happening now. Just got back from overseas and I agree with you.
100% mate I left Australia in 2007 and never going back to live. Bloody expensive, work opportunities are average at best. It’s actually cheaper to live in London than Sydney these days….. utter madness!!! Also the cost of renewing an Aussie passport is a rip off!!!!
Lol work opportunities are average? I got made redundant in Nov last year. Found a new job in Sydney with a pay rise in 3 weeks. Terrible job opportunities 😂
Stay in Australia you either go broke or you are an economic wage slave. It's too expensive to buy a house and too expensive running a small business. Australia is NOT the lucky country. The healthcare system is broken, there is a crime wave , 43,000 business closures in 2023. I'm 51 and this man speaks the truth.Fulltime workers are the working poor. Many people are quiet quitting jobs and going on welfare or leaving AU.
Aussie crime wave is just mostly Gen-Z & iGen (Gen Alpha when there's NOTHING Alpha about them) kids who watch UFC & listen to drill rap, over-using the word "respect" like Americans do & bashing anybody who they believe is "being disrespectful". Lots of ice in the bush & lots of c0ke in the cities.... Mix UFC viewing & tattoos then you have a culture of narcissistic entitlement-rage.
If you own property better to rent out and leave the country. The Government is replacing the average Aussie with mirgrants with kids that have a better work ethic prepared to work long days, hours without complaining.
Good on you mate, I'm all with you and agree. I'm 50 now and my wife baby and I are currently selling off everything and packing boxes to go and live in the Philippines. Bought large block of land on the water for $31,000aus 12 months ago Going to live the better life there not here.
For the average house price of 1.5 million, you need 47 years to save enough just for the deposit on the median wage in Australia. You are bang on mate.
“If your are sitting there with you eight houses, judging someone from wanting to leave Australia…”. Perfect statement. I was dreaming with Australia since 2014. And they never accepted my PR application. So with the way things are now, and more people like you speaking the reality, I’m really considering South Asia too. Or Japan.
I was a child in the 60's. This was a good country to live in, once. We were sort of free, left alone by the politicians and their police. Now we are nearly a total surveillance police state. People in third world countries have more freedom than we do. And it's getting worse all the time. Our political system is run by one party with two factions. Our corrupt politicians are working against their own citizens best interests. Where will we end up?
People always say WW3 will be fought between various nations, like the two World Wars before it. However, I think it will more likely be fought between globalists (aka internationalist Communists) and citizens of all nations who yearn for freedom and who refuse to be their slaves. That would only transpire if they make it impossible to defeat them at the ballot box. History shows time and time again that when pushed too far, freedom prevails.
im 23 - live in a van in noosa. if you want a bedroom its minimum $350 per week - out of town. in town youre paying $500 for a bedroom in someones house
yes, totally agree with you. Over as many years people moved out of their 'homeland' and arrived as newly minted migrants in Australia. Opportunities were there as Australia was rising upwards, much of the economy remained relative to the working people's motivation and gain. Nowadays there's hardly any motivation as some cannot even begin to dream the same dreams of those a half century ago ... Australia has become stagnant, immoral and unsafe ..... yes unclean and in disrepair just look around Melbourne and urban ghettos. Australia is fast following the US living decline, the haves and have nots is in full view. Yes, nothing wrong with wanting to move out of Australia it's not the first country to see its population shrinking and yes, there are so many places out there as SE Asia beckons with the same options that the decades ago newly minted migrants in Australia had come to. Cheers from appalling Melbourne 'stralya.
I'm 21. One of the people who was born a bit too late to really get anywhere in life. I have kind of dropped out of society. I dont really give a shit about my neighbours because they are either imigrants or white upperclass landlords who live in a different world compared to me. Young Men with nothing to lose are very dangerous towards society. They don't tolerate shit. They aren't going to work overtime if it doesn't benefit them. I don't see this country being stable in 10 years' time. Right now, it is. However, when I go to the store and see weekly price increases because some greedy dog with 10 mansions needs his 2nd yacht, I get a little angry. Houses used to be less than 100k, and now a decent one costs 3 million in sydney. What is the point in trying to get a good career when all your money and laybor is stolen? Yes, stolen from you. You don't own your own home because of taxes? It's all fucking rigged.
It's nothing to do with some greedy dude and his second yacht. It's nothing to do with that in fact. It's a very small amount of people and huge immigration that destroyed this country. I know, as I'm a European migrant that came here in 93. Just the fact that the housing marking here is open to ALL OF CHINA is in itself enough to destroy the country (and it sort of has). Can you buy land in China? No. SO WHY ARE THEY ALLOWED TO BUY LAND HERE?
It's over $17 at airports and for boutique beers. Wasily pay $25 for a cocktail here. I can't even afford to go to America anymore. They want to run us into the ground.
It’s like a huge vacuum cleaner hovered over the country and sucked all the fun out. I’m looking at getting out as I can’t stand the asinine big brother nanny state anymore that’s becoming worse
Do you think Dutton will be an improvement? He has every intention of driving up the status quo on steroids. We truly are fugued. It doesn’t have to be this way. Albo has the political capital to make the necessary changes. But he won’t. Why?
The Philippines is good IF you have made your money and want to live cheaper but there is zero opportunity 😢 if you are still young and hustling . There is that
@x-latetv-x6816 Hahahaha. I grew up in a rural village of a developing country, living off the land. My wife is actually from the Philippines and most of her family 'live off the land' ...and No I don't wanna do that. Only those who have not experienced that lifestyle romanticize with it. You need money in any case, you won't like living off your chickens and your spinach, trust me
Jobs are being offered as contract, part time or temp. Wages are stagnant but duties are loaded on workers so they have to take on additional duties and responsibilities in the hope of hsnging onto their job for a few more months. Housing costs are horrendous and you are faced with properties that are earmarked for development so no maintenance will be done unless you pay for it, requesting maintenance gets you the boot. Rental costs rising constantly, and housing being sold so tenants are forced to move each year dt huge expense. Real estate agents who want you to have a styled home, no books, no hobbies, no pets, no kids, in fact dont live in it or you will ruin it. No quiet enjoyment. Rules for everything. You are supposed to be able to watch your speedo, watch for potholes, watch for other traffic on the road, pedestrians etc etc simultaneously (most important thing is speed limits which are constantly changing along the same road). I migrated here to escape the violence in my home country but this isnt living.
You hit the nail on the head. This is isn’t living. Australia is a bubble wrap society. The social scene is garbage, the museums are sh*te, rules and regulations everywhere, big brother government etc. I need get back to Italy one day…
Well said mate. I'm moving out next July when I can access my super and I don't ever want to come back. My rent just went up to $2200 pm I am stressed and have a crappy 9-5 job because I have to work and survive just to pay off debt and bills. I'm not living. Australia has changed and is no longer the lucky country.
Great to hear. Where are you moving to? It's great to hear of so many Australians leaving this dump of a country and moving to other countries which are much nicer and which are much better. I plan to leave in the next couple of years when I have the money and means to. I will be moving to Bosnia. Good luck and all the best.
It's ironic, Australias most popular song (down under) is actually about Australia losing its identity and the people becoming estranged because of it, for me it was the bushfires.
This is so tempting, I could seriously pack up and go with the family. I spent some time in Malaysia a while ago and it was lovely and could see myself retiring there. I just worry about my young child's future in another country!
Totally with you. We've done something similar to yourselves and we're next door in Thailand. The number of Australians leaving is totally being covered over by the mass migration into Australia largely froim the third world. In rudimentary numbers Australia even has a net migration of millionaires to it but when you break it down it is largely some of the rich leaving India to get themselves a better passport and the British people fleeing their collapsing society. I really feel for the Brits because they are simply trading places to have similar issues just with a touch of extra sunshine thrown in for good measure. Things can't hold up for much longer, keep making your videos. Those that are not caught in the tribal mindset will find them helpful.
You are spot on :) Never would I have thought of leaving the states and I am doing way better than most, but the culture and lifestyle in Thailand has made me decide to sell it all and move there in less than 4 years. I would have to work till 70 here in the states and hope I have enough to live well retired, but selling it all and moving to Thailand means I can retire before 58 and live a more chill lifestyle and never worry about working or money again. Great Video !
As an Australian I was calling that country home for nearly twenty years I totally understand that. Australia become dystopian and beyond recognition form me. I left the country a year ago and I didn't regret the choice. In my fifties and starting again
Australia is not the lucky country anymore but it used to be ...... born here in Melbourne and now 64 years old ....I'm leaving and going overseas ..... the sooner the better
I've travelled to 137 countries in my 52 years of life. I've been travelling since age 18. I've travelled back to many countries more than once. I had to return to Australia in late 2023 due to chronic illness. I was made redunant in 2021 and havent worked since. I havent been able to secure permanent residency. I'm broke now, I hate living here in Australia. As soon as I am financial again, I'm moving back to Serbia. I was born to one Aboriginal parent and one Israeli Jewish family. Australia has become an Orwellian nightmare and getting worse.
Wow you have travelled to 137 countries. You have been to most countries. I have been to lots of countries too. I have been to 21 countries and I plan to go to lots more countries. You also lived in Serbia too. Serbia is an awesome country. Serbia was one of the countries I was going to immigrate to. I'm going to immigrate to Bosnia. You're absolutely right too about Australia being an Orwellian nightmare. Australia is also a Liberal Leftist Marxist Feminist Gynocentric Woke dump. I hate Australia and I can't wait to leave Australia. Best of luck to you too. I wish you well and I wish you all the best.
With respect, and I give you full credit for being open minded to other cultures, you can't complain about being broke. You can't have your cake and eat it too. It would be like someone who parties, smoke, drank etc envying the fact that I own a house and have good savings. I went without. I didn't travel. I went to one country overseas. Once. I don't drink, smoke etc. I don't even believe in taking holidays locally. Now at 52, I have options for having some fun, spoiling myself and seeing the world.
