People who have permanently moved to another country, what gave you the opportunity and was it worth it?
People who have permanently moved to another country, what gave you the opportunity and was it worth it?
I'm trying to make a move myself and am curious what worked and how well it turned out.
Moved from the US to the Netherlands in 2023 and regret nothing. The opportunity came in the form of the Dutch-American Friendship Treaty. It makes it ridiculously easy for Americans to move to the Netherlands, if you are self employed. It worked for me to move, and when my business went sideways due to my main client screwing me over, I got a normal Dutch job as a highly-skilled migrant.
Downsides:
Benefits:
There's probably more benefits, but those are the highlights for me. All around though, the biggest advantage is that I can easily see a much better future for myself and my wife in the Netherlands than I can in the US.
I almost asked my boss like 20 years ago while I was vacationing near Amsterdam with my girlfriend-now-wife about moving to The Netherlands as we had an office there, but never did. Still wonder how different life would have turned out. It’s an amazing country.
This is an amazing rundown and I can appreciate how most of the downsides are food-based.
This is huge, it's exhausting to have to deal with the fallout of calling in sick that I sometimes work through it so I don't have to deal with the bs.
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Isn't there a housing problem atleast in Amsterdam?
There is, nationwide.
But also everywhere else in Europe, and everywhere in the US that I would be willing to live. What can you do eh?
I'm sorry but you lost me at the lack of food options
Good food does exist, it just takes some time and effort to find out where to go and where should be blacklisted. And there's like three good Mexican restaurants in the whole country.
Oh I thought the same thing.
Spicy food - eh I guess I could ship in hot sauces etc. No biggie Korean food - damn...that really sucks but Mexican food - dammit, I'm done
I always joke with the wife about opening restaurants for hard to find cuisine wherever we evetually move to. Currently that's legit BBQ for the PNW if we end up there.
There are probably more food options than most U.S cities, just not the same ones.
Hey fellow Mexican food lover. I'm a displaced Texan, now living in Drenthe since 2019. Lemme know of some good restaurants that serve good guac and enchilladas. I went to Bramigo ("Authentic Tex-Mex") in Assen and stared in disbelief at sauceless enchilladas with some tauge (soybeans) on top. Will not go back.
Oof, you're probably as out of luck in Drenthe as I am in Nijmegen. In Amsterdam I can recommend La Condesa and Tacoteca as pretty good. I've heard rumors of places in Den Hague but I haven't gotten there yet.