Tldr; I love my job, hate the Netherlands, want to move somewhere warmer but where and how?
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Tldr; I love my job, hate the Netherlands, want to move somewhere warmer but where and how?
Basically that. It's time for a change. I love my current job, and I wish I could stay in that role for years to come, but a. It's temporary and b. Good god do I hate living in The Netherlands. To a point where something's gotta give.
I'll be slow posting in this thread today, not sure how many toots. Feel free to mute me if this thread becomes annoying. 🫶
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Tldr; I love my job, hate the Netherlands, want to move somewhere warmer but where and how?
Basically that. It's time for a change. I love my current job, and I wish I could stay in that role for years to come, but a. It's temporary and b. Good god do I hate living in The Netherlands. To a point where something's gotta give.
I'll be slow posting in this thread today, not sure how many toots. Feel free to mute me if this thread becomes annoying. 🫶
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@Gina is your hate for the NL public? I'm curious what makes you dislike it so much. (I imagine the weather and the latitude aren't helping)
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Tldr; I love my job, hate the Netherlands, want to move somewhere warmer but where and how?
Basically that. It's time for a change. I love my current job, and I wish I could stay in that role for years to come, but a. It's temporary and b. Good god do I hate living in The Netherlands. To a point where something's gotta give.
I'll be slow posting in this thread today, not sure how many toots. Feel free to mute me if this thread becomes annoying. 🫶
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And by slow posting, I mean slowwww. In between playing Majora's Mask with two cats sleeping on me ❤️
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Tldr; I love my job, hate the Netherlands, want to move somewhere warmer but where and how?
Basically that. It's time for a change. I love my current job, and I wish I could stay in that role for years to come, but a. It's temporary and b. Good god do I hate living in The Netherlands. To a point where something's gotta give.
I'll be slow posting in this thread today, not sure how many toots. Feel free to mute me if this thread becomes annoying. 🫶
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@Gina Portugal, look it up, if you like Sun, Sea, worm weather, social friendly people.
But.you have to make a efort to learn the language, but most speak English.
😄🫶🇵🇹
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Tldr; I love my job, hate the Netherlands, want to move somewhere warmer but where and how?
Basically that. It's time for a change. I love my current job, and I wish I could stay in that role for years to come, but a. It's temporary and b. Good god do I hate living in The Netherlands. To a point where something's gotta give.
I'll be slow posting in this thread today, not sure how many toots. Feel free to mute me if this thread becomes annoying. 🫶
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@Gina
I moved from South Africa to the Netherlands. The natural beauty of South Africa, along with its temperate climate, make the nation a lovely place to get away from it all! -
@Gina is your hate for the NL public? I'm curious what makes you dislike it so much. (I imagine the weather and the latitude aren't helping)
@gryzor the weather, it's crowded, zero nature, super expensive, ugly architecture outside of the main tourist areas (look up "rijtjeshuis"), taxes are insane, shitty healthcare, low quality food, very restrictive policies leading to immediate fines for everything, and most of all, lack of sunshine.
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@Gina
I moved from South Africa to the Netherlands. The natural beauty of South Africa, along with its temperate climate, make the nation a lovely place to get away from it all!@dtabb73 if it wasn't for the murder I'd move to South Africa in a heart beat.
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@gryzor the weather, it's crowded, zero nature, super expensive, ugly architecture outside of the main tourist areas (look up "rijtjeshuis"), taxes are insane, shitty healthcare, low quality food, very restrictive policies leading to immediate fines for everything, and most of all, lack of sunshine.
@Gina makes sense. Thanks.
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Tldr; I love my job, hate the Netherlands, want to move somewhere warmer but where and how?
Basically that. It's time for a change. I love my current job, and I wish I could stay in that role for years to come, but a. It's temporary and b. Good god do I hate living in The Netherlands. To a point where something's gotta give.
I'll be slow posting in this thread today, not sure how many toots. Feel free to mute me if this thread becomes annoying. 🫶
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@Gina Thailand is entering hot season eight now, it's super lovely and kind. Is your job something you can work remotely on?
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Tldr; I love my job, hate the Netherlands, want to move somewhere warmer but where and how?
Basically that. It's time for a change. I love my current job, and I wish I could stay in that role for years to come, but a. It's temporary and b. Good god do I hate living in The Netherlands. To a point where something's gotta give.
I'll be slow posting in this thread today, not sure how many toots. Feel free to mute me if this thread becomes annoying. 🫶
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@Gina why not Australia?
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And by slow posting, I mean slowwww. In between playing Majora's Mask with two cats sleeping on me ❤️
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The problem with NL is that it's cold, grey, wet and miserable. Unless you like cycling through the rain (gas costs 3 dollars a liter and forget about parking), you'll be inside your house for 8 months out of the year. Even during the 2 weeks of summer, there's no nature to enjoy. We basically have 3 nature parks, which you can walk in a day. And that's it. The beaches are shit, the food is flavorless, everything looks the same. It's grey and bland every day.