I am the exact same age as you..I have three degrees (two are very high status), I own a house which never had a mortgage on it. I paid for it in cash. I have a decent amount saved up. You can't have everything. You chose to spend your money on travelling. Don't complain now about being broke. I am just pointing out the reality.
I have been looking to maybe Philippines as somewhere to move to. I am fairly lucky in that i earn a decent living but i truly feel like my money doesn't go as far as it used to and since covid ive not been able to afford to travel or even go on holiday locally. Id be very interested to find out more about where you moved to and how you make that work so im looking forward to watch more of your videos. PS: ignore the negative people and continue to tell your story.
Well done mate !! Basic math. You can not have housing 10 times or more average salaries. Boomers who bought houses when the ratio was 3 -4 times salary or people making over 250k a year just can't understand. And they wonder why homelessness and crime are up. Daft.
Australia has turned to shit ! When I was younger my rent was $25-45 a week for a terrace house in Sydney, a Holden Commodore was $1000 ! I could earn $50 a week and live well !
I completely understand anyone moving away from Australia. Live is about doing what's best for us, our family, our health. I support you for moving ! well done. 💛💚👌💯 And remember, even if people get a job, or start a business .. it often is not long-lasting and way too hard, due to taxes, rules, and people making things hard, etc.
It's crazy that Australians leave because they move where the currency exchange is in their favour. The only way the cos of living crisis gets better is if the 750,000 immigrants allowed into the country in the last year leave. If Australians can't afford to live here, how can the immigrants? Labor and Greens policies overpopulated Australia. In the end, fight for your country or leave Australia.
@@daniel-it2lw According to ABS, the largest groups of immigrants coming into Australia are from India (21%) China (12%) Philippines (6.7%). They aren't exactly rich countries with good exchange rates.
@@daniel-it2lw Average annual wage in India is $16,500 AUD. Even if you're rich in India, why would you come to Australia where you would be lucky to be middle class? The only one that makes sense is the Chinese trying to escape the CCP with all their stolen wealth. So realistically, money laundering. The immigrants coming to Australia are coming to earn AUD and send it back to their country where it's worth something. In the meantime, they take Aus jobs, housing and goods & services, pushing the prices of all of them up.
@@Hunty49he is right mate, I😮ndians coming here are filthy rich who have black money, iam also Indian but I came here as Skilled Worker long time ago but the Indians migrating now are all political background with heaps of Black money.
fucking crazy how its flipped in a couple years, i wish more people would stand up and actually fight for Australia and be patriotic. but the left has destroyed that love of our country and we get labeled as racist lol this world is fucking weird. terrorist's get more support then decent aussies
@@robertaubrey3571 Im charging much less than that. Plenty of applicants but nearly all all are no hopers on the dole, on drugs etc. and the rest are migrants who do not understand basic hygiene and always lie about the number of people who will live there. . Plenty of rentals in Perth, if you are working and not in those categories. . I would say that 90 percent of people who apply are simply self entitled and dont pay the rent on time, dont do the basic maintenance and dont keep the place clean. I been renting out for over 40 years for always below market price to so many people and thats my experience. Also, so many liars, getting worse, so many people simply lie for convenience now . And I will not rent to migrants, had my fingers burnt there big time.
@robertaubrey3571 if you live, pay check to pay check. No one is doing give you a lease. What if landlord gets to know his tenants is on centerlink benefits and highly broke fella
I was very fortunate to be born and grow up in Australia. Gave me a lot of advantages. Its no longer a good place in 2024 as there is limited opportunity. Im honestly glad I no longer live there which is quite sad
200% agree Mitch . You are absolutely correct. To those wasting their time with their comments that are void of any frontal lobe processing I say this; the idea of " Australian " is dead in the tired old nostalgic way you mean it. The " true blue Aussie " now , today, is angry, bitter, resentful, meanspirited, humourless, ignorant and deaf to others opinions. Your the blue print of Karen's around the globe. Mitch , your a pioneer and brave in equal measures. All your points are valid. What we have in Australia today are the wealthy feeding off the carcass of the rest of society. Corporations and businesses now not even trying to hide their blatant ripping off of customers. Australia and especially Sydney, has never been more mean spirited. The comments to you just prove it. There's nothing worse than a nationalist who hasn't travelled and who thinks he owns the fu$king joint. It's a very shallow and dangerous way of obtaining an identity. Keep going with your interesting life Mitch. The rest of us are listening without fear. 😉😃🙏
I live in Sydney it is fine plenty of lovely people your long winded comment lacks factual content. Go join your mate in the Philippines see how you go.
@@benh3443I travel the world, frequently. Sydney airport is always full of insufferable wankers. And they're all Sydneysiders. The working class in Sydney are fine. The wealthier ones are horrible. Sydney is a subtropical version of London.
32 year old Australian praying for a housing crash so I can afford to move out of home. Some weeks, I work as much as 50 hours between 2 jobs. Good luck getting a rental. it's at least a 12 month waiting list, and buying is beyond my reach. I hope to retire overseas some day where the cost of living is lower. I can't afford to retire in Australia. Stranded where I am can't afford to leave but don't have anything to stay for don't know when things will change. Have some savings but not enough to move forward
Mintos and peerberry are working good for me atm for profits in loans even though peerberry sucks for loan availability for the last year or so but offer between 9% and 15% return
@teatree6228 The amount of tax I pay is ridiculous. Last financial year, after I filed my tax return, I got a $3300 tax bill despite already paying thousands
Just wanted to say thanks for the videos. Your perspective is very refreshing. I am in West Java and living the dream as well mate. Keep up the awesome work and I look forward to your next video insight. Best Wishes Will
I left, as soon as I could back in 2022. Since I'm pure-blooded, I thought I could never leave! I live in Slovakia now. In my own apartment. Life is more affordable here.
Renting my house out to some Indian family while traveling.😮 The amount of rent im getting is insane. I wont be coming back soon. Cheaper to live in Asia and just fly back to Australia for my medical checkups.
Ill be retiring early renting my house out and im outta this country. My superannuation will not last living in this country anymore maybe pre 2019 but thats the sad truth. And I was luckily enough to buy a home and have a good job before everything changed I seriously dont know how the next generation are going to cope. Baby boomers were the spoon fed generation
Medical check-ups are superior in Thailand. Can walk in and see a specialist without a referral, sometimes on the same day. Cheaper prices, and they're all educated and trained in the west.
Your land tax be so high now, too. Especially if in Victoria, thanks to the increase as part of covid debt recovery program. Yeah let's blame property owners, not the corrupt politicians who were syphoning money into their offshore accounts.
It is actually worse than that! Economics is important, but if you live in an unfree country then your options are not good anyway! Both the economic and liberty conditions are about to get a lot worse! I am leaving in 3 months! I have no job lined up, but prefer to jump this ship before it sinks! People are not plants, we are not rooted in the ground - we have legs - so vote with them!
I am a 71yo Aussie guy retired in the Philippines with my Filipina wife and loving it. I get the Aussie age pension and my wife and I live comfortably on that. I worked and paid taxes for 51 years so I think I deserve to have the pension. We would have a miserable and lonely existence if we stayed in Australia. All we would have been able to afford would have been a run down old fibro sh1tbox in a small town way out in the donga. Instead we now have our own two bedroom house, late model car and two investment blocks of land. We planned to retire here as early as 2010 and we both worked to get to where we are now. I started working at age 16 and retired just before turning 68 (my eligible retirement age was 66). Sure the Philippines is not perfect, no country is, but it is a damned sight better than back in Australia. No more freezing cold Adelaide winters for me!
I'm curious, how do you continue to claim an Australian pension, whilst living in a foreign Country? I thought they cut you off after living outside Australia for more than 3 months.
@@sallyleichhardt2155 the Australian age pension is ‘portable’ according to Centrelink. They told me this when I applied and told them that I was planning to move to the Philippines. I do not get the full pension, it is reduced by an amount determined by Centrelink. BTW, the British pension is similar as there are many Brits in Australia receiving their British pension.
I can’t believe I’m even thinking that I should leave Australia. Likely I won’t…but ‘just surviving’ financially isn’t living. I can see a lot of people leaving now and I understand.
Time for the uprising people or forever complain. I admit i dont know where to start, maybe we need to all put our small differences aside and tackle this problem together. But i wont flee or give up, never!.
I recently emigrated from Canada to NZ, but they send me to work in Australia. I am Canadian with 16 years' experience on my field. I am seeing the same issues here too. A lot of retired Canadian expats I know moved to Thailand, Vietnam, Eastern Europe, Philippines, Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, and Chile. The cost of living is skyrocketing everywhere. Australia like Canada, UK and the USA are on same level now. Yes, I agree with you Mitch. There are a lot more Aussie, Canucks, Americans, Brits and Kiwis will agree with you.
Yes it's the same in most Western countries and it's especially the same in all English speaking Western countries. All the English speaking Western countries Australia New Zealand America Canada Britain and Ireland are now totally screwed.
@@johnm84 Not to mention our governments spends billions on endless wars and no funding for basic social services. Yep, it sucks - th-cam.com/video/6j_juP2UdkE/w-d-xo.html
When politicians go on tv and with a straight face tell you to hit up the bank of mum and dad so you can buy a house you know the place is absolutely fucked
It’s sad mate but you are right. You have a class of landowners who are mostly boomers. We live frugally as and don’t have luxury of the bank of Mum and Dad. There is a wage recession and hard to get work. My partner was underemployed and tried his darnedest to get work. He only just got a full time job with a 12 month contract. We’ve been surviving on my wage and could barely make ends meet . Thankfully my partner has a job and we can save for now. We are weighing up to move to the US or Europe. If we can’t get ahead within the next two years. Not a bloody winger, like you a realist. The landowners need to understand it’s incredibly difficult to live and we work hard. I budget every cent my partner and I earn. We are both well educated with tertiary degrees as well. We keep seeing the costs of essentials rise like fuel, utility bills, food etc. it’s far beyond the rate of wage rises. My single wage could comfortably support my family prior to Covid crisis. It also seems apparent we are also paying for our lockdowns as well. The pandemic real estate boom have hyper inflated rents and the price of housing where families, couples and singles have no hope of owning a home outside the bank of Mum and Dad. Due to circumstances I don’t have the bank of Mum or Dad to fall back on either side or my spouses side to assist us. We are left at mercy of an expensive and extremely competitive rental market. Mitch completely understand why you did what you did. It’s not that we hate Australia it’s just becoming too unfordable to live a comfortable life here.
