21 sats \ 1 reply \ @justanumber 21h \ parent \ on: Moving to El Salvador and alikes may not be a good idea alter_native
I've also encountered a lot of "stay and fight" "I'm not leaving my country" and a lot of other talk that comes off as nationalism (which, to me, is mainly a govt psyop). I get it. But I've moved around countries a fair bit in my life, so I don't have much allegiance to countries, flags, sports teams etc.. (more psyop) and I certainly aren't willing to die for any country's government or allow my children to either.
When moving to other countries we never really know if it's the correct decision but I'm more often than not willing to take a punt.
Certainly, moving to a developing country is a whole lot different to moving to another western or european country. It can be somewhat of an environment shock to begin with. In some places you can surprisinly get better health care, if you find the right places.
the country I'm originally from is the last place on earth I'd fight or die for. Well, second to last. the last is the US, of course, the global dictator, but I'm not from there.
and it's not so different, really. It depends of course, on whather you move to a bigger city or to the countryside; the countryside, yes, is different and does suffer some development issues; depends on the countryside.
The cities don't. And a lot of the environment shock is really only due to the stereotypes you were saddled with. It looks a little different, and at first you suspect things that are in fact ghosts conjured up by bad expectations your home country set you up with.
It's propaganda to portray these places as dirty mud huts. Before I left, I vividly remember my doctors trying to 10 different vaccines on me. Talking to them about it, it quickly became clear that they thought I'd sleep on a dirt floor, swim in rain puddles filled with bugs, and eat unwashed berries from the jungle. I told them, I've been there before. It's a normal house and the food comes from a normal supermarket, and yes the rivers are dirty, but everyone knows not to get near that water.
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