Why Living in Serbia Sucks
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Description: A couple of days ago, I saw a video from Wealthy Expat, where he listed all the reasons one should move to Serbia. Most of the information in the video was false, and in this one I explain all the wrongs in his video from paying taxes in Serbia, buying property, traveling with a Serbian passport, and much more.
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Also to address the comments regarding carrying the military uniform over the border. I didn't wear it while crossing. The uniform is just a costume for videos & it was in my bag, alongside other clothing, not even front and center.
Come to Brazil
Do a video mentioning the benefits of living in serbia !
Could you do a video just about Vojvodina?
What is your Phd in? History?
Russia was spreading "West bad, Russia anti-woke paradise" propaganda from a decade.
Serbia may end here as middle ground, because only sex offenders and pedophiles move to Russia itself.
That expat dude is like the definition of "wealthy-er american man who is very insecure about his looks and has no dating game in the US"
in fact, let's not listen to this guy, Serbia doesn't suck.
Sadly that's like 50% of CZcams content these days....
that dudes channel al lcomemnts so weird they all the same I MVOED FRO MAMERICA 3 YEARS I LOVER SERBIA BEST COUNTRY LOOOVEE EHARTTTTTT weird
Why you people care? Everyone deserve to be loved. Some girls in the West wants to be with broke men from Africa or countries like Turkey. I don't care too much about that.
"wealthy-er american man who is very insecure about his looks and has no dating game in the US"
Bro, 35 million adult women in the US are obese, 45 million are overweight. That's more than 50% of all adult females. Maybe American women are just low quality?
Minecraft Steve fell off man… he now wear a turtleneck, calls himself an “expat” and rents cabins in Serbia for €300 a night 💀😢
hi geopold
He trying to find his Alex smh
Living the life
I never expected geopold to show up
Now I am expecting an Expats video. Pls
the virgin "I wanna move to serbia because of conservative values"
the CHAD "I wanna move to montenegro so I can sleep 17h/day"
Hahahhahhaahha explain the latter
@@osmankalif3500Montenegrins are very lazy and sleepy people. They are a bit like housecats, but scratch out the athleticism and energy cats have when they are awake
@@osmankalif3500 A stereotype is that Montenegrins are lazy. There's even a saying that a Montenegrin has a chair next to his bed so that when he wakes up he can rest from sleeping.
Are Montenegro girls that easy?
@Frivals @@osmankalif3500
There is a local joke in Ex-Yu that people from Montenegro don't work or do anything except sleeping, that's what he means with the comment above.
While crossing the border from Montenegro into Serbia, I encountered distressing treatment from Serbian customs officers. Despite being the only one at the checkpoint on a sweltering August day, they insisted I purchase transit car insurance, threatening to send me back to Montenegro if I refused. To deter me from questioning their demands, they meticulously inspected all my luggage, even disassembling my computer. The situation escalated when they nearly confiscated my valuable Maffel plunge saw due to lacking a physical receipt.
Throughout the ordeal, the chief officer displayed unprofessionalism, repeatedly expressing disdain for the EU. This candid hostility from an official figure was deeply unsettling. Consequently, I resolved never to return to Serbia and refrained from exploring the country further. While acknowledging that there are undoubtedly kind-hearted Serbians, the pervasive attitude problem among authorities left a lasting impression of negativity.
you deserved / deserve worse... for a mf. parroting ruzzian propaganda.
Oh no Milonegrin cant exploit Serbia from Belgrade no more, so sad.
Disassembling the computer? 🤨🤨🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
bull... You need to respect the laws of the country. nowhere in the world you can enter without paying customs etc. What did you expect? To enter foreign country with loads of ''Maffel plunge saws'' and other equioment.... BS. Serbia is law-abiding country and not good for smugglers.
@@_petrovic179 They didn’t ask for taxes; they demanded a bribe. By the way, it all started because they insisted on charging me full road insurance, even though, as an EU candidate country, Serbia shouldn’t require me to pay €150 just to cross the border. To top it off, the chief officer kept ranting about how much he hated the EU. I get that you feel excluded as a Serbian, not being an EU member, but this was the situation. Incidentally, it seems numerous others have encountered comparable situations at your border checkpoints.
i honestly inherently mistrust people who call themselves expats. not surprised that he didn't know what he was talking about. good video, definitely set the record straight
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expats are just people who dont wanna admit to being immigrants for some fuckin reason
Expat is just a white person who doesn't like the word migrant.
Me too! I’m proud to be an immigrant from one EU country to another. ‘Expat’ is a way of differentiating yourself from ‘bad’ immigrants ie ones who may not be from Europe or may actually have to do tougher jobs which ‘expats’ look down on. It’s just racism.
For real. "Expat"? Brother you an IMMIGRANT. Ain't nothing wrong with that
Actually living everywhere is suck. If you don't have money.
Yes it’s true. I was born in the US but I have visited Serbia (my parents are from) many times. I have noticed it has become more expensive in the US as well as in Serbia.
True that
As someone who grew up poor in Germany I can confirm.
You don't have to worry about food most of the time.
It still can happen though.
I have family from Croatia. I wouldn't dare live there unless i'm filthy rich.
Easy. Just have money. Problem solved
While Romanians didn't give you much trouble, I'd suggest not attempting to enter Croatia with a decommissioned Serbian military uniform.
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Romanii considera sarbii si croatii niste pacalici(jokers)!!!!!!!!!!!!Nu e problema o uniforma de circus!
Or Bosnia.
@@Massachamp08 Republika Srpska of Bosnia will not have problem with that uniform. Banja Luka isn't Vitez.😉
@@biancogasto Republika Srpska is pretty illegitimate to me though lol.
wait, youre not an anime girl? scam?
That's because Americans and Westerners in General have very different experience in our Own countries in Eastern Europe than us. I've not lived in Serbia, but living next door in Bulgaria I've noticed how much better and smoother everything is for foreigners here. Even institutions do them favors. In their countries we're discriminated against, and in ours they're treated way better than us. Which says more about us than them! We're counter-logic people with extremely low self esteem!
Yes. I always wondered how in the world they managed the bureaucracy in these countries when 99% of the government employees do not speak English or any foreign language, on top of being the most grumpy, miserable scumbags to you while you're trying to do ANYTHING in any government institution.
Yeah, it sure is our fault that we are being discriminated against....
If we could harness the self hatred of the people living in the balkans then we wouldn't need any other power source
i hate living in poland and americans will come and say 'i wanna move here!'
That’s in every country. We tend to favor and treat richer ppl better. Sad but true
The taxes here are actually insane. The pension fund that we pay so much for is laughable, you can barely live on it even in rural areas, much less urban ones. Same with healthcare. We pay so much for state healthcare but it's such a terrible experience going to a state hospital that most people just go to private clinics (effectively making the healthcare tax useless).
