THE PROS AND CONS OF MOVING TO CALIFORNIA AS A FILIPINO NURSE / BUHAY AMERIKA
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Hello guys! In this video I would like to share to you The Pros and Cons of Moving to California as a Filipino nurse.
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My take on this video is, It doesn't matter how much u make what matters is how much ur able to save and what you do on the money u save. The income to debt ratio for nurses is around 40% plus or minus which can be manageable but imho any debt is stressful, so keep ur debt to a minimum to nothing lol! . The system is designed for you to keep having debts and your debt goes higher as you age, lets say 30-40% of ur paycheck is out the door and it hasn't even landed ur hands is ridiculous and should be avoided. I quit Nursing after 5 years as i wanted to pursue other ventures and make more money. This video is informative and gives u a birds eye view on what to expect. To anyone reading this, Its a big world out there make sure u bring a much bigger dream and bolder ambition when u decide to come out. Good Luck.
Tumpak po! Inspiration kita sir/madam. Maraming salamat sa comment nyo po!
We arrived in California summer of 1996. Sa Oxnard kami nag stay for a few months and I loved the weather there. My family then moved to southwest Houston later that year, Sugar Land TX to be exact. We've been here since. Cost of living in California is very high, yes mataas ang sweldo pero mataas naman ang mga basic life necessities....lets take example yung gas ng sasakyan. Right now, according to AAA. Texas is $2.63 per gallons, thats the state average. The other day, I paid $ 2.39 per gallong to fill up my tank. In Califonia, the state average is $ 4.34, so it maybe a little less in some areas but that is still almost 2 dollars difference.
In 2018, I bought my house here for $155K. That same year, my girlfriend at the time and myself visited one of her friends in Mission Viejo just east of Newport Beach. They were getting ready to move to GA at the time, because cost of living was getting a little high. They sold their house for $750K. Same size as my house here in Texas.
Comparing California and Texas is like comparing apples to oranges though...or any state.
Tama po kayo dyan, ibang-iba talaga ang mga estado sa America. Thank you po sa comment,appreciate a lot. Ingat po. Godbless. Happy new year ❤
Kahit mahal ang buhay sa NorCal o Bay Area, gusto ko pa rin dito. Mas madaling makaipon kumpara sa ibang states, lalo na kung marunong mag-manage ng finances. Bukod doon, may work-life balance at hindi gaanong short-staffed, kaya mas maayos ang trabaho at mas may oras para sa sarili. Pag winter malamig pero hindi tulad sa iba super lamig.
No need to buy luxury cars as most are money pits maintaining and repairing them except Lexus if you really want a luxury car that would last a long time. Other luxury cars made in US and Europe are junk after 4-5 years of ownership. Lexus runs forever, as well as Toyota, Honda, Mazda and Subaru. Compared to nurses in other states, pay is much higher and nurse to patient ratio is great like you said. California started the safe nurse-patient ratio and many states followed. California has the strongest RN union in the US. Cost of housing is high in California but groceries, utilities and other things are the same as other States. If nurses just buy a modest house and modest reliable cars, there is a high probability that they can retire early if they are smart in saving and investing their money. Sadly, most are deep in debt trying to keep up with their co-workers in buying luxury bags, jewelry and cars that make them poor. They look rich but are actually poor. It is better to look poor but rich, comfortable and retired, making money in sleep. Why hustle until your 50s, 60s or 70s? Maraming nurses na maluho, mayabang at maporma pero kandaugaga sa kakatrabaho. Things just collect dust. I'd rather collect dividends. I am at my happiest when I see my money grow. I will only buy a new car again when my 2 old Toyota cars cannot be fixed or won't run anymore. Paint on the truck is a little faded, so what? It gets me from point A to point B. Friends ask why I don't buy a nice new car like they did. I told them my old cars run like new, why buy a new one? Registration fee and car insurance are much lower on paid-off old cars. Problem is most people seek validation from others that they have made it and are successful by showing off. Keep in mind, poor trying to look rich is loud, wealthy is quiet. 😊
@@paengguin9381 Agree po ako sa lahat ng sinabi nyo sir. Merry Christmas po sa inyo at buong family nyo!
