What are the pros and cons of each? I’ve seen slow paced (non hustle) countries being romanticized , but personally I struggle in such places.

What are your thoughts? Where are you now and is it slow/fast paced? What do you like there?

  • Johnny1A2A@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    What work did you son in Croatia? I just got my citizenship and speak fluently. I have a film degree and a good union job with benefits in Los Angeles (fast pace) but dream of moving to Croatia. I’m afraid my skills don’t transfer and I’m worried the slow pace or lack of job prospects would be bad environment to raise my daughter. Any insight?

    • thesog@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I worked at a hostel.

      I don’t know anything about film related jobs in Croatia so I can’t comment about that.

      Overall I think it’s a good place to raise a kid since it’s incredibly safe and kids are given much more freedom by parents than is typical in the US. The lack of job prospects is a legitimate worry and the country has been hit by two brain drains (the civil war and joining the Schengen zone). I assume your daughter is also a dual citizen so she’d be able to move to the US or anywhere in the EU for work so she’d have a lot of good options. I guess the big question (it’s also the one my wife and I are asking ourselves a lot as her parents live in Croatia) is are you okay raising a kid knowing they likely will have to leave their home country to go abroad for work.

      • Johnny1A2A@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Yeah that’s a good point. Will she be able to make that leap? Same can be said for keeping her in Los Angeles.

        I’m late 40’s . Not unwilling to to change careers but could be too late. What about jobs in Croatia for dual citizens?

        • thesog@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          The only dual citizen job I can think of would be for the US Embassy in Zagreb or the State Department (not sure what kind of presence they have in Croatia). Frankly though I wouldn’t move to Croatia to live in Zagreb. The coast and the mountains are the beauty of the country not the “big city”.