Does that mean you can no longer rob/loot third world countries resources anymore? Oh looks like the gravy train has come to an end for you guys now, it's broke Britain from here on
@@johncenator3146Does that mean you can no longer rob/loot third world countries resources anymore? Oh looks like the gravy train has come to an end for you guys now, it's broke Britain from here on
Our lad is looking pretty happy and healthy! The Previous vids Daryl made on leaving the UK had him looking dower and upset. Now, looking full of life, congrats bro.
I'm in the US, looking at options to get out because it's much like you described the UK. Work pays nothing and prices just go up and up. Never thought of Malaysia, but that looks pretty sweet!
Most are doing KL as a base and go travel surrounding spots like top beaches in the world in just a few hours away or jungle escape. Breakfast at home and lunching in the middle of forest seems to baffle my Euro friends.
I can remember when I headed to Thailand for the first time in 2003, and then subsequently moved on to Malaysia in 2006 (love KL by the way), there were a lot of mutterings from people about "third world". And then I arrived in BKK, and saw better phone infrastructure and Internet, and cheaper and better accommodation, and went on a train and it was clean and modern and not dirty and vandalized, and realized I'd been sold a lie by the British government. The people who'd said "third world" were ignorant of how far ahead other countries had pulled. It totally changed my life. Today Britain is rapidly declining into "third world" status and many other countries have pulled ahead of the UK, and actually have a future. p.s. nice to see clean, well kept areas, and no graffiti or loutish behaviour!
I am from Indonesia and have visited many countries in Europe for holiday staying at 4 stars hotels. It's interesting that for the same stars, hotels in my country are much better (and of course cheaper), even if it's the same chain hotel it is better in my country!
@@CaldonianDude they are third world not in terms of infrastructure - in that they are beyond most European countries. It’s more about human rights, lack of democracy, levels of education, etc. and GDP. You have to admit that most Thai people are poorly educated, and barely can afford or care to travel.
@@MsWindWaveSea I agree. I think it's also true of a lot of other establishments. For example, Starbucks are always a lot cleaner and better managed in SEA than they are in the UK, where the carpets and tables are typically filthy and the staff clueless about customer service.
100% the change in his face is so drastic from the last two videos that when I clicked on this one the first thing I said to my mrs is 'ahh he's deffo had a shag over there' LMAO Daryl is a G
Yeah, you'll notice that most people who leave UK for places like Thailand and Malaysia look so much less stressed and tired - many look years younger after just a couple of weeks. It's quite incredible how toxic life in UK has become.
Please keep bringing awareness to the world about the issues We are experiencing in the uk 🇬🇧 I appreciate your insight for travels etc. but so many people are watching 👀 Proud of the journey you are undertaking. Best of British 🇬🇧 ❤
Does that mean you can no longer rob/loot third world countries resources anymore? Oh looks like the gravy train has come to an end for you guys now, it's broke Britain from here on
I appreciate what you're doing. While a lot of countries in the west are ripping people off with high rents and low wages, young people need to be reminded that they have options. I traveled at a young age and spent 20 years abroad, and it was the smartest thing I did in my life. It had major consequences for me, my daughter and eventually my grandchild, all of them positive. I'm in my late 60s now, but I still love to travel!
Thanks for your video's mate, I'm 70 this year and living in a country with one of the worst retirement pensions in the western developed world, (no prizes for guessing where). My retirement pension doesn't even cover the cost of my rent, let alone the council tax, energy costs, water, and ever increasing cost of food. I'm leaving soon, to a place not so far from where you are, where I can afford a lovely apartment with launderette, swimming pool and gymnasium, all for less than half of my current rent. Where I can go out at night without fear of being mugged or stabbed, where the sun actually shines occasionally (well most of the time ) and where I can actually get a doctor's appointment same day! Yes these places exist. There is a saying, " it is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living". The trick is - don't leave it too late. The UK is finished, for the ordinary People, great if you are rich, most of us are not. I wish you the very best,
Hats off to you, it’s never too late. The uk seems to be divided into those who pay rent and those who collect rent. No wonder the country is sinking. All the best to you
@@Arrazi13 well I can't afford to live in Europe, so I am heading to Northern Thailand, I have been out there many times over the past decade and know that I can live comfortably on my pension. There are many expats already living there so I will not be alone.
Thanks for that Daryl, it looks really great-- and for a fantastic price as well. I've left my country (US) last July, and have lived in Belgrade Serbia, and now Tirana Albania. Both great places, both cheaper than the western first world countries that we came from! I fully agree with leaving the west, the way things are going it's not worth living there anymore. And thanks for the website to your building! I'll keep it in mind if I ever make it to Kuala Lumpur (which is on my radar possibly).
Lol. Stayed in liverpool for 1 year, just returned to malaysia a little over a year ago. Not sure about cities in scotland, but in liverpool, not london, initially had to stay in an airbnb unit. The unit was 1 floor above a corner retail shop, it was a 3 storey block, ofc there was no lift at all, had to lug all my luggage bags up the staircase. The unit was about the size of a nice 3-4 star hotel room in malaysia, had a double (queen) bed, 2 bedside tables, a 2-door wardrobe, a 2 seater sofa (and probably a small table too) plus a bathroom with shower. Common to the UK, it had no a/c but had 2 heaters, 1 by the window beside the bed and another inside the bathroom. Boiling water was okay in there, but cooking had to be done another floor up in the common kitchen that came with a fridge plus a 4 seater dining table, and it was also connected to a lounge with some sofas and another 4 seater dining table. About 1 thousand pounds per week ie. rm6k for 7 days. Eventually secured an apartment for long term rent. 2 bedroom, 1 en suite bathroom with bathtub plus 1 common bathroom with shower. Came with kitchen that had a 4 burner hob and exhaust hood, fridge, kitchen cabinets with ample storage, living room with balcony, a washing machine, heaters in all rooms except kitchen, and that was it. No a/c ofc, had to buy own beds, mattresses, sofas, coffee table, dining table with chairs, and clothes racks. Came with 1 car park bay, and 1 tiny lift that couldn't have accommodated a king size mattress, serving 10 units per floor for 6 total floors. Definitely no swimming pool nor gym. The rent was also 1 thousand pounds per month ie. rm6k. In malaysia, a 2 bedroom condominium with 2 bathrooms, fully furnished ie. with kitchen and dining table and sofas and beds and wardrobes and fridge and washing machine maybe microwave oven as well, a/c, water heater, maybe TV too, plus the swimming pool, the gym, the 4 or more standard size elevators, 1 or 2 carpark bays, maybe games room and small convenience store as well, the rent is from rm2k just outside of KL, to rm4k-5k in the city centre. I wonder if such apartment exists just outside of london city centre, how much would the rent be
Daryl - Well done you for escaping from the UK. My sister and I will be going as soon as we can. We are delayed because we have to sell up first but we can't wait to go for the exact same reasons you have mentioned. This country is 🤬!
The dark cloak that enveloped you in your first video is beginning to fall away. I can only imagine the light and elation that you will further project in your upcoming videos as your journey to seek a better life continues.
