Thinking of Emigrating? Why the Grass is Greener in Croatia

Two of the first videos I did were 8 Reasons Croatia is the Best Place to Live in Europe, and 10 Things Croatia Does Better than Anywhere Else. Both were very popular (and you can find them in the first comments), and both attracted a lot of comment, some complimentary, some critical.

Having read the comments, I decided to offer a free presentation to any school or university faculty in Croatia in destinations that I would be visiting called "Thinking of Emigrating? Why the Grass is Greener in Croatia." Perhaps, after 20 years here and having travelled to 96 countries and lived in ten, I had a slightly different perspective that students might be interested in hearing.

I have done several presentations on the topic since I made the offer, the most recent of which was at the FER Faculty of Engineering in Zagreb recently, who were kind enough to record the presentation so that it could be watched more widely. Here it is, in full.

[libertas]

I know about 10 second-generation Croats from the Toronto area who have permanently moved to Croatia. None of them are doing remote work. I hope to join them shortly.

[djubar]

dude...thank you so much...I am croatian and you give me totally new perspective...every croatian should see this video...regards from vukovar

[tour]

It took me almost 25 years to visit Croatia after my last visit in 1997...and all I can think of now is when I can move my family there. Certainly planning to do so in the next few years and just like all others that return, we have our reasons.

[charplenz]

Great video and information. We plan to visit next week!

[francine]

Dear Paul your comments and statements really make me happy.Lot of people left Croatia-"Neighbors grass is allways greener".

[ghatt]

Spent 5 weeks this past summer in Croatia, visiting my daughters boyfriends parents. What a beautiful country and loved our time in Zagreb, Slavonski Brod, Vir, Pula and Primošten. It was fun embracing the difference between Dallas, TX and Croatia. Cant wait to get back to get another full plate of chivapcici and cold beer. Your advise and talks are very informative. All ready planning our emigrating game plan. Not sure of the spelling but glad my bottle of homemade Rakia made it back with us.

[kakudmi]

You have just described envy.

When you cannot be content with other people's happiness.
When you feel good upon other's failure.
When you feel justified being envious.

[mwoods]

I will watch more of your vids and hope to meet you one day. I’m on the road to becoming a citizen by descent. I am so incredibly grateful to have this opportunity and explore my roots in Croatia. To meet some relatives would be so cool.

[Timo-qbgf]

This way of focusing on the positive and living in your bubble is all good and maybe enables you to live happily. But I also find it very sad people have to be so diseganged and just ignore the negatives, instead of fighting for a change and improvement.

[ZombiesJourney]

I'm craving to go on adventure and start my life abroad. I will certainly go to Croatia soon. Your videos helped to convince me to give Croatia a try !

[badWolf]

Thank you Paul, u make so much sense!
A random guy from Slavonija living abroad.
BTW walking in the rain is the best, no ur not strange😂😇

[jame]

I lived in Zagreb for 25 years and moved to Canada 10 years ago. I went from never working due to getting a pension for my father dieing in the war after joining in one of the first waves and going back to the front few times. If I worked at all I would lose my pension and every job I could do would half my income so since I am a good driver I decided to jump ubove the value of my pension by becoming a trucker. I was born with a fully functional thumb and 4 fingers missing on my right hand. I spent years getting through rules to get my trucking licences. Aparently it was illegal for me to make money by driving trucks with a dissability wich made no sence to me. I mannaged to get my truckers licence and a work permit in Canada and my first job was driving 63.5 T super B tankers with fuel north to a copper mine in Yukon. I have worked 80h per week for a few years then moved to Ireland for 2 years doing waste disposal for 60- 80h per week and now I am married and living in a hellhole that is Canada of today and watching your channel and being pissed that I ever left even tho I had to. Now I have 2 small kids and a Canadian wife who doesn't want to move so I am a bit stuck here.

[stefanvvv]

I love Croatia for vacation and hope I buy vacation home there one day. Nice talk, but please repeat questions from the audience because it is not possible to hear them.

[panzeras]

we discussed briefly about this issue of young people leaving croatia and i was left with a feeling that you will never understand it, but you sir just changed my mind, it happens rarely :)
thank you

[Mis-AdventureCH]

had a golden opportunity during the war to get my domovnica, but was afraid of the us state department and didn't collect the various service papers I could have. Young and dumb.

Good luck ever getting back now. 😪

Spot on witht he cafe complaining culture, LOL. Some things never changed. Everywhere I looked I saw opportunity. Endless, boundless opportunity.

[sylvainmathias]

Hello. Did you do a video about education? Especially in the mindset of immigrating with a yound child

[Photostoryhr]

Hallo Paul, it is always a pleasure to listen to you. I hope you don't mind me asking, are you fluent in Croatian?

[Slavonian_field_marshal]

im a croat living in switzerland, 14 yo. i really wanna move to croatia in the near future, switzerland is overrated and isnt mine.

[damjandabo]

The best thing about emigrating from Croatia is getting the most of how great Croatia is for vacations. If you don’t live in Croatia, all daily problems don’t bother you, and you can enjoy it fully.

[peterpositive]

Thank you Paul. Interesting. 71, married, considering emigrating from England, UK. Can I work, online support?