It's sad that quality of life has massively dropped and ignorant Australians still can't seem to pick up on real serious problems with the country collapsing. If Australia want to repeat Russian or German history they probably will deserve it until they learn why it's not such a good idea of trusting the government. The systems of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union weren't created of night. It took them years to build up the system's and polices they had over time. Anyone who knows basic German and Russian history can soon figure that the western world is going in a very bad direction.
We have way to much government and government agencies..that's why taxes are so high and the cost of living keeps raising..I don't think I can afford to retire in my own country 😢...
Australia is tough. You go to university for 3 or 4 years with no income and get a huge HECS debt. You graduate from uni but the competition is so tough you need to have the best grades and be lucky. So you probably wasted time and money studying. You then either spend most of your life paying for rent or a mortage. When you retire because of inflation your superannuation will last you 10 years if you live like a poor person. Being austealian is being a slave all your life. At least europeans can travel easily because the strength of their currency and their location.
@@Yalbou I'm 39 born and raised in Australia. If I didn't start investing 5 years ago I'd be fked. IF I were 18 again I wouldn't have bothered with uni I'd have gone to the mines in WA and saved up a shit load of money and then invest it.
@@JasonISF what did you start investing in? Im the same age as you but 5 years ago i went back to uni lol. How do you think that investment went? So now i have an undergraduate and masters and still looking for a job
@@Yalbou went pretty well I pulled out all my little bit of super back in 2020. Put it in uranium and silver stocks. Now heavily in iron ore exploration stocks. My portfolio was up over $450k just a few months ago. My goal is to be on $500k a year in dividends by the time I'm 45 and $1M a year by the time I'm 50.
Spot on. I am out too - already in mid-preparation to relocate. I want to live not just exist. Don't see any improvement to quality of life in Aus any time soon. Cheers
Sad but true. Previous gov's enabled this by not investing in business, and opening up tax benefits for housing. And Aussies couldn't get enough of this. No Gov will address it, and a whole generation of young folk will never own a home. Wait until after the crash and see if things change.
And now Aussies must declare all there worldly income ………they think they own u mate !😮And as for the govt turning a blind eye on the ASX and all the shorting that goes on ripping off mum and dad investors ! 😮
Nah, if you leave the country for long enough you won't be taxed as you wouldn't be Australian for tax purposes. Unless they change the legislation. Only country I know that taxes you even when you permanently live outside of its borders is the US. If you have HECS/HELP you have to pay it back, however.
I’m a millennial and my mother (a boomer) keeps telling me to keep saving and buy a house here. She cannot understand why when I tell her I have no intention of buying a house in this country and am more than happy to take my money and move overseas once I’m done working here. 8 generations and I think I’ll follow the lead of my ancestors and migrate for economic opportunities!
The UK is worse trust me , 8 months of cold weather, summer is about 3 days a year if you're lucky , it rains 300 days a year on average , traffic jams galore , everything is super expensive here, not just there .
How does he make a living though ? Also, 18 year old is... still too young to draw life conclusions. Remember the hippies of the 70s? Now they are aging in trailer parks😢
@x-latetv-x6816 but the op said the kid is 18. Very hard to find a sustainable remote job at that age. And remember guys, jobs do not last forever. I had a fully remote job until last year. 7 years but I knew it would end, so I took the advantage to travel now and then but I never burned the bridges
@x-latetv-x6816 yeah. That's the main reason why, despite being cheap, most young people do not move to those countries. Most expats are retirees who have guaranteed pension without needing to work..and vets on disability. Hard to make a living there otherwise
Similar in New Zealand brother. Still thousands of kiwi leaving for Oz on a weekly basis. Ditch the western colonies for good I reckon. Good luck on your mission.
live in Brisbane, I work 7 days/week I have 2 days off in the year because there's no work anywhere for those 2 days and I'm unable to buy a house? it's a joke. it's absolutely fucked
Such a vibrant beautiful place my wifes home town of 80,000 in the Philippines. They recently experienced earthqauke, volcanic eruption, floods & a Super Super typhoon that is still hanging around, & still the most friendliest caring welcoming happiest people on the planet. Marching bands, beautiful women in festivals smiling as they sing, its wonderful. Australia has aways been a very depressing hell hole for me, moved there when my father was alive from NZ, he was a CEO for Japanese company, we were never ever respected as New Zealanders, & I see that with my wife who is dark skin native Ilokano Filipina. There is just completely nothing that is worth it in Australia, from the rotten fruit sold in supermarkets to the long faced people everywhere, no community, rules, politics & sport & more sport, depressing horrid country; there is nothing vibrant about it, the list is endless. I could name Thousands of reasons why to leave Australia & name thousands of reasons why we are moving to the Philippines.
Spot on. Australia really is a miserable dump devoid of any real identity history, culture and community. It’s just horrible architecture, sh*t pubs, and a meaningless rat race where hard workers are taxed into oblivion and mediocrity thrives.
10% of Australians are well off and ripping the fruits of the economy right now. For the rest of us “the 80%” are literally living to survive and I’m only in my late 20’s. Imagine 20 years from now🤣😂
I feel you dude 💯 agree with everything you say! Myself and my wife left Australia for good 4 months ago , retired at 46 and her at 42 Worked everyday of my pathetic life in Australia to pay for my Australian dream then I woke up. Now we live our best life , we eat out everyday, drink what we want do what we want and see something new everyday. Good bye ground hog day (Australia)
Worked as a truck driver for most of my life, always on minimum wage, getting shafted by boss's made redundant when COVID hit 6 months away from long service, boss made me wait a month to pay me out, lucky country, I don't think so. Retired now with a bitter taste in my mouth. 6:31
Why didn't you get another job mate? Invest in yourself! Learn, retrain, and get a better job. Your boss prob took advantage of you because you let him!!! Simple.
I know many friends like myself who are in our 60s. Have married Asian women. Here on old age pensions it’s a huge struggle. Rates, insurance, has in the last 4 years doubled in price, utilities have skyrocketed. Food has doubled since 2017. Yet incomes have barely moved. A friend with a Thai wife, went to Thailand for a holiday. When they came back they put their house on the market. With his $940,000 house sale minus commission. And accesing his superannuation another $266,000. They both live like Kings. Travel to neighbouring countries snd finally enjoying their lives.
Well because of medical conditions I'm stuck here, wife and I are moving into a old bus I managed to buy and still trying to make live able. We'll be in it before xmas finished or not. It will be a roof over our heads, and ours. Finding somewhere to park is a different matter though.....
@@juliedale6818 yes, after my kidney transplant many years ago I did up a old bus and travelled Australia by myself. There were heaps of places to park up. 20+ years later there is nowhere as many places now due to grubby councils and bureaucrats sitting behind a desk.
Curious to know how we make an income overseas so we don't have to dip into saving, Watch this: th-cam.com/video/Bj2H_UDheOQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=e7cYWU8sYdQ8lgft
Wow, you're really mad.
Well said mate, spoken from the heart and nothing but facts!
@@leealex24 Why aren't you!
I am overseas, dipping into my savings, and much happier than when in Australia working but only breaking even...
@@AdamSahr-cj4kf - which country are you in ? R U there permanently ?
Over 1 million immigrants in two years in the middle of a cost of living crisis and without the infrastructure to support it is such a kick in the teeth for middle and lower class Australians...
You're brainwashed. The problem isn't immigrants it's the super rich 1%
@Mr500RWHP stop complaining about immigrants who contribute fair amount of value to the Australian economy, personally you start saving more and it won't be an issue in the future
@@muhindikilamahali3242 the complaint is valid, letting over 1 million extra people into the country without the infrastructure to support it is a dumb move...simply saving more money isn't a good idea long term either, the currency gets devalued at around 10% per year...
Pumping house prices on purpose
I concur...the fuckery of the Australian government and banks towards the working class folk is astounding.....
The most difficult part living in Australia is being surrounded by mindless drones who think the government is working for them!
''Just get on with it'' is coward mentality. If men had that attitude ww1 ww2 we'd all be naaaarzzi german or imperial japanese....
In 60 years I've never met anyone who votes labor so fuck knows how they get in
@@666dualsport they import them, that's why the government let in 800,000 immigrants in the last 12 months
everyone is too "comfortable" and has to work so hard to get the little luxuries they like that they are too scared to do anything that might loose that.
Oiiii mayte! Esss ferrr hour sayftee!!
The issue with Australia is that you're punished for being poor. Want to live in a shed on a cheap block of land? Illegal. Want to live in a caravan on your friends suburban block? Illegal. Camping on a rural-zoned block of land so you can actually save to build a place by yourself with your own hands? Absolutely illegal. Australian's in poverty are legislated to death with bureaucracy and red tape. Australia criminalises poverty.
If you have the means to get out, go, there are so many beautiful countries right at your doorstep. Don't listen to people who tell you to suck it up and tough it out. They're stuck in Australia and are resentful about it. Get remote work, live on your terms, and enjoy the adventure that life was meant to be.
I agree with you adding that these restrictions are just about freedom, not being poor. If you own land you should be able to do whatever you want on it that fits someone's lifestyle of interests if it doesn't harm other people. It's nanny state regulations.
@@AussieInRussia4005 Australian Federation are behaving like national terrorists and I think the problem extends to most commonwealth and western countries.