This is factually true and in theory a great idea if you are cashed up, retired or have a decent online paying job. I lived in Asia for 10 years while i was working earning pretty good money and living in a great place but ill tell you something it can become a grind specially if you work in the Tropics of SAE like i did. Its great but it is far from rainbows and butterflies. I lived in Vietnam and speak the language fairy well!
Check out Penang and Georgetown. Some would argue it offers an even better lifestyle than KL. Very charming city, laid back island culture, excellent quality of life & medical services, kind locals and damn good food. There’s a growing retiree expat community there too.
Check out the rollercoaster located inside 'Times Square' mall near Bukit Bintang. Don't see them everyday. Noticed that some crabs are already trying to pull you back into the bucket. Good luck Daryl.
I will be leaving very soon>> will be travelling around the south of France and Northern Spain for a while and will be keeping my options open>> Ive lived in London now for 25 years"Enough is Enough"
I am 65 and I am contemplating leaving Europe, at least western Europe. 3 years ago I said that we were progressively becoming thirld world countries, I did not expect it to come that fast, so it is going to get worse and I dont want this to happen in my very old age.
@@andrewkerr5296 My thoughts. These politicians have done the people's bidding so well that the same people now regret what they wished for… and try to deny they asked for it. Right! Because Brexit voted for itself. 😅
My view point ( from South East Asia), assume you are retired or having enough saving and investment, what you spend 10 yrs in UK /USA/Australia etc, you can stretch 30 yrs spending in South East Asian countries, except Singapura. Ask Andrew Taylor (youtuber expat), how happy he retires in Malaysia and yet he can save from his US retired fund and investment. He will never be dried up of money. Can give you tips if you want, gratis😂
The most useful thing you could do is tell us how you are able to do this financially, what revenue streams do you have that enable you to travel and stay wherever you like? Thanks
I'm sure he will, but it's usually a mix of online income, savings, investments, and perhaps remote working. When I moved to Thailand I started out as a remote worker, but started to pick up local contract work as I built a network. Some people do get work locally though - the usual gig being Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). I did that as well, picking up a certificate, but only ever did it for private clients. Hope that helps until the big reveal! :)
Wow, eight lifts is pretty cool. I hate lifts but they are essential. Looks like you chose a great place to start your new life Daryl. (I was born in KL). Reality checks you do so well !. Keep well & stay safe. 🌱🧡🌿
good stuff daryl takin the leap of faith mate. I often wondered why more brits dont wake up and leave this dump. iv been coming to asia for 5 months per year for around 7 years and just working the 7 months. Bought a condo in the philippines and we plan to move out permanently hopefully in the next year or sooner and im 35. There is nothing left in the UK other than misery and struggle, i think brits do it because they just dont know any better or perhaps there just stuck in the matrix or ratrace cycle but its refreshing to see people leave and come to asia. If your spending some time in malaysia after KL head to the east coast islands called perhentian island, its out of this world but just check there running the boats because they stop for a few months a year. Also visit the orangutans in borneo if you can, we hired a car from kota kinabalu and drove it, what a unreal drive it was. Malaysia is a special place
@@jonmath4182 i probably didnt go far enough, its a really beautiful country and i will own a house there 1 day, i will come back soon enough to visit redang island 🙂
@@krishtaylor4207 oh you're making us blush now haha. Anyway thank you, and after enjoying a more straightforward redang then perhaps you'd like to go through a teeny bit more complications to make arrangements to visit semporna island next ✌️
@@jonmath4182 funnily enough we have actually been to semporna, we completed our diving there but sipadan was fully booked with a long waiting list but its on our bucket list when we go back :-) we drove from kota kinabalu to semporna, beatuiful drive but it was soooo far haha like 16 hour drive
@@88ST3V307 Depends where you go. I'd stay away from the usual expat enclaves, but then that's been my golden rule there since 2003 and has served me well. I usually stay in Sathorn, which is a bit expensive these days, but I'm used to the area (I guess I pay on average around £20/night - that's fully serviced with daily maid, rooftop pool, massive gym, 24hour security). When I was down in Sattahip area I had a nice apartment with pool, gym, minimart, laundry and private beach about two minutes walk, and was paying around £150 a month, including 50Mbps wifi. I even had a balcony with a sea view. Top tip, get a local friend/girlfriend to negotiate the rent for you - as soon as they see a white face the rent gets jacked up.
Every man I work with complains about the country and the state of things. Most have a family though. It's sad to see them resigned to this place but needs must.
Probably one of the reasons fewer people are interested in having a family these days, especially men. On the other hand people with families do still move out of UK for a better life. It can be done. Is it easy? No. But nothing worthwhile ever is. I do hate to see these people living "lives of quiet desperation" though...
One of my friends supplies certain equipment to governments around the world. We were taking about digital surveillance and he said that the UK is the most authoritarian country in the world in this respect. He even went as far to say he is reluctant to travel to the UK. You know at protests when the Police helicopters are in the air at protests , I used to think this was for crowd management. It isn't it's an information grab. I will say no more.
Similar condo rentals in Manila where I'm at. Love the spot you picked. Actually for median GDP PPP in KL at 26000 £ a year it's doable even for middle class locals.
its a good place to live. salaries are not exceptionally high. a senior software engineer gets from 1200 to 2300 USD a month before tax. Legalisation is not very easy, you need your employer to sponsor you.
I really understand that you made your choice to move away from England. I am from Finland and i was living in Manchester in 2001- 2003. When i was living there things was obviously more better than now. I have followed the England today and i have been absolutely shocked, how things are advanced. I was thought 2 years ago, that i could move to the Irland, but i think, that the situation in there is almost as bad. Its sad, because i really like both countries. All my plessings to you!
It's worse than Scotland here in Ireland and worse than much of England. Finland is one and a half times the size of Great Britain and has just 5.5 million people, about the same as Scotland. You also have very few non Europeans compared to the rest of Western Europe, so you're not beset with the problems that sometimes brings.
Even for average malaysians thts cheap...our gdp per capita is d third highest in se asia after singapore n brunei so salary in malaysia isnt low at all compared to otr se asian countries..its just tht things are relatively cheap bcoz of govt controls
@@marcor5886 Not so much these days. The days of the "fat cat" expats jobs are more or less over in South East Asia. There are still some opportunities, and depends on how good you are I guess. What might be worth looking into is if you can work remotely - not sure how readily your specific role lends itself to that. What I did was make a deliberate sideways move into a role that was remote friendly (moved from technical training to technical writing). I did this way back in 2002/3. Actually, I didn't really need to, as a lot of training is done online these days anyway, but that's life! :) I work with a lot of people (some of them project managers/engineers) who are globally remote - these days it's not as unusual as it used to be...
I really don't understand how the western world got itself in this position where we pay extremely high income tax, GST, ridiculous food prices etc. Where countries in Asia thrive on the complete opposite. Hong Kong and Singapore have a maximum income rate of between 15 and 17% based on the salary you earn. Hong Kong does not even have VAT/GST. Some how we have allowed our governments to con us into saying we need to pay more and more for things.
