[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  WhalePanda [@WhalePanda](/creator/twitter/WhalePanda) on x 302.8K followers Created: 2024-04-16 10:35:32 UTC A thread on moving abroad (in my case Dubai) XXX years ago I moved to Dubai with my wife and X kids and it was one of the best decisions I've made in my life. Some personal context: I was born and raised in Belgium, the center of Europe. I always lived close to my parents who came over very often to visit the kids. I never had the intention of moving to another country. I did travel a lot and I've met many of you around the globe. Then with the Covid hysteria and lockdowns I actually felt more and more how insane the policies in the West were. I was paying XX% income tax + XX% VAT on everything and meanwhile I saw the quality of life deteriorate rapidly. My son was going to kindergarten/FS2 (depending on your school system) and the quality of education was horrible. Private schools aren't really a thing in Belgium, you have a handful in the X major cities (Antwerp and Brussels) but these are the exception and XX% of the students are from expats. Belgium's public education system used to be top notch, growing up I always felt that for me it worked great. But when my son went to school, he wasn't challenged, everything went at the pace of the slowest kids. He was bored in school and I felt I was letting him down. At the time we were living in a small village (10k people) in a nice house with a huge garden, I loved that house. It was at the end of a cul de sac and no one ever came there. Then in XX months time we had X burglaries in X different houses in the street. For the first one our house was actually the main target, however we got lucky since I accidentally left the lights on everywhere. On the cameras I installed I saw them jump over our X meter (6.5 feet) fence, walk to the house, check inside and jump back over the fence. Since then we didn't really feel that safe anymore. The 2nd burgarly was during the day and they broke in to a house where they had X guard dogs and only ran away when the owners came home. They were never caught, the police didn't do much. The combination of covid hysteria, bad education, safety concerns and high taxation while not getting anything in return made me actively start looking for alternatives. XXXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [belgium](/topic/belgium) [dubai](/topic/dubai) [Post Link](https://x.com/WhalePanda/status/1780183235953103292)
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WhalePanda @WhalePanda on x 302.8K followers
Created: 2024-04-16 10:35:32 UTC
A thread on moving abroad (in my case Dubai)
XXX years ago I moved to Dubai with my wife and X kids and it was one of the best decisions I've made in my life.
Some personal context:
I was born and raised in Belgium, the center of Europe. I always lived close to my parents who came over very often to visit the kids. I never had the intention of moving to another country. I did travel a lot and I've met many of you around the globe.
Then with the Covid hysteria and lockdowns I actually felt more and more how insane the policies in the West were. I was paying XX% income tax + XX% VAT on everything and meanwhile I saw the quality of life deteriorate rapidly.
My son was going to kindergarten/FS2 (depending on your school system) and the quality of education was horrible. Private schools aren't really a thing in Belgium, you have a handful in the X major cities (Antwerp and Brussels) but these are the exception and XX% of the students are from expats. Belgium's public education system used to be top notch, growing up I always felt that for me it worked great. But when my son went to school, he wasn't challenged, everything went at the pace of the slowest kids. He was bored in school and I felt I was letting him down.
At the time we were living in a small village (10k people) in a nice house with a huge garden, I loved that house. It was at the end of a cul de sac and no one ever came there. Then in XX months time we had X burglaries in X different houses in the street. For the first one our house was actually the main target, however we got lucky since I accidentally left the lights on everywhere. On the cameras I installed I saw them jump over our X meter (6.5 feet) fence, walk to the house, check inside and jump back over the fence. Since then we didn't really feel that safe anymore. The 2nd burgarly was during the day and they broke in to a house where they had X guard dogs and only ran away when the owners came home. They were never caught, the police didn't do much.
The combination of covid hysteria, bad education, safety concerns and high taxation while not getting anything in return made me actively start looking for alternatives.
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