Hello 😊 as a Greek American who moved to Greece in the summer of 2021. I wish I did my homework more before making the huge move. First of all I knew a lot about Greece because I would vacation here every other summer. But like everyone told before moving here, vacationing here and living are two different things. We moved here a family of 3 ( I have a 10 year old son) the problems I faced were, it has been very challenging finding a decent paying job here, not talking crazy money just decent, even with a university degree I make 1000€ a month which is nothing when you consider how expensive rent has become. If you own a house, your going to be better financially, but if your planning on renting, it’s going to be a challenge. The average pay in Greece is between 700-850€ in euros monthly. Everyone was telling me how lucky I was to be making 1,000€. Supermarkets are expensive, every month you see the difference in prices. Bottom line, it’s not cheap living here!!! If you have a decent job lined up that can cover your rent and monthly expenses, or own a home here, then go for it!!!
Thank you for sharing. This is my fear, exactly! I'm 62, Greek-American, and love Greece. We've been vacationing in Hellas since the 70's (even used to fly Olympic 707's from NYC to Athens) on and off, and my only reason for not moving to Greece is the job situation.
I moved to Greece from the UK because of the people, and quality of life and because I love Greece. Not because life is cheaper here and there are better opportunities for employment. That being said, I work online and I contribute by paying taxes and helping the community by living here and spending my money here in Greece.
@@MyGreekLifestyle That is truly awesome! I wish I had the brains and/or 'connections' to procure a decent, stable job working online. I have a useless college degree and way too many years of 'employment inactivity' by being a full time, stay at home dad to a special needs daughter since 2005. My wife's family's diner has kept the bills paid all these years, but I feel like a total zero and loser! Imagine being 62, and having never found your calling or purpose in life! Many hobbies yes, but no purpose or calling in life. Sigh.
It depends on the position and the company. Shipping companies, energy companies, pharmaceutical companies pay more. Also, even supermarkets pay high salaries, to the managers. My brother works as a workers at a big company, 6 days per week - 7-8 hours with break, and gets 1000 euros after taxes.
When i lived in Greece during covid I was team My Market almost everyday!!! 😊😊😊 I never went to sklavanites and i loved the Wednesday farmers market in my area of Kypseli!!
I’m 34 ! Been to Greece fell in love it’s my dream to move when I retire ! I’ve started trying to do all my research and learn so Greek ! Hope it happens one day 😢
I live in a neighborhood in Queens, NYC with a decent Greek population. I have a church and Greek grocery store walking distance from my home. Here are some prices for some of the items you featured: Amita Motion 1 liter - $6.49 Elite Traditional Rusks -$4.49 (the regular plain ones are $3.49) Dodoni Feta - $14.99/lb. Caprice 400 grams - $7.99 Fage yogurt 200 grams - $2.99 Nounou butter 250 grams - $4.99 XZ frozen bougatsa - $16.49 Orino honey (not featured) 950 grams - $22.99 (although a non-Greek market near me regularly sells it for $15.99) Horizon 3. Liters Extra Virgin Olive Oil - $33.99 Import taxes are high.
Also in Australia prices of Greek goods have gone thru the roof. We don't buy as much Greek stuff as we used to.Dodoni cheese per kg tub got as high as 40 AUD, has come back to 30. Makaronia misko is more expensive than Barilla at $4 pack(the local stuff costs 1). We love to support greek food but they are not making it easy. Also most prices you pay in Euros we pay in dollars, only difference here is we get paid 3 to 4 times more! ALways wanted to live in Greece from the first time I visited, but no one could explain to me how they lived on so little...
True, food prices have gone wayyyyy up everywhere. The one Greek item I purchase here in Vegas that has skyrocketed here in price is imported Greek Extra Virgin Olive Oil that I purchase from an international market. God willing, I do plan to retire in Greece 🇬🇷 in a few years.
Olive oil prices have exploded worldwide, because there have been terrible harvests due to bad weather. I am buying California blend from my supermarket and the price has almost doubled. It's insane.
@@NC7491 Well, according to me the best olive oil in the world comes from my querida España. Olive oil from España is the best and at affordable prices and so it is its wine. Y VIVA ESPAÑA. 😄 La viga tiene otro sabor...España por favor. OLE!
Hello from Canada Daniel. You are living the dream, my friend. I wish you all the best. Nafplion is a beautiful city. I watch your videos when I can. Be well.
For most of us Greeks it sure is increasingly becoming so... For an American or Western European earning multiple times our average income...I imagine it must be pretty cheap!
@@bartobruintjes7056 Almost all european prices in food products are higher that US ones.. But there are also different specs.. this doesn't only stand for Greece.
God bless !! I’m Greek American living in New York .. my dream is to move to Greece with my family I have 3 kids so the only thing stopping me is making money in Greece .. please help me and share any advice u can give to make this a reality for me and family ..