It's complicated, but I can give a fun "in extremis" example to illustrate. Imagine what the UK tax take would be if everyone was a Uber Eats delivery driver. Most would barely be above the personal allowance (£12.5k), so there'd be almost no tax take, and more insidious, very little wealth created. Now imagine everyone in UK was a robotics and AI engineer (average salary around £62k). Not only would the tax take be enormous, but productivity would sky rocket and huge wealth would be created from automated manufacturing of high value goods that would be sold around the world. Putting it simply Singapore is more like the second example. UK more like the first! 85% or there about of the UK economy is service sector, largely minimum wage, low skilled work. Worryingly much of the remainder 15% high value part of the economy is foreign owned - a trend that is increasing. Hope that helps!
And just to be clear. What this means is that, to maintain a very expensive social system, the government will increasingly need money to keep it going, and there's only one place that money can come from - people who have it! hence the recent tax increases, and there'll be more of that before too long. Unfortunately, that's not sustainable in the long term because when you increase taxes to a certain point they become counterproductive. I'll give you one simple example: Although Labour did not put income tax up, the thresholds are frozen, which is essentially a tax rise. People have less money, they spend less (or take on debt), and so companies make less profits, and there's less corporation tax. Taxes become counter-productive beyond a certain point, but raising taxes are a lot easier than fixing the economy.
Without actually getting a job, which so far it seems you haven't, these videos look to just be a holiday showcase. It's all well and good telling people to leave, but you're making it seem more glamorous than it is, as with most people that make these videos.
And yet thousands of Brits do make the move...Tony Robbins said "if you know the end goal, you'll find the means". He's right. The means will probably be a mix of things and different for everyone. Some teach English, some work remotely for global clients, some rely on savings and investments, some let out their house in the UK, some sell their house, others do work on a contract basis locally where they have special skills, where the employer gets the visa, some use pensions, some monetize a YT channel. I know one guy who spend five years working double shifts and practically lived on bread and water to save money to make the move. He's doing very well, and is happily living in Thailand. The list is endless...
@CaldonianDude That's all well and good, I have no issue with the message. I think it's just disingenuous to forgo mentioning income/jobs while saying "leave the UK" when you are clearly not employed somewhere. From the subscriber count I would assume he's not making enough from RUclips to make it a fulltime job. At the moment this is a travel series, nothing more.
@@ambassadorofpain1 fair enough, and I now understand your viewpoint better, so thanks for that. I think he did say in another video he's going to be providing more details. Hopefully that will clear things up.
@@CaldonianDude Appreciate the response, overall I'm onboard with both your and his comments. I would just like further details as you say, but I also understand it's really none of my business whether he shares this info or not - I think it would help the videos though and give a better perspective to anyone wanting to make the move.
Wow! £16 per night. But yeah, you don't get those accommodation in the UK. The standard of living in the UK is poor for a first world country. Pay for so much for very little in England.
I can’t get the link to load 😢 I’m in Scotland, engaged, have my daughter who is almost 20 doing her thing and my step son who’s 10. I’m dying to leave the UK.
Going abroad is very difficult and ok work sucks whichever country you're in, but even one year of it gives you enough experiences to savour and share for a lifetime. You grow. Whereas staying in UK if you're unhappy carries risk of losing bits of yourself until there's nothing left, and decades just merge into a meaningless blob
Subbed :D Looking for tips on how to plan my exit to....No Kids, family, Debt, or Possessions to tie me to the UK ....focusing on building my finances and looking for opportunities, though i feel a secure job / remote work is the only ticket to escape for the longterm, we should build an online community and help each other to leave the UK.
Try to get a remote job or some business set up making a few hundred dollars a month at least and just go out to SEA or central/South America and figure it out. Usually the best option for young folks; it's what I did a few years ago. Easy to bootstrap yourself from Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Mexico, Costa Rica, etc.
18 nights? What about after that? Where are all your belongings? What is your source of income? Sounds like you're travelling rather than relocating. Maybe I'm wrong, but I do hope you manage to figure out something more permanent. Good luck.
@@TarrelScot That apartment is from Airbnb in Malaysia I think, as I stayed in the building before. Trion towers a little south of the city center, near Chan Sow Lin metro station (don't recommend using the metro). It's one of the better condos there, but rooms are very small. Most buildings the pool/gym isn't so good, there they have a good gym and pool so the small rooms aren't too bad so long as you don't get one with the traffic noise.
Hey Daryl, I'm thinking of going something similar. The cost of living is indeed very cheap, but i'm sure the wages are proportionally low. Do you work over there? Or are you simply dipping into a savings pot?
wages are not high, true. a 1000 USD is considered really good there. but it still is a nice place to live. if you can secure somewhere around 3000 USD a month you will be comfortable.
@@RabJ208 that’s fair. Malaysia is best when you bring your money there and retire on it. Working there can be tough because of the cultural barriers. It’s an Asian country with Asian ways of doing things which are often strange to the westerners. Expect nepotism, even slight racism. The government is explicitly pro-local people when it comes to work and tax and benefits.
Until you get a job, and you’re self sustaining, then you are just a tourist until you run out of cash. Unless you have enough money to make a large investment and get a golden visa, you haven’t stipulated how you are going to be allowed to stay out there. Are you going to get a digital nomad visa?
you move further out to the suburb.. you get condo's with better facility's for half the price you mentioned.. seriously.. KLCC is not KL.. or Malaysia..
Just discovered your channel and subscribe. When you leave UK what happens with your NI contributions? Will you use all the years you worked and pay into UK system? Also if you don’t want to be tak in UK you have to be gone for nore than 5 years not to fall back into UK tax system. Can you elaborate on that, what are your thoughts or how you plan to handle this?
Just to be clear, any NI contribs you have paid simply are held in your account. You can sign up to the HMRC site and see your contribs and get a pension forecast for free, at any time, from anywhere in the world. You can even have your state pension paid (at state pension age) to you, wherever you are in the world, subject to certain restrictions (for example your state pension is not index-linked in Thailand, but it is in Philippines). The five year rule you mention is only for CGT doesn't it? Unless you're planning on selling a sizeable asset it doesn't really apply. It doesn't really apply to income tax. For example, if you moved to USA and worked there, you'd pay income tax there, not in the UK. If you're working remotely, you most likely continue to pay UK tax and NI.
Where do you go for any form of socialising? What's crime like there? Is it a safe area? Will you hire any vehicle? Looks like heaven in comparison to my current situation. Thanks for your video! ENJOY 🤗🌸
I lived in KL and I can tell you it's a lot safer than London IMHO. With regards hiring a vehicle, you can, but I think you'll find KL has excellent public transport and services like Grab are cheap and convenient. I can remember the first time I went on a train there - I was taking pictures of it, much to the amusement of the locals because it is unusual for me to see inside a train that hadn't been covered in graffiti, was clean, and modern - I thought, they are not going to believe this back home so I need to capture this! LOL
there's crime, racism and capitalism like any other EU city. KL is very lively and plenty of things to do. there's a significant segregation between Chinese population (wealthier) and the actual Malaysians and I'm confident there's more wealth disparity there than in the UK.... you'll find your usual western corps but you wont find any pork as the population is mostly Muslim, the chicken is the best i ever tried. food is spicy as hell as well. people there is generally friendly and welcoming but you'll need to leave all your cultural/religion dogmas at home.