@PinoyNomads Likewise. We count our blessings as He has showered us with it. "Nasa tao ang gawa, nasa Diyos ang awa." I am not religious, but I've always believed this in my heart and this adage has guided me through my life to persevere and accomplish a lot beyond my imagination.😊👍
Yes tama yon sinasabi mo I have 1999 Toyota until now I'ml still driving. Be wise be smart save money less spending less stress
@@SARISARICHANNEL708 wow, 1999! Congrats! Mas matibay nga iyong mga kotse ng Toyota noon, parang bulletproof! Ngayon, maraming reklamo at recalls sa mga kotse ngayon, including Toyota. Naungusan ang Toyota ng Subaru sa reliability per latest Consumer Reports.
Well said Paeng. Agree ako sa lahat na sinasabi mo. God bless you.
I'm a retired US Marine and a nurse for almost 20 years now. I'm currently working with the homeless population in LA county. I've been everywhere overseas and within the US. Most of the homeless population here in Los Angeles are coming from conservative states where help is limited. They moved here for the weather and CA's welfare system. When it comes to crime, no CA city is in the top 5 according to 2024 US news. CA is a big proponent of labor unions not like other states that have the right to work law. The things that you love about CA is possible due to CA's political system. From environmental protection that restricts offshore drilling and laws protecting state parks. Lastly CA is one of the leaders in immigration and women's rights. As a contractor or an immigrant worker you will have allies and help is everywhere. Your channel is entertaining but please stay away from politics. It's very divisive. There's no perfect state in the US. For me the positive outweighs the negative. I've been all over the US and wherever I go. CA always draws me back.
i lived 13yrs in San Jose, Ca. i think it has the best weather, reason why they put up Silicon Valley there.
Hello sir Harry! Previous student here. Lpu
Wow! Hello po! Kamusta ka na? 😊
Hello guys! Sa mga California nurses, ano sa tingin nyo ano Pros and Cons in living in Cali?❤❤❤
Saan po kayo dito sa California?
@ Chico, Ca po.
You can’t beat the Washington State pag summer time. We hve so many greens and weather is manageable compared to sa cali pag summer it gets hot and wild fire.
Same lang lht kht san ka pmunta..ang paguusapan nalang kung anong weather or area mo tlga gusto.
Agree po! Salamat po sa comment❤
correct. im 70 yo drive a highlander 2016. dold my house and placed my equity to cd which earned 42k a year. that would be in addition to my ss pension and federal govt pension.
$20/hr sa Cleveland, but afford mo bumble ng bahay. Sa Cali, $30/hr, hirap pang makabayad sa apartment.
Saan kayo sa California? Parang Northern dahil you mention Oakland,Daly City...I hope you are in San Ramon
wow nice pala jan sa chico sir, watching from bakersfield ca
Yes po! Salamat sa panunuod. Ingat po and Merry Christmas❤🎉
I agree with what you said.
Maganda noon.....ngayon.....looks like warzone!.....siguro 10 years from now gaganda muli!
SARap blik blikan ang vlog mo sir. thnk u for sharing this. May God bless u more. khit di ako marunong msyado sa cp pero ito lng ang mks relieve sa lungkot sa aking mga anak.
Basta you past california state board masyado xtrecto alam ko been living california55years and sa mga ibang state hindi ko masyado good luck pinoy
Tama po kayo dyan. Salamat po sa comment. Godbless and Happy new year po sa inyong lahat❤
Thank you very much!
Salamat din po sa panunuod. God bless❤
Meron pa bang $800,000 worth ng bahay sa CA? Dito sa Southern CA ang average 3 BR ay $800K+ sa not so nice area..
Don’t be too impressed with Pinoys who have all the branded material things, you’ll never know they are hardly enjoy their expensive houses because they have to work 12++ hr shifts working more than 5days a week,
Seen it all the time, learn to be practical and have a balanced life with family and Church
Hi sir I been always want to work and stay in California but too many taxes and taxes are too high. We moved back again in Seattle Washington.
@@kristinedutta9857 Hello po madam! Maganda nga po dyan sa WA state walang state income tax.
Good decision. Me and my family had the option of going to California a long time ago, but we decided to stay put here in the Seattle area. Now It's getting bad here in Washington as well, but nothing compared to California. Gaya ng sabi nila, "Please don't California my Washington "!