At this point, I believe that Australia is the ban and restriction capital of the world.
Yep the parasite/beurucracy class has grown so large and built up so many rules and regulations (to give them something to do) that it's become oppressive. I would rather sleep in a shed and be able to actually save up significant money, but it's not really an option, both culturally and legally, so you are forced to spend 40-60% of your income on shelter. Part of it is that they want to keep property prices up at all costs.
Very well said. Balanced and true. How dare anyone question the free will of someone else merely looking for something better . Beggers belief that so many Aussies give themselves the right to do so with such flippant arrogance .
100% agree. I'm 55yo Aussie and it's hard to believe the rate this place is going down the drain. Sadly, this has all been predictable for the last 30+ years - and there is nothing on the horizon that is going to turn the place around. Our corrupt political class sold us out.
yep...
They've decided allow the money printers to monopolies their industries and decided to embrace these jglobaloid's perverse plan for humanity. Hence they have sold their Christian nation out!!! Happening all over the Western world unfortunately!
I’m 28, I’m being paid 250K a year working for Amazon Australia. The life is not hard in Australia…. I’m not even Australian…
I'm 59 and you are spot on mate,exactly the changes we have seen over the past 20-30years.Very sad as my kids have no chance to secure a place of their own in this Country.We sold up to be closer to family back in Sydney so no chance for us either,I am so keen to move to another country with realistic prices and attitudes.
@@espkh1549yeah sure
Here in Sydney we live in a fucking prison. I can’t drive anywhere without being hunted down for revenue. This place fucking sucks. They’re fucking us through every hole
At least they present you with fair warning signage, in victoria they jump out of nowhere I lost 3 points and 300 dollars for doing 62 in a 60
So true! Prison. Nanny state.
I left in 2022 for Europe. No speed cameras on every corner here in Slovakia. No demerits either.
Sydney reminds me of that great quote from the movie My Dinner With Andre:
He said, “I think that [Sydney] is the new model for the new concentration camp, where the camp has been built by the inmates themselves, and the inmates are the guards, and they have this pride in this thing that they’ve built-they’ve built their own prison-and so they exist in a state of schizophrenia where they are both guards and prisoners. And as a result they no longer have-having been lobotomized-the capacity to leave the prison they’ve made or even to see it as a prison.”
Yeh bro every time you leave the house there is a chance you are going to get your wallet absolutely raped
You think Sydney worse try live in nz.
Australia needed to close the borders 20 years ago. We don’t have the infrastructure to support so many coming in so fast.
It's all about the Albo government pumping up the GDP numbers, that's all they care about and the income tax it gives them.
Start working hard bud stop ice meth tab and Cheg lotto ciggie
Not just an infrastructure issue, but an ideological one. Our cohesive society is now fractured, and because the govt has handed out visas like lollies, it will never be able to be reigned back in.
It's about keeping the Ponzi going.
Immigration isn't the problem. It's the rapidly growing wealth inequality. It's the multimillionaires and billionaires eating the middle and lower class alive and nobody even noticing
Speed cameras everywhere in SA now putting them in the back of tradie Utes, getting tired of this shit. Australia is one big police state run by BIG Government.
And SA was the state who prides itself on not being settled by convicts.... As they treat you like convicts. SA sounds like they have ex-Victorians running their bureaucracy. When I travel from NSW to Vic, I'm looking everywhere for speed cameras. It used to be the NSW Riverena was "Victoria's 4skin" (wannabee Victoria without the speed cameras) but that now sounds like the title goes to SA.
Any excuse by socialists globalists to steal peoples money ..for your "safety" of course
@@JasonISF That too. 💯 mate. I just got done racing to the vet to save my dogs life. Had to put him down in the end. I sent a letter and evidence to prove it to appeal as a medical emergency can be exempted. I was only over by 7kms in a school zone and not 1 kid in sight. I still had to pay it.
Australia is a 💩 police state, and if C0vid didn’t teach us, other things will soon. Some will just take longer to learn it.
For me, I’ve started looking and planning to leave. My estimate will be 2 years if the world holds together that long.
Pirate state.
@@herberzh exactly (all in former west countries now) all being plundered
Our politicians past and present need to be put in prison for the enormous damage theyve caused.
Specially Scott Morison
Someone’s voting for them.
@@lebonsimon1269dan andrews and that prick gunner in the NT cant remember his first name
@@sylviam6535🤣🤣you think voting makes a difference- its biggest scam there is!
This is the case in many western countries.
I lived and worked in Jakarta for 6 years many years ago and it was then that I realised that Australia was cooked when I came back . Aus has become a dumping ground of corrupt politicians hell bent on dividing us at every opportunity. Well done for having the courage to move . I’m not far behind you mate .
Australia will always be remembered especially victoria under dan andrews as been the most authoritarian under the covid restrictions, australia wins that and the state of victoria wins it outright in australia. I also recall the premier in northern territory been an absolute dick also but dont recall his name, gunner comes to mind as i write this but thats all i have
@@x-latetv-x6816 Victoria is the biggest police state within the biggest jail of a country in the world.
@@JasonISF what was the premier who governed northern territory, he was a bloody tyrant aswell something gunner cant remember his first name
I found Jakarta air way too polluted and difficult to get around traffic insane
@@x-latetv-x6816 His name is Michael Gunner. He is a scumbag.
This slave mentality of "Just work 2 jobs and get a side hustle" has to stop. In the modern age If a person who has a single full time job and puts in the work can't afford the basics for themselves + a few kids then I say society is failing. There is no way that *basic* shelter should cost what it is, they have articifiacially pushed the prices up to insane levels
exactly
Boomers - “get two jobs”
Also boomers - “why aren’t people having kids?”
@paulorocky the accuracy of this comment is on point 🫡
@@paulorocky Gotta be careful with boomers, they are so spiritually dead. Incredibly arrogant and just do no care about anything beyond their possessions and those cruises they go on all the time.
@paulorocky boomers refusing to look after your kids and telling to send them to daycare instead
It's pretty straight forward if you scratch the surface - not dissimilar to the US, our two-party system is broken. By constantly voting in the same two parties, decade after decade, they have gained the confidence to create laws and policies that overwhelmingly benefit themselves and their rich lobbying mates.
Australia is not in the state its in by accident - it is by design.
The super rich are eating the rest 99% alive
theres a power behind the scenes always in power (same across the western system of 2 party politics) , you me and everyone else just change the public face of it every 4 years , its an illusion brother , to give you the idea we have freedom of choice
Especially Melb. The City of Melbourne council have Toby Kent, WEF hired goon as chief resilence officer from 2015 to implement their surveillance-state smart city agenda 21/30. UN puppets planted all over in these cushy jobs, to turn our once-beautiful cities into 15 minute prisons/gulags.
@@eagwrevbrew43its a problem worldwide. Not just Australia. Name me one country that's in a better state.
Two cheeks on the same ass
The cost of living is only the tip of the iceberg. Deliberate flooding the country with immigrants, working families can't get, let alone afford a home to rent. Plus the prison walls are literally being built around us as we speak. Digital ID pushed through, next online censorship bill will be pushed through next will be cashless digital currency & 15 minute cities. Most Aussies have no idea how fast this prison is being built
To find who rules over you ask who you cannot criticise
@@StriatedSternumtrue
100%. The future will be a global digital prison surveillance state. To create their new society, they have to destroy the old one..and all of society's traditional ways are crumbling today.
@@StriatedSternum the zionists!
And the worst part is increasing numbers of our population are low IQ knuckle-walkers who wallow in QAnon whackjob conspiracies. How many more weeks until THE STORM finally breaks, pede? I forgot. Oh! That's right! Just two more weeks, right?
Mate, you got out at a good time. We now have a cost of living crisis which is being ignored by the government. We have a government (and opposition) who appear not to be working for Australians interest. Tent cities across Australia have become the norm. I'm mid 50's and have never seen anything like this. Most Australians paying attention feel betrayed by what the government is doing.
It's worse , they arnt ignoring it. They are causing it
Don't see much of that in the south, but went though NSW, camps in railway yards on the rivers! And the house full of foreign crap!
it must disgust you what the country looks like now compared to the 80s and 90s,
imagine a family being comfortable on one income lol
I sold off everything I had in 2009 and left the land of Oz. After 25 years in the workforce I had little more than 17K in the bank. What a loser? Nearly 15 years later in South Korea I have a 1.5 million dollar property portfolio, run my own business, drive a brand new SUV, and take regular holidays. Now this is what I call living!
That’s fascinating as Koreans constantly complain shot work life balance! Could you share your insight into the deferences of Aus and SK?
Good on you 👍 That's great to hear.
@@Ondraythe1 Work life balance is a juggling act no matter where you live, nowadays. Indeed, that is a concern of many Koreans. It is difficult to convey the differences. When I lived in Australia I was single, and in and out of part time and contract work. In Korea I settled down, my work habits became more stable, and I got married and had kids. In a nutshell I think moving to another country, be it Asian, or anywhere else for that matter can be invigorating, and refreshing, opening up your mind to new ideas, and possibilities.
What on earth did you do to make 1.5 mil in 15 years in a foreign country ?
Looking back.. majority of people who bought houses in major oz cities in 2009 are also sitting on million dollar property
The plandemic and the psychopathic politicians IE Andrews taught me all I need to know about this welfare state
Leave then if you got the balls like I did
@@tanthaman where
@@Paulathompson1712 Asia
We all need to stand up and fight for our country.
@@justin-dr6sx it's too late to save gulag Australia!
Totally agree, I'm a 51 yo teacher, have sold up and fly out Wednesday. Good luck to you mate.
Great to hear. Where are you moving to?
@@johnm84 thats the question I have been asking for years now - especially now they trying to censor what we say and think ?
Where are you going, share. Good luck.
