Anyone else thinking about going the Expat route......
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UnknownJust dont be one of those dual citizen assholes who live elsewhere and cry for help when the shit hits the fan. Just remember that the grass is never greener on the other side. Ever. Those countries you listed are poor, dirty and have no shortage of problems. That's why they all want to come here.
If I was 10 years younger and had a bit more savings, I'd move to Pattaya, Thailand, I think. First a few visits, to check it out, but it looks like a great place to live.
http://forum.thepattayaclub.com/
http://forum.thepattayaclub.com/
No...I have thought about it. But..Canada is awesome, safe, stable and likely, very little risk of being taken hostage by the impoverished and the whitey haters.
You can cash out your assets by moving out of Toronto in favour of a smaller community where rent is cheap and things move more slowly, then travel year round, especially during the winter months to warmer climes...but why sink your hard earned cash into fixed assets in some fleabag state?
You can cash out your assets by moving out of Toronto in favour of a smaller community where rent is cheap and things move more slowly, then travel year round, especially during the winter months to warmer climes...but why sink your hard earned cash into fixed assets in some fleabag state?
Dual citizens and expats are different. Expats are Canadians living outside Canada, whether it's just a few hundred yards across the St. Lawrence in Gran's house they inherited, or ten thousand miles away on the other side of the globe where they're selling Canuck know-how, or treating Ebola, or telling you news-stories of what's going on. Why shouldn't they expect their government to help if trouble befalls them? Isn't that what government is for?
Consider whether it is really cheaper. As you age your need for health care will increase and high quality care ain't cheap. While you probably can find a very affordable family doctor in the Philippines, major treatment for a life threatening disease and the cost of the drugs is likely to be expensive anywhere.
Do the math on that before you sell the house.
Look at the shit eating grin on this guys face...........................
http://forum.thepattayaclub.com/index.php?/topic/138769-valentines-day-party-at-the-villa/
But he's talking about leaving because its too expensive here. Not because he wants to change the world. Sounds like those dual Lebanese Canadian citizens who live there but claim to be Canadian when they need our help. I just don't want more of those. If you want to live in Central America because it is cheap, don't come crying to the Canadian government when you get in trouble.
This is my goal in the next year. I lived there for a year, I met and stay in contact with a lot of expats. I stay at a hotel in an excellent location around Soi 8 for about $240.00 to $280.00/mo depending on what room is available.
If merely choosing cheap makes you an undeserving citizen, how about cross-border shopping? Why should we let such saboteurs of our economy back in unpenalized? And if they're caught up in some trouble—carjacked and robbed—why should they expect help from us?
Who are you to judge what my reasons—or any citizen's reasons—might be for for being in some foreign country at some time of trouble there and needing the help of our government? Where's Check's list of Pre-Approved Reasons For Living Abroad? Would caring for disabled relatives be OK? running a mining company and raping the rainforest? being a cruise passenger whose ship sank and bankrupted the company? owning a fire-trap sweatshop? Or is it time? Like two months is OK, but three is 'abandoning' Canada? If we gotta decide on being abroad according to standards you'd approve, you gotta tell us. The government is wise enough not to, and undertakes some level of help to all citizens if asked.
You may have a point to make about dual citizenship, but that's not the topic of this thread, and you should say clearly what that point is, if you want to discuss it.
