The Massive Financial Benefits Of Leaving The United States

<p>I have spent the last few months writing a series of articles&nbsp;<em>defending</em>&nbsp;my decision to move to Spain, as soon as next year, with my partner.</p> <p>Over the course of these stories, I developed a couple key points:</p> <ul> <li><strong><em>I go to Spain with zero sense of&nbsp;</em></strong><a href="https://medium.com/p/f3dbc81fd5c3" rel="noopener"><strong><em>general or cultural entitlement</em></strong></a><strong><em>.&nbsp;</em></strong>In fact, I&rsquo;m moving there because I want to be part of Spanish society. I don&rsquo;t expect it to bend to American norms, customs and ways of life. Many of which I&rsquo;m not particularly fond of to begin with.</li> <li><strong><em>I could move to any number of global locations for less expensive or flat out cheap housing.&nbsp;</em></strong>We&rsquo;re choosing Spain because &hellip; see bullet point #1.</li> </ul> <p>As an urban planning student from 2002 to 2008, I got the bug&nbsp;<em>real bad</em>&nbsp;for pedestrian-oriented built environments &mdash; and the public space and public life they facilitate &mdash; long before I first set foot in Europe.</p> <p>I knew that once I experienced what it feels like to be in a place like Spain (or Italy), I&rsquo;d want to live there. Because we simply don&rsquo;t have the types of urban settings they have &mdash;ones that prioritize people over cars &mdash; in the United States. Not even in the places we put forward as some of the world&rsquo;s greatest cities.</p> <p>It was a long time coming, but the second I arrived in Europe in 2022, I knew I wanted to live there. The experience blew away my expectations. You can&rsquo;t say that about most things in life. Especially things you spend years imagining and, subsequently, hyping.</p> <p>So I&rsquo;m done defending my choice. You&rsquo;re not going to see me flaunting my move on&nbsp;<em>House Hunters International</em>.</p> <p><a href="https://themakingofamillionaire.com/the-massive-financial-benefits-of-leaving-the-united-states-c951e7db23c0"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>
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