Moved to Bali and haven’t looked back! One word that sums up leaving Australia and now living in Bali, FREEDOM! Can live like a king in Bali, or like a peasant in Australia
You can live like a king because of the foreign exchange lmao. If you were born Indonesian, you'd sure as hell wish you're born in Aus.
Well that exchange rate helps the Indonesians can’t help the poot by being poor now can you freak.
How are you making it work in Bali bud?
@@travelfootiekiethat’s irrelevant to the point he was making.
@@Sockdarner007 what's the point? Enlighten us.
Bali is corrupt and filthy.
Spot on mate. I consider myself a lucky Australian. Born and raised here. A good paying job my whole life. 37 years in one company. Own my own home, 0 debt a little bit of savings, no Investment properties.
At 58 I cannot afford to retire here. Plan to retire overseas in a couple of years.
I could never have imagined that even only 5 years ago, but here we are. We gone woke, aligned with terrorist countries, poorly managed, taxed to the hilt, house prices went vertical whilst salaries went sideways.
Nah mate my heart has already left, I just need to catch up to it, convince my foreign Wife and Son we must go where we are treated best.
Australia is NOT all it’s cracked up to be.
Why live here if you cannot live on the harbour, experience the harbour, sea or beautiful nature when you must work like slaves to go nowhere with double incomes?
What hope has my Son to buy his own home without my help or an inheritance? Nada.
I’m investing in his business just so he might get a leg up, he’s a lucky one. Yeah paid off his HECS too… but still in this economic climate I want him to leave.
There is no future here. It’s cooked. And if you think its bad now 😂 just wait till 2025, we ain’t seen nothing yet.
Malaysia would be high on the list to move to. Not only but very high. Top 5 definitely.
If I was 25 again, I’d be gone already.
It would be like “shut up and take my money” I’m coming over ❤😂😂
No Super??
I left for Vietnam
Great comment mate. I totally agree. I'm currently kicking back in Thailand. On a tourist visa. Roaming between SE Asian countries. No worries.
How would you make a living to live overseas at 25? Unless you go to England or the US? Or nz... which kind of have the same issue
Nice story bro but there are a few things that I would question in your post.
How does someone in this country work in a well paying job for 37 years and not end up very well off given we've been living through the best economic times the world has ever seen?
I mean I'm only about 5 years older than you, worked low/median jobs and was single income for most of it, raised 3 kids and have done well, also without IP's.
If I was in the situation you're telling us you were I would have been retired way earlier.
Even Superannuation, if you had taken advantage of its benefits, should now be worth quite a bit to you by now and likely would be available to you tax free from next year if you chose to stop working.
What am I missing?
Also mixing family and business is a very bad idea according to everything I've seen but I'm sure you will disagree.
Is it the case that the country is cooked or that many didn't take advantage of the opportunities on offer and are now blaming something/someone else?
Yep it's going down the gurgler i'am imigrant who's lived in Australia 36 years it' just gets worse every year the kids don't stand a chance.
I'm an immigrant of 5 years. Best country in the world in my opinion.
i had enough in 2022....packed up and took a suitcase and went to Thailand to have a small break. Well....3 yrs later i am still here. I rent a luxury Condo for $100 per week, has a huge pool, gym and secure. My life has been enriched by living here. I feel safe, the Thai people are warm and friendly and i love the lifestyle. The food and expenses are what u make of it.....u can eat expensively or economically. In Australia, i had my own place, and after the divorce i was looking at a $600per week rental that was disgusting to live in. Food and living expenses have gone through the roof and the lucky land did not seem lucky for me anymore. I can live comfortably here and enjoy my life without the stress of financial ruin. travel and be at peace.
Best move i have ever made!
How do u make money in Thailand
@@montyman-j where in Thailand?
I live in the north east part of thailand........away from the tourist traps where everything costs more...and you dont get tempted by situations that can suck your money dry!!!!!@@JasonISF
@@tanthamani am basically retired now...living here costs way less than australia....so i was able to re evaluate my circumstances and way of life to match what i can afford. I dont do without.....still eat at restaurants....or cook at hime. Still travel when i want....its all very good.
Good on you 👍 Great to hear.
It honestly would not surprise me if the Australian authorities will soon prevent people from leaving the country. They must not be happy losing all of their tax cattle
They can't prevent to leave people with dual citizenship, I am an European with AU citizenship and I could travel back to EU even during the COVID as I said I am returning back to EU even I am an Australian too. They could do nothing about it, so it better to get another citizenship if you don't have yet and you are fine in Australia, when the country goes down you can leave at any time!
Your one of the few with ballz to speak the truth and take action!
I agree its getting so much more difficult these days. Unrelenting financial pressure, companies treating employees like trash, etc. As you said, the hardest part is there's no light at the end of the tunnel. People are getting more stressed but can you imagine how much worse it will get if there is a market crash, which there is a chance of. Dark times ahead unfortunately.
Australia's population has tipped over 27 million, around 18 years earlier than the milestone was predicted.
gross,
Great video mate, kudos to you for being honest and open minded!
Yes it's true, Australia is finished. It's a beautiful country unlike any other but we have been sold out and it's a planned collapse which is happening now. Just got back from overseas and I agree with you.
100% mate I left Australia in 2007 and never going back to live. Bloody expensive, work opportunities are average at best. It’s actually cheaper to live in London than Sydney these days….. utter madness!!!
Also the cost of renewing an Aussie passport is a rip off!!!!
Sydney always been more expensive than London mate
Australians get absolutely ripped of from the time they wake up till the time they go to bed. It’s a joke they will charge me $20 bucks to fart soon
if you left in 07 you would have a heart attack being here now.
You are so right about the passport. It’s extortion.
Lol work opportunities are average? I got made redundant in Nov last year. Found a new job in Sydney with a pay rise in 3 weeks. Terrible job opportunities 😂
Stay in Australia you either go broke or you are an economic wage slave. It's too expensive to buy a house and too expensive running a small business. Australia is NOT the lucky country. The healthcare system is broken, there is a crime wave , 43,000 business closures in 2023. I'm 51 and this man speaks the truth.Fulltime workers are the working poor. Many people are quiet quitting jobs and going on welfare or leaving AU.
Aussie crime wave is just mostly Gen-Z & iGen (Gen Alpha when there's NOTHING Alpha about them) kids who watch UFC & listen to drill rap, over-using the word "respect" like Americans do & bashing anybody who they believe is "being disrespectful". Lots of ice in the bush & lots of c0ke in the cities.... Mix UFC viewing & tattoos then you have a culture of narcissistic entitlement-rage.
Came to Australia 5 years ago with 5k in my bank account and a place to crash for 3 weeks. I now own 2 homes
If you own property better to rent out and leave the country. The Government is replacing the average Aussie with mirgrants with kids that have a better work ethic prepared to work long days, hours without complaining.
@@travelfootiekie straight up lies, hows the family money. or the huge inheritance you must have got
@@aussieman3582 basically turning Australia into a third world country that they all fled lol
Good on you mate, I'm all with you and agree.
I'm 50 now and my wife baby and I are currently selling off everything and packing boxes to go and live in the Philippines.
Bought large block of land on the water for $31,000aus 12 months ago
Going to live the better life there not here.
Great to hear. Lots of Australians have immigrated to The Philippines and there are lots of Australians living in The Philippines.
What's the plan for the baby? Ie schooling, college, work after that ?
Baby at 50 yo.
Ugh.
@@oldbloke204 Child hating boomer 🙄
@@BigBrother04 Teach the kid yourself. School is overated. My dad didnt even go to 5th grade. Owns properties in Australia and Europe.
For the average house price of 1.5 million, you need 47 years to save enough just for the deposit on the median wage in Australia. You are bang on mate.
By the time you save the price of the house will be 15m (10x) and you will never catch up. Speculating in crypto is one of the very few false hopes
@@rockhudson4930 I had $1500 stolen from me in crypto. Never touching the shit ever again.
“If your are sitting there with you eight houses, judging someone from wanting to leave Australia…”. Perfect statement.
I was dreaming with Australia since 2014. And they never accepted my PR application. So with the way things are now, and more people like you speaking the reality, I’m really considering South Asia too. Or Japan.
I was a child in the 60's. This was a good country to live in, once. We were sort of free, left alone by the politicians and their police. Now we are nearly a total surveillance police state. People in third world countries have more freedom than we do.
And it's getting worse all the time. Our political system is run by one party with two factions. Our corrupt politicians are working against their own citizens best interests. Where will we end up?
People always say WW3 will be fought between various nations, like the two World Wars before it. However, I think it will more likely be fought between globalists (aka internationalist Communists) and citizens of all nations who yearn for freedom and who refuse to be their slaves. That would only transpire if they make it impossible to defeat them at the ballot box. History shows time and time again that when pushed too far, freedom prevails.
Up shit creek without a paddle John !! I'm moving out to the sticks in shitsville !!
one nation
Over priced , over rated, too expensive and the government nannies every aspect of adult life like your grand parents.
It's also extremely feminist and extremely woke.
Exactly and I hate that 'lucky country' bullshit they try to feed us.
overtaxed,
im 23 - live in a van in noosa. if you want a bedroom its minimum $350 per week - out of town. in town youre paying $500 for a bedroom in someones house
Yeh it’s Noosa 🤦♂️
@@benh3443is Noosa good?
Mate, we’re same age. I was there for 6 months on an average 12 month contract and immediately moved back. I wasn’t saving, it was all going on rent.
Noosa probably the most beautiful place on earth
Your paying that in Darwin and your living with savages with no law and justice
yes, totally agree with you. Over as many years people moved out of their 'homeland' and arrived as newly minted migrants in Australia. Opportunities were there as Australia was rising upwards, much of the economy remained relative to the working people's motivation and gain. Nowadays there's hardly any motivation as some cannot even begin to dream the same dreams of those a half century ago ... Australia has become stagnant, immoral and unsafe ..... yes unclean and in disrepair just look around Melbourne and urban ghettos. Australia is fast following the US living decline, the haves and have nots is in full view. Yes, nothing wrong with wanting to move out of Australia it's not the first country to see its population shrinking and yes, there are so many places out there as SE Asia beckons with the same options that the decades ago newly minted migrants in Australia had come to. Cheers from appalling Melbourne 'stralya.
