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Hamachi:
What are the pros and cons of living abroad?
It depends if you are moving for financial or non financial reasons, and how long you move for.

If you are moving for a short period of time when you are young, there are seldom many negatives.

Few people regret studying abroad for a year, doing an internship or a gap year.


When it comes to longer-term assignments, financial considerations are important for most people.

The major positives associated with moving abroad are

If you work for a multi-national, there are sometimes bigger packages abroad, especially in frontier markets due to hardship allowances. For instance, if you are an oil & gas engineer working in Canada or Norway, you are likely to be paid more if you move to Nigeria or Myanmar on a two-year contract.
For business owners, the world markets are always a bigger opportunity than just only focusing on the local market. Whilst it is true that you can target people online successfully, a stint overseas will teach you about other cultures, give you fresh ideas and so on.
New languages and skills will help you if you move back to your home country
If you are high-net-worth you can save a lot on taxes if you move to certain countries, and do the right planning

The main negatives are

In your home country you get back ended benefits. In low-tax countries overseas, you get front ended benefits. What do I mean by that? In your home country, you might feel you are being weighed down by the taxes. However, you get back some of that money when you get old or are sick as per the graph below:

In comparison, if you have more money from lower taxes, you get front ended benefits. This can be great, but only if you are self-disciplined enough to save and invest more.

However, plenty of people in low taxes countries like the UAE and Singapore don’t do that, as many studies have shown
Career wise, you will be behind your peer back home, if you don’t use your time overseas wisely.
What are the pros and cons of teaching abroad?
What are the advantages or disadvantages of living and working abroad?
What are the pros and cons of moving back to your home country after living abroad?
What are the pros and cons of living in your country?

What are the pros and cons of moving abroad, and where are some good places to live?
Let´s start with the cons to get that out of the way first

1.
The more countries you have lived in, the more you loose a sense of belonging (at least I feel that way). I have lived in 9 different ones and although I have of course great memories and part of my heart is in all of them, I feel I belong nowhere and certainly not in my home country anymore either.

After so many years I crave a sense of belonging, a base to call home (even if it just means to be there a couple of months a year), friends I do not have to say goodbye to every few months or years. And no, to stay in touch on Social Media is not the same at all, I personally create bonding through shared experiences and not by living in past memories.

2.
If you move a lot and you know you will not be in a place for a very long time, you wonder if it makes sense to emotionally invest in relationships and friendships and I think sometimes relationship become more superficial because building them takes time and commitment and you know you will leave again and who wants heart breaks.

3.
Depending on your age group, aging parents back home suddenly become a concern. One is far away and cannot just jump in a plane and is home in one hour. A sense of guilt sets in even if your loved ones give you no reason to feel guilt and its only in your head. And you also realize time becomes more precious and one is far away.

4.
When you get home you realize your friends are more or less still the same, they have aged too, might have created a family, changed jobs, etc. but essentially they are still the same. You on the other hand have changed, its unavoidable. Your horizons have widened and you might not have that much in common with old friends anymore. There is a sense of loss and sadness.

5.
Depending on where you are abroad, romantic relationships can take a back seat. If an independent western single women in her late twenties or thirties comes for example to Asia with the hope to not only find professional opportunities and adventures but also a partner to create a family with, I would say, think twice, your choices will be limited, but that is a topic for a different question.

6.
The longer you are in a certain region the more difficult it will be to go back to your home country if you ever want to return, because your skills and experiences will become more bankable in your new country than in your home country. If your business is online it’s a different story of course.

7.
Loneliness can also be an issue. If you do not consider yourself the love of your life and enjoy time alone too, you will struggle, because it is unavoidable that there will be moments when you will be alone, especially if you just arrive in a new place. And when you get sick its also not exactly fun.

8.
Constantly having to let go is sad, at least for me. I do not like to let go of things, people, places that entered my heart, but sometimes life changes and there is nothing you can do about it.

In many places (such as Singapore, Dubai for example) people are in transit, they stay for a couple of years and then they move on, you might loose a job and the work permit that goes with it and the list goes on. If you have no plan B, the stress level rises.

9.
You feel often disconnected if you do not speak the local language, but might also not live there long enough to really fluently communicate. Some languages especially for westerns are just not so easy to learn (thai is one of them).

The frustration you feel when you start learning a new language and can only express yourself like a 2 year old in the body and with the mind of a grown up person.

10.