@@PinoyNomads yes po sis and pay is mostly the same sa rate dyan sa southern cali
Greetings sir harry 👋🏻👋🏻 tanong lang po ako kung hiring po ang cali ng nurses from other states na may significant experience only from nursing home (approx 3 yrs). Meron po bang mga teaching hospitals na tumatanggap ng mga no medsurg/general bedside exp sa cali? Salamat po and more power to you and your family 🙏🙏🙏
At my facility they accept new grad or less experience. Its an acute hospital, they will train you to be in ER, DOU, ICU, CCU.
Cost of living in Bay Area is high Malaki nga sweldo ng nurse pero mahal din ang mga bahay at bilhin dyan ay tumaas n there’s no 300 to 500 thousands ang price ng bahay dahil nsa Milyon n
I agree po! Hindi na talaga maiiwasan ang pagtaas lahat kahit saan lalo na dito sa Cali. Iba ang pinoy makakaya basta masipag lang at walang pili sa trabaho. Salamat po sa comment,appreciate you a lot. Ingat po kayo. God bless and Merry Christmas❤
double job minsan triple job.. 7 days work.. then di ma enjoy un bgo bahay..👍👍
Kaya nga ganun din malaki nga sweldo mo hindi ka rin marunong humawak ng pera gastos dito gastos doon kaliwat kanan wala rin parehas din yan kahit saan ka State dito ka sa America pareho lang yan
I still love California. Better working conditions for nurses, great weather.
300 to 500k na bahay sa Michigan ay mansion na...
California has beaches, mountains, desert, sand dunes but expensive.
Korek po kayo dyan, maganda nga po talaga dito,yun nga lang po mahal,kaya hindi talaga para sa lahat ang Cali. Salamat po! Merry Christmas❤
california fires, landslides, flooding, homeless bums,
Maganda talaga california 🙏🙏
Salamat po. Merry Christmas❤🎉
Dati ako dyan sa California 1993 matagal ako dyan tumira naayaw ko dyan sa California mahal ang traffic napaka init pag summer it’s not good to live anymore lalo nagin ang mamahal ng bilihin not good
Agree po ako dyan. Hindi po para sa lahat ang California. Salamat po sa comment. God bless❤
I’ve known so many Pinoy families moved out of cali after years of living there due to cost of living.. masasabi ko lang kung gusto dun maghataw kayo sa work OT avail house if you can and paid early but far from metro area like what he said na mtaas an cost of living then later sell the house for highs and move to different cheaper states na mabilis mo ma avail and value for the money and yun extra put in another property of business.
Go to cali at your own risk.. because planning in life change thru time.. don’t forget during 2008 collapse and how pinoys get affected. California is a decaying state ,even a lot of companies move out of california.
Crime rate is one of the issue there …so think twice especially if you were building family.
Tama po kayo dyan, importante talaga magplano ng mabuti bago magdesisyon. Ingat po kayo. Salamat po sa pagbabahagi ng inyong karanasan . Godbless❤
When people who don’t live in California comment about living in California 😂.
@@JoyofRVingI know right😅
This is the reason why we have expensive health insurance.. Hospital and nursing facilites should be hiring more health care provider instead of bumping up their salary to justify the workload that they had, i honestly think nurses in the bay area is overly compensated.
Our standard of leaving esp the middle class is degrading too much when they increase the salary on particular group people and union capitalized on it cause they ripped the benefit too much..
Example is SF, union in the next 3 years will bump up the salary of its worker to about 13%, goodluck finding money to pay for that.. I see alot of store closing when the city try to milk as much as they can to resident
@@Fredflinstone23 True. Tama po ang observation nyo sobrang expensive ang health insurance dito. Hindi po talaga perfect ang health care system, I think kahit saan yata po. No doubt some people were cheering up para sa suspect doon sa incident sa NY na UHC CEO that was gunned down. I hope health care as a whole ay maging maayos, mafix at hindi for profit lang ang iniisip. The public, hospitals, unions, health insurance companies, and the government should come up with a great solution to this great problem.
Standard of living vs leaving
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Thank you❤❤
I know you came from Canada before, are you a US Citizen already?
@@MPthree24 PR palang po kami dito sa US.
new subscriber here
Salamat po sa pag subscribe! God bless.😊
50 or 40 years ago Maganda sa Cali.