Oof New York. Talk about expensive...While you can make a lot in the US especially in NY, you gotta also pay a lot to live in that chaotic city. Try getting a remote job man (if your field of work supports that). Since you are a US citizen there are plenty of companies that employ Americans living abroad with great salaries. This way you can live a great life in Greece.
Depending on your skills, your best bet is to try some of the american companies that have created some offices in Greece, such as Tesla and Pfizer, so that you can leverage the American part of your heritage. Other than that, work from home for an American company while living in Greece is a great option. If these aren't an option for you there are a few underpaid and overworked jobs you can find, such as working in a warehouse for a supermarket or maybe a driver for a logistics company. Those however are dependent on your knowledge of Greek among other things. I would advice against working in tourism, since the workers there are severely underpaid and overworked. Think 84 hr weeks for 6 months and an income of around 9 - 10 thousand euros. Other jobs that are available but are again underpaid and seasonal, are agricultural work and working in factories, for example canning of fruits in northern Greece. While I am not sure of the qualifications, it's possible for a Greek American to teach english on a private language school. I had a Greek Canadian teacher back then and it was a quite popular profession back in the 80's and 90's. Not sure on the current situation. I guess our demographic problem doesn't help much with that. Do not expect you'll be able to live on a single income and do not expect that you can have a higher standard of living than in the US. With 3 kids, to lead a somewhat comfortable life here, you would need to be earning around 30Κ€ per year. The minimum wage here is about 9400 euros per year. Some things you need to look out for. Make sure that -if you don't already have it - it's easy for you to get Greek citizenship and preferably get it before you come here. Getting a work permit in Greece is a difficult and long process from what I am told by non EU migrants. You don't want to work without a work permit since you will not be able to pay in and take advantage of the social security services such as health care and pensions. Apart from the income, do not romanticize life in Greece. While our crime rate isn't as high as in other parts of the world, it's still very much a real risk. There's bullying in schools, the traffic is terrible and the drivers are even worse. Life is better in the smaller cities and villages but there are few economic opportunities and health services in particular can be either nonexistant or not very good due to lack of staffing and funding.
Hi,i am greek living in Athens. Whatever you do ,do NOT count on the horrible greek economy for income. You have to work remotely through the internet. This way your income will be stable and more than plenty for greece. If you can afford to live in new york with your salary you can live luxuriously in greece
@@CFalcon030 Great advice! Best bet for our friend asking is 1. remote-working his American job ( and earning his American income , which will get him A LOT further in Greece...For reference I believe 30k $ /year is considered low income in the US, earning 30k /year in Greece you're considered upper middle class and are able to live comfortably, especially if you DON'T live in Athens!!) 2. an online business, preferably with international clientele - I believe Daniel does that... 3. a healthy already established passive income ( real estate, stocks, dividends etc.) from the US The job market in Greece is very underwhelming, unless you have the skills and credentials for the top-tier, high-end job positions! ( for example a corporate job in a major Greek or foreign company ..)
It was very interesting to see the prices as I did the mental arithmetic trying to convert everything to AUD. It's pretty much on par - slightly less - with what we pay here for things as well. Our prices here in Australia are becoming out of control at the supermarket - especially meats. It's ludicrous. We chase the sales as much as we can and change our shopping habits.
I live in Thessaloniki. I've also lived in Berlin and Melbourne. It will never cease to shock me how much cheaper food is in Berlin, and how much more expensive in Melbourne. How can all the imported goods in Berlin be like 30% cheaper than the locally produced goods in Greece? Madness. The products that I find too expensive in Greece is first of all beef, which I'd understand since it is usually imported. But also greek cheeses and olive oil which should not be. And pre-filleted chicken is also expensive in super markets, compared to a butcher. If you have a business, you can try shopping at TheMart, which has much better prices.
That's a long talk... but just to make it short : 1. taxes and labor /insurance contributions are very high in greece (so as to feed all the vast supernumerary idle corrupted lazy army of civil servants that do absolutely nothing and cost tones of money). (as far as gas-oline/petrol prices at least 70%+ of them are taxes!). 2. bureaucracy and pupblic sector corruption ads up highly in prices. 3. public sector bribary 4. very large amount of undeclared untaxed statistically not recorded income (esp the years prior the crisis).
@@jimjim8645 1. The number of civil servants, in proportion to the population, is not huge. Greece ranks below countries such as the United Kingdom, Finland, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, Israel and Norway, according to the World Population Review. Greece is below average at 21.3% in review of 2024. And the stereotype of lazy civil servants exists all over the world. Maybe it's convenient to say. There is an interesting article about this in Politico. The stereotype maybe stems from some servile people who have learned to live to work or from people who would like to have the same job, tried for it but didn't succeed. Who knows? Yes, in the Public Sector you will not find one employee doing work for three employees because the employer wants to get rich by exploiting him (I have never been a civil servant) 2. I don't think the reason is public sector corruption, since Greece is somewhere in the middle, according to Transparency.οrg, along with countries like Italy, Spain and elite Malta. The most corrupt thing in Greece is the government. 3. About tax evasion let's take a look at the list of the countries with the biggest tax evasion: USA, Brazil, Italy, Russia, Germany, France, Japan, China, UK and Spain (Tax campaigner Richard Murphy's estimate - See Wikipedia and Reuters, Dec 13, 2011). Tax Evasion in EU (Statista, 2019): Italy, Germany, France, UK, Spain, Poland, Belgium etc. A map of Europe's biggest tax dodgers for 2014 was published by the British Independent in 2016. There, in the first places, we see Italy, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Poland, Romania and Spain, with Greece to be ranked below the Netherlands. 4. What I suggest? Let Germany give the reparations it owes to Greece and let England give so many decades of rent for stolen marbles, so that the exorbitant taxes are reduced and we discuss it again. For now, the Troika simply robed the Greek people and gave the money to private banks, the ECB, the IMF and the dominant States of the Eurozone.
