In all sincerity, how do you get out and find work and should you? I’m 40F and have barely left this country. I don’t know how to make a better life for me and my children and I’m not even sure that this isn’t still the ‘safest place’ as the saying has always been. Are all governments corrupt? Are they all at risk of war? Are rich people and corporations given legal passes and tax breaks everywhere? Is there gang violence, racism and sexism everywhere? I want to live without fear that my kids could be killed by some idiot with guns, I want our family to live a life free from servitude just to to pay for car+home+health insurance and not worry we could die simply because we couldn’t afford to pay the highest price for medical care in the world, and I want to know the government or a corporation won’t be allowed to harm people and places with toxic chemicals or skipping safety measures. I want to be more than fuel for capitalism. This is a serious question. I’ve intentionally left my home country out but I’m sure you have guessed.
Moving at 40 with kids is considerably harder than moving at 35 or less with no kids or partner. Don’t move to some foreign place without ever visiting. I left the US in 2003, over 30, after having visited Germany twice. I sort of knew what I was getting.
There is corruption and crime everywhere, but it’s a matter of degree. Here, you can be safe from violence, get a free education, and if you get a good job, can get a nice smallish home, good health insurance and a worry-free life, if you are willing to spend 2 years learning German.