Personally I also feel sometimes alone, when there is nobody who shares a certain sense of humor. Humor is often very different and culture specific. I can laugh my head off about certain things or situations and my colleagues just look at me and wonder what that is all about.

And they laugh about certain things and I cannot see what is funny about it either. Laughing is also about bonding with people, so I can say sometimes I miss bonding over a shared sense of humor.

Now that we are done with some of the cons, lets talk about the wonderful pros.

1.
You change for the better

2.
You become more tolerant

3.
You become a better Ambassador of your home country when you return. I swear, whenever I return home, I am particularly friendly to anybody who is foreign, I feel so connected because I am a foreigner in other countries too, so I want them to feel welcome and leave with good memories.

4.
Once you have lived abroad, this place will never ever be just a dot on the map. It will penetrate your memory, it will become part of your history, if you disliked your experience or loved it does not matter, it will never leave you indifferent anymore.

5.
You develop courage and learn how to overcome obstacles

6.
You learn to rely on yourself

7.
You realize that essentially all people in the world are the same, we are just shaped by different education, background, beliefs, etc. but we all want to be respected, loved, heard and acknowledged.

8.
You become more flexible (you just have to)

9.
You age slower, because whenever you learn or see something new it feels the days are much longer and more intense. Every day is a new adventure and there is less routine.

10.
Everywhere I go there is something I love and I weave it into my personality to take it with me. It is like as I go along, I create a more interesting and better version of myself (at least I think that, but that is a good start).

11.
You learn to judge less and listen more.

12.
You will feel more emotionally connected to the world.

it was a long article but very interesting and informative. Thank you for sharing

Wickedfact:
When Lagos was using Molue, I'm sure they must have been using wheelbarrows as means of transport in Abia.

Do you know what you’re saying?

This people no get sense sha..how will that solve our problem now

siofra:
Yes but not with the men of this generation. They are too perverted.

That’s not true. Girls of nowadays will see you as a novice if you don’t want to go down with them.

This story is not clear. The man was on top of her beside her husband. Everyone in that story no get sense. Make una get out

NTA has lost its glory since late 90s. What they’re doing now is jokes and waste of resources. Why will they do such mistakes? nonsense. They should be dealt with.

God help Australia. �

Just choose anyone, go to school, graduate and have good grades. While in school, just learn a skill and be very good at that.

Certificate one side, hustle one side. These are the main combination to earn a living. Above all is the grace of God. Selah

Nice one. I pray and plead with the government to furnish the boat with necessary equipments, drugs and ancillaries (first aid). It will not be good to sail from middle of the sea just to get Panadol at the shore.

Nigeria will get better.

medropoly:
Damn.. Having plenty siblings is the beginning of your endless suffering as a senior child. Am saying this from experience...
Damn... Just imagine how having plenty children has changed the whole scenario of the family life,.
The mother becomes a ruthless nagging woman and verbally abusing her children
Father tends to shy away from his responsibilities.,
Children fight and disrespect each other




constantly..
Verbal and physical abuse becomes the order of the day..
Parent fighting each other in front of kids..

Damn... How I wish when she gave birth to the forth child she stopped giving birth as she promised, but instead she added four more children to the squad.. Giving bullshit stories of "Na God dey give pikin, maybe Na dis one God go use change my story" and bla bla bla

Omo life hasn't be the same, Imaging the the first child being just 22 and already have 7 other siblings behind him,

Cooking and eating of food Na....... , let me don't even go there

Una wey una mama no born plenty pikin no knw Wetin God do for una

Some people will not understand this sha…the impact is too much. But thank God, God no be man.

Why will you live in UK and calculate your spending in Naira. Why not tell us your earnings in Naira…Onye mgbu

He’s now a Good Samaritan because of election. It’s alright

If you have the fund, go for steel warehouse. Though it might be expensive now, but it last longer than the former, and it requires less maintenance.

afroniger:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/03/internet-penetration-why-south-east-remains-lowest-at-13-7-million-users/

Your research is not correct.
You dey do survey for People wey don travel to hustle.

MadeINchenzen2:
Having sex or romantic affairs with an underage or a married person

Spending to impress or get attention

Telling lies

Pretending to be rich

Inability to control your sexual urge
Inability to control you emotions

You have no job or source of income

You still patronize prostitutes

You still masturbate

You can't make decisions for yourself

You get influenced easily

You take things personal

You lack sense of humour

You don't take care of your family, especially your parents.

You don't contribute in the welfare of your family

You don't carry your siblings along.

You still depend on your family for financial help

You have no clear understanding of what you want to do with your life.