I'm 21. One of the people who was born a bit too late to really get anywhere in life. I have kind of dropped out of society. I dont really give a shit about my neighbours because they are either imigrants or white upperclass landlords who live in a different world compared to me. Young Men with nothing to lose are very dangerous towards society. They don't tolerate shit. They aren't going to work overtime if it doesn't benefit them. I don't see this country being stable in 10 years' time. Right now, it is. However, when I go to the store and see weekly price increases because some greedy dog with 10 mansions needs his 2nd yacht, I get a little angry. Houses used to be less than 100k, and now a decent one costs 3 million in sydney. What is the point in trying to get a good career when all your money and laybor is stolen? Yes, stolen from you. You don't own your own home because of taxes? It's all fucking rigged.
It's nothing to do with some greedy dude and his second yacht. It's nothing to do with that in fact. It's a very small amount of people and huge immigration that destroyed this country. I know, as I'm a European migrant that came here in 93. Just the fact that the housing marking here is open to ALL OF CHINA is in itself enough to destroy the country (and it sort of has).
Can you buy land in China? No. SO WHY ARE THEY ALLOWED TO BUY LAND HERE?
Very tough times. Do your friends of a similar age have a similar experience?
Paying $13 for a pint of beer I knew it was over 🍺
Don't pay it. Let the publicans go broke
Try Miami $25 for a small cocktail, a sugardaddy 🍸. 🤢
I paid 17 bucks for one the other day. I could buy a 6 pack for that from the bottlo.
It's over $17 at airports and for boutique beers. Wasily pay $25 for a cocktail here. I can't even afford to go to America anymore. They want to run us into the ground.
How about $7 for a pack of chips or $7 for a 'shrunked' block of chocolate. Going down the shitter!
moved overseas 7 years ago, one of the best things i've done
It’s like a huge vacuum cleaner hovered over the country and sucked all the fun out. I’m looking at getting out as I can’t stand the asinine big brother nanny state anymore that’s becoming worse
I’m an immigrant here and doing ok on higher than average income. But if Aussies reelect Albo again and pass the misinformation bill, I’m out.
Albo is the worst PM Australian has ever had and we've had some duds in the past.
Yep I'm there with you, we can't do another 4 years with another incompetent govt.
Do you think Dutton will be an improvement? He has every intention of driving up the status quo on steroids.
We truly are fugued. It doesn’t have to be this way. Albo has the political capital to make the necessary changes. But he won’t. Why?
I agree with you
If albow gets another term it’s game over for Australia
I thought Morrison was better but you all hated him anyway
There's no future in Australia! I've lived in China, which is much better, and I'm building a house in the Philippines.
Great to hear.
The Philippines is good IF you have made your money and want to live cheaper but there is zero opportunity 😢 if you are still young and hustling . There is that
@@BigBrother04get a plot of land and live off it
@x-latetv-x6816 Hahahaha. I grew up in a rural village of a developing country, living off the land. My wife is actually from the Philippines and most of her family 'live off the land' ...and No I don't wanna do that. Only those who have not experienced that lifestyle romanticize with it. You need money in any case, you won't like living off your chickens and your spinach, trust me
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Jobs are being offered as contract, part time or temp. Wages are stagnant but duties are loaded on workers so they have to take on additional duties and responsibilities in the hope of hsnging onto their job for a few more months. Housing costs are horrendous and you are faced with properties that are earmarked for development so no maintenance will be done unless you pay for it, requesting maintenance gets you the boot. Rental costs rising constantly, and housing being sold so tenants are forced to move each year dt huge expense. Real estate agents who want you to have a styled home, no books, no hobbies, no pets, no kids, in fact dont live in it or you will ruin it. No quiet enjoyment. Rules for everything. You are supposed to be able to watch your speedo, watch for potholes, watch for other traffic on the road, pedestrians etc etc simultaneously (most important thing is speed limits which are constantly changing along the same road). I migrated here to escape the violence in my home country but this isnt living.
yep. also most jobs are now casual meaning no secure hours and worry about paying already exorbitant rents for too few houses
You hit the nail on the head. This is isn’t living. Australia is a bubble wrap society. The social scene is garbage, the museums are sh*te, rules and regulations everywhere, big brother government etc.
I need get back to Italy one day…
I'm sure some of the "villains" not happy when people leave. They lose customers.
haha great point
They'll replace them with some millions of3rd worldcurry!!
You still have to pay taxes to the wretches as an Australian citizen, on income you earn abroad.
They just import more.
Well said mate. I'm moving out next July when I can access my super and I don't ever want to come back. My rent just went up to $2200 pm
I am stressed and have a crappy 9-5 job because I have to work and survive just to pay off debt and bills. I'm not living. Australia has changed and is no longer the lucky country.
Great to hear. Where are you moving to? It's great to hear of so many Australians leaving this dump of a country and moving to other countries which are much nicer and which are much better. I plan to leave in the next couple of years when I have the money and means to. I will be moving to Bosnia. Good luck and all the best.
@@johnm84 moving to Thailand Cambodia and the Philippines. Will move around a bit. Good luck to you as well.
It's ironic, Australias most popular song (down under) is actually about Australia losing its identity and the people becoming estranged because of it, for me it was the bushfires.
Jab uptake for me. Cowards.
This is so tempting, I could seriously pack up and go with the family.
I spent some time in Malaysia a while ago and it was lovely and could see myself retiring there.
I just worry about my young child's future in another country!
Totally with you. We've done something similar to yourselves and we're next door in Thailand. The number of Australians leaving is totally being covered over by the mass migration into Australia largely froim the third world. In rudimentary numbers Australia even has a net migration of millionaires to it but when you break it down it is largely some of the rich leaving India to get themselves a better passport and the British people fleeing their collapsing society. I really feel for the Brits because they are simply trading places to have similar issues just with a touch of extra sunshine thrown in for good measure. Things can't hold up for much longer, keep making your videos. Those that are not caught in the tribal mindset will find them helpful.
Australia is collapsing and the West is collapsing.
The BBC propaganda is the most sophisticated in the world, well done!! (We have to find alternative ways to become state proof independent) ..
You are spot on :) Never would I have thought of leaving the states and I am doing way better than most, but the culture and lifestyle in Thailand has made me decide to sell it all and move there in less than 4 years. I would have to work till 70 here in the states and hope I have enough to live well retired, but selling it all and moving to Thailand means I can retire before 58 and live a more chill lifestyle and never worry about working or money again. Great Video !
I’m not Australian I wish you the best . Do what’s right for you and your family 🌎🌸
100% facts
As an Australian I was calling that country home for nearly twenty years I totally understand that. Australia become dystopian and beyond recognition form me. I left the country a year ago and I didn't regret the choice. In my fifties and starting again
Australia is not the lucky country anymore but it used to be ...... born here in Melbourne and now 64 years old ....I'm leaving and going overseas ..... the sooner the better
Me too.
Please don't go... you'll miss out on the $100,000 Daniel Andrews statue being erected in his honour.
😂@@runestone1337
you were born at the right time lol, everyone else after you has been getting more fucked over as decades pass
Going where...please tell so we can all come
I've travelled to 137 countries in my 52 years of life. I've been travelling since age 18. I've travelled back to many countries more than once. I had to return to Australia in late 2023 due to chronic illness. I was made redunant in 2021 and havent worked since. I havent been able to secure permanent residency. I'm broke now, I hate living here in Australia. As soon as I am financial again, I'm moving back to Serbia.
I was born to one Aboriginal parent and one Israeli Jewish family. Australia has become an Orwellian nightmare and getting worse.
Mate, Serbia is getting worse also. Our treacherous political class has been bought by the WEF, as a Serb I'm better off moving to Russia......
Wow you have travelled to 137 countries. You have been to most countries. I have been to lots of countries too. I have been to 21 countries and I plan to go to lots more countries. You also lived in Serbia too. Serbia is an awesome country. Serbia was one of the countries I was going to immigrate to. I'm going to immigrate to Bosnia. You're absolutely right too about Australia being an Orwellian nightmare. Australia is also a Liberal Leftist Marxist Feminist Gynocentric Woke dump. I hate Australia and I can't wait to leave Australia. Best of luck to you too. I wish you well and I wish you all the best.
Travel is good for the outlook. Well-travelled people are less narrow minded and prejudiced. But ...
With respect, and I give you full credit for being open minded to other cultures, you can't complain about being broke. You can't have your cake and eat it too. It would be like someone who parties, smoke, drank etc envying the fact that I own a house and have good savings. I went without. I didn't travel. I went to one country overseas. Once. I don't drink, smoke etc. I don't even believe in taking holidays locally. Now at 52, I have options for having some fun, spoiling myself and seeing the world.
I am the exact same age as you..I have three degrees (two are very high status), I own a house which never had a mortgage on it. I paid for it in cash. I have a decent amount saved up.
You can't have everything. You chose to spend your money on travelling. Don't complain now about being broke.
I am just pointing out the reality.
I have been looking to maybe Philippines as somewhere to move to. I am fairly lucky in that i earn a decent living but i truly feel like my money doesn't go as far as it used to and since covid ive not been able to afford to travel or even go on holiday locally.
Id be very interested to find out more about where you moved to and how you make that work so im looking forward to watch more of your videos.
PS: ignore the negative people and continue to tell your story.
Well done mate !! Basic math. You can not have housing 10 times or more average salaries. Boomers who bought houses when the ratio was 3 -4 times salary or people making over 250k a year just can't understand. And they wonder why homelessness and crime are up. Daft.
Oh they understand very well. It's called gaslighting.