@ I don’t see the immediate appeal of these set ups, house with a garden always seemed to work so well 🤷🏼 the one I saw advertised provided WiFi no extra charge - that concerned as there would be a lot of scope for interfering and/or terminating your supply - and WiFi access is so essential now
Because it's probably going to be different for everyone. I am a remote software technical writer, but that wouldn't help most people. Some use investment income, work remotely, teach English, have a YT channel, build websites etc. I know one guy, who I mentioned on another comment, who held down two jobs for five years to save money for the move to Thailand. He now has a retirement visa and multiple income streams from UK, but everyone is going to be different. A better question than "what do you do" for work is probably going to be "what can I do". I don't mean that negatively, I mean it's a good question to ask yourself because it helps you take stock of your own skills, and suggests areas where you can learn and grow. Hope that helps.
Is it just enough space for bed and small desk? I mean it looks really nice and new, but I couldn't live like that for too long, permanently. It seems like you don't have space for even small lounge chair.
Beautiful! All that nonsense is happening around the UK and the whole of Europe! Smaller countries are more aggressive in taxes, all that BS with electricity and heating costs in northern regions; and skyrocketing living expenses. Getting a good IT-related job is nonsense nowadays. As a front-end developer, I have been searching locally for a job for 10 months just to cover my family's needs. I am starting to strongly think about moving away from this Titanic!
hi bro.welcome to Malaysia.good to see you in Malaysia.hope you can get a job in Malaysia and stay long term in Malaysia.wish you lots of good luck and best wishes in Malaysia.
I've been to KL and other cities in Malaysia many times, and honestly it's not very good compared to the rest of SEA - especially Thailand. Better than the UK, of course - but Kuala Lumpur has really bad condos a lot of the time. You got quite lucky with that building, it's one of the only decent to good ones in KL imo, most have run-down gyms and pools and the pictures aren't accurate at all. Only big issue with that one is the sizes of the units are quite small and there's road noise from some of them.
@@khoo5199 My experience many times was spending $800 for 2-week stays and it still not being nice, while in Thailand I often spent $500-600 for a similar (city) stay and it was VERY nice. Maybe I just had very bad luck, mostly was dealing with management companies ran by Indian-malays.
I think all these look cool if you have a nice UK salary and live there. Otherwise you'll be just a slave in a different country if you work and get a normal local salary there. I think despite the pitfalls the west is still the best place to live (unfortunately!)
I am moving to Siem Reap can get a 2 bed villa with private pool for $600 a month or 1 bed for $300. You can get a basic room for $60 a month but I want to be comfortable. Nicest people in the world are Cambodians. I am very well travelled spent months and months in SE Asia. All first world countries its over you have to leave. All sold out to the WEF, the great reset started 2020 and it's ramping up now. Try to have a media blackout if you can and try to stop being indoctrinated to be a slave..........try to be as free as you can in this prison world.
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Fantastic! In the UK, we are crushed - caged, muted, surveilled.... Such a poor standard of living. I am going to leave next year.
I wish I could leave, hopefully will happen soon
Does that mean you can no longer rob/loot third world countries resources anymore? Oh looks like the gravy train has come to an end for you guys now, it's broke Britain from here on
@@johncenator3146Does that mean you can no longer rob/loot third world countries resources anymore? Oh looks like the gravy train has come to an end for you guys now, it's broke Britain from here on
dont forget gaped. gaped as well
Brilliant! Where are you going? Make sure you can’t come back please!
Our lad is looking pretty happy and healthy! The Previous vids Daryl made on leaving the UK had him looking dower and upset. Now, looking full of life, congrats bro.
Being depressed suits him better.
Thanks for the kind words about Malaysia 🇲🇾🌺
Malaysians love and always welcoming foreigners like you 🇲🇾🙏😊
I'm in the US, looking at options to get out because it's much like you described the UK. Work pays nothing and prices just go up and up. Never thought of Malaysia, but that looks pretty sweet!
Most are doing KL as a base and go travel surrounding spots like top beaches in the world in just a few hours away or jungle escape. Breakfast at home and lunching in the middle of forest seems to baffle my Euro friends.
I can remember when I headed to Thailand for the first time in 2003, and then subsequently moved on to Malaysia in 2006 (love KL by the way), there were a lot of mutterings from people about "third world". And then I arrived in BKK, and saw better phone infrastructure and Internet, and cheaper and better accommodation, and went on a train and it was clean and modern and not dirty and vandalized, and realized I'd been sold a lie by the British government. The people who'd said "third world" were ignorant of how far ahead other countries had pulled. It totally changed my life. Today Britain is rapidly declining into "third world" status and many other countries have pulled ahead of the UK, and actually have a future. p.s. nice to see clean, well kept areas, and no graffiti or loutish behaviour!
I am from Indonesia and have visited many countries in Europe for holiday staying at 4 stars hotels. It's interesting that for the same stars, hotels in my country are much better (and of course cheaper), even if it's the same chain hotel it is better in my country!
This ignorance works both ways: immigrants and refugees, too, think that the UK is a paradise.
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@@CaldonianDude they are third world not in terms of infrastructure - in that they are beyond most European countries. It’s more about human rights, lack of democracy, levels of education, etc. and GDP. You have to admit that most Thai people are poorly educated, and barely can afford or care to travel.
@@MsWindWaveSea I agree. I think it's also true of a lot of other establishments. For example, Starbucks are always a lot cleaner and better managed in SEA than they are in the UK, where the carpets and tables are typically filthy and the staff clueless about customer service.
I'm currently a carer for one of my elderly parents. After that I'm leaving. Thankyou for this, much appreciated
I feel you, friend! Same here.
Same, if I wasn't Carer for my Father, then i'd emigrate. Tories ruined it all for so long and nw we all picking up the pieces.
@@artmicca yes it's frustrating as I'm ready to leave!
@@ExoticDoll-ct3ud I'm caring for my father also. Been treated awfully by the system. Thanks for your message
I'm only a carer for my cat. But that doesn't make me any more free to travel.
Glad to see you’re doing good. I’ve seen your last 2 vids. Your face looks so much less-stressed now. Enjoy KL!
True it shows! 🫡
100% the change in his face is so drastic from the last two videos that when I clicked on this one the first thing I said to my mrs is 'ahh he's deffo had a shag over there' LMAO Daryl is a G
Yeah, you'll notice that most people who leave UK for places like Thailand and Malaysia look so much less stressed and tired - many look years younger after just a couple of weeks. It's quite incredible how toxic life in UK has become.
