I can’t compare Canada and Lithuania but I can compare Vilnius and London. I really prefer Vilnius for 90% of things, for the reasons you give. Transport is cheap AND reliable. Food is not over priced. The place is very clean and well kept. It’s nice to have flat and fresh tarmac on the roads.
This is an absurd comparison because London is a megapolis, while Vilnius is a provincial city, so we are talking about completely different weight categories, a completely different scale of problems and challenges.
My wife is from Canada and we lived together in Lithuania for about over an year. We always dream and talk to live in Canada, and we go there for vacation every year. But in reality, I don’t see it happening.. Canada has a huge economic problem and does not have the opportunities as in Europe. In almost every aspect, living in Europe gives us a better quality of life. Our experience in Lithuania was great, we enjoyed the hikes in the woods, some night life in Kaunas and good people around. Didn’t struggle so much with language, young Lithuanians have good English, unless you want to go to the farmers market on Saturday morning, better have some basics, German or Russian will give you a better chance! Great channel, keep up the good work!❤
I agree. I lived 30 years in Vilnius and 10 in Toronto, Canada. I am planning to come back, a little scared of those war talks tho. Great video. You haven't mentioned 10 times more expensive car insurance in canada, property tax, cheap flights in Lithuania. I really miss the nightlife of Vilnius. In the last 10 years, I'd say life quality in Canada decreased, and in Lithuania grew big time, there is no big difference now. I visit every 2 years Lithuania and still regret leaving
Kai pastatysim Lietuvą geriausiame savo variante, tuoj pradės grįžti visi, kurie nei pirštu prie gerovės kūrimo neprisidėjo, Gal, geriau negrįžk, nes, jei grįši neturėsi jokios teisės bumbėti, kad Lietuvoje blogai. Ar sugebėsi būti dėkingas?
We usually do not tip here in Latvia. We do not have such option or culture. All prices is already set on price mark. You can't pay less or more of that, what is set on price, even in marketplaces.
@@MrQQtis the lower income, lower education, lower IQ people are mostly the ones who hate Landsbergis. Just a fact. But you are mostly correct - most of the grey mass hate him.
@@MrQQtis true 🤣 I personally do not have an opinion about him, to me he seems like one of the first politician who is a politician by profession. Our others have main profession and came about being an MP as a secondary "side hustle".
Sir, as someone who has lived in Ottawa for over a year to only come back home to Vilnius, I agree. I know it’s very different from BC and especially Vancouver, but being back here the only thing I miss from Canada are the hillls and mountains :)
This is a very good video. While I haven't been to Canada yet, I have lived for many years in the UK and have travelled extensively in Europe and other places. I do see your points here and share the sentiment, which I believe applies to the UK and probably some other old rich Western nations. Lithuania has its advantages, including the ones which we are not really supposed to talk about due to issues of political correctness (yes, I do mean demographics). We also need to keep in mind that the good things that we have in Lithuania are not necessarily a given, and it's important to keep the finger on the pulse, whether it's related to economy, demographics or other things that make this country what it is today.
Usualy the waiters and workers who receive tips (maybe not taxi drivers or delivery drivers) are paid more than minimum wages, so anywhere thats not a restorant its not the norm to tip and also here tiping really depends if the waiter did a good job was or wasnt rude and so on
I was live in UK for 15 years but now come back to Lithuania, here quality of life become very good. UK quality every year going down. Medicine in UK so poor, you have to wait for months to get appointment for simple illness, unbelievable 😮 Yes we don't have montains as Canada or UK, but you can easily travel to Poland or Slovakia for mountains. Thanks for video and good luck in Lithuania mate!👍
I think housing prices directly relate to zoning. Vilnius has more areas for multistory housing, but in Vancouver, land is mostly privately owned and attached to single-family home zoning. It is much harder to find space to build multistory housing units. These owners will hold onto their land no matter what to extract high prices from developers. In some other countries, landowners will directly lobby the government not to change zoning, so that real estate prices will remain high.
Yeah there are a few factors compounding to make a bad situation. I don't know if you've heard about the UA-cam channel 'About Here' but it's great for discussing these kinds of things.