Australia has turned to shit ! When I was younger my rent was $25-45 a week for a terrace house in Sydney, a Holden Commodore was $1000 ! I could earn $50 a week and live well !
$50 is restaurant tips these days.
@@herberzh Me & my Wife can Cook better , always stay home !
Those were the good ol' days my friend !! Icy poles were 20c..and a pie was a buck 50'...Macca's is now classed as a 5* restaurant !!
I completely understand anyone moving away from Australia. Live is about doing what's best for us, our family, our health. I support you for moving ! well done. 💛💚👌💯 And remember, even if people get a job, or start a business .. it often is not long-lasting and way too hard, due to taxes, rules, and people making things hard, etc.
Rules more rules and ever changing rules
Taxes and more taxes
Changing retirement tax rules
It's crazy that Australians leave because they move where the currency exchange is in their favour. The only way the cos of living crisis gets better is if the 750,000 immigrants allowed into the country in the last year leave. If Australians can't afford to live here, how can the immigrants? Labor and Greens policies overpopulated Australia.
In the end, fight for your country or leave Australia.
people who actually move to Australia are not poor, its alll the well off rich ones that come here because Australia is cheap for them.
@@daniel-it2lw According to ABS, the largest groups of immigrants coming into Australia are from India (21%) China (12%) Philippines (6.7%). They aren't exactly rich countries with good exchange rates.
@@Hunty49 that means they are rich then, the cost to get here and the exchange rate prove my point even more.
@@daniel-it2lw Average annual wage in India is $16,500 AUD. Even if you're rich in India, why would you come to Australia where you would be lucky to be middle class?
The only one that makes sense is the Chinese trying to escape the CCP with all their stolen wealth. So realistically, money laundering.
The immigrants coming to Australia are coming to earn AUD and send it back to their country where it's worth something. In the meantime, they take Aus jobs, housing and goods & services, pushing the prices of all of them up.
@@Hunty49he is right mate, I😮ndians coming here are filthy rich who have black money, iam also Indian but I came here as Skilled Worker long time ago but the Indians migrating now are all political background with heaps of Black money.
There are no houses to rent in Perth. Let that sink in. We had to move to Melbourne in order to rent a house.
fucking crazy how its flipped in a couple years, i wish more people would stand up and actually fight for Australia and be patriotic. but the left has destroyed that love of our country and we get labeled as racist lol this world is fucking weird.
terrorist's get more support then decent aussies
Bulldust, I got a house I cant rent out.
@@ian-f5f lower the rent. No one is going to pay $700 - $900 a week in rent
@@robertaubrey3571 Im charging much less than that. Plenty of applicants but nearly all all are no hopers on the dole, on drugs etc. and the rest are migrants who do not understand basic hygiene and always lie about the number of people who will live there. . Plenty of rentals in Perth, if you are working and not in those categories. . I would say that 90 percent of people who apply are simply self entitled and dont pay the rent on time, dont do the basic maintenance and dont keep the place clean. I been renting out for over 40 years for always below market price to so many people and thats my experience. Also, so many liars, getting worse, so many people simply lie for convenience now . And I will not rent to migrants, had my fingers burnt there big time.
@robertaubrey3571 if you live, pay check to pay check. No one is doing give you a lease. What if landlord gets to know his tenants is on centerlink benefits and highly broke fella
I was very fortunate to be born and grow up in Australia. Gave me a lot of advantages. Its no longer a good place in 2024 as there is limited opportunity. Im honestly glad I no longer live there which is quite sad
200% agree Mitch . You are absolutely correct. To those wasting their time with their comments that are void of any frontal lobe processing I say this; the idea of " Australian " is dead in the tired old nostalgic way you mean it. The " true blue Aussie " now , today, is angry, bitter, resentful, meanspirited, humourless, ignorant and deaf to others opinions. Your the blue print of Karen's around the globe. Mitch , your a pioneer and brave in equal measures. All your points are valid. What we have in Australia today are the wealthy feeding off the carcass of the rest of society. Corporations and businesses now not even trying to hide their blatant ripping off of customers. Australia and especially Sydney, has never been more mean spirited. The comments to you just prove it. There's nothing worse than a nationalist who hasn't travelled and who thinks he owns the fu$king joint. It's a very shallow and dangerous way of obtaining an identity. Keep going with your interesting life Mitch. The rest of us are listening without fear. 😉😃🙏
Well said 👍
I live in Sydney it is fine plenty of lovely people your long winded comment lacks factual content. Go join your mate in the Philippines see how you go.
@benh3443 look out. Out come the smart ones 🙄🤣
@@Patricksstealthvanlife spot on!!
@@benh3443I travel the world, frequently. Sydney airport is always full of insufferable wankers. And they're all Sydneysiders. The working class in Sydney are fine. The wealthier ones are horrible. Sydney is a subtropical version of London.
I completely understand mate! You are spot on! 💯Well said!👍
32 year old Australian praying for a housing crash so I can afford to move out of home. Some weeks, I work as much as 50 hours between 2 jobs. Good luck getting a rental. it's at least a 12 month waiting list, and buying is beyond my reach. I hope to retire overseas some day where the cost of living is lower. I can't afford to retire in Australia. Stranded where I am can't afford to leave but don't have anything to stay for don't know when things will change. Have some savings but not enough to move forward
Yes it's tough but hang in there. God bless you brother. I will be praying for you.
Mintos and peerberry are working good for me atm for profits in loans even though peerberry sucks for loan availability for the last year or so but offer between 9% and 15% return
You work long hours but most went to the tax office
@teatree6228 The amount of tax I pay is ridiculous. Last financial year, after I filed my tax return, I got a $3300 tax bill despite already paying thousands
I hope you achieve what you want.
Just wanted to say thanks for the videos. Your perspective is very refreshing. I am in West Java and living the dream as well mate. Keep up the awesome work and I look forward to your next video insight. Best Wishes Will
I left, as soon as I could back in 2022. Since I'm pure-blooded, I thought I could never leave!
I live in Slovakia now. In my own apartment. Life is more affordable here.
Renting my house out to some Indian family while traveling.😮 The amount of rent im getting is insane. I wont be coming back soon. Cheaper to live in Asia and just fly back to Australia for my medical checkups.
Watch out for the absentee tax on your home
Ill be retiring early renting my house out and im outta this country. My superannuation will not last living in this country anymore maybe pre 2019 but thats the sad truth. And I was luckily enough to buy a home and have a good job before everything changed
I seriously dont know how the next generation are going to cope. Baby boomers were the spoon fed generation
Medical check-ups are superior in Thailand. Can walk in and see a specialist without a referral, sometimes on the same day. Cheaper prices, and they're all educated and trained in the west.
I owen 3 property's and i am selling up and leaving due to the cost living. I don't know how most people renting can make it
@meaoude5392 can you plz give me one? I have one healthy kidney and clean liver(no alcohol addict) to exchange with, btw I'm positive, B blood group
Your land tax be so high now, too. Especially if in Victoria, thanks to the increase as part of covid debt recovery program. Yeah let's blame property owners, not the corrupt politicians who were syphoning money into their offshore accounts.
How much land tax do you pay. Is it a reason why you sell?
It is actually worse than that!
Economics is important, but if you live in an unfree country then your options are not good anyway!
Both the economic and liberty conditions are about to get a lot worse!
I am leaving in 3 months! I have no job lined up, but prefer to jump this ship before it sinks!
People are not plants, we are not rooted in the ground - we have legs - so vote with them!
I am a 71yo Aussie guy retired in the Philippines with my Filipina wife and loving it. I get the Aussie age pension and my wife and I live comfortably on that. I worked and paid taxes for 51 years so I think I deserve to have the pension. We would have a miserable and lonely existence if we stayed in Australia. All we would have been able to afford would have been a run down old fibro sh1tbox in a small town way out in the donga. Instead we now have our own two bedroom house, late model car and two investment blocks of land. We planned to retire here as early as 2010 and we both worked to get to where we are now. I started working at age 16 and retired just before turning 68 (my eligible retirement age was 66). Sure the Philippines is not perfect, no country is, but it is a damned sight better than back in Australia. No more freezing cold Adelaide winters for me!
I'm curious, how do you continue to claim an Australian pension, whilst living in a foreign Country? I thought they cut you off after living outside Australia for more than 3 months.
@@sallyleichhardt2155 the Australian age pension is ‘portable’ according to Centrelink. They told me this when I applied and told them that I was planning to move to the Philippines. I do not get the full pension, it is reduced by an amount determined by Centrelink. BTW, the British pension is similar as there are many Brits in Australia receiving their British pension.
An Aussie who thinks the government is working for them is insane, the government does not care about you at all.
I can’t believe I’m even thinking that I should leave Australia. Likely I won’t…but ‘just surviving’ financially isn’t living. I can see a lot of people leaving now and I understand.
Time for the uprising people or forever complain.
I admit i dont know where to start, maybe we need to all put our small differences aside and tackle this problem together.
But i wont flee or give up, never!.
I recently emigrated from Canada to NZ, but they send me to work in Australia. I am Canadian with 16 years' experience on my field. I am seeing the same issues here too. A lot of retired Canadian expats I know moved to Thailand, Vietnam, Eastern Europe, Philippines, Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, and Chile. The cost of living is skyrocketing everywhere. Australia like Canada, UK and the USA are on same level now. Yes, I agree with you Mitch. There are a lot more Aussie, Canucks, Americans, Brits and Kiwis will agree with you.
Yes it's the same in most Western countries and it's especially the same in all English speaking Western countries. All the English speaking Western countries Australia New Zealand America Canada Britain and Ireland are now totally screwed.
@@johnm84 Not to mention our governments spends billions on endless wars and no funding for basic social services. Yep, it sucks - th-cam.com/video/6j_juP2UdkE/w-d-xo.html
From your background I guessed Penang. We live in KL. Great place. Agree with you!
Yeah! KL is amazing too.