Yes indeed super markets in Greece are expensive but if you do research you can make good deals, 95% of the products i buy are usually 25%~50% in discount.rarely i buy things who are not in discount
I'm quite curious of how it is to cook other cuisines in Greece? Or even a couple "foreign" staples. Greek Australian here and the moment you go past the big three supermarkets you can find a lot of variety
I lived in Athens back in the 90's so my memory of prices was in drachmas and 30 years ago; but I was shocked how expensive things are there now. I live in San Francisco, one of the most expensive cities in America, yet prices in my Trader Joe's are cheaper. I noticed how Greek olive oil is more expensive in Greece than in my local supermarket. Given the lower wages and salaries in Greece it must be very hard for many. Mind you I imagine rents are way lower in Greece; here in San Francisco a small studio goes for US$2500 and a 1 bdrm apartment US$3,500 to US$4,000/month.
I saw a video done by an American contact creator regarding olive oil, and he mentioned that even in the US and even in gourmet stores , well over 90% of what is labeled as virgin olive oil is not . The majority is a mix of different olive oil from different regions and countries, and some even have different vegetable oils mixed in@mn7486
I lived in a Greek neighbourhood in Queens NY. There was a store which had these little round pastries covered in icing sugar. The city passed a law prohibiting anything without label for ingredients and banned any food not made in an industrial kitchen. The mass produced ones with a label were CRAP! They kept the home made ones by Mrs Stephanopoulos under the counter and wouldnt sell them to me until one of the neighbours told them I was "OK".....A Greek solution to a Greek problem.
The prices actually look pretty similar to what we pay here in the US however, the food in the US is all toxic. I would like to believe even though the prices arent much better, the quality of the meat and produce looks much higher than what we recieve currently. Most produce I get now tends to already be molded in store and the amount of toxic ingredients in our pantry items is crazy. My family is excited to have better quality ingredients when moving.
I’m going to Kos and staying in Kardamena next September, I want to eat out more but also try the local bakeries and shops but I have no cooking facilities just a fridge and I’m better to find a local supermarket outside the resort for it to be cheaper because being in the resort the convenience shops I assume will be a lot more expensive, I can’t eat out twice a day in restaurants because that will be well expensive.
Here in Massachusetts, USA, my wife and I spend about €150 per week but we rarely buy red meat. This does not include our wine and liquor purchases which add another €50 per week or more. We budget about €1,000 per month for all food, alcohol and dining out. Would like to know how this compares to Greek prices.
I cant believe how expensive those prices are for greece, its similar to sydney, Australia in most of the products, how do the greeks survive with such high prices with their incomes
Greeks have a weird relationship with photography and recording in general, because of the junta of the 70's. Many photography and wiretapping laws were created in that era, and that carries on into the modern psyche to some extent. Younger Greeks will probably be better with it. As a mental trick, tell yourself (and others) that you're talking with a friend on the phone and just showing them a video feed because you're [insert excuse] asking for recipe ideas or something. I love your videos. Can't wait until I go back to Greece from the UK :)
good video Daniel 👍 meat has always more expensive in Greece. as a comparison Beef regular mince and Chicken breast fillets here in Australia from a major chain supermarket is 6.70euro a kilo or $11 a kilo Australian for both. Is that beef mince derived from Germany as the label says?
Plastic was never used for vegetables/fruit here, but recently they stopped using it in many other products as well. It's not enough to make a sigificant change but it's something.
We don’t!! You just cut corners and try to budget with what little you do make. The cost of living here with what the salaries are, just don’t equal up at all. Basic Greek salaries are between 700€ -850€ or if you’re lucky 1,000€ monthly. Most pay about 700€.
Obviously, you make assumptions about my life in Greece and tell yourself that story. You know nothing about me or where I come from. But I guess you think that watching a 10-minute video is enough to know someone's life story. Beyond all of this, my goal with my videos is to share with people the beauty of Greece. Also to inform tourists and foreigners how to experience Greece like a local. My videos are NOT for Greeks who want to complain about inflation, unemployment, or politics. I live here and I know all about prices and the cost of living. Καλημέρα φίλε 🇬🇷💙🧿
These prices are also reflected in restaurant prices. Greece is not exactly inexpensive. Yet when I tell people so..they scoff. The only real difference that is noticeable are rent prices. This is really the only thing that makes Greece less expensive than the US
Prices are very different in the US. If you live in San Francisco your living cost is totally different than in Houston. The same is true here in Greece. If you live in Athens living cost is different than in the countryside. Plus let's not forget that the quality of food is better here in Greece.