First of all, I as a local, I can't fully agree that housing is doing fine, at least currently. Yes, you can buy small apartments, 1-2 rooms (30-45m2), for a rather affordable price, but this is not a feasible living space for a family. We've been looking for a house to buy, between 80-120m2, and in my town, about an hour away from Vilnius, I recently saw an empty house for sale of 80m2, no kitchen and no furniture of any kind, going for 200 000€. In comparison, just 4-5 years ago a similar house in the town would have cost at most 100 000€, so in 5 years the price has doubled. I do find "affordable" houses, do not get me wrong, but they have big issues, usually houses built between 1950-1980, that still have asbestos roofs. These go for about 80 000€, with a current likely extra investment to bring them to a livable state being at least another 50 000€. I recently looked at a split-cottage, 100m2, listing price was 150 000€, when I arrived I saw massive amounts of water damage, to the point where paint had bulged out forming massive pimple/tumor looking masses on the walls, mold in the skylight frames together with water damage, and was then promptly informed the entire roof needs to be replaced, both my to-be neighbours side and my own. As you can imagine the cost would be high, as well as the logistical headache of agreeing on a contractor with the neighbour. There were several more things wrong, but this is a long comment as is so I won't go into more details. Aside from housing, as a younger person, I do find the taxes I have to pay quite ludicrous, 46.6% added up! And on top of that kind of tax rate, I have to take care of my own pension fund to make life not be a struggle when it's time to enjoy my golden years, as what I pay in taxes is not equated into my state pension! Maybe I'm just being a stereotypical Lithuanian, who is complaining to complain, but I personally am not very content with the current situation.
Atskleisiu paslaptį. 70-90 pastatytas namukas iš baltų plytų, yra geriau nei 2024 kartoninė dežutė. 😂 Paklausk statybioru kurie jas stato, ir pasakys, jog medžiagos pigiausios, svarbu kad garantini atlaikytu o toliau pxj. Protingiau pirkt sena ir renovuot, nei statyt nauja, nes normaliai sau darant kaina išaugs iki kosmoso. Ankščiau statė namus kad ir anukam liktu, dabar stato, kad tuos 20-30 metų atlaikytu ir jau bus sekmė.
The reason cities in Lithuania look better than in Canada or America is because it's a European thing. Cities are made for cars in America/Canada with large roads everywhere. While in Europe, that just isn't the case.
As much as love and miss Canada, I would only go back to live there if I was a multimillionaire. Not just a millionaire - a MULTImillionaire. You just get so much more value for your money over here and Europe in general. Having pets in Canada would make me go broke, especially caring for tjem the way I do here, I have two dogs here, and I barely feel it on my wallet. A vet visit is not a problem here, groomers are cheap
I think that for at least few years we are safe, russia is too busy with Ukraine. And if the time comes, there will be signs a few months before that, just like there was with Ukraine.
@@romantesiupsinskaite8447 are you seriously that brainwashed? Ukraine and NATO or as you say the American puppets started this shit and provoked Russia. They ousted Ukraine into a little puppet, they didn’t let Russia into NATO cuz the west wants to weaken Russia. Ukraine killed Russian people in the Donbas and crimea then when Ukraine wanted to join nato with the pro western government, Russia like had enough. It’s like Mexico getting ousted by a pro Russian government and killing Americans in their country, then preventing them to speak English, and then joining brics. How would America react. Russia has a right to defend its country so does the USA
... only 5 mins into this video, and I can say, if you didn't put the map of Canada on (or have the Canadian accents on the TV/news, lol) you could very well be talking about comparing the USA to LT - very close comparison so far! (transpoirt, buses, trains, cost to buy a home, sales tax per state) - now that I hear a fellow North American say it out loud, makes me want to come to LT to live even faster!
Not uncommon to make few times more than the wage with tips, really depends on how busy the place is. Just that tips are not guaranteed like in US where they will run after you if you dont leave any.
Is the Vancouver rent crisis more of a city specific thing, or is the whole of British Colombia suffering from insurmountable housing costs too? I'd heard that Vancouver had that dubious honour of being one of the most expensive parts of Canada to reside in, but as a Britbonger I'm always interested by the provinces differences.
First- it is also a big problem in Toronto. But to answer your question more specifically, I think it’s the worst in Vancouver but also an issue in other BC cities- like Victoria. In the metro Vancouver region, the problem has radiated outwards and people looking to escape expensive housing (but still live in the region) just go to other parts of the Fraser valley and prices go up as a result .
Concerning the crime rates... Well, Lithuania just deosnt have or want the numbers of foreigners from wastly different cultures that Canada seems to be so keen to take in. Thus the much higher crime numbers than it would naturaly be.