Must be the KL sunshine
Please keep bringing awareness to the world about the issues We are experiencing in the uk 🇬🇧 I appreciate your insight for travels etc. but so many people are watching 👀
Proud of the journey you are undertaking. Best of British 🇬🇧 ❤
Does that mean you can no longer rob/loot third world countries resources anymore? Oh looks like the gravy train has come to an end for you guys now, it's broke Britain from here on
I appreciate what you're doing. While a lot of countries in the west are ripping people off with high rents and low wages, young people need to be reminded that they have options. I traveled at a young age and spent 20 years abroad, and it was the smartest thing I did in my life. It had major consequences for me, my daughter and eventually my grandchild, all of them positive. I'm in my late 60s now, but I still love to travel!
Thanks for your video's mate, I'm 70 this year and living in a country with one of the worst retirement pensions in the western developed world, (no prizes for guessing where). My retirement pension doesn't even cover the cost of my rent, let alone the council tax, energy costs, water, and ever increasing cost of food. I'm leaving soon, to a place not so far from where you are, where I can afford a lovely apartment with launderette, swimming pool and gymnasium, all for less than half of my current rent. Where I can go out at night without fear of being mugged or stabbed, where the sun actually shines occasionally (well most of the time ) and where I can actually get a doctor's appointment same day! Yes these places exist. There is a saying, " it is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living". The trick is - don't leave it too late. The UK is finished, for the ordinary People, great if you are rich, most of us are not. I wish you the very best,
Hats off to you, it’s never too late. The uk seems to be divided into those who pay rent and those who collect rent. No wonder the country is sinking. All the best to you
@@jagman999 ¹) -divided by- _divided into_
@@jagman999modern slavery 😢
Where is that place?
@@Arrazi13 well I can't afford to live in Europe, so I am heading to Northern Thailand, I have been out there many times over the past decade and know that I can live comfortably on my pension. There are many expats already living there so I will not be alone.
Left the UK in 2011. Best decision ever
I'm looking for a nurse friendly country than the UK, Australia
Welcome to KL, Malaysia. Thank you for your apartment tour. Hope that you have had a good time and a pleasant stay. KL, a big value for your money.
Thanks for that Daryl, it looks really great-- and for a fantastic price as well. I've left my country (US) last July, and have lived in Belgrade Serbia, and now Tirana Albania. Both great places, both cheaper than the western first world countries that we came from! I fully agree with leaving the west, the way things are going it's not worth living there anymore. And thanks for the website to your building! I'll keep it in mind if I ever make it to Kuala Lumpur (which is on my radar possibly).
Lol. Stayed in liverpool for 1 year, just returned to malaysia a little over a year ago. Not sure about cities in scotland, but in liverpool, not london, initially had to stay in an airbnb unit. The unit was 1 floor above a corner retail shop, it was a 3 storey block, ofc there was no lift at all, had to lug all my luggage bags up the staircase. The unit was about the size of a nice 3-4 star hotel room in malaysia, had a double (queen) bed, 2 bedside tables, a 2-door wardrobe, a 2 seater sofa (and probably a small table too) plus a bathroom with shower. Common to the UK, it had no a/c but had 2 heaters, 1 by the window beside the bed and another inside the bathroom. Boiling water was okay in there, but cooking had to be done another floor up in the common kitchen that came with a fridge plus a 4 seater dining table, and it was also connected to a lounge with some sofas and another 4 seater dining table. About 1 thousand pounds per week ie. rm6k for 7 days.
Eventually secured an apartment for long term rent. 2 bedroom, 1 en suite bathroom with bathtub plus 1 common bathroom with shower. Came with kitchen that had a 4 burner hob and exhaust hood, fridge, kitchen cabinets with ample storage, living room with balcony, a washing machine, heaters in all rooms except kitchen, and that was it. No a/c ofc, had to buy own beds, mattresses, sofas, coffee table, dining table with chairs, and clothes racks. Came with 1 car park bay, and 1 tiny lift that couldn't have accommodated a king size mattress, serving 10 units per floor for 6 total floors. Definitely no swimming pool nor gym. The rent was also 1 thousand pounds per month ie. rm6k.
In malaysia, a 2 bedroom condominium with 2 bathrooms, fully furnished ie. with kitchen and dining table and sofas and beds and wardrobes and fridge and washing machine maybe microwave oven as well, a/c, water heater, maybe TV too, plus the swimming pool, the gym, the 4 or more standard size elevators, 1 or 2 carpark bays, maybe games room and small convenience store as well, the rent is from rm2k just outside of KL, to rm4k-5k in the city centre. I wonder if such apartment exists just outside of london city centre, how much would the rent be
Daryl - Well done you for escaping from the UK. My sister and I will be going as soon as we can. We are delayed because we have to sell up first but we can't wait to go for the exact same reasons you have mentioned. This country is 🤬!
The dark cloak that enveloped you in your first video is beginning to fall away. I can only imagine the light and elation that you will further project in your upcoming videos as your journey to seek a better life continues.
This is factually true and in theory a great idea if you are cashed up, retired or have a decent online paying job. I lived in Asia for 10 years while i was working earning pretty good money and living in a great place but ill tell you something it can become a grind specially if you work in the Tropics of SAE like i did. Its great but it is far from rainbows and butterflies. I lived in Vietnam and speak the language fairy well!
Brave man! Good thoughts and positive energy to you!
Congrats mate. You made it. If I didn’t have children, sayonara.
I’m glad that you like it here
So pleased for you! Go for it! Yes, Blighty doesn’t give a toss about any of us. I can’t wait to leave.
im renting a 4 bed house in KL for less than £400 a month
Did we ask
@ yes
Check out Penang and Georgetown. Some would argue it offers an even better lifestyle than KL. Very charming city, laid back island culture, excellent quality of life & medical services, kind locals and damn good food.
There’s a growing retiree expat community there too.
Check out the rollercoaster located inside 'Times Square' mall near Bukit Bintang. Don't see them everyday. Noticed that some crabs are already trying to pull you back into the bucket. Good luck Daryl.
I will be leaving very soon>> will be travelling around the south of France and Northern Spain for a while and will be keeping my options open>> Ive lived in London now for 25 years"Enough is Enough"
Wishing you the best . I’m over sixty now but agree this country is done for, ruined by our so called politicians.
I am 65 and I am contemplating leaving Europe, at least western Europe. 3 years ago I said that we were progressively becoming thirld world countries, I did not expect it to come that fast, so it is going to get worse and I dont want this to happen in my very old age.
Who voted in those Politicians though?
@@andrewkerr5296 My thoughts. These politicians have done the people's bidding so well that the same people now regret what they wished for… and try to deny they asked for it. Right! Because Brexit voted for itself. 😅
My view point ( from South East Asia), assume you are retired or having enough saving and investment, what you spend 10 yrs in UK /USA/Australia etc, you can stretch 30 yrs spending in South East Asian countries, except Singapura. Ask Andrew Taylor (youtuber expat), how happy he retires in Malaysia and yet he can save from his US retired fund and investment. He will never be dried up of money. Can give you tips if you want, gratis😂
That is amazing value for money.Yeah, the UK still sucks you certainly are not missing anything by not being here
I lived overseas for several years and missed the country side, wildlife and connection to my home country
Hey Daryl, good for you, you look so much happier now you're out of the UK.