В България цените са подобни на тези в Гърция. Ако искате повече абонати, показвайте по-спокойно обектите си. Разбирам, че се притеснявате дали снимането е разрешено в магазините.
the comparison must be made with a comparison of other data .... for example .... what is the salary in country x and what is the salary in the other country, then the comparison is made in the prices of the products ..... from the Greece, you leave, you don't stay..... Greece is for people from Asia and Africa.... that's how it happened.... Greece is over as they knew it 5, 10 years ago...
I have no idea what you wrote or what you want to say. However, the purpose of these types of videos is to inform tourists and foreigners about the prices of food here in Greece so they can see what is available for them when they come to Greece, and they are staying in an Airbnb. Also, my channel is all about helping visitors on how to experience Greece as a local. My videos are NOT about inflation or unemployment and salaries in Greece and other countries. I am NOT a news reporter, I simply want to share my life in Greece and help others be informed about how they can either, come to Greece for holidays, vacations, study, relocate for a short stay, or move altogether to Greece. 🇬🇷🧿
@@neon6828 Sklavenitis is one of the best employers in Greece. As for the supermarkets, they have more products than MyMarket and even have their own brand of Greek products.
I want to live March thru May I am 2nd generation American greek italian I want to meet my family one from evia had church and grt papoo from kastoria had samaras furs im Valerie hi yassas
Λογικό μου ακούγεται, είναι εισαγόμενη και φαντάζομαι ότι θα θεωρείται και είδος πολυτελείας!! ...αν και με τη συνεχή άνοδο των τιμών, σε λίγο θα θεωρείται είδος πολυτελείας και εδώ στην Ελλάδα...😛
Spanish is my mother tongue and that's why I pronounce it like that. I speak English, Spanish, and Greek. Plus the point was to inform tourists and foreigners to try out BoughatCHA next time they come to visit Greece 🇬🇷
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Hello 😊 as a Greek American who moved to Greece in the summer of 2021. I wish I did my homework more before making the huge move. First of all I knew a lot about Greece because I would vacation here every other summer. But like everyone told before moving here, vacationing here and living are two different things. We moved here a family of 3 ( I have a 10 year old son) the problems I faced were, it has been very challenging finding a decent paying job here, not talking crazy money just decent, even with a university degree I make 1000€ a month which is nothing when you consider how expensive rent has become. If you own a house, your going to be better financially, but if your planning on renting, it’s going to be a challenge. The average pay in Greece is between 700-850€ in euros monthly. Everyone was telling me how lucky I was to be making 1,000€. Supermarkets are expensive, every month you see the difference in prices. Bottom line, it’s not cheap living here!!! If you have a decent job lined up that can cover your rent and monthly expenses, or own a home here, then go for it!!!
Thank you for sharing. This is my fear, exactly! I'm 62, Greek-American, and love Greece. We've been vacationing in Hellas since the 70's (even used to fly Olympic 707's from NYC to Athens) on and off, and my only reason for not moving to Greece is the job situation.
I moved to Greece from the UK because of the people, and quality of life and because I love Greece. Not because life is cheaper here and there are better opportunities for employment. That being said, I work online and I contribute by paying taxes and helping the community by living here and spending my money here in Greece.
@@MyGreekLifestyle That is truly awesome! I wish I had the brains and/or 'connections' to procure a decent, stable job working online. I have a useless college degree and way too many years of 'employment inactivity' by being a full time, stay at home dad to a special needs daughter since 2005. My wife's family's diner has kept the bills paid all these years, but I feel like a total zero and loser! Imagine being 62, and having never found your calling or purpose in life! Many hobbies yes, but no purpose or calling in life. Sigh.
It depends on the position and the company. Shipping companies, energy companies, pharmaceutical companies pay more. Also, even supermarkets pay high salaries, to the managers. My brother works as a workers at a big company, 6 days per week - 7-8 hours with break, and gets 1000 euros after taxes.
700-850€ is not the "average pay", that's minimum wage. Average pay is about 1200€
When i lived in Greece during covid I was team My Market almost everyday!!! 😊😊😊
I never went to sklavanites and i loved the Wednesday farmers market in my area of Kypseli!!
Addicted to your great channel (but this video is making mea little dizzy) Efharistó for all the great advice and content
I’m 34 ! Been to Greece fell in love it’s my dream to move when I retire ! I’ve started trying to do all my research and learn so Greek ! Hope it happens one day 😢
I live in a neighborhood in Queens, NYC with a decent Greek population. I have a church and Greek grocery store walking distance from my home. Here are some prices for some of the items you featured:
Amita Motion 1 liter - $6.49
Elite Traditional Rusks -$4.49 (the regular plain ones are $3.49)
Dodoni Feta - $14.99/lb.