The thing is most of the shady people left to the UK, Norway, Germany and everywhere else after we joined the EU. It's kinda awful when you think about it but thank you western countries for housing our criminals! 😭😭😭
I guess the author's perception of living in Canada would be way different if he resides in Montreal not Vancouver. I lived 5 years in Germany and the last 15 in Canada, specifically Montreal. Salaries for white collar employees (scientists, pharma, biotech and high tech) considerably higher in Montreal than, let's say in Munich (most developed city in Germany) let alone in Lithuania or other Baltic countries). We are talking 2-3 fold differences. The living costs are comparable between Montreal and Munich. I understand it's slightly cheaper to live in Lithuania but...local salaries are peanuts. My family can afford having a big house, kids and travel to Europe and globally a couple of times per year and invest for the retirement. A manager taking the same position in Lithuania (in a global corporation) can bring the family to Greece flying cheaply with Ryanair. Travelling anywhere out of Europe is a hard task and requires months to savings. What I want to say is that Lithuania, Latvia or any other Eastern European country are great only for foreigners with foreign income. Locals often live a paycheck to paycheck. There are about 1 M people left Lithuania since independence in early 90th. Rougy 2.8 M still remains in the country. It tells it all about the country perspective in the future.
Yes, I emphasized in the video that it was my perception and that there are many different experiences and variables. A recent affordability study called the Demographia International Housing Affordability Report lists Vancouver and Toronto as some of the most expensive housing in the world. But the same report lists Calgary as one of the most affordable. So there is a lot of variation in Canada. As canadas second largest city I wonder how and why Montreal is less often in the news for affordability issues. The city or province must be doing something right in that regard?
@LithuaniaExplainedVlog to my knowledge, lax zoning bylaws in Montreal are the main differentiators. Duplexes, triplexes or many other n-plexes stay along detached and semi-detached houses and high-risers across the city. It creates a higher density of population and lowes an average price for rent and owing a property. The businesses are close by and often within walking distance. Another thing, Quebec hasn't been selling the permanent residence in exchange for foreign investments in real estate as it's been done in Vancouver and then Toronto. Less speculation keeps the prices under control.
Huge wave of people left Lithuania after joining the EU, at that time we were still a very young country and grass seemed greener. Salaries abroad were 4x and Lithuanians thought 'better everywhere but here'. Now I see many of them coming back or even their offsprings are interested in gaining a citizenship. Most of my circle are either students that are planning to come back (unfortunately our education still has soviet structure for the most part) or short-term workers, many who thought of staying abroad permanently are planning to go back as well. We are very pessimistic by nature but this year we were the happiest place for
Does Lithuania have a residency visa program for retired American and Canadians? As for taxes, does Lithuania tax only your Lithuanian income or does Lithuania want to tax your worldwide income? Does Lithuania have a Wealth Tax (like France)?
You can pay your taxes in Canada but avoiding to pay income tax in Canada and Lithuania will make you criminal. There is no easy way for Lithuanian authorities to see your Canadian bank accounts or to see your ATM withdrawals in Lithuania though.
Even though people are mentioning that life's better in Lithuania, most likely in Vilnius, for my personal experience as native Lithuanian I would compare life in Vilnius like an emigration abroad. I mean, living here, as native, sometimes I get a perception that I'm being sort of outlander due to Vilnius being a city attracting foreigners and being one of them is perceived somewhat of an advantage over other people. But this isn't objective, as I'd like to be. Regardless, I used to live in Italy as an exchange student and I must I was more involved in different activities than living here. Even though I do most of the things I enjoy, but here my main opposing argument would be - the people (native Lithuanian & other sort of eastern Europeans) are unfriendly, closed, but not that much as Scandinavians, in my opinion, work/job orientated, superficial (again not the best objective argument to ponder on). Plus, the weather could be better, unless, you're fancy about grey winter for the most part of the year, when depressive attitude kicks in. Nonetheless for foreign citizens it's quite bearable to afford living here, also as a talented worker, you'd be in demand in here, which is again a plus for ya :)) So, I'd say living here in Lithuania has it's own advantages and shortcomings but try to stay for a while in warmer countries elsewhere in Europe, I'm sure you would consider them instead of Lithuania :)
It is. We are very sensitive people, so if the video was about how Canada is mostly better, the comments would bleed hatred :) It's a small country and we do care too much about every foreigner stating any opinion about us :)
@@crabLT Prussia is an historical region, it exists in history (Prussia was also a country, back then before Germany Unification, but is logical by his context, that he is talking about the region and not the country). And as far as I know the place still exist, if there wasn't any black hole that I didn't hear about. And check the map in 1:45 again.