Makes sense serbs are so Christian and wanna go to heaven since they live in hell 🤣 (makedonac sam inače)
This is exactly why one of the perks that foreign companies offer in order to compete on Serbian jobs market is a private healthcare, you will find this in many IT, services and consultant companies job ads.
It's the same across all of Europe. Serbia is just a typical European tax happy country.
Isn't this just standard EU taxation? Where in the west for example would you pay more or less than this? You could say we're wealthier over here but everything is also more expensive
My friend in Serbia makes half of what i make but he has almost the same disposable income as me after essentials for living have been paid. We're both blue collar. But i mean, sure, i won't act like Serbia is a good country for economics, i am just surprised this is brought up as some kind of shocker. The reality is that it's just standard western taxation model and this is what it looks like
@@Fankas2000 most other European countries give you something in return for your tax (livable pension, actually usable healthcare)
I find smaller Serbian towns to be in general much friendlier than Belgrade, and closer to the stereotypes this guy was describing. Where I live, I already know the people I deal with and they know me, the shop clerk lives in my neighborhood, so does that lady from the court and the police officer, etc. I greet all the neighbors every day, they can invite me for a coffee or give me a ride to the town center. Even though my Serbian is still almost as bad as their English.
When in Pancevo people were reporting they'd have to make an online appointment with the officer 2 months in advance, in my town I would just walk to a police station sometime around noon, and if the guy wasn't busy elsewhere or on leave, he'd just receive me immediately and issue the papers right away, joking and commenting all the while.
Dunno about the dating scene, but everyone I meet say I should get married soon, lol (no young single women among them, unfortunately). Pretty sure I could approach someone at a kafana or whatever, but being only able to communicate on the level of: "You pretty. Gronk like pretty." makes dating and especially starting relationships a bit problematic.
Taxes are NOT low, and prices as well, except for real estate and maybe services. However, I bought a nice house with some land for 35k euros, and now in the process of renovating it (mostly on my own, so it's taking ages). Great neighborhood, wonderful neighbors, lots of green, children playing all over the place, walking distance from the town center... Could've done even better and gotten an amazing mountain view from the terrace, if not for the restrictions to buy land for foreigners.
I'm investing in Belgrade real estate, and there are good deals to be found there too, but certainly not for a foreigner who just came into the country and doesn't know anything. Mostly deals where the documents are not ideal, that definitely require a good lawyer.
Interesting.. good luck!🙂
exactly, this video is just propaganda, this guy isnt even a serb.
There are rural areas in Serbia where people are not friendly at all. However, in general people in smaller towns are friendlier especially if they have a communal culture and even more so if they grew up together. This is the case everywhere, Serbia is not unique in any way, shape or form when it comes to this.
City people are city people. Brits are super friendly,Londoners are cunts. The same everywhere.
It's shocking how similar are the problems of Serbia with the ones of Greece..
I've always found the idea of Yanks moving from America to Eastern Europe for a tradwife hilarious and you're the first person I've seen point it out
I wonder where you'd actually find a woman like that these days. Rural Nigeria? Northwestern India? Indonesia maybe?
@@Alias_Anybody The irony is they're all in America
@@PhilPouch_
Those Instagram tradwives are actually businesswomen who won't even look at a bloke who isn't rich. But I guess if you dig around in Appalachia?
@@Alias_Anybody their image of a tradwife doesn't exist, except on social media
@@Alias_AnybodyIt's actually pretty easy to find them. All you have to do is become a part of whatever community you find them. There are plenty of conservative tradwifes in the United States. Most happen to be devout religious Christians, so all you have to do is join a church and pretend to be one of them and make friends with the men, who are the gateway to the womenfolk.
Something about the Stalin biography right next to the girlboss sign kills me
I think it´s the book from Stephen Kotkin and he is expecting to release the last part of the biography this year.
Most important thing about Stalin, is that most fanboys do not even know his actual name.
It is Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili.
@@TheRezrowhat fanboys? The fart sniffing self hating Americans who think everyone East of Vienna are all secretly Russian communists who all want their Daddy Stalin back?
@@TheRezro He is as Georgian as Putin.
@@jamegumb7298 Stalin WAS a Georgian, until his last breath he spoke Russian with a strong Georgian accent. Georgians, actually, are very proud of him and they have his statues and portraits in many places in their country
I truly admire how Eastern Europeans can admit that they don't have the best country, while still having pride in the culture, and flag. 👍
Eastern Europeans don’t suffer from white guilt like western white peoples do
As an African American living in Serbia. I agree with you. Especially regarding dating, you will see tons of gorgeous women here but if you don't speak Serbian and more importantly understand the culture you have zero chance. Even if you do, village girls and even most city girls have no interest in foreigners.
Serbia is feeling the strain of immigration and tbh if you come here with the intent to exploit it in any way you'll get more hate than anything else.
Its even hard for natives to date those ladies, trust me
What's wrong with migration?
you got to learn Serbian that is obvious its one of the easiest Slavic languages eastern Europeans tend to be bad at languages even in the smaller countries like Albania and the Baltic states were you think they know some English because they want to watch foreign movies and use the internet. i understand that polish people don't care about English but some of these countries barely have 1 million people .
@@JmKrokY Economic strain primarily but additionally big culture shifts with the influx of Russians that don't all want to assimilate even though it would be pretty easy for them.
@@mansabrice Give them couple of years, the ones with families will assimilate by necessity. They cant keep talking in Russian for everything.
Watching these guys talk about Eastern Europe is like watching weeboos talk about Japan
You have no opinion with your pfp degnrate
Astolfo pfp?
Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well...
Might wanna change that pfp then
@@meteorknight999 says a guy with a warhammer pfp lol
@@daheyter4968 I love how the guy slagging you off for having an Astolfo pfp can't even spell "degenerate"...! And yes, I would also say you're a man of culture.
The "balkan women are not feministic" argument is such an American thing I can't help but laugh, as a Romanian who went to uni and works in Romania. Believe it or not, we are connected to the west still. Progressivism and feminism, whether you like it or not, still make their way here. We're just a couple of decades, if not years behind.
Not only that, decades of communist rule entrenched the idea of women equally being in the workforce and education.
What bad we can say about Soviet Union. They actually were leading in promotion of Feminism and majority of Eastern European woman is actually highly independent no-nonsense types. Even if many is also clues mail wife's. I think this could come from fact that many modern Feminist on West, is the clueless types who blame man for own failures. While showing surface level of toxic feminism, while being entirely dependent on parents.
that sounds pretty good no?
Eastern European families are lead by the mothers internally. The men are supposed to look strong, but the women are in power over the family finances and have the last say in matters. I think Americans just see the outside of these family structures
Its like virus that infects everything. Give women power, and they'll vote for a foreign horde to become your new neighbors.
next week it will be 25 years since the americans bombarded Belgrade , I remember that very day I was 25 years old
as an Albanian every single problem t hat he pointed in serbia pretty much this is every problem in albania seems like sorros controls both countries
Finale smart Albanian here 👏
at this point I don't know if this is sarcasm or real.