Caprice 400 grams - $7.99
Fage yogurt 200 grams - $2.99
Nounou butter 250 grams - $4.99
XZ frozen bougatsa - $16.49
Orino honey (not featured) 950 grams - $22.99 (although a non-Greek market near me regularly sells it for $15.99)
Horizon 3. Liters Extra Virgin Olive Oil - $33.99
Import taxes are high.
Also in Australia prices of Greek goods have gone thru the roof. We don't buy as much Greek stuff as we used to.Dodoni cheese per kg tub got as high as 40 AUD, has come back to 30. Makaronia misko is more expensive than Barilla at $4 pack(the local stuff costs 1).
We love to support greek food but they are not making it easy.
Also most prices you pay in Euros we pay in dollars, only difference here is we get paid 3 to 4 times more!
ALways wanted to live in Greece from the first time I visited, but no one could explain to me how they lived on so little...
True, food prices have gone wayyyyy up everywhere. The one Greek item I purchase here in Vegas that has skyrocketed here in price is imported Greek Extra Virgin Olive Oil that I purchase from an international market.
God willing, I do plan to retire in Greece 🇬🇷 in a few years.
🇬🇷💙🧿
With American pension you can.
Olive oil prices have exploded worldwide, because there have been terrible harvests due to bad weather. I am buying California blend from my supermarket and the price has almost doubled. It's insane.
@@NC7491 Well, according to me the best olive oil in the world comes from my querida España. Olive oil from España is the best and at affordable prices and so it is its wine. Y VIVA ESPAÑA. 😄 La viga tiene otro sabor...España por favor. OLE!
Hello from Canada Daniel.
You are living the dream, my friend. I wish you all the best.
Nafplion is a beautiful city.
I watch your videos when I can.
Be well.
Thanks so much my friend 🇬🇷💙🙏
Thank you.. So informative.. Can't wait for more videos from you.. Love you're wife.. Right to the point.. Put your glasses on.. Have a lovely weekend
Thank you 🇬🇷💙🙏
Thank you for sharing!
My pleasure my friend 🙏
Hello again Daniel! Congratulations once again for your videos!!! You are always welcome to Athens where we live, my and my fiancee! 👏👏👏
Thank you so much 🇬🇷💙🙏
🧿Is Greece expensive? Leave a comment below 👇
For most of us Greeks it sure is increasingly becoming so... For an American or Western European earning multiple times our average income...I imagine it must be pretty cheap!
Sorry but these are not normal prices. It's more expensive than in the U.S.
@@bartobruintjes7056 Almost all european prices in food products are higher that US ones..
But there are also different specs.. this doesn't only stand for Greece.
yes, It's more expensive than in the UK
Well, it looks like in Bulgaria it's getting more expensive than in Greece.
God bless !! I’m Greek American living in New York .. my dream is to move to Greece with my family I have 3 kids so the only thing stopping me is making money in Greece .. please help me and share any advice u can give to make this a reality for me and family ..
Oof New York. Talk about expensive...While you can make a lot in the US especially in NY, you gotta also pay a lot to live in that chaotic city. Try getting a remote job man (if your field of work supports that). Since you are a US citizen there are plenty of companies that employ Americans living abroad with great salaries. This way you can live a great life in Greece.
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Depending on your skills, your best bet is to try some of the american companies that have created some offices in Greece, such as Tesla and Pfizer, so that you can leverage the American part of your heritage. Other than that, work from home for an American company while living in Greece is a great option. If these aren't an option for you there are a few underpaid and overworked jobs you can find, such as working in a warehouse for a supermarket or maybe a driver for a logistics company. Those however are dependent on your knowledge of Greek among other things. I would advice against working in tourism, since the workers there are severely underpaid and overworked. Think 84 hr weeks for 6 months and an income of around 9 - 10 thousand euros. Other jobs that are available but are again underpaid and seasonal, are agricultural work and working in factories, for example canning of fruits in northern Greece. While I am not sure of the qualifications, it's possible for a Greek American to teach english on a private language school. I had a Greek Canadian teacher back then and it was a quite popular profession back in the 80's and 90's. Not sure on the current situation. I guess our demographic problem doesn't help much with that.
Do not expect you'll be able to live on a single income and do not expect that you can have a higher standard of living than in the US. With 3 kids, to lead a somewhat comfortable life here, you would need to be earning around 30Κ€ per year. The minimum wage here is about 9400 euros per year.
Some things you need to look out for. Make sure that -if you don't already have it - it's easy for you to get Greek citizenship and preferably get it before you come here. Getting a work permit in Greece is a difficult and long process from what I am told by non EU migrants. You don't want to work without a work permit since you will not be able to pay in and take advantage of the social security services such as health care and pensions.