@@Mendogologyit's a region that's now called Kaliningrad Oblast and has been outfited with Russian colonists ever since the WW2 ended. There are no ethnic Prussians per say, the land and it's cities no longer look authentic due to Soviet architectural plans too. The authenticity of the region has been depleted and will stay that way forever unfortunately.
@@SmellYaLatter I understand, but people can still call Prussian region as "Prussia", because it's a geographical and historical name, not a political one.
Après 32 ans de vie en Europe occidentale, j’aimerais bien de retourner vivre en Lituanie. Le problème , c’est l’homophobie. Lituanie, c’est le pays le plus Homophobe de communauté européenne. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
@@nerijusmackevicius1689 …. Don't be stupid!😂 I'm a man -I'm gay, I've been married for 10 years, I live my sexuality freely 100% here in Western Europe, I don't see any problems!!!😇🏳️🌈💋
@@MonaLisa-unique eh, attitudes change. Give it a few years. I, from my pov, honestly don't care much about you people. You do your thing, as long as it does not affect us.
Why did you move to Lithuania out of all the places in Europe? Particularly since there is current paranoia in the baltics over possible Russian invasion?
Fair question! I made a video about this but it's on the 'main channel': ua-cam.com/video/WewyX1r8LnE/v-deo.htmlsi=6990FDPBMKKmQUXn To answer your question about the current paranoia, I settled here before the invasion.
You should compare apples with pears and not with berries or seeds. Canada should be compared with Australia, USA, France, Russia or Mexico, in their own size.
@@LithuaniaExplainedVlog No, so far been only in Kaunas, But same problem is in Latvia and Estonia, no good ethnic food places sadly, and as spicy and ethnic food enjoyer, it hurts : (
what serious person is going to put access to Mexican food as a reason to move to a country? Seriously. Healthcare, education, safety, transportation, jobs, friendliness and things like that. Most of the world doesn't care about Mexican food or any particular country's food compared to other things. In fact Europe as a whole doesn't care about "authentic Mexican food". What?
Making weed legal feels more like a government trying to make people high on drugs. Great solution to make people more happy and less intelligent. I would rather be able to buy a house than some weed.
I can’t compare Canada and Lithuania but I can compare Vilnius and London. I really prefer Vilnius for 90% of things, for the reasons you give. Transport is cheap AND reliable. Food is not over priced. The place is very clean and well kept. It’s nice to have flat and fresh tarmac on the roads.
This is an absurd comparison because London is a megapolis, while Vilnius is a provincial city, so we are talking about completely different weight categories, a completely different scale of problems and challenges.
@@times4937 it’s the capital of a country and the scale issue exists for Vancouver as much as London. Please 🧘♀️
My wife is from Canada and we lived together in Lithuania for about over an year. We always dream and talk to live in Canada, and we go there for vacation every year. But in reality, I don’t see it happening.. Canada has a huge economic problem and does not have the opportunities as in Europe. In almost every aspect, living in Europe gives us a better quality of life. Our experience in Lithuania was great, we enjoyed the hikes in the woods, some night life in Kaunas and good people around. Didn’t struggle so much with language, young Lithuanians have good English, unless you want to go to the farmers market on Saturday morning, better have some basics, German or Russian will give you a better chance!
Great channel, keep up the good work!❤
I agree. I lived 30 years in Vilnius and 10 in Toronto, Canada. I am planning to come back, a little scared of those war talks tho. Great video. You haven't mentioned 10 times more expensive car insurance in canada, property tax, cheap flights in Lithuania. I really miss the nightlife of Vilnius. In the last 10 years, I'd say life quality in Canada decreased, and in Lithuania grew big time, there is no big difference now. I visit every 2 years Lithuania and still regret leaving
Kai pastatysim Lietuvą geriausiame savo variante, tuoj pradės grįžti visi, kurie nei pirštu prie gerovės kūrimo neprisidėjo, Gal, geriau negrįžk, nes, jei grįši neturėsi jokios teisės bumbėti, kad Lietuvoje blogai. Ar sugebėsi būti dėkingas?
@@irenadesign8782 welcome to democracy. They are free to travel and to have an opinion.
@@Lithuanian_NAFO_lad me too. So, you have read my opinion just now.
We usually do not tip here in Latvia. We do not have such option or culture. All prices is already set on price mark. You can't pay less or more of that, what is set on price, even in marketplaces.
We in Lithuania honestly chose if we want to tip or not. and if we tip we usually just tip a few euros.