I thought only the Failing West is controlled by Soros and Serbia is protected by the manly and conservative Russian Tsardom
so true, he is just propagantist. video makes more money if you talk dirt about non western countries
I love working as a waiter in Serbia because I can see in real time where my taxes are going and the answer is into the stomach of government officials that dine here every day pay with money from a fund that is supposed to go to the local hospital ,school or road and don't leave a tip
By not leaving a tip, they're conserving the money in the fund 😉
So they can eat more later 😅@@jacqdanieles
Sad
Piši Brena za 4 osobe
Nigga that's how shit goes everywhere.I don't know how old you are but that's the second thing you learn after or before how kids are made
In my experience, balkan girls aren't really less demanding or feminist than those in Central Europe, and they even tend to be more confrontational about it. Like, she'll tell you if you suck.
Same inaccurate stereotype as with Asian women. No, she's not your waifu, she's your manager.
And the chicks who want foreigners are often the ones who can’t get along with their own type. Red flag right there.
Balkan everyone is really direct, not just the girls. She'll tell you if you suck because we like being straightforward and this value is not gendered in the least - the men too will tell you straightforwardly if you suck. That's just how we talk, we're direct and kinda impatient, and I didn't really notice how much until I moved abroad and realized how confrontational I tended to sound compared to the locals. But yeah, I feel like a USian who is used to everyone plastering on a fake smile and dancing around the point with a bunch of inane pleasantries would be eaten alive by a Balkan woman in under a year (especially since the dudes looking for a poor breedable Eastern wife aren't the best at social interaction to begin with)
@@kajamiletic3223 I think Balkan women being straight forward already makes them miles better then western women.
nonsense , women in serbia are the same like everywhere else now, gone are the traditional values long ago... Might have better luck in western countries actually , here you got village idiot women who want a millionaire for a husband. So ofcourse she is just a whore without any moral values either... Absolute tragedy when it comes to women in serbia actually...
A Balkan woman will call you a useless jerk to your face and leave you. A western woman will tell you you’re great and it’s all fine even as she plots with a lawyer to take everything you have.
Absolutely shocked at how similar the situation in Serbia and Albania are, especially the real estate prices.
My Serbian boyfriend and I were planning to move from the US to Belgrade together to be closer to his family, but he dumped me yesterday, so thank you for releasing this today to help me feel slightly less shitty about it
😢
@@hunnid17 👍🏻😄😄
Fake story
@@signefurax933 k
I'm sorry this happened to you. :(
It could have been cool though if it worked out.
The beautiful irony of all this is that I have a Serbian friend I’ve known for over a decade. He is adamant that he’s going to move to the US because of the stronger conservative values 😂
He should move to a place that is actually conservative, like Texas.
maybe in 2002 America changed very quickly in western Europe it was a lot slower you had a really nice centre left period for a few decades but in America they were very conservative until 2014 now the country is in a confused state .
@@unromanoarecareanaveragero8275 that’s where he wants to go
@@Zei33 Alright, he can choose a small town or a village, as they’re more conservative than big cities like Austin, Dallas or Fort Worth.
@@Zei33 Texas is being flooded by illegals.
Ah yes, I missied the culture war response video. Smells like 2016 again.
Hell ye
Well it's about time some people actually either living there or being often enough there to know better, telling those American conservatives pulling lies out of their arses how much full of shit they actually are.
I mean it's hillarious and tragic at the same time, how those morons try to paint a picture of idyllic conservative ethnostates over in eastern Europe, as if it was a good thing, all the while everyone is suffering from the things they think are good values. And let us not start about the part where all of them are fetishizing foreign women in an unrealistic way, just because they themselves are acting like pretentious assholes and then blame their lack of success dating wise on "them progressives" and "degeneracy".
Simpler times
I kinda miss terms like "cuck, libtard, CIS male, God Emperor Trump and based"
Smells like teen spirit
János! Jól nézel ki!
This was a good video, refrishing to see you in person in a video too, not only live streams..
I love your bookshelf, mate! It's quasi randomness explains a lot, in a good way.
If I wanted dating/financial advice from a square, I'd sooner ask SpongeBob than that "expat"
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At this point the term "Expat" is so cringe, such sense of superiority.
Wait, that is actually how they call themselves? I thought it was just an ironic name for ""experts"".
@@alexturnbackthearmy1907 yes, that's how they call themselves, so I come from Poland and whenever I see a video telling people like that to come here, I sincerely wish they will be banned from entry. Cringe should be banned from entering lol
@@alexturnbackthearmy1907 It's what westerners call themselves when they go to live in other countries... We already have a name for that... immigrant.
@@mikac4036 No no, immigrants are those yucky people who come pay no taxes, steal jobs, are only there to have sex and outbid locals on housing
Expats are people who come for cheaper services, housing and beautiful women. Please don't confuse
@@MiSt3300why ? You gonna take the Syrians and africans but ban your allies from europe? Some great friends these are as allies lol
Glad I found your channel. You're sharing lots of valuable information.
Great video! Conclusion, do your own research prior to moving anywhere and not on youtube. One small correction on Kosovo recognition map used in the background being false. There are 4 countries in EU not recognising Kosovo as : Spain, Romania, Slovakia Greece. Some of the countries were marked on the map incorrectly.
In Spain we have the same "problem". I´ve heard stories of german citizens moving to Mallorca without being able to speak Spanish and obviously ending up homeless because if its already hard for natives to get a job (12% unemployment at the moment) then its gonna be basically imposible to get a job if you dont speak Spanish. We also have the same problem with foreigners fetishizing spanish women, talking about them as if they were 10x hotter and sexier than the other women when they are litterally just normal women.
Serbias unemployment is like 50%
Your point about Spanish women is so toxic but true. As someone interested in Spanish culture and language I think it's easy to overly romanticise a country's people only to find they treat you the same as any other nationality. 12% unemployment is high though, very high.
@@rudociliak6683 Not true. Serbia unemployment is 9,1% this is in Jan. 2024.
Sorry, I'm likely going to contribute to that problem. I'm seriously considering moving to Gran Canaria, where my girlfriend lives. But I do speak some Spanish and as a tech bro, I have my fingers crossed for a remote job outside Spain.
@@SomePotato I mean as long as you try to learn the language and be respectful you´re welcome to come to our country and contribute to the economy imo. I cant speak for everyone tho a lot of people dont like how they drive the rent up for the locals.
Man, I love how objective you can be in all your videos. I wish more people/institutions could be like you. Keep up the good work, Janos! 😊
If you think that this guy is objective I got to tell you please watch his videos and then look into any official data on anything about Serbia and you'll realize how ridiculously out-of-context his arguments are. It's hard to believe how wrong he is. The guy from a video he's criticizing is way more close to reality than him.
-Native Serbian 30+ years.
It's an honor to on your channel bro !!!!