Apart from the income, do not romanticize life in Greece. While our crime rate isn't as high as in other parts of the world, it's still very much a real risk. There's bullying in schools, the traffic is terrible and the drivers are even worse.
Life is better in the smaller cities and villages but there are few economic opportunities and health services in particular can be either nonexistant or not very good due to lack of staffing and funding.
Hi,i am greek living in Athens. Whatever you do ,do NOT count on the horrible greek economy for income. You have to work remotely through the internet. This way your income will be stable and more than plenty for greece. If you can afford to live in new york with your salary you can live luxuriously in greece
@@CFalcon030 Great advice! Best bet for our friend asking is
1. remote-working his American job ( and earning his American income , which will get him A LOT further in Greece...For reference I believe 30k $ /year is considered low income in the US, earning 30k /year in Greece you're considered upper middle class and are able to live comfortably, especially if you DON'T live in Athens!!)
2. an online business, preferably with international clientele - I believe Daniel does that...
3. a healthy already established passive income ( real estate, stocks, dividends etc.) from the US
The job market in Greece is very underwhelming, unless you have the skills and credentials for the top-tier, high-end job positions! ( for example a corporate job in a major Greek or foreign company ..)
It was very interesting to see the prices as I did the mental arithmetic trying to convert everything to AUD. It's pretty much on par - slightly less - with what we pay here for things as well. Our prices here in Australia are becoming out of control at the supermarket - especially meats. It's ludicrous. We chase the sales as much as we can and change our shopping habits.
Thanks for sharing. All the best from Greece🇬🇷💙
The main two are pretty much a duopoly
I live in Thessaloniki.
I've also lived in Berlin and Melbourne.
It will never cease to shock me how much cheaper food is in Berlin, and how much more expensive in Melbourne.
How can all the imported goods in Berlin be like 30% cheaper than the locally produced goods in Greece? Madness.
The products that I find too expensive in Greece is first of all beef, which I'd understand since it is usually imported.
But also greek cheeses and olive oil which should not be.
And pre-filleted chicken is also expensive in super markets, compared to a butcher.
If you have a business, you can try shopping at TheMart, which has much better prices.
That's a long talk... but just to make it short :
1. taxes and labor /insurance contributions are very high in greece (so as to feed all the vast supernumerary idle corrupted lazy army of civil servants that do absolutely nothing and cost tones of money). (as far as gas-oline/petrol prices at least 70%+ of them are taxes!).
2. bureaucracy and pupblic sector corruption ads up highly in prices.
3. public sector bribary
4. very large amount of undeclared untaxed statistically not recorded income (esp the years prior the crisis).
@@jimjim8645 1. The number of civil servants, in proportion to the population, is not huge. Greece ranks below countries such as the United Kingdom, Finland, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, Israel and Norway, according to the World Population Review. Greece is below average at 21.3% in review of 2024. And the stereotype of lazy civil servants exists all over the world. Maybe it's convenient to say. There is an interesting article about this in Politico. The stereotype maybe stems from some servile people who have learned to live to work or from people who would like to have the same job, tried for it but didn't succeed. Who knows? Yes, in the Public Sector you will not find one employee doing work for three employees because the employer wants to get rich by exploiting him (I have never been a civil servant)
2. I don't think the reason is public sector corruption, since Greece is somewhere in the middle, according to Transparency.οrg, along with countries like Italy, Spain and elite Malta. The most corrupt thing in Greece is the government.
3. About tax evasion let's take a look at the list of the countries with the biggest tax evasion: USA, Brazil, Italy, Russia, Germany, France, Japan, China, UK and Spain (Tax campaigner Richard Murphy's estimate - See Wikipedia and Reuters, Dec 13, 2011). Tax Evasion in EU (Statista, 2019): Italy, Germany, France, UK, Spain, Poland, Belgium etc. A map of Europe's biggest tax dodgers for 2014 was published by the British Independent in 2016. There, in the first places, we see Italy, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Poland, Romania and Spain, with Greece to be ranked below the Netherlands.
4. What I suggest? Let Germany give the reparations it owes to Greece and let England give so many decades of rent for stolen marbles, so that the exorbitant taxes are reduced and we discuss it again. For now, the Troika simply robed the Greek people and gave the money to private banks, the ECB, the IMF and the dominant States of the Eurozone.
I wish my village had a supermarket, this one was very nice.
Yes indeed super markets in Greece are expensive but if you do research you can make good deals, 95% of the products i buy are usually 25%~50% in discount.rarely i buy things who are not in discount
I used to buy spanakopita from Everest, it was delicious 😋
Oh nice!
I'm quite curious of how it is to cook other cuisines in Greece? Or even a couple "foreign" staples. Greek Australian here and the moment you go past the big three supermarkets you can find a lot of variety
I lived in Athens back in the 90's so my memory of prices was in drachmas and 30 years ago; but I was shocked how expensive things are there now. I live in San Francisco, one of the most expensive cities in America, yet prices in my Trader Joe's are cheaper. I noticed how Greek olive oil is more expensive in Greece than in my local supermarket. Given the lower wages and salaries in Greece it must be very hard for many. Mind you I imagine rents are way lower in Greece; here in San Francisco a small studio goes for US$2500 and a 1 bdrm apartment US$3,500 to US$4,000/month.
