Yes I’ve heard that also. The flood gates are well and truly open and the middle class are stuck in a pressure cooker…well I’ve heard that’s the saying 🙄 Singapore? Dubai? Portugal? I would love a house on a mountain in Japan but they don’t want us there 😂

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All countries have their issues. Japan is a great place to visit, but living is not for everyone. I've been here over 10 years (Aussie). Taxes are high and the pension system is breaking. It's almost impossible for single women to live alone due to low wages. It's freezing in winter and boiling in summer. Taxes are higher than Aus and there's also inheritance/gift tax. That said, I love Japan and my life here has been relatively easy. I'll be moving back to Aus soon though. People say Australia is going to shit blah blah blah. I prefer to look at it as it's ripe for change, or will be shortly. You know what they say, buy at the bottom sell at the top, the night is darkest before the dawn, etc. 👍
amen man. I did ten years and was ready to leave. I love them, but ready to go. you have to be a very specific kind of person to be an expat in Japan.
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sms 9 months ago
Singapore has become outrageously expensive even to visit!😡 I avoid it, unless I have business there.💯 Bureaucratic tyranny and looting are also trending up!👎 Portugal or anywhere in ESSR (aka #EU), the #socialist propensity and trend to loot anyone who has something to pilfer is as bad or worse than Oz and NZ! Not recommended, except maybe parts of Adriatic coast and former Yugoslavia. Montenegro and Croatia are great this time of year!💯