As a Canadian, I must point out one big asset that Lithuania has that we lack .... Gabrielius Landsbergis!! I am consumed with envy.
I think Lithuanians would pay you just take Gabrielius to Kanada and without any return policy.
@@MrQQtis Speak for yourself.
Kaunas 1000k❤❤❤ Gabrielius ir Vytautas Landsbergiams!!!
@@MrQQtis the lower income, lower education, lower IQ people are mostly the ones who hate Landsbergis. Just a fact. But you are mostly correct - most of the grey mass hate him.
@@MrQQtis true 🤣
I personally do not have an opinion about him, to me he seems like one of the first politician who is a politician by profession. Our others have main profession and came about being an MP as a secondary "side hustle".
Sir, as someone who has lived in Ottawa for over a year to only come back home to Vilnius, I agree. I know it’s very different from BC and especially Vancouver, but being back here the only thing I miss from Canada are the hillls and mountains :)
Ah yes, I also miss the mountains!
Im Lithuanian from Vilnius. I lived in Canada PEI province. I didn't like it at all. I prefer my home country.
This is a very good video.
While I haven't been to Canada yet, I have lived for many years in the UK and have travelled extensively in Europe and other places. I do see your points here and share the sentiment, which I believe applies to the UK and probably some other old rich Western nations. Lithuania has its advantages, including the ones which we are not really supposed to talk about due to issues of political correctness (yes, I do mean demographics).
We also need to keep in mind that the good things that we have in Lithuania are not necessarily a given, and it's important to keep the finger on the pulse, whether it's related to economy, demographics or other things that make this country what it is today.
I live in Vilnius, but I always had (still have) a dream when I get old, to go to Canada near mountains and a lake :V
Usualy the waiters and workers who receive tips (maybe not taxi drivers or delivery drivers) are paid more than minimum wages, so anywhere thats not a restorant its not the norm to tip and also here tiping really depends if the waiter did a good job was or wasnt rude and so on
I was live in UK for 15 years but now come back to Lithuania, here quality of life become very good. UK quality every year going down. Medicine in UK so poor, you have to wait for months to get appointment for simple illness, unbelievable 😮 Yes we don't have montains as Canada or UK, but you can easily travel to Poland or Slovakia for mountains. Thanks for video and good luck in Lithuania mate!👍
Yeah you can even travel to france and visit some of the biggest mountains in Europe.
I think housing prices directly relate to zoning. Vilnius has more areas for multistory housing, but in Vancouver, land is mostly privately owned and attached to single-family home zoning. It is much harder to find space to build multistory housing units. These owners will hold onto their land no matter what to extract high prices from developers. In some other countries, landowners will directly lobby the government not to change zoning, so that real estate prices will remain high.
Yeah there are a few factors compounding to make a bad situation. I don't know if you've heard about the UA-cam channel 'About Here' but it's great for discussing these kinds of things.
I love this channel
Lack of roaming bears is huge advantage for Lithuania! :P
Might change though :D
We have random roaming moose, aka APC's on a temper.
First of all, I as a local, I can't fully agree that housing is doing fine, at least currently. Yes, you can buy small apartments, 1-2 rooms (30-45m2), for a rather affordable price, but this is not a feasible living space for a family.
We've been looking for a house to buy, between 80-120m2, and in my town, about an hour away from Vilnius, I recently saw an empty house for sale of 80m2, no kitchen and no furniture of any kind, going for 200 000€. In comparison, just 4-5 years ago a similar house in the town would have cost at most 100 000€, so in 5 years the price has doubled.
I do find "affordable" houses, do not get me wrong, but they have big issues, usually houses built between 1950-1980, that still have asbestos roofs. These go for about 80 000€, with a current likely extra investment to bring them to a livable state being at least another 50 000€.
I recently looked at a split-cottage, 100m2, listing price was 150 000€, when I arrived I saw massive amounts of water damage, to the point where paint had bulged out forming massive pimple/tumor looking masses on the walls, mold in the skylight frames together with water damage, and was then promptly informed the entire roof needs to be replaced, both my to-be neighbours side and my own. As you can imagine the cost would be high, as well as the logistical headache of agreeing on a contractor with the neighbour. There were several more things wrong, but this is a long comment as is so I won't go into more details.
Aside from housing, as a younger person, I do find the taxes I have to pay quite ludicrous, 46.6% added up! And on top of that kind of tax rate, I have to take care of my own pension fund to make life not be a struggle when it's time to enjoy my golden years, as what I pay in taxes is not equated into my state pension!
