hey dudes! in this video we talk about reasons why we decided to leave Malta 🇲🇹 after living there for 2 years! 🙂
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I am from Latvia and lived in Lisbon, London, and now Aland Islands. To be honest I do not think Malta is something different than other counties, especially if we talk about rent costs. I worked customer service and sales jobs and I would not say my salary was the worst. But not in London and not in Lisbon you can rent on your own as long as you are not in a high position, IT, your own successful business, and so on. At least it is not horrible weather as it was in England. I will visit Malta soon and thinking about moving as we have work office there.
Well I live in Malta for almost 5 years 🙂 last year we moved away with my boyfriend and after 5 months we came back as we missed Malta 🇲🇹 a lot 🙂we have here amazing lives ☀️ so grateful that I can live here next to the sea 🌊 even if it has some bugs (like constructions and noise) still it's beautiful here ❤️
If the three main issues are construction, small place, and lack of interaction with family I'm not too phased. I currently live in Belfast, which is small enough — I've spent the last year and 1/2 listening to a 1500 person student accommodation being built right across my street and I don't do a lot of family interaction anyway.
I also saw 1 bed apartments for 350 euro?
Thanks for the video
"Malta is expensive that you need to work 40hours a week…" what did you expect? Free money? 5 hours a week?
How much were you paying in rent ? And what part of malta where you living ?
Sounds better than the U.S.
You should come to Sydney, Australia…. it might be more suited to you….. but u still will have to work hard and pay alot of rent….. I love Malta…. I am going again in August.
You should have bought a boat. Lived on it, and sell it again when you decide to leave . Secondly , out of curiosity , would I feel welcome in Latvia? Will everyone start speaking English because I am there ?
How about learning some Maltese to not feel excluded from conversation? Very infantile observations.
I’m from malta
Shock horror,we have to work for a living, get a grip
When you land on a country that you don't have to work to live ,or maybe the boss will send you money while yiu stay home,send me a message,i think you two are very entiltled . Imagine Maltese speaking Maltese,how rude of them.
Unfortunately, the rent issue in Malta has drastically changed during these last 10 years. Malta is no longer the same.
You are very right on many things! I am a Maltese guide and work with varius foregners and get to get many reactions. One thing or two where you might have failed was one: You lived in Sliema! That is super expensive and really essentially there is nothing much Maltese there, so you could not really get a sense of the place, its traditions and the warmth of a Maltese town/village. It's Festas and its microcosms. You were in the noisiest and alien places on all the Island. Two you where expecting the locals to speak English for you when you should have had tried to integrate, learn the language, customs and so on. I think its part of respecting yourself and the locals too 🙂 About the fact that it is expensive (for no real value at all), noisy and may be alien in such touristy places sure thing! Couldn't be more right 😉
Wow, not expecting to be that bad to justify that, i had watched like 20+ videos and tons of blogs.
Kudos guys for this great video it has been great help!
it seems like it is just as bad as Singapore. yeah, i am from Singapore Cheers!
well article video, choosing the right industry to invest is very crucial, most times it amaze me greatly how I moved from an average lifestyle to earning over $85k per month. Utter stock is the world. I have understood alot in past few years….
I can relate to what you said but there's tons of other reasons too, my (Russian) wife and I (I'm British) lived there from early 2015 to the end of 2017 and eventually, we moved back to the UK at the end of 2017 as we just couldn't stand it any more even though we made every effort to integrate and we even attended Maltese classes and could speak a little of the language, what did it for us was the hassle getting anything done/repaired, the poor state of the roads that mean you need not so much a car as a lunar buggy to get around on the island without feeling like your spine is going to break over every pothole – I once got a smart car stuck in a huge pothole the roads are that bad! The hunting of birds, walks in what little countryside there is spoilt by the sounds of "tweet tweet boom!" as moronic Elmer Fudd-esq hunters blast our poor feathered friends out of the sky, the mistreatment of animals we witnessed, overcrowded and unreliable bus services, random power cuts, crumbling infrastructure, appalling building quality and more. Sure the UK has its faults and post-Brexit there's definitely lots to hate here also (the xenophobia that lead to Brexit in the first place being one of the worst things) but we've found a better way of life back here in Greater Manchester than we could ever find in Malta. Sure the weather is not great for much of the year but actually we're getting pretty decent summers now thanks to climate change (hey, sorry penguins, what's bad for you is good for us but while I know it's bad, many of us here in Blighty just don't give a toss if it means warmer sunnier summers!) and our current government is corrupt and they've spent the past 13 years bleeding the country dry and filling their own pockets while running everything down, but, we still find it a better place to live than Malta. The air is cleaner, there's hundreds if not thousands of amazing open green spaces to visit, supermarkets are (mostly) cheaper here than in Malta and the biggie, in 2020 we bought a nice but modest 3 bedroom semi in a quiet suburb of Manchester for £139k, that would have gotten you nothing of any quality in Malta. Here, we live near a river and woods, are a 20 minute walk from the town center and two train stations with regular trains to Manchester City, the lake district, London, Liverpool and elsewhere. No it's not paradise but it doesn't cause us the stress Malta did. And that's the main thing. Finally, I read this back in 2017 https://jeangalea.com/why-i-left-malta/ and I left my own comments on it during August 2017 if you want to find them there. People in the comments share their own experiences of Malta and mostly they agree: Malta was once wonderful but now ruined. And that is the truly tragic part.
