I wonder about Cypriots who were raised or currently live abroad – would you come back?
What would influence your decision?
Cyprus is just like everywhere else, if you’re making good money it’s great, if not it’s fukin hard getting by
Came back after 15 years living in central and north Europe.
Reasons that I came back: 1) parents getting older. they have another decade or something of quality life, want to be here. 2) love the beach. Was raised next to the water, couldn’t stand it living in Northern Europe. 3) help with the kids. Free nanny (grandma) that actually begs you to look after the kids and even bribes you with fruit and delicious food. 4) the pace is slower here. My job in Northern Europe paid more but I was stressed all the time. Here I’m one of the top, with only 70% the effort I used to put.
Opportunity to return: I got a job offer paying decently (~€55k/year). This meant I could afford to return even if my wife didn’t find a job immediately.
Nah, wouldn’t leave again.
It really depends on what stage of you’re life you’re in.
For a young person, no real point to come back (depending how much of a support network/family/friends) you have. Although it’s tough on young people in many big cities in Europe.
For older people with young kids, with some equity in their house and some small assets, it’s much more attractive.
For old people with more resources and no kids to worry about, it’s even more attractive.
The climate is a personal preference, but in general aircon + beach makes summer heat much more doable than heating + nothing.
Yeah, it’s a big disparity in economic stuff, but it’s not like housing is cheap in London or Melbourne or wherever else, so if you paid your mortgage for a few years, you can sell and buy outright in Cyprus. Once you take rent/mortgage out of the equation, then relatively low wages aren’t that much of a problem. Also if you have like 10y experience in a big western country, you’re not gonna be working entry level 900eu jobs.
End of the day it’s really up to personal preference. Some.people like the big city lifestyle you can’t get in Cyprus, other people want to check out and live a cruiser life.
Me and my wife are resident physicians in Germany with a newborn. We want to first gather experience and get our specialities, then come back home. Germany offers tons of benefits, especially to young parents, so first we are staying.
Cyprus has tons of problems. The mentality above all is my main concern, the transport and car problem, GESY, the direction we are heading with the immigration, corruption and meso everywhere, and the list goes on.
But our friends and family are also here. A job can be found for both of us without a problem. Housing is also not that much of a problem. We also miss the hospitality which is different to Germany, local food, the nature we have, the weather and the beaches. We’ve been in Germany for 10 years, and the weather is still depressing for us.
What I really miss is how we can go out with friends for a coffee or beer anytime, and everyone will try to squeeze time to meet with us here.
Pros and cons are vastly different between the two countries.
maybe if im older one day but my greek is not that great 😐
Just going to add I’ve been too Cyprus once as a tourist, Enjoyed it a lot but christ it was so hot, I basically spent two weeks in the pool with ice cubes.
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I wonder about Cypriots who were raised or currently live abroad – would you come back?
What would influence your decision?
Cyprus is just like everywhere else, if you’re making good money it’s great, if not it’s fukin hard getting by
Came back after 15 years living in central and north Europe.
Reasons that I came back: 1) parents getting older. they have another decade or something of quality life, want to be here. 2) love the beach. Was raised next to the water, couldn’t stand it living in Northern Europe. 3) help with the kids. Free nanny (grandma) that actually begs you to look after the kids and even bribes you with fruit and delicious food. 4) the pace is slower here. My job in Northern Europe paid more but I was stressed all the time. Here I’m one of the top, with only 70% the effort I used to put.
Opportunity to return: I got a job offer paying decently (~€55k/year). This meant I could afford to return even if my wife didn’t find a job immediately.
Nah, wouldn’t leave again.
It really depends on what stage of you’re life you’re in.
For a young person, no real point to come back (depending how much of a support network/family/friends) you have. Although it’s tough on young people in many big cities in Europe.
For older people with young kids, with some equity in their house and some small assets, it’s much more attractive.
For old people with more resources and no kids to worry about, it’s even more attractive.
The climate is a personal preference, but in general aircon + beach makes summer heat much more doable than heating + nothing.
Yeah, it’s a big disparity in economic stuff, but it’s not like housing is cheap in London or Melbourne or wherever else, so if you paid your mortgage for a few years, you can sell and buy outright in Cyprus. Once you take rent/mortgage out of the equation, then relatively low wages aren’t that much of a problem. Also if you have like 10y experience in a big western country, you’re not gonna be working entry level 900eu jobs.
End of the day it’s really up to personal preference. Some.people like the big city lifestyle you can’t get in Cyprus, other people want to check out and live a cruiser life.
Me and my wife are resident physicians in Germany with a newborn. We want to first gather experience and get our specialities, then come back home. Germany offers tons of benefits, especially to young parents, so first we are staying.
Cyprus has tons of problems. The mentality above all is my main concern, the transport and car problem, GESY, the direction we are heading with the immigration, corruption and meso everywhere, and the list goes on.
But our friends and family are also here. A job can be found for both of us without a problem. Housing is also not that much of a problem. We also miss the hospitality which is different to Germany, local food, the nature we have, the weather and the beaches. We’ve been in Germany for 10 years, and the weather is still depressing for us.
What I really miss is how we can go out with friends for a coffee or beer anytime, and everyone will try to squeeze time to meet with us here.
Pros and cons are vastly different between the two countries.
maybe if im older one day but my greek is not that great 😐
Just going to add I’ve been too Cyprus once as a tourist, Enjoyed it a lot but christ it was so hot, I basically spent two weeks in the pool with ice cubes.