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The problem with NL is that it's cold, grey, wet and miserable. Unless you like cycling through the rain (gas costs 3 dollars a liter and forget about parking), you'll be inside your house for 8 months out of the year. Even during the 2 weeks of summer, there's no nature to enjoy. We basically have 3 nature parks, which you can walk in a day. And that's it. The beaches are shit, the food is flavorless, everything looks the same. It's grey and bland every day.
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@Gina sounds like england, except we have more countryside and the food is alright I guess
always raining awful weather. its ok tho, not so bad -
The problem with NL is that it's cold, grey, wet and miserable. Unless you like cycling through the rain (gas costs 3 dollars a liter and forget about parking), you'll be inside your house for 8 months out of the year. Even during the 2 weeks of summer, there's no nature to enjoy. We basically have 3 nature parks, which you can walk in a day. And that's it. The beaches are shit, the food is flavorless, everything looks the same. It's grey and bland every day.
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@Gina you sure you didn’t move to Scandinavia?
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Tldr; I love my job, hate the Netherlands, want to move somewhere warmer but where and how?
Basically that. It's time for a change. I love my current job, and I wish I could stay in that role for years to come, but a. It's temporary and b. Good god do I hate living in The Netherlands. To a point where something's gotta give.
I'll be slow posting in this thread today, not sure how many toots. Feel free to mute me if this thread becomes annoying. 🫶
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@Gina Asia is nice 😸
Also would be fun to hear your complaints against Netherlands. 🍿
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The problem with NL is that it's cold, grey, wet and miserable. Unless you like cycling through the rain (gas costs 3 dollars a liter and forget about parking), you'll be inside your house for 8 months out of the year. Even during the 2 weeks of summer, there's no nature to enjoy. We basically have 3 nature parks, which you can walk in a day. And that's it. The beaches are shit, the food is flavorless, everything looks the same. It's grey and bland every day.
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All of that was somewhat tolerable, because at least most of us lived a decent middle class life here. But that's starting to disappear as well. I don't know what's happened the past few years, but life here has gotten ridiculously expensive. Groceries, taxes, rent, incidental expenses, everything increased. To a point where it regularly starts to eat into my savings. It doesn't make financial sense to stay in The Netherlands. It's just not worth it anymore.
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@Gina Thailand is entering hot season eight now, it's super lovely and kind. Is your job something you can work remotely on?
@MamaLake I would love to live in Thailand, but I'd need a remote job. I don't think I'd start a local business there.
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The problem with NL is that it's cold, grey, wet and miserable. Unless you like cycling through the rain (gas costs 3 dollars a liter and forget about parking), you'll be inside your house for 8 months out of the year. Even during the 2 weeks of summer, there's no nature to enjoy. We basically have 3 nature parks, which you can walk in a day. And that's it. The beaches are shit, the food is flavorless, everything looks the same. It's grey and bland every day.
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@Gina why not Australia?
@cedric I really wanted it to be Australia, but I'd have to find an employer willing to sponsor my visa and that has been difficult so far.
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@Gina sounds like england, except we have more countryside and the food is alright I guess
always raining awful weather. its ok tho, not so bad@dps910 you couldn't pay me to move to England 😅
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The problem with NL is that it's cold, grey, wet and miserable. Unless you like cycling through the rain (gas costs 3 dollars a liter and forget about parking), you'll be inside your house for 8 months out of the year. Even during the 2 weeks of summer, there's no nature to enjoy. We basically have 3 nature parks, which you can walk in a day. And that's it. The beaches are shit, the food is flavorless, everything looks the same. It's grey and bland every day.
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@Gina this is exactly how I felt in Belgium for two years. Then I went on to rank potential cities across various criteria to find one to move to... but got offered a job in Paris
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Clearly it's time to go (even though I'd be willing to stay a bit longer for a ~particular role~, in case my boss is reading this 😂), but the question is..
..go where?
Australia was a contender, but I haven't heard back from my visa application. Finding a visa sponsored job also hasn't led anywhere. Plus, it feels like Australians are dealing with their own financial challenges, especially aspiring home owners.
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@Gina visit Friesland and Drenthe in summer ☺️. Forests, wetlands, what's not to like! That's more than 3 parks.
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> The problem with NL is that it's cold, grey, wet and miserable
*waves from the UK*
It sounds like you'd be right at home here :)
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@underseamonkey @Gina It may have been, like 20 years ago. Downhill from there.
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@Gina That's really interesting because, despite the rise of Wilders and his ilk, the perception in the UK (or at least, in GenX) is of NL as a bastion of liberalism.
