As a white American male what’s it like living in Ireland? Are Americans welcome? Is it doable to move? Is it culturally toxically leftist/woke?

[WhiteBoyChill]

I heard the weather is fantastic, there’s almost never any hot or cold temperature extremes. Things range between 38-72’ farenheit

Also I’d much prefer living in the countryside than a city like Dublin. Cuz if I ever wanted to visit the city, its only a short drive away anyway.

I’ve heard people are friendly. It’s apparently about as affordable as the USA, and I can hold dual citizenship. Lots of places to explore as well. But on the downside I do like driving and the gas is supposedly more expensive. But on the upside electric cars are just around the corner anyway.

And I get that Ireland is liberal and has abortion and same sex marriage and stuff but so long as nobody there is constantly screaming about Black Lives Matter and ranting about white people being systemically racist and evil, I’m all good.

I am conservative politically but I do have tolerance for people with socially liberal views it just annoys me when people go super off the cliff.

And I heard that people like to just kick back and chill out and talk and stuff and employers are generally more generous with work hours and vacation time than in America

Also irish women are fun to talk to. From my experience they aren’t all toxicly narcisist like American women tend to be.

But I did hear they tend to be promiscuous. And if that’s the case still no big deal cuz Ireland’s a nice country to live in and I could still just learn Polish or something and find a housewife type girl to marry from there

Also I am an irish descendent catholic American. If I spend some money on ancestry. com I could probably find my great Grandfather’s immigration records. And if I can prove that, apparently I earn legal residency.

Only downside though is I’ve heard Ireland has high income taxes on higher income earners so I don't know if I’d fall in that bubble with a 80k-100k salary

I’ve heard the standard flat tax for everybody is 20%, then higher for others

https://wise.com/us/blog/pros-and-cons-living-in-ireland

[CALIGVLA]

Anything west of Russia or Turkey ain't worth shit in my opinion.

When it comes to Western countries, only Hungary is a decent place, all the others are FUBAR and there are few differences between them and, let's say, Portland, at least when it comes to Gen Z in those countries. Ireland is no exception.

[CALIGVLA]

Life in Ireland is only affordable in the countryside by the way. Dublin is a quite expensive place.

[WhiteBoyChill]

I like the countryside tho. And what about Poland? The girls there seem very good.

Also I don’t speak Spanish and that takes time to learn

[CALIGVLA]

Young people in Poland are very woke too, the country is almost as much polarized as the US for what it matters. Maybe the current one is the last conservative leadership in Poland, but it's not like an imbecile like Morawiecki would be missed.

[WhiteBoyChill]

Nah but in Poland they don’t even have gay marriages or abortions. Surely the society there must be pretty conservative

[CALIGVLA]

The old people are. Not the youngsters.

[WhiteBoyChill]

I can’t imagine Europe could possibly be as bad as you say though. Either way I just need someplace to go and I only speak English

[CALIGVLA]

It depends on the place in Europe. France, Italy, Portugal and Greece are still okay. The Balkans are fine too. Hungary is great.

But the rest? Fuck the rest.

[WhiteBoyChill]

Interesting. I’d assume Italy could be fun though. They just elected Giorgia Meloni and stuff

[lottiebannotie]

Ireland is a beautiful country and has Europe on its doorstep it is however quite expensive to live in with regards to promiscuity it's the same as everywhere else some are most aren't ultimately if you go be American don't overplay your Irish Ness it's one thing to be proud of your roots quite another to automatically think you have any idea of life in modern Ireland

[WhiteBoyChill]

I’d be fine living in the cheaper countryside areas of Ireland. That’s actually what I’d prefer. So long as it isn’t a highly urbanized area, I’ll live pretty much anywhere.

Also I googled it, and yes Ireland may be comparatively more expensive than other parts of Europe, but overall the costs are still similar to life in the USA.

www.internationalcitizens.com/.../ireland.php

[lottiebannotie]

Depends where in the usa new York and California are vastly more expensive than Mississippi and Akansas

[WhiteBoyChill]

Yeah that’s true. Perhaps they are averaging between a wider girth of costs than in the USA

[WhiteBoyChill]

In the USA*. I’m not sure if there is much variance between Irish people in terms of incomes though

[lottiebannotie]

I couldn't say I don't know about living in the states but the cost of living in everything but buying property is higher in Ireland than the UK

[WhiteBoyChill]

I mean, I really don’t want to live in Britain tho lol

[lottiebannotie]

Ireland is great go for it just be aware it's more expensive than you realise on top of which are you sure you will earn your American wage in Ireland?

[WhiteBoyChill]

I mean once I finish college, I’ll have to call up some firms in Ireland and ask about wages

[WhiteBoyChill]

I’ve still seen nothing to suggest its as outrageously expensive as California and NYC tho

[lottiebannotie]

Wait until you compare your salary and cost of living I'm not saying you can't make it work many people do I'm just telling you to be realistic

[lottiebannotie]

Especially as you prefer a rural area where do you think your money will come from bro it's not the 1800s you sound more like a retirement dreamer than a college leaver

[WhiteBoyChill]

For context, I’m in one of the more expensive parts of the US and a person can still get by fine on 80-100k

[WhiteBoyChill]

And that’s a lowball estimate for my wage

[WhiteBoyChill]

Also I wasn’t saying I wanted to buy up a big ass estate and farm. Just like a modest house in a town or city of a few thousand people would be fine

[lottiebannotie]

Great well done but how are you earning your money in rural Ireland because despite what you may think it won't be earned in the USA by remote means from Ireland

[WhiteBoyChill]

Doesn’t it only take like 30 minutes to commute to the larger cities?

[WhiteBoyChill]

Even if it took two hours I wouldn’t complain, cuz that’s what we deal with everyday as Americans. Have you ever seen Boston traffic?

[lottiebannotie]

No but it can't be worse than London traffic

[WhiteBoyChill]

You’d be pretty damn surprised. You can be stuff in Boston traffic for two and a half hours and have only gone twenty miles

[lottiebannotie]

Sounds luxurious

[WhiteBoyChill]

That’s what I’m saying. There’s no amount of traffic in Ireland that would be enough to piss me off

[lottiebannotie]

But it assumes that the correct job opportunity comes up in Dublin

[WhiteBoyChill]

Well I mean, Ireland’s still developing properties right? I work within the Real Estate sector

[lottiebannotie]

Of course people always need somewhere to live

[Paul_in_Indy]

You think that you will make 80-100k right out of college? I love that optimism!
You will struggle to earn the same money in Ireland that you think you can in Boston. …especially in the countryside.

If you have not driven across the pond, it might be hard to describe. It isn’t he congested traffic that is the challenge. The roads are very different and the traffic is not the same.

[WhiteBoyChill]

@Paul_in_Indy I know plenty of other people in my same major that already have

[exitseven]

I have never been there but it is one of the few places outsidr the US that I might be interested in living. I am of Italian decent

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[Emiliamazing]

@lottiebannotie

[WhiteBoyChill]

She’s British

[Emiliamazing]

I still think she might have some good input for you.

[lottiebannotie]

British with Irish parents and by the way a great grandparent will not get you citizenship I qualify through my parents if I went past grandparents I would not qualify

[WhiteBoyChill]

@lottiebannotie My grandfather was born in Boston to a very irish family. Both his parents were. So I don't know

[lottiebannotie]

Needs to be a grandparent doesn't matter if paternal or maternal any further relationship will not happen

[WhiteBoyChill]

@lottiebannotie So most Americans of irish descent would not qualify then. Word

[Jamie05rhs]

Yes, Ireland is woke already. Don't even bother.