Maybe I'm just being a stereotypical Lithuanian, who is complaining to complain, but I personally am not very content with the current situation.
Atskleisiu paslaptį. 70-90 pastatytas namukas iš baltų plytų, yra geriau nei 2024 kartoninė dežutė. 😂 Paklausk statybioru kurie jas stato, ir pasakys, jog medžiagos pigiausios, svarbu kad garantini atlaikytu o toliau pxj. Protingiau pirkt sena ir renovuot, nei statyt nauja, nes normaliai sau darant kaina išaugs iki kosmoso.
Ankščiau statė namus kad ir anukam liktu, dabar stato, kad tuos 20-30 metų atlaikytu ir jau bus sekmė.
10 min long video! Today is my lucky day! 🤍
Ey longer video very nice🎉🎉
I live in Canada two years i wana live in lethuania any advices
The reason cities in Lithuania look better than in Canada or America is because it's a European thing. Cities are made for cars in America/Canada with large roads everywhere. While in Europe, that just isn't the case.
As much as love and miss Canada, I would only go back to live there if I was a multimillionaire. Not just a millionaire - a MULTImillionaire. You just get so much more value for your money over here and Europe in general.
Having pets in Canada would make me go broke, especially caring for tjem the way I do here, I have two dogs here, and I barely feel it on my wallet. A vet visit is not a problem here, groomers are cheap
I would love to live in Lithuania as a Canadian but I’m just scared of war cuz it’s closer to war
I think that for at least few years we are safe, russia is too busy with Ukraine. And if the time comes, there will be signs a few months before that, just like there was with Ukraine.
This is why ukraine needs support. They are the ones, who keep fighting for our safety
@@romantesiupsinskaite8447 are you seriously that brainwashed? Ukraine and NATO or as you say the American puppets started this shit and provoked Russia. They ousted Ukraine into a little puppet, they didn’t let Russia into NATO cuz the west wants to weaken Russia. Ukraine killed Russian people in the Donbas and crimea then when Ukraine wanted to join nato with the pro western government, Russia like had enough. It’s like Mexico getting ousted by a pro Russian government and killing Americans in their country, then preventing them to speak English, and then joining brics. How would America react. Russia has a right to defend its country so does the USA
@@romantesiupsinskaite8447 they are really fighting for nobody’s safety they are just annoying Russia and fighting to destroy their own country
... only 5 mins into this video, and I can say, if you didn't put the map of Canada on (or have the Canadian accents on the TV/news, lol) you could very well be talking about comparing the USA to LT - very close comparison so far! (transpoirt, buses, trains, cost to buy a home, sales tax per state) - now that I hear a fellow North American say it out loud, makes me want to come to LT to live even faster!
Not uncommon to make few times more than the wage with tips, really depends on how busy the place is. Just that tips are not guaranteed like in US where they will run after you if you dont leave any.
Is the Vancouver rent crisis more of a city specific thing, or is the whole of British Colombia suffering from insurmountable housing costs too? I'd heard that Vancouver had that dubious honour of being one of the most expensive parts of Canada to reside in, but as a Britbonger I'm always interested by the provinces differences.
First- it is also a big problem in Toronto.
But to answer your question more specifically, I think it’s the worst in Vancouver but also an issue in other BC cities- like Victoria.
In the metro Vancouver region, the problem has radiated outwards and people looking to escape expensive housing (but still live in the region) just go to other parts of the Fraser valley and prices go up as a result .
Being from neither Canada nor Lithuania, I can use English and even French much more readily that Lithuanian!
amazing channel!!!!😊🖖🤘💪🙌🙌🙌
I mean with Trudeau in government a lot of stuff can feel better...
Non inclusion of tax in the price does what it's suppose to do. Makes you the consumer see how much you pay in it and causes inconvenience.
Kaunas over Edmonton
Concerning the crime rates... Well, Lithuania just deosnt have or want the numbers of foreigners from wastly different cultures that Canada seems to be so keen to take in. Thus the much higher crime numbers than it would naturaly be.
The thing is most of the shady people left to the UK, Norway, Germany and everywhere else after we joined the EU. It's kinda awful when you think about it but thank you western countries for housing our criminals! 😭😭😭
The most vivid example of this problem is Sweden (unfortunately).