When politicians go on tv and with a straight face tell you to hit up the bank of mum and dad so you can buy a house you know the place is absolutely fucked
Why buy a house, our house is fully paid for, here in QLD u cannot get the deeds for your home, just a bs half page printout.
It’s sad mate but you are right. You have a class of landowners who are mostly boomers. We live frugally as and don’t have luxury of the bank of Mum and Dad. There is a wage recession and hard to get work. My partner was underemployed and tried his darnedest to get work. He only just got a full time job with a 12 month contract. We’ve been surviving on my wage and could barely make ends meet . Thankfully my partner has a job and we can save for now. We are weighing up to move to the US or Europe. If we can’t get ahead within the next two years. Not a bloody winger, like you a realist. The landowners need to understand it’s incredibly difficult to live and we work hard. I budget every cent my partner and I earn. We are both well educated with tertiary degrees as well. We keep seeing the costs of essentials rise like fuel, utility bills, food etc. it’s far beyond the rate of wage rises. My single wage could comfortably support my family prior to Covid crisis. It also seems apparent we are also paying for our lockdowns as well. The pandemic real estate boom have hyper inflated rents and the price of housing where families, couples and singles have no hope of owning a home outside the bank of Mum and Dad. Due to circumstances I don’t have the bank of Mum or Dad to fall back on either side or my spouses side to assist us. We are left at mercy of an expensive and extremely competitive rental market. Mitch completely understand why you did what you did. It’s not that we hate Australia it’s just becoming too unfordable to live a comfortable life here.
It's sad that quality of life has massively dropped and ignorant Australians still can't seem to pick up on real serious problems with the country collapsing. If Australia want to repeat Russian or German history they probably will deserve it until they learn why it's not such a good idea of trusting the government. The systems of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union weren't created of night. It took them years to build up the system's and polices they had over time. Anyone who knows basic German and Russian history can soon figure that the western world is going in a very bad direction.
It’s time Western countries regain their sovereignty from the single decision maker across the Atlantic/Pacific.
The Gulag Archipelago is a very eye-opening book about the power of herd mentality and government overreach
Former KGB spy turned defector, Yuri Bezmenov, warned about all of this happening way back in 1984.
@@thomasglenn4248 Well said !! People should read it..might open a few eyes. Or we can at
least hope''..can't we ??
We have way to much government and government agencies..that's why taxes are so high and the cost of living keeps raising..I don't think I can afford to retire in my own country 😢...
Its a tough choice for sure
Australia is tough. You go to university for 3 or 4 years with no income and get a huge HECS debt.
You graduate from uni but the competition is so tough you need to have the best grades and be lucky. So you probably wasted time and money studying.
You then either spend most of your life paying for rent or a mortage.
When you retire because of inflation your superannuation will last you 10 years if you live like a poor person.
Being austealian is being a slave all your life.
At least europeans can travel easily because the strength of their currency and their location.
@@Yalbou I'm 39 born and raised in Australia. If I didn't start investing 5 years ago I'd be fked. IF I were 18 again I wouldn't have bothered with uni I'd have gone to the mines in WA and saved up a shit load of money and then invest it.
@@JasonISF what did you start investing in? Im the same age as you but 5 years ago i went back to uni lol. How do you think that investment went? So now i have an undergraduate and masters and still looking for a job
@@Yalbou went pretty well I pulled out all my little bit of super back in 2020. Put it in uranium and silver stocks. Now heavily in iron ore exploration stocks. My portfolio was up over $450k just a few months ago. My goal is to be on $500k a year in dividends by the time I'm 45 and $1M a year by the time I'm 50.
Spot on.
I am out too - already in mid-preparation to relocate.
I want to live not just exist.
Don't see any improvement to quality of life in Aus any time soon.
Cheers
flights out of Australia are very expensive now, means demand to GTFO is high
People are fleeing Australia in droves. People are desperate to get out of Australia. Australia is horrible and Australia is a dump.
Sad but true. Previous gov's enabled this by not investing in business, and opening up tax benefits for housing. And Aussies couldn't get enough of this. No Gov will address it, and a whole generation of young folk will never own a home. Wait until after the crash and see if things change.
And now Aussies must declare all there worldly income ………they think they own u mate !😮And as for the govt turning a blind eye on the ASX and all the shorting that goes on ripping off mum and dad investors ! 😮
Nah, if you leave the country for long enough you won't be taxed as you wouldn't be Australian for tax purposes. Unless they change the legislation. Only country I know that taxes you even when you permanently live outside of its borders is the US. If you have HECS/HELP you have to pay it back, however.
Good on you
You know what's best for your family
What a great adventure
I’m a millennial and my mother (a boomer) keeps telling me to keep saving and buy a house here. She cannot understand why when I tell her I have no intention of buying a house in this country and am more than happy to take my money and move overseas once I’m done working here. 8 generations and I think I’ll follow the lead of my ancestors and migrate for economic opportunities!
I’m a boomer and if I was young like u I would be leaving as fast as. Wish you all the best 🌸
Work hard - can only get one so much….Be smart - gets one long way!
I love the “upper cut” statement 👍🏼👍🏼
Literally a night and day difference between working hard and working smart.
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The UK is worse trust me , 8 months of cold weather, summer is about 3 days a year if you're lucky , it rains 300 days a year on average , traffic jams galore , everything is super expensive here, not just there .
@@Swipes83 lots leaving the UK too now. UK has always been a shit hole.
I grew up here in the 70's and 80's ,it was great
I met an 18 year old who emigrated to Thailand, he had no regrets.
How does he make a living though ? Also, 18 year old is... still too young to draw life conclusions. Remember the hippies of the 70s? Now they are aging in trailer parks😢
@@BigBrother04it will have to be a remote online job, if you have away to earn money that way, then you can live like a king in thailand
@x-latetv-x6816 but the op said the kid is 18. Very hard to find a sustainable remote job at that age. And remember guys, jobs do not last forever. I had a fully remote job until last year. 7 years but I knew it would end, so I took the advantage to travel now and then but I never burned the bridges
@@BigBrother04 its either that or nothing, you will earn FA in thailand
@x-latetv-x6816 yeah. That's the main reason why, despite being cheap, most young people do not move to those countries. Most expats are retirees who have guaranteed pension without needing to work..and vets on disability. Hard to make a living there otherwise
Similar in New Zealand brother.
Still thousands of kiwi leaving for Oz on a weekly basis.
Ditch the western colonies for good I reckon.
Good luck on your mission.
live in Brisbane, I work 7 days/week I have 2 days off in the year because there's no work anywhere for those 2 days and I'm unable to buy a house? it's a joke. it's absolutely fucked
Such a vibrant beautiful place my wifes home town of 80,000 in the Philippines.
They recently experienced earthqauke, volcanic eruption, floods & a Super Super typhoon that is still hanging around, & still the most friendliest caring welcoming happiest people on the planet. Marching bands, beautiful women in festivals smiling as they sing, its wonderful.
Australia has aways been a very depressing hell hole for me, moved there when my father was alive from NZ, he was a CEO for Japanese company, we were never ever respected as New Zealanders, & I see that with my wife who is dark skin native Ilokano Filipina.
There is just completely nothing that is worth it in Australia, from the rotten fruit sold in supermarkets to the long faced people everywhere, no community, rules, politics & sport & more sport, depressing horrid country; there is nothing vibrant about it, the list is endless.
I could name Thousands of reasons why to leave Australia & name thousands of reasons why we are moving to the Philippines.
You're absolutely right.
Spot on. Australia really is a miserable dump devoid of any real identity history, culture and community. It’s just horrible architecture, sh*t pubs, and a meaningless rat race where hard workers are taxed into oblivion and mediocrity thrives.
So true, you can feel the evil and the grip of the state when you arrive at Melbourne airport. High tech dystopian tyranny.
10% of Australians are well off and ripping the fruits of the economy right now. For the rest of us “the 80%” are literally living to survive and I’m only in my late 20’s. Imagine 20 years from now🤣😂
80% 😂
what about the other 10%
@@Goodluck-d4c economy will collapse for sure bud
I feel you dude 💯 agree with everything you say!
Myself and my wife left Australia for good 4 months ago , retired at 46 and her at 42
Worked everyday of my pathetic life in Australia to pay for my Australian dream then I woke up.
Now we live our best life , we eat out everyday, drink what we want do what we want and see something new everyday. Good bye ground hog day (Australia)
@@vic-wu7ij centrelink benefits enjoying overseas
Wishing you both the best mate....
Good for u both, life is meant to be enjoyable, have a great life 🌸
Worked as a truck driver for most of my life, always on minimum wage, getting shafted by boss's made redundant when COVID hit 6 months away from long service, boss made me wait a month to pay me out, lucky country, I don't think so. Retired now with a bitter taste in my mouth. 6:31
Why didn't you get another job mate? Invest in yourself! Learn, retrain, and get a better job. Your boss prob took advantage of you because you let him!!! Simple.
I know many friends like myself who are in our 60s. Have married Asian women. Here on old age pensions it’s a huge struggle. Rates, insurance, has in the last 4 years doubled in price, utilities have skyrocketed. Food has doubled since 2017. Yet incomes have barely moved. A friend with a Thai wife, went to Thailand for a holiday. When they came back they put their house on the market. With his $940,000 house sale minus commission. And accesing his superannuation another $266,000. They both live like Kings. Travel to neighbouring countries snd finally enjoying their lives.
Great point!
Having owned a house must have been nice.
Well because of medical conditions I'm stuck here, wife and I are moving into a old bus I managed to buy and still trying to make live able. We'll be in it before xmas finished or not. It will be a roof over our heads, and ours. Finding somewhere to park is a different matter though.....
Plenty of free or near free mobile campsites around Australia.
@@juliedale6818 yes, after my kidney transplant many years ago I did up a old bus and travelled Australia by myself. There were heaps of places to park up. 20+ years later there is nowhere as many places now due to grubby councils and bureaucrats sitting behind a desk.