“I’d done all the background research and had so many spreadsheets,” says Angela Wiggins, who moved to Lisbon from Nashville, Tennessee, in December and works remotely, “but I didn’t speak the #language and needed assistance on the hoops we needed to jump through.” Her move only came after investigating a number of #alternatives.
“Initially, I explored several countries — #Canada, #NewZealand, #Norway — but didn’t meet the #residency criteria. That led me to broaden the search to places I hadn’t thought of as a #possibility.
I had never visited #Portugal, but I was drawn to its sense of #safety, stable #banking system, efficient #healthcare, beautiful #landscapes, #cosmopolitan #culture and more relaxed #PaceOfLife.”
Translation: I didn’t bother to learn the language, and I’m exporting the worst traits of the USA.
<https://archive.md/rdqZV> / <https://www.ft.com/content/7cc645c7-1081-4d90-9400-9e7b70770f41>