I guess the author's perception of living in Canada would be way different if he resides in Montreal not Vancouver. I lived 5 years in Germany and the last 15 in Canada, specifically Montreal. Salaries for white collar employees (scientists, pharma, biotech and high tech) considerably higher in Montreal than, let's say in Munich (most developed city in Germany) let alone in Lithuania or other Baltic countries). We are talking 2-3 fold differences. The living costs are comparable between Montreal and Munich. I understand it's slightly cheaper to live in Lithuania but...local salaries are peanuts. My family can afford having a big house, kids and travel to Europe and globally a couple of times per year and invest for the retirement. A manager taking the same position in Lithuania (in a global corporation) can bring the family to Greece flying cheaply with Ryanair. Travelling anywhere out of Europe is a hard task and requires months to savings.
What I want to say is that Lithuania, Latvia or any other Eastern European country are great only for foreigners with foreign income. Locals often live a paycheck to paycheck.
There are about 1 M people left Lithuania since independence in early 90th. Rougy 2.8 M still remains in the country. It tells it all about the country perspective in the future.
Yes, I emphasized in the video that it was my perception and that there are many different experiences and variables.
A recent affordability study called the Demographia International Housing Affordability Report lists Vancouver and Toronto as some of the most expensive housing in the world. But the same report lists Calgary as one of the most affordable. So there is a lot of variation in Canada. As canadas second largest city I wonder how and why Montreal is less often in the news for affordability issues. The city or province must be doing something right in that regard?
@LithuaniaExplainedVlog to my knowledge, lax zoning bylaws in Montreal are the main differentiators. Duplexes, triplexes or many other n-plexes stay along detached and semi-detached houses and high-risers across the city. It creates a higher density of population and lowes an average price for rent and owing a property. The businesses are close by and often within walking distance.
Another thing, Quebec hasn't been selling the permanent residence in exchange for foreign investments in real estate as it's been done in Vancouver and then Toronto. Less speculation keeps the prices under control.
Huge wave of people left Lithuania after joining the EU, at that time we were still a very young country and grass seemed greener. Salaries abroad were 4x and Lithuanians thought 'better everywhere but here'. Now I see many of them coming back or even their offsprings are interested in gaining a citizenship. Most of my circle are either students that are planning to come back (unfortunately our education still has soviet structure for the most part) or short-term workers, many who thought of staying abroad permanently are planning to go back as well. We are very pessimistic by nature but this year we were the happiest place for
lol you talk as if the notorious kwebek tax doesn’t exist. Fentanyl, car theft , plagued with pakis, punjabs, & Maghreb…eeew
Lituanie. Kaunas... Je vous souhaite la victoire contre les commissaires rouges. Gloire à l'Ukraine et aux forces armées ukrainiennes !!!
,,,,, c’est quoi « les commissaires rouges »🤔?
@@MonaLisa-unique Bonjour, regardez Wikipédia, les bolcheviks tueurs du monde libre.
@@MonaLisa-unique what used to be USSR? Moscow, that's what!
Does Lithuania have a residency visa program for retired American and Canadians? As for taxes, does Lithuania tax only your Lithuanian income or does Lithuania want to tax your worldwide income? Does Lithuania have a Wealth Tax (like France)?
You can pay your taxes in Canada but avoiding to pay income tax in Canada and Lithuania will make you criminal. There is no easy way for Lithuanian authorities to see your Canadian bank accounts or to see your ATM withdrawals in Lithuania though.
Even though people are mentioning that life's better in Lithuania, most likely in Vilnius, for my personal experience as native Lithuanian I would compare life in Vilnius like an emigration abroad. I mean, living here, as native, sometimes I get a perception that I'm being sort of outlander due to Vilnius being a city attracting foreigners and being one of them is perceived somewhat of an advantage over other people. But this isn't objective, as I'd like to be. Regardless, I used to live in Italy as an exchange student and I must I was more involved in different activities than living here. Even though I do most of the things I enjoy, but here my main opposing argument would be - the people (native Lithuanian & other sort of eastern Europeans) are unfriendly, closed, but not that much as Scandinavians, in my opinion, work/job orientated, superficial (again not the best objective argument to ponder on). Plus, the weather could be better, unless, you're fancy about grey winter for the most part of the year, when depressive attitude kicks in. Nonetheless for foreign citizens it's quite bearable to afford living here, also as a talented worker, you'd be in demand in here, which is again a plus for ya :)) So, I'd say living here in Lithuania has it's own advantages and shortcomings but try to stay for a while in warmer countries elsewhere in Europe, I'm sure you would consider them instead of Lithuania :)
Bruh, there are SOOOO many countries better than Canada rn, this country is falling off a cliff.
this feels targeted.
- person from canada
It is.
