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I could honestly write an entire book about this—I’ve been living in Costa Rica for the past three years, and let me tell you, it’s been a wild ride. My personal experience has been okay, because I was lucky enough to be contracted directly by the company, so I didn’t have to deal with any agencies (best-case scenario). BUT wow, the struggles are so real. Life abroad is insanely expensive! Sure, you might earn more, but all that money? It goes straight to bills, and don’t even get me started on the “black tax”—if you know, you know?. Plus Everyone back home just assumes you’re living the dream, lounging on the beach like a millionaire, when in reality, you’re just trying to stay afloat! NOT TO MENTION THE MENATL HEALTH, Premium tears!

I've lived here 6 years and can't wait to leave. Salaries are just enough to get by. I work full-time as an analyst and am looking for a minijob just to save money, which I already live quite modestly. It's easy to come across nasty unfriendly people, neighbors, service people, people in government agencies. I hate people staring in the most unfriendly manner or givng attitude for no reason other than they are nasty people. Don't get me wrong, there are nice people as well, but the bad experiences outweigh the good. Beauracracy is overbearing, personalities are underwhelming, the food scene is underwhelming, learning German is a big burden when you work a full-time job (and now I need a minijob too??). The country seems like it wants to diminish the human spirit and ambition. I definitely regret moving here. Many housing companies are over charging rent. I found out the company, Deutschewohnen, who owns my apartment was overcharging me by nearly double!! I had to go through a year long court procession to get them to lower it to the legal price which I won. And now they sent me a letter last month saying they are raising my rent, which is illegal and I have to go through ANOTHER court battle with them. Of course it is exhausting to try and find another apartment. Some people search up to a year. What a joke. And not to mention the dating scene. I've been single the entire 6 years and I'm quite an outgoing, friendly, loveable person. Dating Germans comes with own weird experiences and I refuse to give them a chance anymore, for my own mental health. If you're POC, it's not uncommon to come across strange sexualizations and general lack of understanding other's cultures. A couple years ago I was attacked by 8 men while walking home at night. I ended up in the hosopital and there was an investigation opened. The police asked me why they attacted me, which I didn't know since it was unprovoked. They just followed me for awhile, surrounded me and started beating me. The police said it was probably because I'm Asian. Meanwhile, I'm not even Asian!!! I'm Latino. ??‍♂This is the type of ignorance POC have to deal with in Germany. Also, I only have 1 German friend and all my other friends are immigrants (which I love) but this poses it's own frustrations because many people move here, then move away after a few years when they learn they can have a more fulfilling life elsewhere. So keeping long term day-to-day friends can be a challenge. The entire system is exhausting and there's not enough balance to bring joy to my life to want to stay. When I lived in NYC, an African American aquaintance had just moved there after living in Berlin for 8 years. She warned me not to move here because I will never feel I belong. I didn't listen. That was a big mistake. Germans can have Germany. I'll find my joy elsewhere. End of rant. haha

Republicans couldn't find a decent human to run for them in this election smh. I can't believe our border policies. The border agents spend more time interrogating tourists than trying to deal with these aliens.

When ur old knees and bones not helping you be the best Karen version of yourself, but you try... Everyday

The west needs to understand India being non west is reality or objective truth. They should respect and try not to make India anti west by harassing like this case and spreading terrorism in India. Creating Taliban and ISIS have helped G7, but India will stand against western terrorism as India is against all kind of terror.

These are the Indian who when come home boast about US and try to prove that INDIA is not good ??

Literally when an Anglo Canadian tries bring racist just speak French in their face. That makes you more Canadian than them by knowing both of the country’s official languages instead of one

There’s currently an alien coalition trying to keep the uncontacted Earth from being exploited, while a rightwing alien coalition is drooling over the chance to eat our brains.

