Is Greece the right country for you?
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- Опубліковано 6 тра 2024
- My wife, dog and I made the move to Greece in 2023. Should you do the same? Here I share some reasons why Greece is a great place to relocate to or retire in. Subscribe for more content about life in Greece.
I get a kick out of some of the comments here. People dumping on the health care etc. Let me tell you something my cousin was born and raised in Canada and moved to Greece in the 90's. She got married and has lived there since. She returns to Vancouver every few years and every time she comes tells me to hurry up and leave Canada as it's gone down the toilet and gets worse everytime. She says the health care is far better in Greece especially if you have private insurance.
I've been struggling with a serious shoulder issue for 4 years now. My doctor took no interest in it, it took me over a year to see a specialist who did nothing but give me one injection. After that i still had issues and requested a MRI. My doctor had to refer me back to the surgeon ti get a requisition for a MRI. Once my requisition went through it took me 1 year before i got my MRI on April 25, 2024. Finally they found i have 2 torn tendons, arthritis and muscle atrophy so my arm doesn't stay in its joint. Surgery is required and now I'm waiting to get a date. I've been dealing with this since October 2020 if this sounds appealing to you please come to Canada.
I'm going to retire soon and i cant wait to pack my bags and leave Canada for good and I'm looking forward to a better life in Greece.
My wife and I moved to Nafplio nearly two and a half years ago and I can tell you coming from Toronto Canada the health care is far better here. I needed to see a specialist to go over a blood test, we called on a Friday and got an appointment for Monday!
I am a Greek living in Greece and let me add some more info on what you've said. Here we hear good things about Canada's health system, but that's your part of info you know better than I. Now in Greece, public health system is superb in paper but in real life it has many "but" around it. Yes, most of the doctors working in the public system are top notch, and some of them may go crazy until to find exactly what a patient is suffering from and what is the most appropriate cure for it.
But then, nurses in public care are always just a few and if the patient needs some intense care, his relatives have to hire illegal "assistants" from the black market as nurses, who most of the time are not educated to do this, just to say the least.
Then, if the patient needs any kind of surgery there are long times of waiting like months or even years, then the patient has to practise illegal activities, which off course include black money changing hands, in order his issue to be accepted as an "emergency" situation.
Then again, the country is one of the main gates of incoming illegal immigrants to Europe who load the public health system while living in Greece, which means, a system designed for ten millions of people has to support ten millions of citizens, plus three millions or so of illegal immigrants, plus millions of tourists. This situation is more evident in ER where a seriously injured person is left parked somewhere waiting for hours. If this seriously injured person will still be alive to be treated after so many hours, is a debate, but at least this person will recall this traumatic situation for the rest of her/his life.
And last but not least, Greece is not a primary country in financial terms, which means, Greece is subordinate to the interests of other countries who rule the general game and when the economy goes up the public health care has some money to work, and when it is not, public health care in Greece goes south like a third world country, literally.
@@savvas1640φίλε οι άνθρωποι παραπάνω δεν μιλάνε για αυτά που βιώνεις εσύ και εγώ στην δημόσια υγεία έρχονται από Καναδά με φουσκωμένες τσέπες και πάνε σε ιδιωτικές κλινικές γι αυτό τους φαίνονται όλα τέλεια, ας κάτσουν στα επείγοντα περιστατικά κανένα οχτάωρο με κανένα ανοιγμένο κεφάλι και να μη γυρνάει να τους δει κανένας και ο γιατρός να παίζει με το κινητό και θα σου πω εγώ τι θα λένε
And you'll probably find it. I'm moving my family out of the US later this year. Canada and the US, economically, are about the same: housing crises, low wages, horrible police, and do-nothing governments, and outrageous health care (for the US, primarily).
I'm fifty, and looking to live my last days in Greece 🎉
wow around the same time you and another Venezuelan guy, named Daniel living in Nafplio, started to upload videos about the pros and cons of living in Greece. Que Casualidad!
Wow..look @the sky...fuII rαd...
Moving to Nafplio this summer
Nafplio is an amazing choice.I live in Athens and I've been thinking of retiring there with my husband. The location is fantastic.
