im just looking around as i do want to immigrate to another country. My whole family and i mean everyone on my moms side has already left my country and all went to australia. So i have no family left here basicly. But thats not the point. I want to get away and live semi off the grid. Like alaska sounds prime but not sure my warm body will like the constant coldness that side, fuck i have never even seen or felt snow in my real life.
Wanted to go to the states for sometime now but my criminal record kept me back and so with most other countries. But i will keep looking till i find what there is but anyone that wants to add more or any other ideas or suggestions would be awesome.
That or i will seclude myself at the wildcoast in S.A. and live there of the grid.
Hey shroom,
I moved from SA to UK in 2004, then from UK to Livingston, N.J., USA in 2013 (left N.J. in 2016). Both kids in public school while in NJ, lease of Kia Sportage for wife was $3,000 down + 300 p.m., lease on my car was $3,000 down, $300 p.m. First house was ~2,800 sq. ft. (it's called a split level as it is effectively a 2-storey house). Second house was ~3,200 sq. ft, also a 2-storey but had a large basement too. Front yards/garden were large, back gardens not so big. I think that area relied very much on 'kerb-appeal' to make the properties look bigger.House rent was ~ $3,000 p.m. Annual income started @$110,000 p.a. and rose to $144,000 over the 3 years I was there. Let's just say with the cost of living, incl. kids going to swimming lessons at the local YMCA, there was never much left over at the end of the month. Thing I found with the States is that EVERYTHING revolves around cash. Prices of clothes, food, gas/petrol were not massive but were a but higher than you'd expect. Oh, and you are seen as impolite if you don't tip everybody who does something for you.
If you could afford to buy a house cash/very low mortgage you could be OK in that area with a gross income of $3,000 per month, slightly less if you bought a car outright etc.
Can't speak for anywhere else in the States as Livingston was quite a posh area but the above may offer a little insight into your question.
One thing you must take on board though, employees have very little employment rights. You are employed under what's called "at will" by the employer which means you can be made redundant/fired with no warning so you have very little job security. Saw it happen to many of the guys I worked with.
TL;DR? You'll love the area of the States I was in if you are prepared to do anything for cash incl. fucking over your mates to get ahead of them.
My personal take on where I was? It's not a nice place for a SAFFA boytjie.
Hope this helps.
. Gordon's baai is ook lekker.