Please don’t blame Canadians for this, they are simply fed-up with the influx of Indians in a very short time (obviously a fault of the Current Government), plus we Indians are not typical model citizens, we lack proper hygiene, we are loud & we are cheap etc. imagine if an huge number of migrant (from a 3rd world country, say Africa) migrates to India suddenly how would an average Indian react, Canadians are some of the most hospitable people out there, try to be polite and adapt to the new culture/environment ASAP & things will be better soon

To the rest of the world, we will try removing Mr. Trudeau and his party from power. Please do not add to the drama. We apologize again for this embarassment. To the best of friends forever! ??????? https://youtube.com/shorts/mreLfJaF0Nk?feature=shared

One set of people moving to a country trying to improve their lives results in destroying another set of people. Hmm, it sounds familiar.

Madcap trying to give a narrative to his support to terror outfit.

Recently i tried punjabi cuisine and curry its the most spicy among all..do take sugar after ?

the palestinians are literally *_TRYING TO RETURN TO THEIR COUNTRY._* jfc why are anglos so ignorant.

History tell clearly occupation is juat a delution. Its the Arabs nation the one try to eliminate the small state israel by military forces which come to defeat. Now you lost the war multiple times and loss teritory as a result? Now you want your defeated land to be returned? ??? Pathetic culture

Tradue was saying that Nijjar Was A CANADIAN ?? CITIZEN in the Canadian parliament, so he was not a Khalistan terrorist, but he was A CANADIAN TERROIRT ? who was trying to threaten the integrity of BHARAT. There is no place like Khalistan in the world.

When I first visited Amsterdam and walked around my hotel looking for a coffee in 2016, 15 min later, I came back to my hotel giving coffee to my wife and told, watch something bad is going to happen here soon, extremists are trying recruit people of color. Since I was new to the place, I came across 3 people asking me if I am a muslim. I politely said no. This incident was good enough for me to guess, but I did not tell anyone except my wife because no one will believe me including my wife. Two years later, Amsterdam terrorists attack happened. Many of my observations in several other places/countries came true. It looked like, Einstein once said, I do not know what weapons we use in the third world war, But I can guess certainly for the 4th, Sticks and Stones. \n\nNo country should harbor extremists a safe haven, esply. on religious grounds. Justin's support to Khalistani extremists will bring a lot of misery to Canadians, just watch. I am 100% liberal, not by definition but by common sense. Helping people is my nature, but my help is to stand on their feet not burden to anybody. So, elect good politicians not on party basis but by character.

Trudeau is using a publicity stunt to try to save his failing leadership.

Ah! The tried & tested strategy to counter an Anglo-Saxon heckler, speak FRENCH. It's like Garlic to a Vampire. Look how wrinkly Karen scuttled away as soon as she heard French.

You can see AK47 on posters in Canada and KHALISTAN flags. Why Canadian citizens asking for separate nation in India?\n\nIf Canadian citizens want a separate homeland for Sikhs, they can create it from Canadian land. If they try it in India, they will meet same fate as Those Terrorists \n\nProud to be a Sikh, proud to be an INDIAN??

India should remember the west will stick together..they are definitely trying to coerce Indian govt to do something that they dont want to do? This is all just coercion tactic...but Indian public is with Modi govt..in fact the more publically you try to bully Indian govt. the support will increase in India for this govt...this was best solved under the cover...alas this will not be possible any more...I think finally they will get Indian govt to do what they want..but at what cost? India will now never side with them...

Give Canada back to Canadiens and deport all immigrants that come here to try and force their views on our country. Go back to your country and fight your own battles, stop relying on our country to fix your problems.

The U.S. also just sentenced a Modi assassin for trying to kill a Sikh dissident in the U.S. Of course as expected, the Modi government denied any involvement!

I am from India and accept that my government has been criminal in this event.\nCanada should present its evidence to the ICJ and have our PM Modi tried for a war crime and whoever else was linked in this incident.\nMy country is going in the direction of Russia and China. And, like those two countries, the crimes are cheered by the citizens.\nSuch countries and people have no place in civil society.