Rents are thankfully much lower here (around 450euros for a studio) but they used to be lower before covid.
I’d be very suspicious of that cheaper olive oil.
I saw a video done by an American contact creator regarding olive oil, and he mentioned that even in the US and even in gourmet stores , well over 90% of what is labeled as virgin olive oil is not .
The majority is a mix of different olive oil from different regions and countries, and some even have different vegetable oils mixed in@mn7486
This makes the UK supermarkets look so cheap, especially considering the wages here are much higher too!
I lived in a Greek neighbourhood in Queens NY. There was a store which had these little round pastries covered in icing sugar. The city passed a law prohibiting anything without label for ingredients and banned any food not made in an industrial kitchen. The mass produced ones with a label were CRAP! They kept the home made ones by Mrs Stephanopoulos under the counter and wouldnt sell them to me until one of the neighbours told them I was "OK".....A Greek solution to a Greek problem.
I buy Misko pasta shells here in Las Vegas for pretty much the same price you have in My Market
keep going with the videos, they are great
Ευχαριστώ πολύ 🙏thank you so much 🙏
The prices actually look pretty similar to what we pay here in the US however, the food in the US is all toxic. I would like to believe even though the prices arent much better, the quality of the meat and produce looks much higher than what we recieve currently. Most produce I get now tends to already be molded in store and the amount of toxic ingredients in our pantry items is crazy. My family is excited to have better quality ingredients when moving.
There is a massive difference between the food of the US and the UK when compared to food here in Greece. Tomatoes do taste better here in Greece 🇬🇷
I’m going to Kos and staying in Kardamena next September, I want to eat out more but also try the local bakeries and shops but I have no cooking facilities just a fridge and I’m better to find a local supermarket outside the resort for it to be cheaper because being in the resort the convenience shops I assume will be a lot more expensive, I can’t eat out twice a day in restaurants because that will be well expensive.
When you buy eggs from a small market at 25 a piece and in the super market the eggs are 39 a piece there is something very wrong with super markets
It’s called overhead.
there are eggs with very different prices.. from 0.2 eur per egg to 0.67 eur./
Your choice.
No, small markets have not the best offers.. not true.
Here in Massachusetts, USA, my wife and I spend about €150 per week but we rarely buy red meat. This does not include our wine and liquor purchases which add another €50 per week or more. We budget about €1,000 per month for all food, alcohol and dining out. Would like to know how this compares to Greek prices.
We spend between €80 to €100 on food per week in the supermarket. We have two children and two cats. 🇬🇷💙
usually 1000euros(about 1090$) is a slightly above average monthly salary for a Greek man/woman). So we make do with that.
I just bought some Misko pastitsio #2 at the Helenic Bakery in Livonia, Michigan, USA! Small world, eh?
Where the arepas?? Haha Great video
I cant believe how expensive those prices are for greece, its similar to sydney, Australia in most of the products, how do the greeks survive with such high prices with their incomes
If they don't get mad at you, it would be nice to see more Greek supermarkets and even fruit 🍉 stores
Greeks have a weird relationship with photography and recording in general, because of the junta of the 70's. Many photography and wiretapping laws were created in that era, and that carries on into the modern psyche to some extent. Younger Greeks will probably be better with it. As a mental trick, tell yourself (and others) that you're talking with a friend on the phone and just showing them a video feed because you're [insert excuse] asking for recipe ideas or something. I love your videos. Can't wait until I go back to Greece from the UK :)
🙄 I'm pretty sure supermarkets don't have junta trauma 😂 They just don't want end up in some video criticizing their prices.
@@Hypnotized81 fair point :)
good video Daniel 👍 meat has always more expensive in Greece. as a comparison Beef regular mince and Chicken breast fillets here in Australia from a major chain supermarket is 6.70euro a kilo or $11 a kilo Australian for both. Is that beef mince derived from Germany as the label says?
Yes, we also have meat from the Netherlands here in Greek supermarkets.
I notice the vegetables are not wrapped in plastic. It's got worse in the UK.
Plastic was never used for vegetables/fruit here, but recently they stopped using it in many other products as well. It's not enough to make a sigificant change but it's something.
A interesting video …Thanks for sharing…..:Alex🇬🇷
Glad you liked it Alex 🇬🇷💙🙏
Next time you do this kind of video please put some spy/espionage music in the background while in the supermarket 🤣
I know man. Next time I will just ask the manager and see if it's okay to film without hiding 😅
Similar prices like Canada 🇨🇦. I have no idea how people make it there? How much money they make there?
they/we don't. That's way all clever/hard working/really productive people move outside greece...
We don’t!! You just cut corners and try to budget with what little you do make. The cost of living here with what the salaries are, just don’t equal up at all. Basic Greek salaries are between 700€ -850€ or if you’re lucky 1,000€ monthly. Most pay about 700€.