The most useful thing you could do is tell us how you are able to do this financially, what revenue streams do you have that enable you to travel and stay wherever you like? Thanks
I'm sure he will, but it's usually a mix of online income, savings, investments, and perhaps remote working. When I moved to Thailand I started out as a remote worker, but started to pick up local contract work as I built a network. Some people do get work locally though - the usual gig being Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). I did that as well, picking up a certificate, but only ever did it for private clients. Hope that helps until the big reveal! :)
Wow, eight lifts is pretty cool. I hate lifts but they are essential. Looks like you chose a great place to start your new life Daryl.
(I was born in KL).
Reality checks you do so well !. Keep well & stay safe. 🌱🧡🌿
good stuff daryl takin the leap of faith mate. I often wondered why more brits dont wake up and leave this dump. iv been coming to asia for 5 months per year for around 7 years and just working the 7 months. Bought a condo in the philippines and we plan to move out permanently hopefully in the next year or sooner and im 35. There is nothing left in the UK other than misery and struggle, i think brits do it because they just dont know any better or perhaps there just stuck in the matrix or ratrace cycle but its refreshing to see people leave and come to asia. If your spending some time in malaysia after KL head to the east coast islands called perhentian island, its out of this world but just check there running the boats because they stop for a few months a year. Also visit the orangutans in borneo if you can, we hired a car from kota kinabalu and drove it, what a unreal drive it was. Malaysia is a special place
Thanks for the glowing words on malaysia ☺️✌️
@@jonmath4182 i probably didnt go far enough, its a really beautiful country and i will own a house there 1 day, i will come back soon enough to visit redang island 🙂
@@krishtaylor4207 oh you're making us blush now haha. Anyway thank you, and after enjoying a more straightforward redang then perhaps you'd like to go through a teeny bit more complications to make arrangements to visit semporna island next ✌️
@@jonmath4182 funnily enough we have actually been to semporna, we completed our diving there but sipadan was fully booked with a long waiting list but its on our bucket list when we go back :-) we drove from kota kinabalu to semporna, beatuiful drive but it was soooo far haha like 16 hour drive
@@jonmath4182 kota kinabalu to kudat stayed there a few days then to semporna
The accommodation options in KL are phenomenal, enjoy! Greetings from a lovely serviced apartment in Bangkok... Hopefully it's on your radar :)
I take it the ones in Bangkok are a little more expensive than KL?
@@88ST3V307 Depends where you go. I'd stay away from the usual expat enclaves, but then that's been my golden rule there since 2003 and has served me well. I usually stay in Sathorn, which is a bit expensive these days, but I'm used to the area (I guess I pay on average around £20/night - that's fully serviced with daily maid, rooftop pool, massive gym, 24hour security). When I was down in Sattahip area I had a nice apartment with pool, gym, minimart, laundry and private beach about two minutes walk, and was paying around £150 a month, including 50Mbps wifi. I even had a balcony with a sea view. Top tip, get a local friend/girlfriend to negotiate the rent for you - as soon as they see a white face the rent gets jacked up.
Every man I work with complains about the country and the state of things. Most have a family though. It's sad to see them resigned to this place but needs must.
Probably one of the reasons fewer people are interested in having a family these days, especially men. On the other hand people with families do still move out of UK for a better life. It can be done. Is it easy? No. But nothing worthwhile ever is. I do hate to see these people living "lives of quiet desperation" though...
They have few alternatives, none is feasible. In a previous video Daryl said that the system takes advantage of those who have no option. He was right
Even if you worked from your home, you'd have so much to do everyday. Sounds perfect
One of my friends supplies certain equipment to governments around the world.
We were taking about digital surveillance and he said that the UK is the most authoritarian country in the world in this respect.
He even went as far to say he is reluctant to travel to the UK.
You know at protests when the Police helicopters are in the air at protests , I used to think this was for crowd management. It isn't it's an information grab.
I will say no more.
Similar condo rentals in Manila where I'm at. Love the spot you picked. Actually for median GDP PPP in KL at 26000 £ a year it's doable even for middle class locals.
Sounds brilliant. I would love to go and stay there too. May visit on holiday for a while. 🎉🎉👍🏾 Thank you D❤
How will you sustain yourself? What occupation will you take up? How is the jobbmarket there? Foreigner frendly?
its a good place to live. salaries are not exceptionally high. a senior software engineer gets from 1200 to 2300 USD a month before tax. Legalisation is not very easy, you need your employer to sponsor you.
@@ian-atg Thank you!
I think for expatriates will be much higher salary.
@@malikayob730 no, it won’t
KL Studio Affordable Luxury 🎉
i have got 3 years and then im good to go Daryl. i will be off faster than british airways buddy
You actually look younger now that you left the UK. One day I will leave too...
I really understand that you made your choice to move away from England. I am from Finland and i was living in Manchester in 2001- 2003. When i was living there things was obviously more better than now. I have followed the England today and i have been absolutely shocked, how things are advanced. I was thought 2 years ago, that i could move to the Irland, but i think, that the situation in there is almost as bad. Its sad, because i really like both countries. All my plessings to you!
He moved from Scotland not England.
@@Zeequencha He moved (farther) away from England. Will that do?
@@patricksweeney5308 England is a different country altogether. He was living in Scotland. He has now left Scotland and the UK.
It's worse than Scotland here in Ireland and worse than much of England.
Finland is one and a half times the size of Great Britain and has just 5.5 million people, about the same as Scotland. You also have very few non Europeans compared to the rest of Western Europe, so you're not beset with the problems that sometimes brings.
@@patricksweeney5308 I was just thinking, that is the situation in Irland, if you think about west cost exsemple in the Galway as bad as in Dublin?
you should try Thailand or Indonesia too, I've seen many condo tours there that are great with amazing facilities for 400-500 usd monthly
What will be your occupation?
Even for average malaysians thts cheap...our gdp per capita is d third highest in se asia after singapore n brunei so salary in malaysia isnt low at all compared to otr se asian countries..its just tht things are relatively cheap bcoz of govt controls
Not really. A studio still costs 50% of the average Malaysian monthly salary.
@jbennison5672 im talking abt what he paid here which is less than rm100 for airbnb per day not long term rent
Are there opportunities for western people in engineering or project management? 😄
@@marcor5886 Not so much these days. The days of the "fat cat" expats jobs are more or less over in South East Asia. There are still some opportunities, and depends on how good you are I guess. What might be worth looking into is if you can work remotely - not sure how readily your specific role lends itself to that. What I did was make a deliberate sideways move into a role that was remote friendly (moved from technical training to technical writing). I did this way back in 2002/3. Actually, I didn't really need to, as a lot of training is done online these days anyway, but that's life! :) I work with a lot of people (some of them project managers/engineers) who are globally remote - these days it's not as unusual as it used to be...