You still believe ritual, fraud or dishonesty is the way to riches.

You don't have the spirit of giving without expectations of payback.

You always want to win every argument

You talk more than you listen

You stopped learning

You still watch porn or nudity

You have no religious faith

You are quick to react to bad situation

You don't have love in your heart for humanity

You are quick to criticise but won't take advice or criticism

You think you know it all

You lack emotional and financial intelligence

You have trust issues

You are quick to pass judgment

You generalise issues, you think everyone is desame

It's hard for you to let go

That means no one is ready….no one is perfect. Your points are not valid. Even some married people do one of these you mentioned, so they should dismiss their vows

Praise be unto God.

May the Testimony of their salvation be binding.

Please somebody play Crazy world by Lucky Dube.

Btw what if he die before Wednesday.

Please somebody play Crazy world by Lucky Dube.

Btw what if they die before Wednesday.

chatinent:
Preaches to empty seats? Agreed.


Cos there's nothing he'll tell me that I'll believe.

Because you’re daft and don’t respect experience and wisdom.

SEYIKP:
With alot of noise that surrounded the launch of e-naira, I am yet to see anyone that make use of it as a channel of transaction. Is e-naira dead on arrival?

First question is what problem(s) will it solve??
If it can’t and won’t solve any problem, it’s dead and gone..

Admiral49:
After which they flew him to India for treatment and he never entered the battlefield again now he is a general... General behind the desk not on the battlefield...I lol

So he should go and die before they grant him the honor
You get mind sha

Ahmed4002:
Get your fact right.

Any test for travelling purposes which requires your passport information on the test results cost money, even here in Europe.

A PCR test cost about 75-100 Euro in Germany for travelling purposes.

And a rapid test skits around 2.75 euro per stick




While the Schenell test (Rapid) is free across all test centers in the city. But immediately you test positive with the rapid test, additional test is required which is the PCR test and you would get a bill to pay for it which your health insurance do not cover.

While I can comfortable tell you PCR nor rapid test not for travelling purposes in Nigeria are free, as well as the treatment, isolation centers etc.

I had covid in Europe some time around June 2021.

I have a valid health insurance where I paid 79 euro monthly.
But mehn the reality of the treatment of this virus in so called developed countries is nothing to write home about.

I was left alone, no medic, no treatment, no thing,was dieing, but does guys no send.. Thank you for a nairalander here far a from my city, who put a call for ambulance for me, even though I regret it later, but it was waste of money and total rubbish
I would have just say stay at home my thing jeje.

I developed complications one certain night, I had to call an ambulance with a help of a fellow here. and the return me back home the next few hours.

But after the following week, I got the following bills to pay

450 euro for the ambulance to the hospital
403 euro for the ambulance to my home
272 for the doctor in the ambulance
170 euro for the drip added to me.

And blantly the health insurance company ask me to foot the bill myself, it doesn't cover.. Am on my own.


Most people our Africans would pay for this test in Europe without questioning it, but when it comes to our countries just to protect us from this virus, we shout and calls all sort of names, while most folks come in with fake test results.

It's great the NCDC have made the permit travel compulsory for arriving passengers to Nigeria and its strict for a follow up test.


There are some certain things we won't know it's free in Nigeria and Nigeria is damn sweet no matter how hard life it, until we were out of the shore.
But many folks won't talk about it becos of the inferiority complex. While many are in the abroad, suffering and smiling.

GOD BLESS NAIJA

Well said…as far as am concerned, Nigeria is one of the best country. A lot of things are free, we even love foreigners mor even than ourselves.
But our plagues are the bad leaders and their governance.

God help Us. Long live Nigeria

Well said…as far as am concerned, Nigeria is one of the best country. A lot of things are free, we even love foreigners mor even than ourselves.
But our plagues are the bad leaders and their governance.

God help Us. Long live Nigeria

So she don’t have advisers. President of Nigeria is not ashowebi trail. She should respect herself.

No need of paying the debt again. According to them, you’re dead. Both of you have parts to be blamed sha, but they went too far.

so what happens to lives that were lost

UN am disappointed with you guys. How can you tell a murderer to investigate his victims. It’s only God that will help us in this situation.

God will punish all the people involved in this movement, even the people that will raise to say it was a mistake after there nonsense investigation. Clueless government.

No good road yet you want to build airport, how will people get to the airport ehhhh�

Nice one, you said it all. But next time try to use simple English we’re not fighting, or you used the anger to try people. Bless up ✌️