U.S. Cost of Living is a SCAM!

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The cost of living in the United States is OUT OF CONTROL! Many of the things we need to live have become unaffordable for the vast majority of people. Things like food, healthcare, transportation and elder care are being charged on credit cards and driving people further into debt. It's INSANITY!

So in this video, we'll talk about 10 things that you need to live, but that most people can't afford in the United States, and how moving abroad might be a solution to your cost of living problem.

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[ELgrandiabloblanco]

Here in Thailand we have a housekeeper. In the states we would be housekeepers.

[TS-rdoy]

I am 62. Life in the USA has declined so much in the past decade. It's all about greed here.

[ms.gabrielareads]

The priorities in the U.S. are skewed: subsidies for corporations, so much money for the military industrial complex, and bailing out Wall Street.

[jeffs]

A recent study was done post-pandemic and 2/3rd's of the worlds wealth went directly to the top 1%, for the past two years.

[Mexicobeanpole]

I paid $4k a year for my homeowners insurance for my house in a town 6 miles from the beach in Florida.
Then 2022, after the hurricane, it was $7k.
And no, my area didn’t get the brunt of it.
I’m planning my escape from the US this year, before the cost of living completely erodes everything I’ve worked for, for the last 40 years.

[Newworld]

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THE US THAT I SEE IS THAT PEOPLE STAY QUITE, NO PROTEST.

[RetireandGo]

Very true.
Rent 2000
Medical 600
Car and gas 1000
Food 600
And that’s the beginning

I’m in Thailand now and continuing through Southeast Asia this year
Cheaper and more peaceful

[Kevin_Carlson]

My wife and I live in Guayaquil in a house that's paid for, no car and no debt. Our monthly income is modest, but we have a comfortable life. There is a crime problem here, but I never worry about going to the mall or most public places. I doubt we'll ever live in the States again. I love the USA, but grateful to live in Ecuador.

[lasserchris]

I'm 51 and have lived in Germany half my life(was raised in California and Kansas till age 18). I have three kids and when our family of 5 travels to Kansas to visit my mother the prices of some stuff blows me away now. I don't consider gas prices there high, because we pay 8 bucks a gallon here in Germany, which is why I ride a bike everywhere. What got me was the tipping. Going to a restaurant is like having a sixth person with us at all times.
Crazy. And health care sucks compared to Germany. We pay for it enough but I just hurt my hand this morning, went to the doctor, gave him my insurance card, he gave me stitches, and I'll never know what it cost. My mom had to go to the hospital and was charged like 5 dollars for ONE aspirin. Food and utilities here have grown expensive, but when my mom says Iceberg Lettuce cost 5 bucks a head. Damn. It's ICEBERG LETTUCE. My house is paid off, so our budget has a cusion but I feel sorry for my kid's generation when it comes time to buy, well, ANYTHING. Germany is far from perfect, but I have zero desire to move back to the States.

[DenLD]

Moving to Mexico is the best thing I’ve ever done for myself. If I had stayed in the US, my entire social security check would have gone to utilities and property taxes.

[CharlesMuccia]

Agree 100% with everything you guys said! I'm absolutely planning on leaving the US as soon as I can because I can't afford to live here when I retire. I live in California and I honestly don't understand how so many people can afford it here. Where do so many people get so much money?

Might be an unpopular opinion, but everything in the US seems like its designed to make as much money as possible from everything. It's not a sustainable economic model.

[tsakurshovi]

So true! My wife and I spent two months in Italy where we rented a two bedroom apartment in a town between Firenze and Pisa and our morning cup of cappuccino and fresh baked pastry cost $2.70 and we didn't need a car since everything we needed, laundromat, restaurants, dry cleaners, and groceries were all within a few blocks of our apartment. When we went out to stock our apartment with food and drink, we brought it home and I placed it on the kitchen table and took a photo. I sent the photo to some friends back in the states with a caption that said, "70 dollars worth of groceries for $32 dollars".The only thing in Italy that costs more than in the states is gasoline.
Not to mention the cheap cost of excellent public transportation and excellent health care which is a fraction of the cost of in the states, even if you're a foreigner. We're planning to go back to italy and search for a place to retire.

[johnbruenn]

We are SO getting screwed in the US! We don’t want to leave but retirement is close at hand. We are SERIOUSLY considering becoming expats.

[onebillneoone]

Cannot wait to get out of the US. Everything you say is 100% true.

[christopherbranski]

I’ve lived in Mexico City for a year and a half now, and what I don’t miss about the US at all is paying 5-star prices and getting one, two-star crap in return. And this goes for both the public and private sectors, I wouldn’t mind paying the taxes and the prices if I got my money’s worth but it just keeps getting worse

[jeffs]

Wages have been suppressed for decades while prices have increased for everything and income inequality has worsened.

[SpiffyHeart-vckb]

Guys, I’m visiting in the States right now, as I watch your video. I’m in Dallas, then going to Louisiana. Been here 48 hours, and bought groceries at Walmart. $6 for a dozen eggs! I was CRAVING oysters! One pint of oysters was $21!! $4 for half gallon of milk! Can’t wait to get back home to Ecuador! 😢

[detch]

Amen! I just got back from the States and was SHOCKED at the prices. It seems everything is double or even triple. I found myself walking out of some stores refusing to pay the prices. And restaurant foods...forget about it! How can people remain in the States.

[BrisLS]

I had a fall and hit my head. Two days later, dizzy spells and felt like I was going to fall out of my work chair. Went to the hospital for one night - $6000 just for my initial cut, and who knows what else they charge when the insurance company and hospital start fighting each other. It is ridiculous. I just wanted not to die alone in my home 2 days after the fall, and all they did was hook me up to a heart monitor and pump me with a saline IV. No ambulance service, took an Uber, just a bed and a device squeezing the crap out of my arm once an hour. 6 Grand. Welcome to the USA. $6 for a dozen eggs. Try to get a raise, all the big tech companies are laying off 10, 000 employees.

[Sno_opy_ten__]

I agree that prices in the USA have gone nuts.