No hard feelings, just wanted to address some misinformation
Oh, the Hypocrisy. Funny how Wealthy (Broke) Expat said this about his competitors: "I don't know why people hype it (Malaysia) that much. Maybe they have a FINANCIAL INCENTIVE" 😂😂😂
For a change, stop spreading lies and start making some real content.
Btw, he said that in his recent video: 10 Best Countries to Move to from the USA
Cool
Serbia with all the problems it has at least has some sense left and mental health is not as bad as in USA and there is no problems with radical left,feminism and alphabet mafia like in west
@@momcilojabucilo9320 Alphabet mafia? 🤔
I would like to ask Russian IT experts not to buy all possible houses in my village at a price of 100 thousand euros, they will increase our prices of square meters 3 times and they will not even live in those houses..
P.S.: Could ironically living in Europe make a video about the poverty of villages in Serbia?
I live in Morovic (Vojvodina, Srem) and I noticed that since 2015 over 100 people have gone from my village to EU countries, while a huge number of them have been able to, reducing the population from 1500 according to the 2011 census, to 500 or 350 today.
And I've noticed how my village is slowly becoming a weekend settlement, with more and more wealthy individuals buying old houses worth 12,000 euros at a price of 50,000 and more, just to demolish all agricultural buildings and build their mini castles.
Ovo iskreno zvuci jako tuzno
@@nenadnikolic6142 Veliki udeo u stvaranju ovakve situacije u Srbiji nosimo i mi.
Ulenjili smo se, grad nam je draži od sela.
@@aglassofwater7931 Naravno, slazem se.
Its the plan. Same in slovenia. I think only a farmers party could help...its a g.n0c.de of farmers everywhere. And getting those nice properties. Then they can hook us up to monocultures like the irish...im worried. To say the least.
I mean creating one. All kinds of parties but no farmers party...in most countries in balkan. They are busy working so they get f.ed
As a migrant in Serbia (coming from France), I did a video explaining why Serbia can be a great country to live in (nature, shops open at all time, security, weather, people, food, ...). I know there are so many bad sides, corruption, pollution, economy, ... but there is already so much negativity in the talk about Serbia whether its among Serbs or abroad, that some video like that one cannot really be harmful, now this video specifically youre talking about is obviously full of shit, i mean coming to another country because you are looking for a servable wife what insecure man can you be to want that... so yep living in Serbia can suck when you see where your taxes are going and how hard it is to breathe in the winter, but except for that, serbia and the balkan in general has a lot to offer, especially in sumadija or tara!
I just checked his CZcams he is a crypto/dubai guy so no surprise there...
@@eloifrancuzusrbiji9566 Ah, techbro. I swear, there is factory in china that makes them.
is there corruption in france?
Nek se nosi u kurac . Njegovo predstavljanje Srbije je uvek puno sranja . Tipično mađarsko kopile .
Ovde im titramo njihova mađarska muda , a Srba u Mađarskoj skoro više nema .
Neka ide u Mađarsku ako u Srbiji nije dobro . Tamo je sigurno bolje .
Jesi li dobio srbski pasoš ?
Și cum de ai venit în Serbia? Că în Franța calitatea vieții e mai mare. Cum de ai renunțat la patria ta?
Yeah, the problem from the fridge is a big one.
I don't know if there is anyone who still thinks Serbia will join EU, not just because we are not that eager to join, but majority of EU doesn't want us to join. Truthfully, we are forced to have highest trade with them, since we don't border Russia or Belarus, and we are kinda useful for the EU because of our geographical position but that's about it. As our supreme leader said: ,,There are partner countries and there are friendly countries", you can guess who are our ''partners'' and who are our ''friends".
We badly need to stay the hell out of the EU, and work to reduce our dealings with them to a minimum, if we're to have any hope of being a sovereign country and not just a vassal like all of our neighbours. Say what you will about Vucic - it could be a lot worse.
@@austenhead5303 this "sovereignity" you speak of means absolutely fuck all when every election is rigged and everyone is dirt fucking poor, you're probably an american
if you bordered Russia or Belarus you were poorer. Its a simple IQ Test. Every idiot could know that all wealthy countries in the world are western and/or pro-western/neutral but use western methods. there are ZERO wealthy Russian vessels. ZERO! it is like a natural law: if you support wrong things you get punished by the reality. apart from that: dont confuse stupid left wing westerns (which are themself antiwestern and antisemitic/antizionist btw.) with 'western'. they are in the tradition of antiwestern/antiliberal/anticapitalist/antieuropean/antiwhite racist socialist ideologies NOT western ones! NEVER EVER FORGET/CONFUSE THAT! there is a difference between true western liberalism and pseudo western left wings.
@@austenhead5303Yep true in a way. I don’t really like Vucic but it could be a lot worse. Boris Tadic was absolute 💩.. The only reason i don’t like Vucic is because he isn’t concrete, he doesn’t know what he wants. On one end he is constantly rambling and babbling about EU, on the other he is talking about Russia. If you ask me, Serbia should definitely be in some way connected/closer to BRICS. And if EU wants to trade? Good. If not? Also Good. It’s really up to them. But priority/focus should be BRICS. We should never join EU it’s just not for us.
6:45 "Serbia lost 15% of its population which is just absolutely insane"
Looks over to bulgaria >_>
That is why Serbian men are marrying Albanian women.
@@frostflower5555what the fuck is the connection man lol
@@rudociliak6683 Cause they are not having kids or just 1 or 2, nor getting married so men find someone who will
@@frostflower5555 because of Islam, I know
@@rudociliak6683 There is no connection, I don't know any Serb guy who married Albanian woman, this guy is an idiot.
We have the same issue here in Romania. To be honest... I am guilty of this, as I was moving into Romania without having done proper research. It all just hit me in the face and I told myself... Well, you're here now, make it count. 1 year later, I've found peace within the more rural areas, especially the lavish forests and the Carpathian mountains. Even if it means less money and more taxes, I walked into something I thought would be a gold mine, and I did, just not money wise, but for my soul and well-being instead. I'm happy that I left the dangers of South Africa behind for this beautiful little gem in Europe, despite having been more wealthy in my old country.
Si crezi ca romanii aveau nevoie de tine?!Cu siguranta ...nuuuuu!
Welcome to the Balkans, South African friend. I work with quite a few people from SA, one of my best friends is South African, and there are many of you moving over to Serbia. I wish you all the best!
The sales tax (VAT) in all of Eastern Europe is high, because it is easier to collect for the state than the income tax, where people do all sort of tricks to avoid it. Usually the people only pay income tax for their official day job and do everything else on the side.
The same is true for gasoline tax. It is easier to collect, since basically all gasoline comes out of one raffinery (maybe not one, but very few), which very often is even a state owned company. So they can track fuel trucks from the raffinery to the gas station.
All the other taxes are very difficult to collect for the state and with some the administrative effort to collect them is even higher than the revenue created.
Well, at least your taxes are somewhat lower than ours up in Hungary.