I guess I am not clever and hard-working or productive because moved from the UK here to Greece.
@@MyGreekLifestyle you are an exception to the general rule. You were already successful before moving to Greece...
Obviously, you make assumptions about my life in Greece and tell yourself that story. You know nothing about me or where I come from. But I guess you think that watching a 10-minute video is enough to know someone's life story. Beyond all of this, my goal with my videos is to share with people the beauty of Greece. Also to inform tourists and foreigners how to experience Greece like a local. My videos are NOT for Greeks who want to complain about inflation, unemployment, or politics. I live here and I know all about prices and the cost of living. Καλημέρα φίλε 🇬🇷💙🧿
These prices are also reflected in restaurant prices. Greece is not exactly inexpensive. Yet when I tell people so..they scoff. The only real difference that is noticeable are rent prices. This is really the only thing that makes Greece less expensive than the US
Prices are very different in the US. If you live in San Francisco your living cost is totally different than in Houston. The same is true here in Greece. If you live in Athens living cost is different than in the countryside. Plus let's not forget that the quality of food is better here in Greece.
Is raw milk a thing there? If yes, is it easy to find?
You have to know someone from a farm to be able to buy,the don't sell it in markets since I'm sure it's illegal to.
Bouzatsa is pronounced Boo-ga-tsa NOT boo-ga-CHA!!!! Aside from that, thank you for the video. It is quite informative.
В България цените са подобни на тези в Гърция. Ако искате повече абонати, показвайте по-спокойно обектите си. Разбирам, че се притеснявате дали снимането е разрешено в магазините.
the comparison must be made with a comparison of other data .... for example .... what is the salary in country x and what is the salary in the other country, then the comparison is made in the prices of the products ..... from the Greece, you leave, you don't stay..... Greece is for people from Asia and Africa.... that's how it happened.... Greece is over as they knew it 5, 10 years ago...
I have no idea what you wrote or what you want to say. However, the purpose of these types of videos is to inform tourists and foreigners about the prices of food here in Greece so they can see what is available for them when they come to Greece, and they are staying in an Airbnb. Also, my channel is all about helping visitors on how to experience Greece as a local. My videos are NOT about inflation or unemployment and salaries in Greece and other countries. I am NOT a news reporter, I simply want to share my life in Greece and help others be informed about how they can either, come to Greece for holidays, vacations, study, relocate for a short stay, or move altogether to Greece. 🇬🇷🧿
What a bunch of nonsense.
The meat its like 3 times more cheaper than France, crazy.
Not there...Go to Sklavenitis. Much better. And for the Greek expats, Lidl is almost the only choice to find Greek products.
Sklavenitis and MyMarket are almost identical. They have same discounts for the same period of time.
@@neon6828 Sklavenitis is one of the best employers in Greece. As for the supermarkets, they have more products than MyMarket and even have their own brand of Greek products.
some of the products are more expensive than Canada
Daniel I've recently revelated that life is too short for cheap TP.
I don't know what cheap TP is
@@MyGreekLifestyle cheap toilet paper! 😁😆
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I want to live March thru May I am 2nd generation American greek italian I want to meet my family one from evia had church and grt papoo from kastoria had samaras furs im Valerie hi yassas
Sorry but these are not normal prices. It's more expensive than in the U.S.
True, but the food here in Greece is better.
@@MyGreekLifestyle True. 100%.👍
Η φετα εδω στο San Antonio η Ελληνικη ειναι $47.00😂
Λογικό μου ακούγεται, είναι εισαγόμενη και φαντάζομαι ότι θα θεωρείται και είδος πολυτελείας!! ...αν και με τη συνεχή άνοδο των τιμών, σε λίγο θα θεωρείται είδος πολυτελείας και εδώ στην Ελλάδα...😛
Feta cheese , here in Canada 3 kg box at 47$ cad and you can get even cheaper, the cheaper I found was 30$ the 3kg box
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its boughatsa not cha.
Spanish is my mother tongue and that's why I pronounce it like that. I speak English, Spanish, and Greek. Plus the point was to inform tourists and foreigners to try out BoughatCHA next time they come to visit Greece 🇬🇷
Οι τιμές δεν φαίνονται καλά
The Mrs. is shy to be on camera?!
6:05 '''''''''''''''''''just make a son and you will get Pampers again!!! 😀😀😀
Greece is expensive,very expensive, too much price gouging.
6:22 very unhealthy tho...
Food is cheap!
Please pronounce "TS" softly, bougatsa doesn't rhyme with cucaracha 😁
I'll try 😂💙🇬🇷🙏🧿Chao Pesco😀
You don't want to eat cereales from America. Pure garbage. 😂
why u say "Bougatscha" it supposed to be spelled bugaZA :D
Because my mother tongue is Spanish.
Actually it is pronounced "Bougatsa" - i.e with light "ts" sound instead of stronger "ch"