Why is BBC showing Trudeau's statement, but not what the Indian External Affairs Ministry said? At least try to be impartial?

In All this shit i clearly understand one thing Usa and allies r trying their best to put pressure on india which is a sovereign nation but aren't achieving so by growing terror movement and terrorist let's put pressure on india.. Same script how usa created isis, taliban etc. So to put lot of pressure on india so That india won't allow the bricks currency if india allowed the bricks currency referendum this will be a doom for Us dollar. Pure geopolitics is playing here and Usa already played a wrong move because india won't play what usa wants just like Russian oil.

Justin Trudeau is in a difficult position. The Opposition Leader, Pierre Poilievre, refuses to be cleared for security level intelligence briefings. So, while the Conservatives try to unseat Trudeau through a no confidence vote, Poilievre does not address the subject of extra-National murders. Canada has a huge ex-pat Indian population. The idea that Indian nationals are circulating through the land with the knowledge and support of their diplomats is horrifying.??

Ya they can lo Iive on their land, don't try to invade neighbour country

No offence or hate, but the Indians who have money should try to start a business and make India better. Instead, they run off to the better societies. How will you guys make your country better if you desert it? I have often seen rich Indians come to Europe as students.

She is intentionally trying to encourage evacuation of Palestinians from their own land.\nIsrael is the root cause of this conflict.

I am so sure right now the person abusing the guy is Black. With hatred , it's always a nigga who tries to over smart and then plays victim card?

A Ukrainian immigrant here. Absolutely in love with beautiful canadian nature, cute little houses, especially townhouses in toronto, just so wholesome. As for life, you gotta be some sort of specialist like a doctor, or a proper construction worker, or a truck driver to have a decent life that goes beyond just getting by and eking out an existence. On my own i can make enough money for food and rent, but thats about it, and im happy about it, really, i get to be alive thanks to canada, but i really hope i could move out of here as soon as it becomes safe, or just move to a cheaper country thats a decent distance away from russia. I ended up being unemployed and i do feel like im in quite a real danger on eventually becoming homeless if i dont manage to procure a job, and you know how the job market is now. As for health care, i simply dont have access to it, at least i dont have a family doctor and have been trying for a while to get one. I haven't tried walking ins yet since i prioritize food over health now but i might someday. I just hope that whatever sickness bugs me is minor, i cant do anything about it. My teeth hurt too, but i cant afford a dentist, and ive found one Clinique in toronto that helps immigrants fix their teeth for cheap, they can help you with three teeth in total, and i've used up one of it, and saving the rest for real emergencies. I cant eat anything except for real soft food, and i know im not gonna get any help i could afford any time soon.\nOnce i get a job i will be saving as much money as i can to leave Canada, i don't know where yet but i'm doing my research and hopefully will find a place, and if not well, sucks to suck. It's hard for everybody out there, i'm just one of the millions if not billions who go through that.\n\nAlso I don’t think ‘nobody wants to live in Canada’ is entirely accurate. It seems that the idea of canada, and the way its marketed, attracts a lot of new immigrants, and a lot of people would love a chance to live in Canada. It's simply not true. But after the fact , once they have , i could believe that some are not willing to stay and might regret the decision of moving in the first place.

I try to stay out of this whole situation, but wow was that ever one of the best responses during a press conference I’ve ever seen

You say that not worrying about health care since it comes from your employer or you can buy your own. I hear horror stories of people taking an Ambulance to a hospital for it to be out of network. Even if they planned on going to a Hospital in network the doctor was out of network. There are even times insurance companies that refuse to pay out and try to find any reason possible requiring legal action.

I have nothing against them but a lot of them come into Canada to study and then don’t study and try to get permanent residency. It’s gotten so bad that we can’t even find jobs in where I live. The immigration policy is all a joke. We’re brining all these people in and there are no new jobs created.

