Moving Abroad Before the Collapse

[jayco]

Two thirds of Australia is extremely dry and drought prone. Also a lot of the unpopulated land in Australia lacks any infrastructure and is far from major towns and cities, so it’s not viable unless you are planning to live fully off grid.

Off grid is the best, but it is my, very partial, opinion. If someone wants to live on the grid, and by that I mean having power, Austraia still isn't too crowded. Water is a bigger problem, and Australia had been hit by droughts, but it won't be that different from a lot of places in the American West which have water issues. Got to stick to places where can drill a well or haul water.

 

[jayco]

It sounds like you've been there. Overall, do you like it / recommend it / think it's actually a viable place for more traditional living or wife?

You know I want to expand on my answer about Russia a bit. I said it's as good as Canada and many other places. It's important to understand that some things will be easy in, say, Canada, and very hard in Russia. And vice versa, you can find things in Russia that you will not find Canada. Traditional living, it can be done almost anywhere, in most countries in Africa too, it's up to the person. Say, buying real estate in Russia, it is very easy to fall victim to scammers and scams are very elaborate and hard to spot, one has to be shrewd enough to avoid them. Or, counterfeit goods, which are very widespread. Say you buy a car fluid and its fake and some junk instead. This is why I would not recommend living in Russia for people who are somewhat naive or lack language skills. On the other hand, I believe life in Russia to be more free and real than in, say, Canada. But again I'm naturally a little biased in favor of Russia.

 

[Maddox]

Yes, people got priced out of Sochi, then Crimea, and Krasnodar is like working man's choce. Still very warm and sunny location by Russian climate standards, though. Various Caucasus ethnic republics, they are nicer but one really need to be of local ethnicity to live there. Belarus had also been getting a few expats, it offers more European feel to those who seek it, lower crime, milder climate and lower COL than some expensive Russian regions, cheaper way to own a 2nd home for some Russian-speaking Germans too. I was not happy to see some house prices in Belarus, more like pre 2020 rural US prices minus the acreage

The only real draw to Russia is the women.

What else is there, except for the beautiful architecture of St. Petersburg which comes with the high price of having to put up with absolutely miserable cold and windy weather. Their health care sucks and the language is hard to learn. Plus the people are as cold as the weather until you get to know them.

You could move south to Moscow which at least still has the beautiful women, but even then it's very cold most of the time and you'd be living in a fast-paced Eastern European version of NYC.

Krasnodar? Warmer for sure, but the entire city is 80s Soviet tower blocks that makes your average city in the US look charming in comparison. I guess you still have your typical attractive Russian women there, just not as many beauties as Moscow or St. Petersburg.

 

[jayco]

The only real draw to Russia is the women.

What else is there, except for the beautiful architecture of St. Petersburg which comes with the high price of having to put up with absolutely miserable cold and windy weather. Their health care sucks and the language is hard to learn. Plus the people are as cold as the weather until you get to know them.

You could move south to Moscow which at least still has the beautiful women, but even then it's very cold most of the time and you'd be living in a fast-paced Eastern European version of NYC.

Krasnodar? Warmer for sure, but the entire city is 80s Soviet tower blocks that makes your average city in the US look charming in comparison. I guess you still have your typical attractive Russian women there, just not as many beauties as Moscow or St. Petersburg.

Yes, Russa is cold and most of it is not sunny either, winters can get very gloomy, not for SAD sufferers for sure. St Petersburg is one of the gloomiest climates in the entire urban Russia and only for SAD-bulletproof people.
St Petersburg, Moscow or Krasnodar, won't lure me there for any reason again, but I'm not a city dweller. Still a big upgrade over NYC, though, if you compare apples to apples. The further West, especially Northwest, the gloomier is the climate, the further East the colder is the climate in winters and it can be brutally cold while sunny in Southern Siberia.
If someone is like me, who likes watching grizzly bears while picking mushroms, not beng materialistic, loving Northern nature, it is good. Cost less than super expensive America.
Healthcare, not the top for sure, still beats having no healthcare access at all like half of the time in the States, huh.