Aaaand we have a quite similar problem that has just walked out of your fridge.
Disclaimer: I wouldn't mind high taxes if they were imposed to provide high-quality public services, however, healthcare and public education are failing miserably.
serbia lore is wild
We like to make things spicy. Otherwise we would all get bored so easily
I love how the American dudes think Balkan and Slavic women in general are all some traditional wifey material. When as a guy who was born here in the Balkans and travels everywhere in it, I would argue, our girls know how to do business 10x better than American women when it comes to being with you for your high paying job or money. You will hear a girl from the Balkan state her price out right if you are a rich American dude. That's why American dudes love Russian women and Slavic women, they are no nonsense, straight to business, I give you this for that. It is that old wartime bartering system.
And don't take me wrong, I respect the shit out of that they are so forward and straight to business. If they can, let them do it.
True. I would agree that is probably more likely to find a more traditional conservative women in eastern europe compared to "western" countries but to think that an American would just go there and find such a women without hesitation is simply unrealistic and way too romanticized. I always remember a situation at my job site in Germany where a female Russian co-worker would tell stories about her former boss buying roses and jewelry for his fiancee. She was perplexed by it and her reason was, quote "I am a Russian woman, of course I know how much these things cost. I would never be satisfied with such cheap gifts." :D
Um dont push the slavic women into balkan women
Most of the areas like Hungary Poland(east) germany east, belarus, Russia,lithuania,finland still hold the fort against US imported culture.
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Half the young women from eastern-central Europe have moved to greener pastures westwards at this point. Guy can try finding some in Austria but his looks or salary won't impress anyone here, lol.
My brother in Christ, when you have spent your entire life being gaslit, lied to, and tricked by every woman you ever met, meeting women who are that direct feels like dying and going to Heaven.
Well, that is the irony. Eastern European woman can appear traditional, because they are in control of they lifes. Meanwhile many spoiled Third and Forth Wave feminists on west, just blame own failures on man. Whole not being capable of doing things on they own.
Great presentation Yanoch. Forgive me if I mis spelled.
Liked and subscribed
I am a woman from Serbia and my husband is from Croatia. We live here in Serbia and take vacations overthere. Serbian women are a hidden treasure and I am not talking about the plastics which you can see in some parts of Belgrade as well as in every world capital. You just have to be on a similar intellectual level, sharing the similar interests..it is not really about the money. Money is important if you want to live as a decent human being, especially if you are starting a family , but if two people live in love and respect for each other everything is possible . I see a huge amount of disrespect towards serbian women and it makes me sad. Women are the same everywhere in the world , you just have to respect them like you respect your sister , friend , mother..I am pleasantly surprised by Albanians , only them and Romanians were non offensive. Respect!
I believe it's because you're HUMAN first, woman second. That goes for all women (and men) in the world, I guess.
@@akosobucki807 You got it right☺️
Don't know which times you originate from, but nowadays majority of girls in Serbia openly demand men which are in a very good financial standing and have either appartments in larger cities or luxurious homes in the outskirts, out of several hundred girls me and my friends talked to past few years, they either want this, or they don't want a man at all, period. The bar which was once set to love and respect, is now clearly also including very good financial standing, and it outmatches good looks, yes, if you have more money, even if ugly, girls will be way open towards you in Serbia. This is not some isolated case, it is a trend. And i don't even want to start about the social warriors, feminism and all of the other unimportant things in life, which are very present in Serbia and tainting the once honest and pure connections people were once able to make in the past.
I respect only submissive females.
@@alexrowe9638exactly
Why living in lower Hungary sucks is the correct title
Hungary is not real, its just an abandoned western province of Romania.
You mean lower southern southern Slovakia, right?
Yes yes
@TyrantSolosWife hello my wife how are you my love
@@Tommuli_Haudankaivajayou mean the Avar Khaganate?
That camera issue happens in Germany and Austria too. They even harrased Arnold Schwarzenegger about it too.
They "harassed" Arnie for a watch which was very expensive and he did not claimed that he has it. It would be a different story if it would be on his wrist but he had it in the box. He speak german and he is Austrian, he should have known better.
that never happened to me in my entire life, and I leave and enter Austria like 3-4 times a year
There's a lot of American families relocating to Serbia in the past year or so, especially into suburbs of Novi Sad and the reason for that are not beautyful girls and low prices but the safety they can enjoy there. Whether you like it or not Serbia is the safest country in Europe regardless of your race, ethnicity or political views. Only rule you have to follow is stay out of stupid places at stupid times...
No you are wrong. Monaco, swizerland, norway are safer and u can get a high salary in those country...im a pizzaoilo who move from italy to switzerland...in italy i got 1000 euros a month and for exactly the same job i got 5000 in Swizerland...Serbia is a really poor country and nothing to offer...sorry for my poor english
@@signefurax933 Yes, you are poor in every way.
@@masterblaster848 i made pizza for living, my english is very very basic man.
Bro Serbia committed genocide against people who are genetically identical, except having slightly different religions. I would not imagine being safe for anyone who was visibly different. Calling out loud Tarpeia’s biggest international political point is bitching and moaning that they weren’t allowed to finish up the genocide and how NATO is so mean for stopping it.
@@Mortablunt Yeah shure, talking about genocide, around 100.000 people lost their lives in Bosnia on all three sides, combatants and civilians, while Americans single handedly killed nearly 500.000 Iraqi civilians. Also many of the stuff that, so called, international community tried to pin on Serbs was debunked long time ago.
It' s great living in Serbiia while having USA or EU passport and overseas business. It's harder for average Serbian...
Watched Roman's video of him escaping from Russia via Serbia to Portugal and now you're video about Serbia. What a time to be alive.
Moje poštovanje Vama, onda nemate pojma o porodici Romanov. Nigde on nije vezao. Ubijen je u tudjoj kuci , zajedno sa svojim ćerkama , sinom sa posebnim potrebama i suprugom. I na kraju iz te kuce , zakopali ih negde u sumi. Slava im i milost.. AMIN
@@snezanamladenovic2079Gospodine on priča o youtube kanalu jednog Rusa,koji je pobjegao u porrugal i ima youtube kanal.
Госпођо брате, упадате у причу о којој појма немате. Није поменут руски цар Романов већ Роман "NFKZ" познати руски јутјубер. А што се тиче Романових, вероватно их стигао бес обичног гладног и измученог човека.
@@snezanamladenovic2079 😂He was talking about some russian on yt who ran away from conscription into the russo ukraine war, not the Romanovs. But these neo marxist halfwits could use a history lesson or two, so thanks.
We also feel your pain my serbian brothers and sisters, much is the same in Romania. Things got better for both, but still we are far from what we would wish.
If only somehow we had more decent economy and earn more across the whole country, without life being so damn expensive, life in Serbia, Romania, or anywhere else in the Balkans would be paradise, given the awsome, awsome vibe of the Balkans.
Alas...
