How many times I asked myself the same question 15-20 years ago... I love my home/guest country, but I disliked what it was turning into... Being born in a country that isn't "yours", living more than half of your life there, and moving to another country where you are also a foreigner is something peculiar... Being a Hungarian, born in Serbia, having a war, bombing, and "being different nationality" in those times, it was hard to grasp in my childhood... Especially as the hate was built on differences, Serbs against Croats, Orthodox vs Catholics, rich vs poor...

Despite all that, I still love nature, my hometown, the Danube, my friends, my family... But, I decided to leave my (born) country and move to Spain 14 years ago... It wasn't as hard a decision as I thought it would be, as the circumstances in which we were living were making it easier... Our son was 4 years old, he went to a kindergarten and he had a hard time adapting there... He was mocked by other children and was crying every day in kindergarten. He hated it...

On the other side, I had my business developed for years, having my loyal clients, and all in all, I was doing okay... My wife, too... But... I realized that the direction where the county was going was wrong... I felt pressure from society to do things that I wouldn't like to do... It was pushing me to cheat, to bribe, to lie, just to survive... Seeing that, I didn't want my child to have the same future as I had in my childhood... So, we moved out...

We weren't too "picky" about where to go, as anywhere would be better than where we were... We tried Australia, New Zealand, Canada... In the end, we got a call from a friend from Spain to pay him a visit and see how it goes... just for a vacation... We went for 3 weeks, and after that vacation had a long discussion of the pros and cons... Some other stars got aligned, and we left...

The decision to move to Spain was probably one of the best that we took... It's not a "dreamland", but the quality of living, beautiful weather, and peace of mind is something that I appreciate a lot... Having a vision of how it was and how it is now, I can't complain...

Good luck with your decision-making... Don't overthink things... With a good attitude, certain things get sorted out by themselves...

And regarding this...

I personally would see myself living in a country like Norway , Denmark, Luxembourg or Switzerland. How about you?

I would never change the Spanish sun for those countries... 😂 Realizing how important the yellow thing in the sky is spoiled me... But, sunny days are much more motivating, inspiring, and "easier to live"... 😎

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