Agree po. Salamat. Godbless❤
Maganda pa rin California till now. Try Sta Barbara, Ventura, Thousand Oaks. We are less heard of, but we have beach access 10 minutes from our home. We’re 45 min to LA without the craziness of LA.
maganda ang Cali pero kapalit nyan mahal lahat.kahit living a simple life ..mahal pa din.
Agree po! Thank you po sa comment,appreciate a lot. God bless❤
Financilally it is better to have high income in high cost of living rather than low pay in low cost of living. If you have higher pay, more money goes to your retirement 401k pretax. Pag sweldo ay mababa, konti lang ang madedeposit sa 401k. At the end of the day, higher pay always win. Gas is expensive in California, so buy a hybrid or EV. Also, pay is always adjusted depending on cost of living. So if you have work, hindi magugutom and can even travel.
Obvious ba
Thank"s for watching. Godbless. Happy new year🎉
Wala namang iba California lang at Florida ang maganda sa America . Kung nasa State ka na nasa gitna boring naman
Every state is beautiful in its own way. I've seen more than half of 50 states and I sure can live in any of those states. I wonder what is your definition of boring. All states have their own urban and rural places. Almost everything I see in the urban areas of beautiful Missouri is just what other states have.
@williecamarador2502 those places are boring I only like California and Florida
Pros very good weather yes pay is higher pero yun take home is about the same compared to washington. Cons too expensive too many crimes everyday shoplifting.
Korek tama po.kaya dyan kaya ingat lang talaga. Salamat po sa comment. God bless❤
Basher ka lang, at hindi ka nakatira dito! Dito ako lumaki sa Long Beach at retired na ngayon! Easy life lang lalo na paid off mo na ang house. Healthcare is the best at kaya maraming Pinoy dito! California is number One at the 5th largest economy in the World. Larger than Germany. 👍👍👍
Weather lang talaga ang pros. Dami cons. Kahit mababa ang bayad sa other states, low naman cost of living and taxes. Taxes is huge here, so be smart. Save money in a tax-exempt funds to protect yourself from too much tax. Union can be a con at times. Have work in hospitals with no union and working conditions are generally better. Have seen nurses transfer from union to non-union hospitals because of working conditions (no nurse techs).
Tama po kayo, iba iba po ang mga experience ng mga nurse dito sa Cali. Ingat po at Merry Christmas🙏
I’m not gonna move to Texas 😂
Beautiful state pero masyadong mahal tumira dyan sa Cali. Taas ng tax, gas at ibang bilihin. Poor law and order. Ang taas ng crime rate, drug use at homelessness, and yet leaders there refuse to do anything about the border and illegal immigration. Sayang, California is turning into a disaster!
California is nice sa north area. Anywhere south MADUMI dami homeless at basura
Medyo napansin ko nga din po yun dito. Merry Christmas po sa inyo❤❤
Not really, san francisco is trash, Sacramento straight up ghetto.
Remember Southern California is huge but very expensive. Irvine, newport beach, San Diego, oceanside, san clemente, eastvale, beautiful places in southern California, i havent seen any homeless but in Sacramento homeless everywhere as well as san Francisco where people keeps breaking your car.
Maganda talaga NorCal mga ser/ma’am, kumpletos recados beach mga 1 hour lng, gusto mo snow 3-4hrs lang, kung gusto mo may makausap na pinoy punta ka sa walmart 😂 tsaka sa california, alam nila talaga na Pinoy ka at di asian ang tawag sayo!
@@ninjo888 True po! 😍😍😍
Depende kung saan ka sa south cali same in north cali
Correct ka dyan lalo na pag nasa Union members ang mga Nurses. Kaya 5th largest economy in the World, pero pag pakinggan mo ang mga bashers mula sa red states, parang mess up ang California. Proud to be from California, the best State in the Union..👍👍👍
@@virgfresco1403 meron din pong Ibang state na unionized like Washington state.
malaki rin pasahod as a caregiver..pero mataas din ang tax.
mataas ang pashod mataas din ang standard of is living
Korek po kayo dyan,thank you so much. Happy new year po❤
Well not all Bro! Nowadays it's not ok to live in California.
@@gmctano1570 Thank you bro! Yes, I agree. Life in Cali is challenging and not for everyone.
I like living in California. We have the best nursing benefits, mandatory breaks, mandatory patient-nurse ratio. Wages are much better, and great health insurance.
LOL😂😂😂😂 pinoy na feelingera😂😂😂
Salamat po. God bless❤