You cant have it both ways. If it were, nutty americans and fat germans would come...and paradise would be no more. This young guy needs to understand we need borders and we need to suffer in the balkan, we just need to😉 i dont want to turn it into concrete jungle...as its happening in slovenia
Are Romanians happy with being members of EU? I have heard different opinions. In any case we love romanian people. I would like to visit one day.
@@excentrik5725 Of course we are, it was one of our greatest achievements post Revolution and helped our country a lot. Contrary to what a lot of people think, joining EU will not erase your culture or identity or make Romania less romanian.
I know serbians have mixed opinions about EU, but trust me you would benefit too. In any case, we also love serbians !
Well thing is if you are an expat than it is for the most part a paradise. Because you are not affected by bad economy in fact you benefit from it. You can live a very comfortable life in Serbia with 2k euro per month which is almost half of average salary in Germany.
And if you have money you can easily circumvent things that suck at Balkans it just takes some time to get used to. If you need something done from the state you can get it done super fast end effective as long you bribe someone ( which is not hard ) , there is cheap private healthcare etc. I make decent money in Serbia as a native and my experience of this country is completely different to most people living here.
If you can make more than 2k euro a month by working from home , than sure Balkans are awesome place to be.
we know it, brothers, we feel it and see who loves and supports us. You will always be our brothers, all of Serbia loves Romanians and Romania, a neighboring nation that has never betrayed us. We love you and respect from Serbs and all of Serbia
This is the best video I have ever watched on youtube 10/10. Very informative.
I had to laugh at the 300 euro per night as well. I spent four nights travelling across Srbija on vacation, and the most I spent on a hotel was 30 euros for a night, and that was a last-minute booking as the hotel I prebooked cancelled and refunded me one hour before my arrival.
I've also had Bosnian border police at Sarajevo's airport try the "import tax" on my filming equipment. In my case, I think they were just fishing for a "50€ tip", but untimately let me through.
Just say NO and the more rude and arrogant you are to them, faster they back off and let you go. Most of them are complete morons and dont know the laws so if you are rude and confident enough they just get scared because they dont know who you are and what are your connections and if fishing can get them in trouble.
Do they lie to you that there's an import tax and take 50 euros straight from you? That's so evil. I could never be such a crook.
@@warhund my father tried that and they kept him at the border for 3 hourse until he gave up. They threatened him with prosecuting him on war crimes (despite not having beein in Yugoslavia during the war), just to get their stupid tax
@@CaptainCobbler nah, they didnt ask nor did I offer. I'm just saying that's what they were looking for. They were throwing mudd at the wall to see if it would stick. Like the guy above you said, if you are rude and speak confidently, they will back off.
@@juannaym8488
They figured out they can do it so they did it. You can always tell them no and say it is a used item and for personal use.
Example, I got Hugo Boss underwear set, with boxers and socks that cost more than 100 euros. You wanna tax that also?
Last time I was in Bosnia the lady wanted me to pay a tax for a laptop computer. I said no.
"Ohhh we will have a problem"
I replied " No honey, you will have a problem and a big one".
The guy that was with me said just give her a few euros for a drink or something or lets give her a couple of cold redbulls..she warmed up to that proposal but then I said to him (while she is standing right behind me) "I am not giving this corrupt woman anything, if she wanted a drink or a few euros of mercy she could have asked for it perhaps then I would give her and not on some made up tax".
She got offended and called her boss, supervisor or whoever the fuck that moron was, so he came and again with the tax...
So a normal reply is
"This is a personal item, for personal use and it is declared by me as such. Such items are not to be taxed. The worst you can do is write a certificate with a serial number of the device, give me one and keep one so once I leave your lovely country I can show the device leaving with me".
To this he replied ohhh you know the law.. well you could have been nicer to my collegue you know.. Well she shouldnt ask for a bribe, so my dashcam is on and I have it all on record.
After that I got about 20 apologies, ohh it is just a misunderstanding and so on..
Had similar situations on the Serbian border also but there they are more direct to me (since I am Serbian) and sometimes they would just wave me through after I show my passport but sometimes the guy would ask directly for a few euros for drinks.
When they ask directly, like.. "Its a cold and a slow night, we dont want to check your bags, you dont want to get out of the car.. how about you give a little tip and you keep driving home and we have some drinks"
I would ask how much (last time this happened) and the reply was 20 euros.
So I reply to the guy ok, you got 2 options.
1.option I give you 20 euros and curse you all the way to my home (some 400km from the border).
2.option I give you 10euros and bless you all the way home.
He smiled and said to me "Give me your blessings and a 10er."
When they ask like that, I pay but I always negotiate a bit.. Not like I care about the 10e but Its like a game.
But when they make up a tax..then they dont get shit.. And they can be polite and waste you a few hours, then I just give them a few euros.
As someone who lives in eastern europe. Do not come anywhere close to eastern europe.
Soon ppl from west will start coming to Eastern Europe for safety from terrorism rapes illegal immigration and lgtv indoctrination
@@momcilojabucilo9320 lgtv?
Lgbt
This was quite insightful and cool to watch, thanks for making it!
All i really knew about Serbia was in the context of the Yugo days. It's not all bad, Serbia makes one hell of an AK.
Me just staring at the "GIRL BOSS" sign in the background:
And a book about Stalin right next to it 💀
@@EasternEuropean83the history of india Russia and russian book again with Two koreas behind
When you marry a Balkan girl thats the price you have to pay, when you start getting tired of being boss around just remember that alimony exists! 🤣
@@EasternEuropean83 I think there are a couple of books about the DPRK too.
@@EasternEuropean83You never knew about the yassafication of Stalin? (And other sentences that hurt me to type out)
Ako iznosis skupu ili drugu carinicima interesantnu robu sa kojom planiras da se vratis nazad, na sajtu carine imas "Spisak stvari koje putnik privremeno iznosi" dokument, popunis to (idealno sa serijskim brojevima) i pecatira ti carinski sluzbenik tamo kod njih i onda ti ne mogu nista. U 99% slucajeva nece da diraju nikog, ali dovoljno je da te odvale jednom :)
Love your videos man
I do think Serbia could be a good place for someone with a pension and cannot afford living with 2.000 USD in Seattle and move to Serbia to live better and cheaper.
whats better and cheaper?
@@Rilex037 in any big US cities you cannot afford life, I am not using Serbia as an example but in my Country if you earned 2.000 USD you are middle class. And it is better to be upper middle class than poor in the US. But do Diligence, and you can go to developing countries for business opportunities too.
@@diegoyanesholtz212hahahahaha 2000$ is not middle class in serbia! 😂 500$ is middle class there.
12:32 Dude, you are my new hero. Due to my work as a wine buyer I spent many years traveling back and forth from California to Europe. Eventually I married an Austrian woman and decided to headquarter in Vienna. So many expats get screwed due to the bogus info promoted by many CZcamsrs. It's always refreshing to hear someone who speaks the truth. I also have a channel and perhaps at some point in time we can do a video together. BTW, I subscribed your channel.