We are very sensitive people, so if the video was about how Canada is mostly better, the comments would bleed hatred :)
It's a small country and we do care too much about every foreigner stating any opinion about us :)
Did You include Northern Prussia as Lithuanian territory in map? 😂
What??
Prussia no longer exists. Neither the place or the people. The map just looks like that when it's a sphere.
@@crabLT Prussia is an historical region, it exists in history (Prussia was also a country, back then before Germany Unification, but is logical by his context, that he is talking about the region and not the country). And as far as I know the place still exist, if there wasn't any black hole that I didn't hear about. And check the map in 1:45 again.
@@Mendogologyit's a region that's now called Kaliningrad Oblast and has been outfited with Russian colonists ever since the WW2 ended. There are no ethnic Prussians per say, the land and it's cities no longer look authentic due to Soviet architectural plans too. The authenticity of the region has been depleted and will stay that way forever unfortunately.
@@SmellYaLatter I understand, but people can still call Prussian region as "Prussia", because it's a geographical and historical name, not a political one.
Après 32 ans de vie en Europe occidentale, j’aimerais bien de retourner vivre en Lituanie. Le problème , c’est l’homophobie. Lituanie, c’est le pays le plus Homophobe de communauté européenne. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
At home you can be whoever you want,but in public you shouldn't show that you are lesbian because kids will see it and may take you as example
@@nerijusmackevicius1689 …. Don't be stupid!😂 I'm a man -I'm gay, I've been married for 10 years, I live my sexuality freely 100% here in Western Europe, I don't see any problems!!!😇🏳️🌈💋
@@MonaLisa-uniqueso stay there.Good sucking for you
@@MonaLisa-unique eh, attitudes change. Give it a few years. I, from my pov, honestly don't care much about you people. You do your thing, as long as it does not affect us.
@@Lithuanian_NAFO_lad …. dans les pays démocratiques, les majorités assure les droits des minorités !
Why did you move to Lithuania out of all the places in Europe? Particularly since there is current paranoia in the baltics over possible Russian invasion?
Fair question! I made a video about this but it's on the 'main channel': ua-cam.com/video/WewyX1r8LnE/v-deo.htmlsi=6990FDPBMKKmQUXn
To answer your question about the current paranoia, I settled here before the invasion.
What do you mean paranoia? Paranoia is outside of baltics, in Baltics we have very different view on this.
Lol, no! I live in Eastern Latvia, there is no paranoia, people are just going on their daily business, without any worries about Russia.
@@LithuaniaExplainedVlog Thanks!
@@karliszemitis3356 Then I guess my family reads the news too much...
You should compare apples with pears and not with berries or seeds. Canada should be compared with Australia, USA, France, Russia or Mexico, in their own size.
Personally speaking I consider myself an expert on this topic and I‘d say both are misserablr
Only problem nobody lives in Lithuania. No big citties and a lot of missing businesses
+ there aren't any authentic Mexican food places in LT 😢
Ah that’s too bad. You even tried Donde restaurant in Vilnius? (I don’t know what authentic Mexican food is like tbh)
@@LithuaniaExplainedVlog No, so far been only in Kaunas,
But same problem is in Latvia and Estonia, no good ethnic food places sadly, and as spicy and ethnic food enjoyer, it hurts : (
@@balticpagan1495 Ethnic food is an interesting expression. Never heard it before.
@@balticpagan1495 Have you tried Indian food in LT? It is good 😊
what serious person is going to put access to Mexican food as a reason to move to a country? Seriously. Healthcare, education, safety, transportation, jobs, friendliness and things like that. Most of the world doesn't care about Mexican food or any particular country's food compared to other things. In fact Europe as a whole doesn't care about "authentic Mexican food". What?
Canada has legal weed. Canada wins.
Making weed legal feels more like a government trying to make people high on drugs.
Great solution to make people more happy and less intelligent.
I would rather be able to buy a house than some weed.
@@dyto2287 no way to afford a house in the baltics either if you earn average salary..
@@NisuUuno russian empire allowed us to make moonshine. Does not mean it was better
well yeah, anyone can make moonshine. dont get your point
@@NisuUuno not without permits. Just because you can get stoned or drunk to cope does not make the place in question good.
WE ARE FULL DONT COME HERE PLEASE.
Lithuania is finished
You seemed to have misspelled your comment. Here, I'll finish it
Lithuania is finished with russian bs.
skaiva from m-1 yra Šudas
But there’s a risk of Bloodimir invading Lithuania. I wouldn’t risk it now