@marcor5886 lots u just need to find them there are many expats here
As long as u feel happy 😁 in 🇲🇾, we r also happy 😁 4u. Don't do drugs 💊 💉
I really don't understand how the western world got itself in this position where we pay extremely high income tax, GST, ridiculous food prices etc. Where countries in Asia thrive on the complete opposite. Hong Kong and Singapore have a maximum income rate of between 15 and 17% based on the salary you earn. Hong Kong does not even have VAT/GST. Some how we have allowed our governments to con us into saying we need to pay more and more for things.
It's complicated, but I can give a fun "in extremis" example to illustrate. Imagine what the UK tax take would be if everyone was a Uber Eats delivery driver. Most would barely be above the personal allowance (£12.5k), so there'd be almost no tax take, and more insidious, very little wealth created. Now imagine everyone in UK was a robotics and AI engineer (average salary around £62k). Not only would the tax take be enormous, but productivity would sky rocket and huge wealth would be created from automated manufacturing of high value goods that would be sold around the world. Putting it simply Singapore is more like the second example. UK more like the first! 85% or there about of the UK economy is service sector, largely minimum wage, low skilled work. Worryingly much of the remainder 15% high value part of the economy is foreign owned - a trend that is increasing. Hope that helps!
And just to be clear. What this means is that, to maintain a very expensive social system, the government will increasingly need money to keep it going, and there's only one place that money can come from - people who have it! hence the recent tax increases, and there'll be more of that before too long. Unfortunately, that's not sustainable in the long term because when you increase taxes to a certain point they become counterproductive. I'll give you one simple example: Although Labour did not put income tax up, the thresholds are frozen, which is essentially a tax rise. People have less money, they spend less (or take on debt), and so companies make less profits, and there's less corporation tax. Taxes become counter-productive beyond a certain point, but raising taxes are a lot easier than fixing the economy.
But what you gonna do to make a living there ? Can you actually get a job there and stay there as you're not a citizen?
He's staying for 18 days.
@@Frorackous Hes having a holiday ...
Without actually getting a job, which so far it seems you haven't, these videos look to just be a holiday showcase.
It's all well and good telling people to leave, but you're making it seem more glamorous than it is, as with most people that make these videos.
And yet thousands of Brits do make the move...Tony Robbins said "if you know the end goal, you'll find the means". He's right. The means will probably be a mix of things and different for everyone. Some teach English, some work remotely for global clients, some rely on savings and investments, some let out their house in the UK, some sell their house, others do work on a contract basis locally where they have special skills, where the employer gets the visa, some use pensions, some monetize a YT channel. I know one guy who spend five years working double shifts and practically lived on bread and water to save money to make the move. He's doing very well, and is happily living in Thailand. The list is endless...
@CaldonianDude That's all well and good, I have no issue with the message. I think it's just disingenuous to forgo mentioning income/jobs while saying "leave the UK" when you are clearly not employed somewhere. From the subscriber count I would assume he's not making enough from RUclips to make it a fulltime job. At the moment this is a travel series, nothing more.
@@ambassadorofpain1 fair enough, and I now understand your viewpoint better, so thanks for that. I think he did say in another video he's going to be providing more details. Hopefully that will clear things up.
@@CaldonianDude Appreciate the response, overall I'm onboard with both your and his comments. I would just like further details as you say, but I also understand it's really none of my business whether he shares this info or not - I think it would help the videos though and give a better perspective to anyone wanting to make the move.
You’re just demonstrating the spite that the UK is known for. Why has this video provoked you so much?
Wow! £16 per night. But yeah, you don't get those accommodation in the UK. The standard of living in the UK is poor for a first world country. Pay for so much for very little in England.
I'm looking to move out of the UK. I'm a frontend developer, it's now just a matter of finding a remote work and I'm out!
Have you tried asking your current employer? You might be pleasantly surprised by the answer. Any decent employer would support that these days...
3:07 You could not get a bunk bed in a hostel dormitory for that price in the UK
It is interesting you are calling yourself an Expat. Most people would call themselves a holiday maker..
Expats don't return to live in their native country.
I would call you a lossr aman
@@tyronevincent1368aman is a loser
I can’t get the link to load 😢 I’m in Scotland, engaged, have my daughter who is almost 20 doing her thing and my step son who’s 10. I’m dying to leave the UK.
Thanks again for sharing! You’re a dude man! Keep keeping us posted from the uk 😢
Mental how much relaxed and happier you appear. UK must’ve been dragging the arse out of you, son!
Going abroad is very difficult and ok work sucks whichever country you're in, but even one year of it gives you enough experiences to savour and share for a lifetime. You grow. Whereas staying in UK if you're unhappy carries risk of losing bits of yourself until there's nothing left, and decades just merge into a meaningless blob
Subbed :D Looking for tips on how to plan my exit to....No Kids, family, Debt, or Possessions to tie me to the UK ....focusing on building my finances and looking for opportunities, though i feel a secure job / remote work is the only ticket to escape for the longterm, we should build an online community and help each other to leave the UK.
Try to get a remote job or some business set up making a few hundred dollars a month at least and just go out to SEA or central/South America and figure it out. Usually the best option for young folks; it's what I did a few years ago. Easy to bootstrap yourself from Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Mexico, Costa Rica, etc.
18 nights? What about after that? Where are all your belongings? What is your source of income? Sounds like you're travelling rather than relocating. Maybe I'm wrong, but I do hope you manage to figure out something more permanent. Good luck.
He said in a previous video that he has plans to start a business.
He may be heading for Cambodia, where it's easy to get a 1-year residency.
Honestly can’t wait to follow this journey. The British passport comment was brilliant after slating his home in every video.
That apartment looks great! How did you book it? The link you provided seems more oriented towards investors.
@@TarrelScot That apartment is from Airbnb in Malaysia I think,
as I stayed in the building before. Trion towers a little south of the city center, near Chan Sow Lin metro station (don't recommend using the metro).
It's one of the better condos there, but rooms are very small. Most buildings the pool/gym isn't so good, there they have a good gym and pool so the small rooms aren't too bad so long as you don't get one with the traffic noise.
Hey Daryl, I'm thinking of going something similar. The cost of living is indeed very cheap, but i'm sure the wages are proportionally low. Do you work over there? Or are you simply dipping into a savings pot?
wages are not high, true. a 1000 USD is considered really good there. but it still is a nice place to live. if you can secure somewhere around 3000 USD a month you will be comfortable.
@ian-atg , yes, but I'm questioning long-term sustainability from the perspective of earnings vs living expenses.
@@RabJ208 that’s fair. Malaysia is best when you bring your money there and retire on it. Working there can be tough because of the cultural barriers. It’s an Asian country with Asian ways of doing things which are often strange to the westerners. Expect nepotism, even slight racism. The government is explicitly pro-local people when it comes to work and tax and benefits.
Until you get a job, and you’re self sustaining, then you are just a tourist until you run out of cash.
Unless you have enough money to make a large investment and get a golden visa, you haven’t stipulated how you are going to be allowed to stay out there. Are you going to get a digital nomad visa?