I am waiting Ur publishing
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Never been so early before! Great video and keep it up my friend!
1:51 As a Hungarian, all I can say is...KERÍTÉS!
Anyway I wouod really appreciate you sharing the named of the songs in your videos, like the accordion between 4:22 and 6:09
Slight correction on taxes:
Many expats are freelancers, as a freelancer you can apply for flat rate taxing (pausalno oporezivanje), you pay a flat rate based on the average income in the area your company is registered in (not necessarily where you live) and a few more factors. I pay about 200 USD a month in my 8th year as a freelancer, up to a +-50k USD yearly income (which is quite decent in Serbia).
That being said pretty much everything else sucks at the moment, mostly due to decades of corruption.
😅Women in Asia and Eastern Europe already know about passport bros, some of them have mastered the art of conning these passport bros by joining international dating sites, pretending to have conservative values and once the passport bro has spent a tidy amount these women disappear😅 the hunter has now become the hunted
Truly a adapt or die moment
That's they deserve. Never ever pay anything for a female. That's rule number 1.
I mean, it was bound to happen.
ngl it makes me chuckle when I see those girls working the system like that. I'm always like you do your thing babe! 😂 Get em!
In my opinion, as I was born in Serbia(Yugoslavia in fact) and living abroad in last 25 years , if you have money then come and enjoy the life in Serbia.Relativly cheap.Good people.Belgrade is great city.lots of cultural events .great pubs for mingling not to mantion food.In generally city has far more to offer then the rest of ex Yu republics if not whole Balkan. Good position and easily reach to any part of Europe...
great countryside and historical monuments (that Serbian government doesn't care enough to protect.)
But if you are on limit budget then think twice as you will live as an ordinary Serb...
Serbia is not country for poor people.
No good social security no oportunity for educated young people.jobs oportunity is not great.There are coruption and custom of getting jobs through connections or political orientation.Hospitals are in bad condition.Government doesnt encourage economy in right way .
Regardless all above I will still choose Serbia over others as i am born there and i like living in place where people dont judge you by nationality,skin color or religion.In generally Serbs are still friendly and optimistic regardless all odds and hard times that country had in last 35 years or so❤..
What's the source for that Alabama sales tax claim? I live there and it is 9% in my area. The state tax is 4%, and the local max is 7.5%, so it shouldn't exceed 11.5% anywhere. Does that figure factor in gas, alcohol, or tobacco taxes or something?
I've done the same as you from Australia to Croatia ( I have Croatian heritage) and almost everything you said applies here too
I would love to see you making your book collection review/walkthrough. That shelf with books seems so interesting to me
I think this is a standard case of my fellow americans thinking the grass is always greener on the other side
Is not just americans who think that, everyone thinks that
But nevertheless, America and Japan are the best countries right now, I'd say
@@ShadowBlitz776 Thats true, but its Americans that are most wrong
I'm a Serb, and definitely grass is greener out of Serbia 😅
That’s whole world everybody thinks somewhere over the is better
What an insightful and thorough debunking video! It's incredibly beneficial to look for local perspectives and not dismiss them as mere haters.
-The expat creator, known for his extensive background and skillful narratives, tends to wrap everything in a capitalistic mindset, selling dreams that require one to be metaphorically asleep to believe them. His track record of overinflating worth and selling narratives has been evident not just in Serbia, but also in Turkey, Dubai, and other places. His chameleon-like attitude appears to be driven by personal gain rather than genuine interest, often backed by a large corporation, which raises doubts about the actual service delivery.
-Despite this, all the best in his future endeavors, as it will be interesting to see where his opportunistic ventures lead him next, especially since he has transitioned from the US to Dubai and now to selling citizenships globally, seemingly as an extended hand of the corporate giant he represents.
-Thank you once again for shedding light on these issues and providing a more accurate portrayal. It's crucial to challenge these narratives and highlight the reality, especially when it comes to misrepresented prices and false depictions of cultural mindsets. Keep up the excellent work!
Well saidan. Right on the money I wish things were better in our beloved Balcans . Hopefully they will. Anyway I enjoy your videos , you tell it like it's. Good job 👍🏻
From Albanian American I got nothing but respect for you
don't get fooled, this guy is magyar
Doesn't matter, he is Serbian citizen.
only his lower intestine !
@@DDtch6669 it's a joke mate
Aside from the music of Idoli and Bajaga y Instruktori, Serbia would be awesome to visit. I have been to New Serbia, what others call Chicago.
After watching your video, I was interested in seeing how some of the stats that you quoted for Serbia compared to Canada and here are the stats for Canada for comparison: Average cost of a house in Canada: $720,000. Percentage of the Canadian workforce that are women- 61.5%. Income tax in Canada ranges on 15% - 33% depending on income level. There are also also a goverment and provincial sales taxes added to all products and those are 9% and 13%. Business taxes range from 15%-38%. There are also other taxes such as the carbon tax, and capital gains taxes, among others. The birth rate in Canada is 1.43 births per woman, and women make up 57% of university students in Canada. I live in Canada and the life for the average person here is far great (insanely high cost of living, massive drug and homelessness epidemics in every city etc), that a lot of people are voluntarily leaving the country to live in the Balkans, including both Serbs and non-Serbs. Interestingly, the bulk of the people choosing to live as expats in Serbia are non-Serbs.
Bro i am in Serbia right now in NOVI SAD it's a group exchange from work
So, what is your impression?
@@krntije3688it sucks BALLS 😂
Originally Hungarian with an American upbringing and been living in the UK for a while. All I can say is that westerners usually have a huge misunderstanding of what it’s like in Eastern Europe but even the Eastern European neighbouring countries are completely foreign to each other and have a very homogeneous population.
I lived in Hungary 1/3 of my life and it’s like a middle ground between the old soviet era and the EU modernisation. The greatest example I can give you is crossing the border from Hungary to Austria which feels like your stepping 20 to 30 years into the future, and then crossing in the opposite direction into Romania which was like going into the past several decades behind. I went to Romania in the mid 2000s and the whole place was under construction being flooded by all the EU money. I imagine it to be the same south of Hungary in the balkan countries several decades behind. Obviously the further west or north you travel the more they look down on you as a pesky peasant.
Meanwhile most people have no idea that compared to the drug and divvy infested UK, most of Eastern Europe is like a utopia.
Romanian Hungarian border crossing was quite shocking in the early 2000s. Now not so much. North - South direction feels rather quite similar. Poland feels like a much better version of Hungary, Slovakia is in between, sometimes better than HU, worse than PL. Serbia especially the northern part is still quite similar to Hungary
Crossing the border from there to Romania feels like you leave the EU even when you enter it lol.
Exactly. Not for long...mericans coming
@@varkonyitibor4409 you definitely sound like a truck driver ? I used to live in western parts of Hungary so traveled mostly westwards into Austria and Croatia often and only once eastwards into Romania. Never been south of Pécs but always thought once you hit that border it’s pretty much a Romania situation and always guessed north of the border is pretty much the same.
