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America is a business, nothing more

Out of all the languages, he decided to speak facts.

Agree 100%. Make your money in US and leave for an affordable quality life.

I am in the same boat, Wes. It is a difficult subject to discuss with Americans who have not traveled or lived abroad, let alone their home area. They tend to blankly stare when you tell them your experiences, as if their operating system suddenly overloaded and are performing a hard reboot. It's a tough topic to even broach as so many lack the context to comprehend why or how someone would leave the US.

I am 62 and will be moving to the Philippines from the US this fall. If I could afford it, I would move to Singapore. For me, it's two things: 1. I am invisible. 2. Toxic politics. I want the best for everyone, which makes me 'woke,' which no one can define. The main thing people don't understand is this: The US can be $38,000,000,000 in debt only because of its huge military.

I was born in Medellin, Colombia 🇨🇴 grew up in Chicago, Illinois USA 🇺🇸 but also lived 7 years in Europe 🇪🇺 (2 years in Slovakia 🇸🇰 and 5 years in Germany 🇩🇪) and I agree 100% with everything you say, wow!!👍🤯 All those things you talked about I have noticed them myself too from living in Colombia and in Europe and comparing it to the US. You pretty much took all my personal thoughts and put them in a video and explained it so perfectly well that I’m posting this video on my Facebook page. Thanks so much Wes!! 🙏 I couldn’t have said it better myself 👍😉

Your right I was in the Navy and I remember when I got deployed to the Middle East I was scared because what we were sold about Muslims. Came back different and saw the reality majority were nice towards us. That's when I saw USA politics are evil. Also I live in NYC and is sad that is the best in the USA. Compare to other countries Public transports it's miles ahead of NYC public transportation.

250 years for the collapse of empires. Thats 2026 for the U.S. Im trying to get my second passport and skiddalde. We are in for a ride.

I thank god that i found a way to earn a certification into teaching language & business…im looking into Europe as Spain as my residence… you the best Mr.wes!!

Woow, what a spot on video. Could not have said it any way better. Thank you

Just like America, western women ask for the highest price but offer the lowest service!!!

Brave, eloquent and spot on.

Oh my goodness- I can’t tell you how good it is too hear someone pointing out SO MANY broken aspects of the US. The US was so awesome and it has the raw materials to be so amazing again, if we can get out of our own way. But you really hit the big pic of it all. Money has pushed most of these problems into insane levels. But keep praying for not only the US but the rest of the world - because even though the values of these other cultures appear relatively more intact, they too are under massive attack of the same current forces. (Perhaps a video on the research of then and now of - housing, jobs and values.. THANKS AGAIN WES!

Love this upload, especially as you’re speaking from real experience

It's amazing how you can see it all so clearly and covered sooo very much in a short post. The only thing I was waiting for more detail on is the high cost of living stateside. Outside the U.S. the cost of living is soooooo so low. I enjoyed this post. Keep up the good work, looking forward to see where you end up landing for good.

Hollywood movies and US Immigration lies to international students and foreign workers that America is about freedom and democracy and opportunities. There used to be money. But now I have nothing to look forward to. Everything about life here is either too expensive or too difficult. I saw this coming back in 2008 and I have been trying to escape since 2010. I have no one in my life except for two friends and some immediate family. I finally have options for college but getting a job is so hard. The community is getting scarce. There's nothing left for me here but survival and even that is getting next to impossible.

Thanks for sharing. You've raised a lot of very salient points in this video that should be recognized. I've been living in Thailand for over 4 years and have no plans to return to America.

I live in America after having grown up in Asia. I've also traveled to a lot of countries in Europe, S. America, and Asia so I think I also have a decently informed perspective on this. I can confidently say that for me, USA is still the best country in the world to live in. The one major downside is really cost of living as it's expensive to live in California. The more desirable something is, the costlier it is. But if you can afford it, no other place in the world comes close for the combination of weather, people, nature, services, and lifestyle.

