I don’t see any good future for my current country(India) due to many different problems.
I don’t have any motivation to continue living in this country and want to move to a developed country to have a decent Quality of Life at least. I am considering some countries in Europe because they align with what I want for a better QoL.
I am blacklisting war torn countries like the US. Also east Asia is lower priority because the work culture is as shit as India.
What country should I try to move to?
The “developing” world has the most cause for optimism I think; “developed” countries are at the apex of the exploitation pyramid but their star is falling
Disclaimer: Never been to any of these places, this is just from what I know from internet sources. I know I may be wrong about certain takes so take it as just casual conversation.
-Australia/NZ absolutely going to get fucked by climate change. People basicaly already forgot all about those forest fires. In a vaccum though seems decent. NZ seems very hard to actualy get into.
-UK/Scotland seems stupid but my thought would be get into the UK then find some way to get to Scotland, Edinburgh seems completely different from the rest of England. I could be wrong though.
-Canada because climate change is important to me so it seems they’ll suffer a lot less, also a surprisingly straight forward immigration program if you fulfill the criteria. Again I could be wrong though.
-Some points about Japan.
1)western corporations have their own work culture, its not much different from elsewhere in the world. As a foreigner you also get “special” treatment, as bad as that sound, the boss wont look down on you for leaving on time etc. Yes its kind of shitty but what are you going to do? Certainly not volunteer to do unpaid overtime out of pity!
2)The Japanese economy necessitates foreigners due to the population crash, this is unavoidable, robots shit is just copium. Housing prices are supposed to crash in the future. You get decent first world health care(though shitty doctors) and extremely easy immigration favoring native English speakers.
3)The main thing about Japan is the xenophobia, yes you must have a thick skin, but these days the west in general isn’t really looking that much better, but be prepared to have trouble renting a home or going to certain hotels etc specialy in the rural areas.
4)there is so much “foreigner in Japan” content on social media that you may find the novelty will wear out fast, but maybe that also means you can easily find answers to questions/problems you may have.
In the past I would consider Germany, Sweden, maybe France. Germany is overrated, Scandinavia is doing a fascism speedrun against immigrants and France I just don’t know much about.
Edinburgh seems completely different from the rest of England. I could be wrong though.
lol, who told you that? the edinburgh tourism board?
I’d rather avoid countries with at least 10 mass shootings occurring everyday.
Ireland is a decent option tho
Ireland isn’t easy to immigrate to I would say. Its certainly possible but its one of the most expensive countries in the EU to live in, rents and the cost of living are through the roof. If you’re looking at Dublin or any other Irish city as an immigrant, you’ll need to have a high-paying job lined up for you. Its a bit more manageable to survive off of a minimum wage in the countryside, but opportunities will be limited and public transport is near non-existant.
I’m not trying to discourage you, and of course there is no country where its easy to be an immigrant, just letting you know the main obstacles. On the bright side, racism in Ireland is relatively low compared to Europe and the US, there’s a growing working class movement and its pretty safe.
There are about 4 more murders per 100,000 people per year in the US than in India. The 24/7 news cycle here pumps up the most outrageous and sensational events to drive engagement and get ad dollars. A tiny, tiny fraction of all murders in the US, firearms or otherwise, are “mass shootings”. Most of them are people killing or being killed in the course of petty crimes, and over 90% of them involve hand guns.
Yeah, it sucks here. Most people have heard gun shots in their city, sometimes pretty frequently. But the media presentation of gun violence in the US is a very deliberate, drastic distortion of what’s actually happening to sell ad minutes.
I mean, you’re still like 50% more likely to be murdered in the US than India, 3x more likely to be murdered in the US than in Canada, 5x more likely than in France, 8x more likely than in Germany, etc.
Moving to the US from India is extremely difficult even if you wanted to due to the low number of visas relative to applicants. I’ve got a lot of friends who went from India to Canada to study.
My Indian coworkers who didn’t get a US visa are shifting to the Canadian branch since work visas are also more attainable there.
Some freelance photographers I know are trying to go do remote work in Thailand
