hey YouTube Alex here and in today's video I want to answer the question what are xats escaping I'd say the first thing that a lot of people are escaping is the High Cost of Living of course we've seen
cost of living go up dramatically in the last few years it's really just uh stressful when you want to enjoy your life you want to have a nice place to live you want to eat healthy food you want
to have some time to exercise and it seems like as the cost of living gets higher and higher that uh a lot of people seem to be struggling in the west having to make more sacrifices in terms of
standard of living so I think for a fair amount of people in the Western countries we're seeing that the standard of living is declining and people still want to have a decent life and so they're looking at other
countries if not in the short term in the long term in terms of planning like hey you know what I'm still in my working years right now but maybe in 10 or 20 years it's my goal to move
over to Southeast Asia or to move to Latin America these kinds of things are I think going to be more and more intriguing to people over time now could things reverse could Things become much cheaper in regards to
incomes in Western countries sure but is that likely I personally don't think so just the way that the economy is set up this Perpetual growth economy I think that it's antithetical to the growth of the economy to have
things decrease in price so I think that things will continue to get more expensive people will have to struggle uh with debt in some cases to get the things that they need and all these Financial pressures will continue
to compound and and push a lot of people into wondering hey you know what I heard it was pretty nice down in Mexico or for Europeans hey I heard it was pretty nice down in St Morocco or other
European countries that perhaps are a little bit more affordable perhaps people from northern Europe or taking a look at southern Europe and I think that that's only going to increase as cost of living continues to go up and
people feel like their wages don't necessarily keep up that long term they will eye some other places as potential places to live so yeah the first thing that I think excise for trying to escape is the High Cost
of Living I'd say the next one is going to be just loneliness perhaps lack of relationships I would say that especially for single guys that it could be challenging and difficult to date as you get older that's not
the case for everybody but I think some guys do have a bit of uh struggle in that regard in terms of finding somebody that they're compatible with somebody that they have shared values with and I think that when
you look at their lifestyle I know for me as a single guy when I'm back in the States I spend a lot of time working now that's not 24/7 but that's most of my time is going to be
spent working and it doesn't really leave tons of free time to pursue a relationship it does have me looking you know for one reason overseas like hey if I go to a place lower cost of living I sort
out the financial aspect then I'm likely to have time to invest in a relationship that I wouldn't have time to pursue uh back in the US just trying to stay on top of responsibilities and chores and being busy
all the time for me personally I don't really have much family back in the States and that's not going to change certain things you can control like putting yourself out there meeting a significant other others you can't right
like your family Avo origin can't change that as far as I know and so yeah those two factors pursuing another relationship and then also not necessarily having family relationships back home although I do have some great friendships and
I will say that that's a big um that's a big plus the next Point's going to be kind of a weird one uh it doesn't really apply to me but it may apply to you or some other expats
some excepts are trying to escape some kind of criminal record or perhaps maybe they had some legal issues where for example they can't drive anymore they might want to move to another country where they're not Reliant upon driving
to get around outside of New York City or San Francisco you essentially have to have a car and even in Manhattan half the people have a car and even in San Francisco like 70% of the people have a
car it doesn't apply to me but for some people they may feel like uh also they have a certain aside from the criminal aspect they have a certain lifestyle pref reference that they feel like is not really acceptable
in the west maybe they like to have tattoos maybe they like to have certain kinds of piercings maybe they're in the lgbtq community there's certain groups that may feel like hey you know what I'm at best tolerated in
the west but an XY or Z place then people are willing to overlook some things that don't conform the next Factor is going to be toxic family systems uh emotional baggage and then bad memories some people come from
a challenging background where they don't have the best memories of their home country they think about perhaps traumatic events that that happen things that were extremely adverse life experiences maybe led to different kinds of trauma or trauma responses
and they feel like they're often triggered when they're in their home state or their home City or where they're from they feel like oh I remember this awful breakup I went through at that restaurant or I remember uh
unfortunately me and my parent used to go spend time here or there and so you may feel like well if I go somewhere else then I'm not going to run into all the triggers that I experience when I
am back home and I would say that one out of all these applies to me I find that it can be difficult to think about past trauma or process it or have a clear mind and maybe move on
from it when I am back home in certain ways that I just don't have that experience here in Thailand I really haven't been through much in the way of traumatic experiences here in Thailand fortunately I don't see a
lot of that happening of course I am an adult now with more autonomy than when I was a kid but it's worth consideration number five and this is a bit more lighthearted but bad what or some people they
may live in like Colorado like I used to or maybe they live in North Dakota or Idaho these places are really cold and they have winter for like half the year but if they go overseas there's options where
they might be able to escape winter entirely here in changai I laugh because I see people wearing hoodies in like high 70s weather right weather that would be considered warm or at least comfortable back in the States but
here it's considered quite chilly so if you're somebody that's you're tired of winter you want to be in a place that the winter Isn't So extreme I know Tennessee got tons and tons of snow recently then there are
options there are options that you can check out that don't have the winter weather or conversely maybe you like cold weather you live somewhere that is quite warm and you want to go back to the cold weather I
know that's probably fairly rare but you have certain places in Eastern Europe setting aside the unfortunate conflict that are going to be cold have winter and have that kind of cozy feeling that you might be looking for so
I hope this video has been helpful this video has covered what are expats escaping I think a lot of us get labeled as people are trying to escape something trying to run away from something I thought I'd answer
five of the things that just came to my mind when I wondered what am I trying to get away from and if it's been helpful for you you let me know down in the comments if there is something
that sticks out to you where you feel like hm this is what I'm trying to get away from then let us know and definitely hope you have a great year ahead I'll see you soon