Loser mentality hater
Try going to Singapore to find accommodation
Let me know if you can find something cheap
The apartment looks amazing and of course the cost. What's the weather like and is it a dry heat or humid? Well done you. 😊
Malaysia is quite humid and hot all year as it's close to the Equator.
you move further out to the suburb.. you get condo's with better facility's for half the price you mentioned.. seriously.. KLCC is not KL.. or Malaysia..
Just discovered your channel and subscribe. When you leave UK what happens with your NI contributions? Will you use all the years you worked and pay into UK system? Also if you don’t want to be tak in UK you have to be gone for nore than 5 years not to fall back into UK tax system. Can you elaborate on that, what are your thoughts or how you plan to handle this?
Just to be clear, any NI contribs you have paid simply are held in your account. You can sign up to the HMRC site and see your contribs and get a pension forecast for free, at any time, from anywhere in the world. You can even have your state pension paid (at state pension age) to you, wherever you are in the world, subject to certain restrictions (for example your state pension is not index-linked in Thailand, but it is in Philippines). The five year rule you mention is only for CGT doesn't it? Unless you're planning on selling a sizeable asset it doesn't really apply. It doesn't really apply to income tax. For example, if you moved to USA and worked there, you'd pay income tax there, not in the UK. If you're working remotely, you most likely continue to pay UK tax and NI.
Nice!
Thank you for sharing 🙏
For 16 plus pounds a night, its still relatively cheap by malaysian standard
British can't build something like that, that big and that beautiful, I personally pay 52% of my net income just in rent
That's no different to the cost of this studio apartment for the average Malaysian.
How are you making money? Or you just using your savings?
Where do you go for any form of socialising? What's crime like there? Is it a safe area? Will you hire any vehicle?
Looks like heaven in comparison to my current situation. Thanks for your video! ENJOY 🤗🌸
I lived in KL and I can tell you it's a lot safer than London IMHO. With regards hiring a vehicle, you can, but I think you'll find KL has excellent public transport and services like Grab are cheap and convenient. I can remember the first time I went on a train there - I was taking pictures of it, much to the amusement of the locals because it is unusual for me to see inside a train that hadn't been covered in graffiti, was clean, and modern - I thought, they are not going to believe this back home so I need to capture this! LOL
there's crime, racism and capitalism like any other EU city. KL is very lively and plenty of things to do. there's a significant segregation between Chinese population (wealthier) and the actual Malaysians and I'm confident there's more wealth disparity there than in the UK.... you'll find your usual western corps but you wont find any pork as the population is mostly Muslim, the chicken is the best i ever tried. food is spicy as hell as well. people there is generally friendly and welcoming but you'll need to leave all your cultural/religion dogmas at home.
Hope you find a better life
They are starting these style apartment buildings in Edinburgh - ie the shared living spaces, long term rentals not bargain bucket prices though
Shared living is fairly dystopian don't you think?
@ I don’t see the immediate appeal of these set ups, house with a garden always seemed to work so well 🤷🏼 the one I saw advertised provided WiFi no extra charge - that concerned as there would be a lot of scope for interfering and/or terminating your supply - and WiFi access is so essential now
Planning to leave also - for Texas - after 35 years living here - I can no longer justify the awful
Standard of living and low expectancy of life.
Nice
3:08 For that price you can only get one night in a 4-5* in London
When people do these kinds of videos, they never say what they do for work.
Because it's probably going to be different for everyone. I am a remote software technical writer, but that wouldn't help most people. Some use investment income, work remotely, teach English, have a YT channel, build websites etc. I know one guy, who I mentioned on another comment, who held down two jobs for five years to save money for the move to Thailand. He now has a retirement visa and multiple income streams from UK, but everyone is going to be different. A better question than "what do you do" for work is probably going to be "what can I do". I don't mean that negatively, I mean it's a good question to ask yourself because it helps you take stock of your own skills, and suggests areas where you can learn and grow. Hope that helps.
He's doing it now. Your contributing to it.
Best advice, live outside the city in the country. Own some land and grow your own produce.
Is it just enough space for bed and small desk? I mean it looks really nice and new, but I couldn't live like that for too long, permanently. It seems like you don't have space for even small lounge chair.
How much would you recommend is the minimum to have saved before attempting to get out?
Beautiful! All that nonsense is happening around the UK and the whole of Europe! Smaller countries are more aggressive in taxes, all that BS with electricity and heating costs in northern regions; and skyrocketing living expenses. Getting a good IT-related job is nonsense nowadays. As a front-end developer, I have been searching locally for a job for 10 months just to cover my family's needs. I am starting to strongly think about moving away from this Titanic!
Ignore the haters pal
No. Embrace the haters… entrance the haters… 😵💫
@ too many clowns who think its all just the fault of brexit when it goes much further than that
so what is his job? probably something remote and good paid
what was your job in Scotland and how do you make money now ?
How will you earn a living when out of the UK? I take it you have a plan for that?
What exactly are you going to work there
Wasn't expecting the housing to be THAT CHEEP
Bigger question is your job opportunities as a foreigner and integration
what job did you find there?
hi bro.welcome to Malaysia.good to see you in Malaysia.hope you can get a job in Malaysia and stay long term in Malaysia.wish you lots of good luck and best wishes in Malaysia.
I've been to KL and other cities in Malaysia many times, and honestly it's not very good compared to the rest of SEA - especially Thailand.
Better than the UK, of course - but Kuala Lumpur has really bad condos a lot of the time.
You got quite lucky with that building, it's one of the only decent to good ones in KL imo, most have run-down gyms and pools and the pictures aren't accurate at all. Only big issue with that one is the sizes of the units are quite small and there's road noise from some of them.
There are plenty of excellent condos for RM2K a month. Less than that yah.. u might not get a decent one
@@khoo5199 My experience many times was spending $800 for 2-week stays and it still not being nice,
while in Thailand I often spent $500-600 for a similar (city) stay and it was VERY nice.
Maybe I just had very bad luck, mostly was dealing with management companies ran by Indian-malays.
oh... u stay in Trion. I have a unit there.
UK does not have "mega building" high rise apartments?
What do you do for work in Malaysia?
always nego for a lower price to avoid being scammed. These locals are taking advantage of us simply because our currency is stronger smh
I think all these look cool if you have a nice UK salary and live there. Otherwise you'll be just a slave in a different country if you work and get a normal local salary there.
I think despite the pitfalls the west is still the best place to live (unfortunately!)
and what about people who want to live around their own race and in a small quite town?
I am moving to Siem Reap can get a 2 bed villa with private pool for $600 a month or 1 bed for $300. You can get a basic room for $60 a month but I want to be comfortable. Nicest people in the world are Cambodians. I am very well travelled spent months and months in SE Asia. All first world countries its over you have to leave. All sold out to the WEF, the great reset started 2020 and it's ramping up now. Try to have a media blackout if you can and try to stop being indoctrinated to be a slave..........try to be as free as you can in this prison world.
So many losers in the comments hating.
A lot of Brits have escaped to France.
Escaped to France? 😂😂