Sick of this country

The basic must be nearly 900/week.

I’m a Aus citizen having moved here 11 years ago.

Blue collar tradie, work week on week off and have all I want here with the money I earn. It’s gotten pricey in the last few years for week to week expenses.

I was home for the first time in 6 years last month and Ireland is more expensive if you compare the wages available to the cost of living. Love the place, on a good day there’s no better scenery but I’d be loathe to move back here. The bile and hatred for this unlucky enough to end up in temporary accom in Ireland is horrendous.

Perth is an awesome city, only a few months of summer where it’s unpleasantly hot and mild enough winters (piissing rain this week)

For a long time, I've regretted the idea that I am not a father. However the more I see the developments in the world the happier I am not having a child. The young generation doesn't really have a decent future anymore. and parenting them is getting more and more difficult.

One can negate the reality, but it's a very sad truth and that's not only in Ireland. I'd say it's worse in the UK, exacerbated due to Brexit, but also in Canada, or even countries like Germany.

Our generation had it better, albeit no flat rate internet, netflix or cell phones.

I think most Western countries will have to come up with a system of longer term tenancy and the removal of no fault evictions. We will increasingly be dealing with a whole new younger generation which will never ever own their own property.

Ask a farmer or a person of an agricultural background if the weather is bad in Ireland. You will get a very different informed answer.

Perth is the dullest city in the Western World imo.

Nice weather though yeah.

Glad you're getting on well there, each to their own as they say.

Not trying to be funny here but in regards to your Uncle, how is he left with hardly anything at end of week after clearing €750 when he's mortgage free and gets fuel paid for ?

I’m intrigued to what you mean when you refer to dull?

Is it the lack of rubbish blowing down the footpath? Maybe the scarcity of Junkies opening using and dealing on Hay street Mall? Or maybe it’s the way you can walk anywhere at night time and not have some scobe with his socks tucked over his tracksuit try and rob you?

Possibly you are referring to the night life? Im 42 years of age, couldn’t give a flying fúck if it’s not banging tunes on a Tuesday night or cirque du Soleil every weekend..

It's the same in many countries in Asia, it's nothing specifically to do with the Anglo Sphere. Its to do with the local culture in each country (the big face of owning a house and even requirement for marriage) along with demographics (the ole supply/demand) and interest rates and taxes. Low interest rates in particular are the energy behind the bubbles.

Where the anglo sphere might have a shared factor is high immigration rates and lax controls on foreigners buying housing and land. Also the cost of living has rocketed particularly quickly in these Anglo sphere countries as the government usually applies heavy taxes on almost everything but does not subsidise energy or fuel allowing the private sector to hoover up profits thru a simile of a free market e.g. Ireland's energy market.

@ancapailldorcha if you learn another language you more than likely would use it especially if you learn a language to seek employment and live on the continent. I speak French and live in Ireland. Yet I use it when in France. It allows you to communicate with people. It has allowed me to make friends with people who don’t speak English. I use it in Ireland also on occasion with French people who live here and sometimes (not often) tourists as I don’t work in the tourist Industry.

Definitely wouldn't say it's ridiculous to go to Australia to work on "building sites", there's huge money in Australia in construction, massive infrastructure projects all over the country, commercial and residential property boom in the big cities ongoing for decades. Obviously the latter won't last forever, but will for another few years at least so would suit a young Irish person for a couple of years, whether they be a qualified engineer or an unskilled labourer.

I was away last weekend at an event with a large group of lads (about 50) ranging in ages from 23 to 45.

Most of the lads (I'd say 60%) in their 20's are leaving (have tickets bought) or are planning to leave very soon.

That being said most of that 60% were planning to just try it for a year.

Messy.