That's a smart move and good idea.

@WheresWes Wow I have to say all your thoughts on American culture is EXACTLY how I see it as well. Super great to know there are more of us out there who aren't drinking the Kool-aid!

Spot on Wes...👍

I am 74 years old, and i have seen everything you are talking about happen. You are right on. Very well said.

I leave US in 4 weeks I’m super excited not coming back 🎉

11:25 so true, I haven't felt free here since childhood.

Many things in America are poor quality but immigrants buy into it hook line and sinker because of the high quality pro American 1980's movies produced by Hollywood.

I enjoy your videos. Your perspective is always quite lucid. I often wonder if you are aware of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Freedom for me is two things, no debt, and been able to practice or NOT practice religion.

You´ve got my triple like, mate :) for telling the true.

Brother I am with you I just gotta catch up ✈️

Greetings from Tricity in Poland

Thanks for scharing your mindset! What is your job now? Do you do a remote work?

I’m glad someone finally touched on the proliferation of sports betting app advertising in the States. I’ve found that weird too.

Your best video yet bro. I just got back from Cali Colombia and I've been to other South and Central American Cities (and Mexico and Caribbean), but this was the first legit trip where I'm home and thinking about legitimately making the move. Luckily my job is remote and paid in US dollars. That's the big kicker tho. Gotta have that to feel that true freedom in another country. Nailed it all bro.🤘🏼

While we've got different continent choices I absolutely understand you!

The nightlife in US is horrible too

I agree. I have lived in Canada most of my life. I lived and worked for 6 years in the US and I will never go back. The happiest time in my life was when I lived in France. I am currently dating a Polish woman from Krakow and currently lives in Warsaw. I will be visiting both cities in early August for the first time and would love to buy you a beer.

Hi wes. Wheres is it better in your opinion? Vietnam or columbia?

So true. I've always felt that Europe is in fact far more free than America. Government and its institutions kind of just leave us alone

The US actually had very good public transit system in all major cities before 1950s. For example, in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, LA did have a very extensive streetcar network that went all the way the San Bernardino. It was demolished to make way for the car and freeways. There are still plenty of remnants of it today. The made reason the US doesn't have good public transit is all the car centric land use policies. Zoning. Large lot single use zoning makes walking difficult think of a plaza with only big box stores and suburbs with only single family homes. Each area is uncomfortable to walk and getting to and from is very time consuming even if they are next to each other. Public transport is good when it connects walkable areas together. Parking requirements. These effectively flattens out the city as each indoor space must be matched with parking. Take NYC for example, for NYC to comply with parking requirements, 1 out of every 3 buildings would have to be leveled or turned into parking garages. That means less business, less housing, less people who need to be there, the subway would lose a ton of revenue and it wouldn't justify the operating and maintenance costs let alone expansion. Federal Highways Funding. The competition for public transit is car based transport. Car based transport is subsidized massively by the Federal Government. $60 Billion for 2024. The deficit of Amtrak covered by the government is like $600 million. Thats a multiple of close to 100. If the states had to foot the bill, they wouldn't make them. The destruction of these highways over the years is also quite staggering. Many poor neighborhoods and ethnic enclaves completely destroyed by the highways. Like in Roger Rabbit. There is a whole lot more like minimum lot sizes, height restrictions, set backs, bureaucratic and expensive permitting, city boundaries, NIMBY activism and obstruction, environmental lawsuits, historical preservation, excessive building codes, Federal land preservation (too much), etc. Its really not capitalism, but excessive government regulation over land use to benefit the few that already own property. la.curbed.com/2018/9/6/17825186/los-angeles-streetcar-map-red-pacific-electric

Great points. Careful of the tax when you moving in Europe (Spain, Italy, France, Germany, etc). You gonna be taxed 45-55%.

Lots of TRUTH here man...very good you are so awake at such a young age. Peace from China.

Is it true that most Americans do not have passports and/or left the country?

