DarkStar
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Boomers are leaving America to retire abroad in droves because the U.S. is just too expensive
"They do things differently here, and that’s why we’re here."
finance.yahoo.com
If you guys thought this disgusting generation couldn't get more insufferable, you are in for more ragefuel.
For non-burgercels, I will make another thread explaining why myself & many others hold a great disdain for boomers.
If only these entitled fuckers could know what not just guys such as us, but most Americans in general have had to go through in-part due to their choices & decisions.When Allan Fawcett decided to retire from his career in computer science in 2011, he knew he wanted to spend at least a few years traveling, particularly around Europe. After decades working in tech, he was ready, as he says, to give his mind a rest. "Computer programming destroyed my brain," he tells Fortune. "I needed an escape."
This is the average boomer mentality-they had it relatively easy yet act as if they had to struggle & demand us all to give them our utmost respect because "muh respect your elders!1!1!"
Must be nice-it's disgusting this fucker gets to enjoy that whilst most here struggle to afford rent & will nevER own a house.Fawcett, now 67 and a Spanish resident through marriage, couldn't be happier about his decision. Though his wife still works, he spends his days playing tennis, reading, and going to the beach or cafés with expat friends in Barcelona.
No shit sherlock, but do you know why that is?The same lifestyle wouldn't be possible in the U.S., Fawcett says.
I know that this seems like simple necessities, but focus burgercels it's a different reality.Housing is much more affordable, food is inexpensive, and the wine is even less so. The mass transit system is a godsend; Fawcett doesn't have a car and doesn't need one to get around. Walkability is also a major benefit.
Must be nice having actual, organic food not laced with seed oils & other crap like that.
Now, this will eventually be included in a topic for a thread I will make eventually, in which I will discuss as to how the decline of the US will lead to people eventually fleeing, making this place a passport bros locationthere were over 700,800 people receiving Social Security payments abroad, according to the most recently available data from the Social Security Administration. In 2000, that figure was less than 400,000.
Imagine being born privileged enough to have enough saved up just to be able to escape living in this second-world shithole, only yo brag about how easy you had it & had the ability to escape it.The latter is true for Susan Keenan Sweeney and her husband, Joe, who moved to Hungary in 2015 (Joe was born in Hungary, but moved away as a child). Though Sweeney, 69, had done well for herself in a career in banking software in the states and even retired early in Florida, she was put off by the increasingly high costs of housing and health care.
As proven here.Sweeney and Fawcett wouldn't have been able to save the amount of money they did throughout their high-paying careers in the U.S. had they spent their careers in Europe.