by CanaYouDoIt » Mon Mar 24, 2025 8:08 pm
Princ wrote: Mon Mar 24, 2025 5:40 pm
CanaYouDoIt wrote: Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:17 pm
I can talk all day about this, it’s 2025 and Albanians are still glorifying living in the west, it’s sad . I talked to this albanian who moved here with her husband very recently by overstaying their visa , some life you’ll have here getting overworked just to make it by. Instead of staying in albania and doing the exact same thing their except the lifestyle is much better. It’s a national sickness, obsession to leave thinking it’s better when it’s not.
previous generations had every excuse to leave , nowadays ? I don’t feel sorry at all, these young adults and kids today are causing their own problems, we will probably be in the EU in a few years , stay, make the country worthwhile instead of fleeing like cowards. Same problems all through our society , it’s a sickness.
And before anyone says anything I’m not some fake patriotic diaspora , I went backed and lived there working for a whole year, Albanians don’t know how good they have it honestly.
The wage in Albania is €350 a month which equates to less than €15 a day since many are working 6-7 days a week..
Price of gas is €2 a liter. Therefore, you are working all day for about 7 litres of gas. Where I am currently, the wage is $250 a day and the price of gas is lower at $1.50 a litre. Do the math..
A regular working man can hardly take his partner out for a date after work because his whole daily wage would go just to the few litres of gas he will waste, let alone the food they will eat, or the present he will buy for his partner. Prices there were thru the roof, comparable to western countries where wages are 4/5 times higher. A vast majority of young men have to live at home with their parents because they cannot afford their own place, cannot afford to start their own life.
The food there was terrible. In the west, when food goes bad, it is thrown out and replaced by fresher food. In Albania, it is still kept on the shelf to sell to the poor customers because throwing it out would be “a waste.”
Don’t get me started on the mentality. There was a car honking the horn at lady legally crossing at pedestrian crosswalk so she would move faster. Traffic was next level, no parking, cars parked illegally, driving was a total headache.
Then let’s get to physical education which is far behind western countries. Notice how Albanian athletes are so physically inferior compared to Western countries like England. Just the physical education you will receive in a Western country is on another level and if you are hard working, this will give you a chance to fulfill your dreams as an athlete.
Western countries will also pay you for having kids. 2-3 kids and your rent and most bills are already paid leaving your wage to be spent vacationing. Social benefits in most Western countries are super good. They help you out with basically anything you may need. Good luck with that in Albania..
In theory, I agree with your sentiment to stay home and improve your country but Albania is just so far beyond helping that the best thing possible is to just relocate elsewhere.
I'll come back to this after the game or when I have more time but you live in the US right? Vastly different to England for example. You make good points but I'll respond to that later.
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I can talk all day about this, it’s 2025 and Albanians are still glorifying living in the west, it’s sad . I talked to this albanian who moved here with her husband very recently by overstaying their visa , some life you’ll have here getting overworked just to make it by. Instead of staying in albania and doing the exact same thing their except the lifestyle is much better. It’s a national sickness, obsession to leave thinking it’s better when it’s not.
previous generations had every excuse to leave , nowadays ? I don’t feel sorry at all, these young adults and kids today are causing their own problems, we will probably be in the EU in a few years , stay, make the country worthwhile instead of fleeing like cowards. Same problems all through our society , it’s a sickness.
And before anyone says anything I’m not some fake patriotic diaspora , I went backed and lived there working for a whole year, Albanians don’t know how good they have it honestly.
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The wage in Albania is €350 a month which equates to less than €15 a day since many are working 6-7 days a week..
Price of gas is €2 a liter. Therefore, you are working all day for about 7 litres of gas. Where I am currently, the wage is $250 a day and the price of gas is lower at $1.50 a litre. Do the math..
A regular working man can hardly take his partner out for a date after work because his whole daily wage would go just to the few litres of gas he will waste, let alone the food they will eat, or the present he will buy for his partner. Prices there were thru the roof, comparable to western countries where wages are 4/5 times higher. A vast majority of young men have to live at home with their parents because they cannot afford their own place, cannot afford to start their own life.
The food there was terrible. In the west, when food goes bad, it is thrown out and replaced by fresher food. In Albania, it is still kept on the shelf to sell to the poor customers because throwing it out would be “a waste.”
Don’t get me started on the mentality. There was a car honking the horn at lady legally crossing at pedestrian crosswalk so she would move faster. Traffic was next level, no parking, cars parked illegally, driving was a total headache.
Then let’s get to physical education which is far behind western countries. Notice how Albanian athletes are so physically inferior compared to Western countries like England. Just the physical education you will receive in a Western country is on another level and if you are hard working, this will give you a chance to fulfill your dreams as an athlete.
Western countries will also pay you for having kids. 2-3 kids and your rent and most bills are already paid leaving your wage to be spent vacationing. Social benefits in most Western countries are super good. They help you out with basically anything you may need. Good luck with that in Albania..
In theory, I agree with your sentiment to stay home and improve your country but Albania is just so far beyond helping that the best thing possible is to just relocate elsewhere.
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I'll come back to this after the game or when I have more time but you live in the US right? Vastly different to England for example. You make good points but I'll respond to that later.