Smart man. Im leaving too

When i listen to you i think we have much in common, about this body positivity, healthcare, public transportation, fuc...feminism in usa, etc. 😅 enjoy your time in my beautiful country Poland 🇵🇱

America was built on rugged individualism. Only in America, one has the opportunity to achieve based on ability, desire and hard work. One is free to eat and do whatever within the boundaries of law.

Next video: "Why I'll never move back to Colombia!"

Are you planning to give up your US passport…?

As much as I agree 100% with the fact that everything is about money in the US and other countries (I hate that). I would not want to be born in any other country outside mainly north western Europe (I'm from the UK), the USA OR Canada. You have the freedom to come and go as you please and the opportunity to make enough money to be able to live comfortably with good security.

US Expats get free insurance in Europe?

Hi. A nice video. The US is definitely in decline. I plan to move overseas to start over at some point in the future, such as to Europe, Asia or Puerto Rico. I like to travel myself and have been all over the world, including all the six livable continents. How do you afford to travel so much? Do you work remotely or have passive income? I’d like to live in different countries throughout the year myself. Thanks.

You earned my sub w this great video.

I agree on what everything you said. What you said about food, i realized this when i went to Dominican Repbulic. The food was so much better and i got full so quick and it was so fresh and not processed. Then i realized that in the US they are killing us with this horrible food

The marketing and advertising contribute to the high degree of mind control the majority of Americans are under purely based on dreams and lies.

health care system in USA is an extortion, racketeering

The education system teaches you to be a worker, a cog in the wheel. Your Asian parents aspire for you to get some safe, comfortable corp job. With little life experience to know any better, you do that, When you get a certain age, you ask yourself is this all that there is to life? Corp give you 5% or 10% raises to help you enjoy life a little more with nicer things but nothing to make you more empowered in your destiny or personal goals. You are stuck in the hamster wheel. The puzzle is really how to do take control of your life and live the fullest life.

Everything you say in ure video is very true. The usa is all about the money and for it self. Thats why im leaving the usa next year.

are you mainly interested in moving to spain because you've already picked up the native language, or are there other qualities about that country that you find attractive?

1000% agree!

No lies detected

I was born in America but I am not proud of it at all. For every single reason that you have mentioned.

at the end of the video, you said, you’re never returning back to the United States, not even to visit family?

I’m certainly moving out of the U.S. either before retirement or after. I went back to the Dominican Republic where my family is from and the quality of new homes that are being built out paces that of the U.S. You’re right, the college system in the U.S. is a scam. So is the healthcare system too. You break a leg in the U.S., hopefully you have good insurance or face losing one’s home due to the financial burden. Everything is profit in the U.S. If a child wants to be a doctor when they grow up, and you ask them why they want to be a doctor.. they would normally say.. “I want to help people”.. once that child grows up and you ask that child the same question… their response “ I want to be make money and be rich”.

You will move back to Colombia 😉

So there's some dichotomies here. You have a very strong work ethic so ultimately you could have done very well in the USA (financially). Also, your views of being socially conservative but economically liberal are all but dead politically in the USA. That used to exist in the USA before deindustrialization. But the decline of unions (which went with deindustrialization) means they don't back candidates who back their views anymore and thus there are very few politicians in the USA who would agree with your views. I personally don' adhere to your views, but I'm one of those who believe that diversity of viewpoints and compromise is good. Unfortunately, I'm also a dinosaur politically.

I would like to thank you for this video, Wes. I left the United States in March of this year for several reasons that you pointed out in this video. I have been living, and loving, Bogota Colombia ever since. I am retired, and I will be applying for my retirement visa in a few weeks. The United States is a fallacy when we are taught that it is the best nation in the world. It is in decline, and as history has shown us. All great nations must fall. I wish this was not the case, but greed and dis-respect for other humanity has taking its toll on the United States.

If you don't like things being "woke and liberal" then why are you in Europe? The most left wing policies in the U.S. would be considered right wing in Europe.

