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Originally Posted by Hondaracer

A country not overrun with drug addicts, social warriors, and crime in his case. Must be nice

As the brain drain accelerates you’ll only see more and more incompetence in govt. which ultimately, means more money out of your pocket.

Projects like the North short waste treatment plant and site C are only the tips of the ice burgs. How much does anyone want to bet the Massey tunnel replacement goes over budget? 25%? 50%? There isn’t even a shovel in the ground or a plan in place and you can guarantee it will be a disaster.

Canada has lost its way and unless you’ve got some $$$ things are going to get substantially worse in terms of quality of life for most. I’d love to test the waters elsewhere but things change and ultimately I may be able to later in life and not have to work at all.

In terms of schooling I already have colleagues who can barely afford to but enroll their kids in private schools to not have to deal with all the politics and BS that comes with the public system. I’m sure you can pay for an infinitely better education abroad and ultimately go wherever you want for post secondary.

Lets look at Monaco. A country with a pop of 40K. Looking at hehe's posts he is looking at living in one of the poorer area's of the country. Whats the point of living in Monaco if you don't have a yacht in the marina.

Another country he is looking at is Costa Rica. I know a Canadian who lived there for decades he and his Costarican wife moved back to Canada because it is to dangerous. You basically stay in your gated community and don't leave it unless you absolutely have to. A lot of people hire private security. Go look at what the Canadian goverment has to say. https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/costa-rica .

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Look at the comments in the video.

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My partner and I were the victims of an armed home invasion by three masked men in 2018. We had just finished our dream home near Playa Hermosa just south of Jaco. We were hogtied with zip ties with a gun to our head and knives to our throats for almost 5 hours. They destroyed our just built house. Ripped cabinets and mirrors off walls thinking we had money and valuables hidden there. We were certain they would kill us when they put a mattress up against the window of the room the kept us hostage in. I still can’t believe this happened to us. It is something you see on tv or in movies but would never happen to us! Yes, the police were useless. Possibly even involved in the crime. We tried to stay an carry on as we felt by leaving the attackers would win. But we never felt safe again so after six months moved back to the USA. The USA certainly has it’s problems too regarding gun violence. Thought I’d share our experience so folks know these things do happen in Costa Rica and more often than is reported. The tourist industry there certainly does not want this to be common knowledge.

I know next to nothing on Andorra.