"Scene from almost every flight that lands on a Greek airport: The pilot gets a 1 minute applause for landing the plane ...." That happens in every international flight 7days a week 24 hours a day.... People know in their hearts, that once you've landed here, YOU'VE MADE IT!!! You are closer to your life goals as an individual....
greek here i see brother that you like it(nafplion) i live neighboring prefecture(arcadia-city of tripolis not of libya haha) we are a mountainous place, in the summer days even if the temperature reach to 40, in the night goes to 20-21, you dont face problems with sleep due to heat. nafplion argos i know.... its hard with heat day and night. also i see to the comments below that want to come and others to stay in greece, come come doors are wide open!!!! all good ones have a place here(greek expression)
p.s. if my english grammar isnt so good excuse me, im greek haha
Nice video... THY 4t info
New houses, have very good isolation so you don't need to spend that much for heating or cooling.
Another great video Rodrigo! Is it difficult to find a rental in Greece? Do expats need a guarantor for the lease? Thank you!
So funny that i’m a Venezuelan living in Portugal and looking forward going on a trip to greece someday. So it will be a pleasent surprise going to a toilet there 😂
Que paso pana
I really like to watch foreign people who live or visit Greece. To see their prospective. Truth be told, Greece can be heaven on earth if you have a steady income of 2000+ Euros. For us Greeks it's really tough to go by because of all this immoral behavior of politics, justice and law behavior. Rich people do as they please and condemn the rest of us in poverty, but the rest of us are doing the best we can to help and provide a better life to everyone, out of are own good will.
Greece is safe, yes. But just a few years ago, there was a heinous crime perpetrated in my Yiayia's small mountain village. A migrant tied up and murdered someone in order to steal from her. Just terrible.
The migrants are a problem.
Well the statistics are relieving when compared to western Europe and America.
Greece is the right country for me if I were a millionaire and didn't have to work for a living and had a nice passive substantial income from being a millionaire. Then yes Greece is the perfect country for me. I'd probably live in Athens though or Nafplio. I wouldn't live on an island. I like the Greek cities.
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Sorry to break it to you, but the climate and the weather aren't the same thing. The weather is the daily conditions. You may have a very bad weather in Greece too. But usually, the weather doesn't change a lot within a day (like in Denmark for example). But the climate is great, all over Greece.
Thanks mate. You get my drift. 😉
"People are pretty much free to do whatever they want". First of all, this is the source of all reasons for our bankruptcy in 2010. Secondly, many Greeks think that they live in a Dictatorship, only because this government enforces the laws and imposes fines. So, your statement was to the point.
Ναι όλα πάνε ρολόι το σύστημα υγείας οι μισθοί της πείνας οι συνεχόμενες αυξήσεις στα τρόφιμα η ΔΕΗ που} παίρνει κεφάλια όλα καλά μωρέ εμείς είμαστε αχάριστοι...
Government in Greece is stings ,country is very nice ,but the system in and out of the country they driving this beautiful nation to distraction for foreign interests,the distraction is the policy #1 interest of the government and gangs of may believe investors.
He means that you re more free. In other countries whatever you do its forbidden. Do t do this don't do that. In Greece they are not on your back ! You feel more free as an individual. Of course as long as you have good morals and behaviour and don't do something that is not good to what most think is bad you re ok and free to do so. In other countries not really. It's more tight.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 What a funny guy ...great sense of humor ...or ?
@@emmanouilachladiotis5272 Supposedly we are Europeans in the year 2024 he needs to read the facts about Greece compared to other European countries we are last on the list on everything..
It is not the boilers fault that you burned so much Diesel. The Diesel for the heating of the houses in Greece cost 1,30€/ Litre in winter 2023-24 and the Diesel for the cars and trucks almost 1,80€/Litre (1 gallon 3.9 Litres in the stupid Imperial scale). Those prices as further from Athens as you go the bigger they get.
I live in Nafplio and I around 1.50 per liter not 3 days ago.
Wow a second similar channel from Ναυπλιο! You should met the other guy.
Which other guy?