@@klada000 😂🇺🇸
here in Brazil it's not very different, we went from the feudal era to the current era not even 35 years ago, and the reality shock is huge even within the borders, especially in the big cities, I have friends who live in Portugal and they say that the reality shock is huge , I can't even imagine going to countries like Austria, Germany or Italy
Good content brother.
E jesi me nasmija s ovim videom. Samo nastavi jako brate.
Very informative video! Thanks! And looking svelte👌
I'm Hungarian who lives in London so I know both Eastern Europe and the west. Do not move to Eastern Europe as a westerner unless you have spent years already learning, or are absolutely dedicated to learn these languages. You will not feel like you're part of the clique without speaking the languages and acquiring the cultural context, which is very multilayered. Just because you can afford going to bars and your Badoo date will enjoy your money for that night, this kind of fun will feel boring to you in a very short time.
Interesting take.
Just spent the last 6 months living in Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. I’m an American from Los Angeles. What you say is largely very true. You can make friends, however, with some locals who speak English well and thereby derive some level of feeling of inclusion. But overall, yeah, I felt pretty much like an outsider.
You pay import tax in every country when you buy something from abroad. Recently I've made the mistake to buy a motorcycle helmet from Germany ,because it was cheaper, and I had to pay import tax on it £60 when I got it in UK . Same thing happens in Romania if you buy from outside the EU.
Dude, what's the name of the track going off in the background during the first few minutes of the video?
I don't know about others, but I really like this video format of showing yourself talking instead of it being just videos and JPGs. Serbian Matpat going strong 💪🏻💪🏻🇷🇸
In the end, life here sucks because we the people have almost completely stopped trying to improve it. Everyone is leaving the country, because we are all too lazy to try and improve it instead. And without improvement, there is no incentive for people to stay, leading to more people leaving. We got ourselves into this, and are now paying the price...
Yea but those countries people are leaving too are getting worse and worse and eventually some will come back
I would come back to live im serbia( born im Germany) but corruption and poor Job chances are the reason I eont come.. Basiccly the reason why out people flee the country
@@unknownname6519 correct, yes
Hi I'm from Kosovo and I had to laugh a lot at minute: 11:00
I just found your channel and I subscribed to it.
I hope we can live in peace in the future.
Nice video and I believe a 3% growth is just an indicator. Usually 2% or little over is stable.
I knew a guy that as a kid came to The Netherlands from Yugoslavia in the 90's. And he doesn't want to go back since his country (now Croatia) isn't what he left behind. Weird situation that you're not from where you live and not familiar anymore with where you're from.
I was amused by your experience with the camera. Something similar happened to me when I traveled from Canada to Timisoara, right around the time Romania joined EU. I had a laptop (not new) and I was asked to pay import tax, which i refused. After some debate they let me go. That never happened again afterwards.
It's Temesvár you illegal immigrant.
Хвала ти Јаноше 🙏🏼... Добра информација 💯
I am Serbian but with a EU passport, and so does my brother and parents. Never had any trouble at all entering or exiting Serbia. A lot more trouble have the Romanian, Bulgarian and especially the Hungarian customs caused us.
What America (my country) did to Serbia in the 90s (up to today) was despicable, especially in Kosovo.
Thank you
Who cares about what a meaningless piece of meat thinks.
America and Kosovo are allies and will forever be against Serbia.
You are very sweet! ❤ Thank you!
Oh, Serbia did nothing in Croatia, Slovenia, BH Kosovo?
@@RPlavowhat did Serbia do
19 comments in 1 minute bro did NOT fell off
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If the expat guy entered Serbia with a large savings-account, he likely did have the experience, he said he had, thus far. As long as the savings account is large relative to median income, he can have the reported experience in any country in the world. The real question is what happens when/if he runs out of savings, and has to paricipate in the labor-market. But thats a video for late 2024 😮!
heh. funny thing about that border tax. in RO, we have the same bs. with purchased stuff from outside the country, valued over 150 euros... not at the border, but with the Romanian Postal Service ! they are basically robbing you blind.... & there's nothing you can do about it. You need something called an EORI number. They make you pay the same VAT tax TWICE ! once, when you made the online purchase, and a second time when it arrives at the Postal Office, IF you want to officially receive it. This usually happens when for some reason, there's no other PRIVATE courier service available to transport your package, like DHL or a flurry of other local brands.
I’d love to hear about how hard this person had it navigating the Serbian bureaucracy to start a business. This if he actually bothered or just assumed laws the country he’s an immigrant in don’t apply to him.
Many of those immigrants have a superiority complex and expect to be treated as royalty because they come from the west.
He's not talking about being Serbian and living in Serbia. He's talking about being American and living in Serbia. I'd imagine those Western dollars would buy a pretty exalted life in Belgrad. US Federal Income Tax is 0% up to around US$100k and if you live in a tax free state like Texas or Tennessee, etc. you don't have any US tax liability while living as a foreigner abroad. So it's a good deal for American's of a certain status or lifestyle.
A lot of Serbians do the same thing. Make their money in Western Europe and live it up when they come back home to visit or retire. My Indian parents did the same thing.
@@dukebanerjee4710 Same here in the Philippines. Most of my relatives work in the US, even starting families there and once they retire, move back to the Philippines with all their retirement money and pension fund and they live mostly cosy lives.
This isn’t quite true. Incomes (by paid salary by an employer) at or over $100k are subject to at least 24% Federal Income Tax. States that have no income tax, like Texas, make up for it in other ways by having high sales and property taxes.
The US is also one of the few countries in the world where citizens who earn salaries abroad, even when you hold permanent residency in another country and live there year-round, are subject to US Federal Income taxes. It’s meant to keep young people in high-paying industries in the US from just moving to places like Vietnam or Peru and completely out-pricing the locals and losing the talent.
HOWEVER, the United States has a relatively low capital gains tax. Meaning, if you build up a significant amount of wealth and have that wealth earn interest payments every year through investments, then you effectively pay little to nothing if you aren’t in a salaried position. That’s why American retirees move to foreigner-friendly places like Portugal or Ecuador and live like kings and it’s almost never younger people in their prime working years.
yea and he is rich too i was watching him for a while but his advice is not very useful for regular people .like you can get a passport in a lot of countries if you pay like 100.000$ but that is an insane amount of money for regular people in every country .
Having lived in Serbia (and Bosnia) for a some time as an "American" (born and raised in Russia), I wouldn't really say so unless you are properly rich, in which case it matters very little whether you live in the US or anywhere else. Sure, property prices are lower, but I wouldn't say that everything else that you would need for a life of comfort is magnitudes cheaper. Add all the taxes to the equation and there's barely any economic benefit. Maybe if you compare it to the extremes, like San Francisco or NY it would hold true, but otherwise, not so much.