Generally agree, but you have the privilege of being an expat, not an immigrant. If things ever go bad overseas, you know you can come back to the US. You won’t be accused of stealing local jobs and diluting local culture. Also, I would argue that it’s not the ‘woke’ culture (after all, Western Europeans are even more liberal on average), but the moneyed interests you mention have partnered with right wing opportunists & fascists to turn America into a bunker mentality. Curious for you to talk to immigrants in those countries and get their perspectives. Great observations though.

Try eat surówki mean polis salads. Healty. Make whole episode

But you still have to pay US taxes.🤭

Im yet to discover other countries, but Thailand makes USA look bad. I want to go to Columbia. Women in USA are the most difficult. My diet in usa compared to Thailand is really bad. My cholesterol drops when i go to Thailand. The public transportation is wonderful. Im selling everything and leaving. Also, usa is all about mass incarceration. The politicians are terrible.

"everybody wants to move to the United States" you say? You're not serious right? 90% of those wanting to move there are people from third world countries and under develloped countries AND who are on the same continent as they just go where it's more convenient for them on geographic standpoint and where they think, often wrongly, they'll have a better life (USA and Canada) compared to their home countries. The vast majority of people from first world countries/devellopped countries (especially from Europe) have absolutely no desire to ever move to USA, it's just a third world country disguised as a first world country to us and has nothing good to offer us besides the entertainment industry that we can access from anywhere in the world anyway and a few natural wild spaces i nthe west. As for myself, I'm from Europe and USA would probably not even be in my first Top 30 countries (including some under developped countries) I'd move to, it's a shithole there for many of us Europeans.

Disagree with alot of this. Mainly because at the end of the day raising a family is the most important value to me and also helping out my parents who went here and gave up the most for me.

As a middle eastern immigrant I agree 💯

Europeans and Australians travel more. Also Americans are trying to extract money from you. And it's dangerous because of crime and law enforcement.

I discover the propaganda against Chinese. I was cring when i discover how beutifull culture is in chinese. Now i see where is true. How look the west "Culture" And how look chinese.

Stay where you are bruh..Same country you’re blasting is putting money in your pocket.

Gambling companies have lots of money to sponsor sports which in other case would just die out. Also sports are not interesting without gambling. Who is gonna watch the same thing thousand times again and again ? But if you made a bet you are personally involved. That is how boxing started in the first place - there were streets fights and people were making bets on who was gonna win. Btw Europe has also tons of gambling sites no difference from the US there ...

We are sorry to lose you. Yes, the system is about money. Try traveling the world without money. Your spiritual, physical, and mental health is your responsibility. America is large enough where you can choose where you want to live. You don't have to be stuck in one place where there is no good food. I agree the demands on American men are absolutely ridiculous.

Ex wife? 😂 I thought you were in your early 20s

Beautifully well said! in this video. while the money you make in the United States but I rather trade that off for a better life over then in the United States. I do have to get a plan in place and make sure I have plan B going for me. I know not everyone will agree with my decisions of moving but I don´t care at this point and that´s okay. I´m currently in France for Holiday and I love every minute of it, sadly Ill be leaving for back to the United States.

the best of both worlds. Make US money and live elsewhere. 😂 it’s pretty sad and upsetting. I do believe we have the potential to offer a great life for our citizens if we can stop being the world police and invest in our own country. why sending Israel $80 billions while our own people are starving and needing help. 🙄

It's unsettling to see you without facial hair lol.

I wish I could move out of the United States! 🇺🇸 😊😢

Trump?

Im surprised they didnt remove this episode yet u know your exposing them

*What the heck am I paying all this money for?* THIS. I loved the cultural differences I've experienced in other countries. Felt good to be in a place where all the USA things I didn't care about weren't even in the air as passing conversation. They simply just didn't exist there. Even in the rare occasion that something was more expensive, it was WAY better quality. Netherlands has ruined Whoppers and public transportation for me! Also bring back shame!