If you have applied to be a student then how can you be an asylum seeker? Someone claiming asylum would have normally come here right away and claimed asylum as their life is at risk, not try to be a student first. Any international students trying to claim asylum should have their application immediately rejected, Canada does not have the resources to deal with this scam behavior.

Blame canada for canada\nIts trying to be america,UK,france but is stuck to being canada

Xi xi Ping been trying to lose that fool from since the last translation where he fucked up & introduced him as Jackie Chan...time for a new Translator ? he turned round to make sure security had abducted his ass.

Very oloquently said... Isreal would love for the Arab world to just open its borders and take the millions of Palestinian refugees so they can expell then from their land.... They tried to do that with Egypt and Egypt was not buying what isreal was selling.... The SAUDI FM is absolutely right in what he said...

They all have to leave Canada there's no place here for them they weren't born or raised here and they are trying to control our province we won't let that happen and Pierre our next PM will not let it happen

So he’s not taking any Muslim into his country or Islam or Palestine or gazen or any one trying to say there coming here it’s a NO ??

For licensed doctors I would think that the 4 years would be a snap if you already know the material but beside that , if they went back because they could work in their field in there home country then why did they come here in the first place. Obviously it wasn't violence or fear for their lives.\n If they come here and enjoy the first years but then the reality kicks in when the benefits stop that they may have to work for minimum wage and they now know that a person making minimum wage in Canada is makes you homeless, can't afford a car or the gas, insurance and can only buy food , that they realize that they were better off where they were. It;s time our government informed these people of the harsh reality of how our governments have allowed our once great country to become place where it;s citizens suffer under these financially inadequate conditions that are only made worse by immigration numbers that far exceed our ability to house them. Maybe have them try to support themselves on the income they would get here while they are still in their country, or if it made a condition that our government must prove that they can sustain themselves with minimum wage before they can immigrate then immigration would be denied because heaven help them if minimum wage isn't enough because welfare/odsp is like jumping from the frying pan into the fire.

The excuses they will stoop to to try and get their own way, leave if you don't like it here

Wow... Nice push back??\nThat's how they try to put words in your mouth if you're not intelligent enough to apprehend the message..

Why there's no homeless indians? Whoever came here has made a huge investment already to even be present here. So we do whatever it takes to not end up on streets. And if situation does get bad, alot of us go back every year.\nAlso, since when was working harder a negative trait?\n\nWith white canadians, the majority of them chose this lifestyle. Maybe try getting off the fent and you won't end up homeless again.

The reporter asked a racist question from a Western perspective. FM's response is the sentiment the rest of us have, stop trying to enslave the rest of the world for white supremacy.

Ha ha ha. Good luck to you, English people. There are hardworking Asians who have legal requirements and qualified to work and augment your labor force, instead you choose these illegal muslims of middle east without proper documents to live amongst you.\nWell, good luck English people. I know all of you are tired of your king and queen. Well you should try Imams beat your women in the streets and Ayatollah in Buckingham Palace. I HAVE A HIGH REGARD TO YOU AS A PEOPLD NOW YOU ARE ALL PATHETIC.???

Lol ? we as South Africans will never get this security thing right, the other year we did the same thing to Putin security ?? they were so confused watching him walking away from them at a distance n they kept on pointing at him trying to explain ?

Oh that’s not true at all, they do want to leave the land as refugees, many of them have tried. The rest of the Arab world just doesn’t want them. They turn them away. I don’t know why the west doesn’t have the ability to do the same to anyone who tries to come here. I do wish he was more truthful in how he framed this though, he deflected from himself. It’s his country that won’t take them in, not that they don’t want refuge.

I once saw in “The Why Matters”, a conservative think tank, that the reason other Arab nations wouldn’t take Palestinian refugees because they were essentially all terrorists. That was one of the most heartless, hyperbolic, and insane characterizations I have ever seen of them. Of course they won’t take refugees because they are trying to prevent them from becoming refugees in the first place!