Why Are People Leaving Portugal?

A Controversial Video About Portugal
Portugal is an amazing country, thats why it attracts a lot of foreigners. But locals are not very happy with that cause all the prices are increasing and the minimum wage doent follow. So what is gonna happen in a 5 years time?
Lets find out XD

00:00 Intro
02:06 The south and the problem
04:39 Braga and the immigrants
06:33 Abandoned houses
08:15 Porto and the real state
10:33 Lisbon, the big city
15:36 Life in small town
17:44 Conclusion

[rebeccagutierrez]

Your documentary was very well done. I've visited Portugal twice so far. I really love that country.

[carracingsongs]

Hey bro! You should be really proud of yourself. You have created an awesome video covering Portugal. I speak Portuguese too. And you english is very on point. Keep up the good work brother!

[sarahintheuk]

I prefer places with fewer people, the abandoned villages would make an awesome retreat 🙏🏼💚☺️🌈

[tamaramadelin]

Great info! We bought and love our life in Torres Vedras...Hidden gem!! Lisboa is unaffordable at this point and I hope the locals persevere!! Prices must come down...❤is with Portugal!!

[kyungshim]

As a lone wolf who likes to do road trips and who is thinking about traveling throughout Europe during my retirement years, these tiny cities in Portugal are becoming more and more attractive as a possible homebase. I won't have any need for employment or entertainment. Low cost of living, a fast internet connection, basic utilities and a campervan for my road trips are all I need.

[ianworley]

I've lived in rural Portugal since 2002. I've seen this country get better and stronger, year after year. In my little area, I've seen energy infrastructure vastly improved, mains water installed, internet expansion, roads widened and tarmacked. The list goes on and on. Houses renovated, house values increase exponentially. Local's incomes increasing steadily, modern car ownership increasing. I'm not looking at the country through rose coloured lenses, but my honest opinion is Life, health, affluence and leisure activities have improved year after year since we arrived.

[macmaniac]

Nobody speaking in this video is actually Portuguese, everyone pretending to be Portuguese is actually Brazillian… very misleading content…

[stigfinnarn]

Hi. I’d lived here for soon 8 years and I think you are spot on the problem that Portugal has. Keep on what you’re doing 😊

[josephrego]

Portugal is a tiny country, but its people are among the world's greatest!!!

[katiedemaria]

I would love to see more intergenerational support. The elders who know so much about the land, making wine, bread, fishing, curing meats, making pottery, crochette work. And what’s going to happen to all of the British who moved to Portugal 30 years ago and are now old with no one to take care of them? So many things to consider and most of us are shortsighted.

[brunofatela]

Being a Portuguese myself that is currently living in the UK, I can confirm all that. Is unfortunate, but is very true.

[manuelgarciabarbero]

Magellan did not started his journey from Portugal but from Sevilla, Spain, in a mission for the spanish King. The portuguese King did not believed and did not want to finance his project. The whole enterprise was spanish excepting a couple of foreigners like the expedition leader Magellan. Please note this.

[mradventurer]

Good video. Interesting that you also shared info about the small place (pumbal/pombal) because that clarified things too.

[sarahdeshay]

Pombal although much smaller than Lisbon and Porto is still a decent size city, there are many, many smaller cities and villages that are breathtaking as well as super inexpensive. There are of course little to no job opportunities but the quality of life can not be beat anywhere making then great retirement areas. We chose a small village about 60km south of pombal and feel as if we are two of the lucky few that get to live in this wonderful place.

[ErwinMaas]

Prizes are increasing because of greedy investors and real-estate managers. Coastal areas are being pushed as good opportunities while in fact the best opportunities are outside of these areas, there you can buy something from the first owner, something that hasn't been sold with profit several times before, but you don't see them a lot on social media. Look a little bit further into the centre and you'll see a whole different world with all kinds of opportunities. This greed is eventually going to destroy the housing market in the popular areas and sales will drop hugely. Think good before you buy!

[fcoifmk]

Thank you for your courage in making this video. Thank you!

[opureho]

I love Portugal .
Government is the problem not the solution. Where I live the government decided to bring down the cost of housing. The committed to building 200, 000 houses. In the 6 years they have been in power and made all their changes we have seen the second highest rise in hose prices in the world,

[msvalkyrie]

The EU ( incl Portugal ) has very poor future prospects. Huge welfare system
and growing number of pensioners over next 10 years. It's unaffordable .!
Importing an underclass of low pay, basically unskilled immigrants is NOT
a long term solution. The German economy is entering a long decline in
economic growth which is unstoppable . And the consequences will be very
unpleasant. . My advice : make the most of it now while it lasts. !!

[TommyAtkins-bdky]

Am watching this from Japan, very interesting my friend.

[petertaylor]

Great mini-doc. Portugal seems like a great place to visit. Not sure I will ever get to live there, but helps to see that it faces similar problems to my own city.