@@MyGreekLifestyle Daniel
www.youtube.com/@MyGreekLifestyle
They probably mates, he even watches his videos
Do you know anything about the health care in Crete? I hear even the private hospitals are not good
Hi there Kevin. Unfortunately I don't know anything about that. I live on the mainland and haven't used any medical services yet.
Hi there! I am from Crete, the health care system of Greece is not good even the private hospitals
@@sourcr7μάλλον δεν έχεις δει και δεν έχεις ίσως ακούσει τι συμβαίνει κι έξω
@@PsS77_Ας πάει στην Αγγλία ή στην Αμερική , να περιμένει για μια εγχείρηση 2 χρόνια.Ιδέα δεν έχουν κάποιοι ,πόςο τυχερή είμαστε .
@@KNIGHTTEMPLAR555 έχω 5 περιπτώσεις κοντινές από φίλους κ γνωστούς από Αγγλία, Γερμανία, Δανία και Νορβηγία. Κ στις 5 περιπτώσεις στο παρά τσακ γλυτωσαν τον θάνατο, η μια περίπτωση ήταν έγγυος κοπέλα στον 8ο μήνα.
Είναι πολλά να γράψω φυσικά για όλες τις περιπτώσεις με λεπτομέρειες, ένα βασικό μόνο θα πω είναι ότι ενώ μπορούν να χορηγήσουν στον ασθενή αντιβίωση τα άτομα ΔΕΝ ΔΙΝΟΥΝ αδιαφορώντας μάλιστα!!!!
Επιγραμματικά... Η 1 περίπτωση πήγε με πυώδη αμυγδαλίτιδα επί 10 μέρες σε άθλια χάλια δεν του έδιναν μια ζιναντολ πχ των 500 να τελειώνει το θέμα κ το παιδί του έσκασαν οι αμυγδαλές μπήκε άρον άρον χειρουργείο για ολική αφαίρεση. Το περιστατικό στην Δανία αυτό.
Το άλλο Αγγλία, πήγε σε άθλια χάλια νοσοκομείο τους παρακάλεσε για εξετάσεις τον πέταξαν έξω δεν έχεις τίποτα, πήγε 2 μέρες μετά έκλαψε παρακάλεσε για εξετάσεις λιποθύμησε όταν τον πήραν αίμα, βγήκαν οι εξετάσεις αίματος....ΠΕΡΙΤΟΝΙΤΙΔΑ. Χειρουργείο....4 μέρες μετά!!!! Απορώ πως άντεξε!!!!
Lots of chemical clouds I see destroys the sunshine
They were actually cirrus clouds. I don't see many plane exhaust fumes round here. But there might be some every now and then.
My daughter and I are moving to the Faliro area of Athens later this year from the US 🎉🎉🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
Yes, we'll know the language so as not to annoy the Greeks. Halfway there, just about 👌
i would never go back to Greece. Greece is a country with high crime rate, so many people and especially foreigners living in smaller regions are missing or found dead every year. Also many people loose their houses to the wildfires every summer and to the floods. Bad health care and education system. Even the public transportation isnt safe. Totally corrupted governments have turned the country into chaos
You are being very dramatic
I would love to know where do you live now? England? Germany?
why don't you tell us about your beautiful country? so I can go and live there ?
From the best education in Europe... informed about the poor education in other nations......
I'm living in Greece and I can say it's very safe. In all the cities in Europe there are some bad fame neighbourhoods, that you should avoid, but even there police will come immediately if you need them. But the most places are really safe here.
You are not Greek. You are foreigner. Why you cane to MY country? Under what legal status? You r not from EU member state.
Because he wants to do so. Paranoikh kai kompleksikh xoriata!
@@fafasedareloaded1558 😂😂🤣
He followed the legal path. He's not illegal. The same way million's of Greeks live as expats
What are you even talking about? Who are YOU and anyone would have to ask YOUR permission to live in Greece? Back to your cave!
Αυτοί που αγαπάνε την χώρα να έρχονται. Αυτοι που την μισούν να περνούν τα πράγματα τους και στο καλό. Έρχονται για να κάνουν τα δικα μας δικά τους. Αυτοί να φύγουν! Όχι Αυτοί που έρχονται με αγάπη για αυτην την χώρα.