Malta is a member of the European Union, and its standards are very high. As a Maltese citizen, I am pleased to have been born and raised in Malta. After all, no country is flawless, and what is bad for you does not necessarily mean it is bad for everyone. Malta has become overcrowded with foreigners in the previous five years. Before travelling to work in another nation, do your research before talking about the land of others. We have fresh air, sunshine all day, nice people, and English as a second language, and you're whining about one or two people watching you from the balcony, lol. In any case, I wish you the best of luck wherever you go.🥰😘
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Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
I had started watching your earlier videos on living in Malta, and really enjoyed them. The places you visited while living there are beautiful.
I was looking for an honest video of people who live there, and this video is the truth! I watched many other videos, and it seems as if Malta is very similar to living in New York City and Los Angeles ( two places I've lived for more than 10 years). One video interviewed several people on the street who were foreigners, and I could tell that they were truly happy. Most people moved there for work.
I don't want to work in order to live, I want to live to work.
Thank you again for being real and honest enough to share your experiences. ❤️ ❤️
Ohhhhh my god you need to be stupid to don’t gain good money in money
Where are you from?
I'm from South Africa and have the option to move to either Malta or Italy, I'm in my late twenties and I really want to build a solid financial foundation. This video has really influenced my perspective. Thank you for all the great information and context!
So you moved to a tourist island, thought it was expensive, then had to actually work to pay rent and food? Hummm. Where did you live? I'm sure it was in an expensive, touristy part of the island and that's on you Obviously you didn't try to integrate into the culture and maybe are a little entitled. My lord, ask them to speak English. Missy needs to stay in her own country. I lived in Malta from 13 – 18. It takes work to integrate, I miss it EVERY SINGLE DAY, and would go back in a heartbeat.
I am from Bangladesh
Thanks for leaving. Tourist are ruining the culture of my islands. We gained independence from the British just to become a tourist haven colony of the EU.
Interesting… nice to hear from Latvians… I have never met anybody in person
You can't compare a person who is getting 1k euro💶 & a person getting 2k euro💶 in malta ! Think 🤔 to be honest ❤
Just watching your video now. I agree with many things you said. Malta and rent are super expensive and you’re right and even me as a Maltese I don’t like that of course. Also construction is too much.
But some other things you mentioned is literally normal and also doesn’t make much sense at all. Do you think if I come to live in Latvia (a country I have visited) I will be excited to be there after 2 years as much as I am during the first month. It’s called the honey moon phase and that happens in everything and everywhere in life.
You also mentioned that we do not speak in English. What do you expect if you are living in a country that has its own language? Can I moan in Latvia about people talking in Latvian? But yeah, I can understand the part when you mentioned the break time at work and maybe colleagues speak in Maltese and you feel like excluded. I can totally understand that.
Also Malta is a 27km by 14km country. Of course you would feel like living in a very small country, cause it is small and yeah I know what you mean … sometimes you can feel bored.
During the part when you mentioned the Maltese jokes it is true that sometime how we joke is funny but when we translate those same exact words in english are not that funny but in Maltese way they are 🙂
You do not want to pay rent which I agree with cause here it’s super expensive but then you said you don’t want to pay a loan, so what do you want exactly cause I am trying to understand and you confused me 🙂
By watching this video you made me feel curious about buying a property in Latvia 🙂 maybe one day I will buy a house there 😀
You’re welcome to Malta anytime 🙂 at least for a holiday.
Take care 😊
Oh no, having to work 40 hours a week, how could anyone do that!?
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So interesting, your complaints just sound like living in America. But people are just completely used to it.
Wow crying babys
Can you give me update where are you living now and how much you spent for rent there
I am also a foreigner (been raised and lived all over US and Europe all my life) and have been living in one of Sliema’s quiet street for the last 8 years. This is a key to liking it here, one area, full of locals who, with time, treat you as their own. As for the prices and rent, before coming here l checked those and knew what l’m getting into.
You guys are young with no kids, you wanted to experience the world and you did just that.
In comparison with you, l have a 9 year old son, and l strongly believe there is no better place (English speaking country) to raise your child than here. When looking at the cost of living, in my case the single most important factor was a free child care. So, instead of dishing out £1000 min a month for a childcare, here it was free. Another factor is a close proximity to work and school. Good work life balance. Another is the fact that in the local government primary school there are, out of 400 kids, 86 different nationalities, of all cultural, economic, social, religious backgrounds. It is better than any private school.
Malta is extremely safe place for kids. Kids grow up maybe not in green nature but definitely in the sea water and outdoors in general.
My point here is: depending on your situation this place can be a god send.
I consciously chose to ignore bad things and enjoy the good things, again – in my situation these prevailed.
The language argument is pretty nonsense, at least to me. If you move to a foreign country, you can't expect that people talk English all the time because you are present. I live as a foreigner in Spain and the first thing I did was learning the language. I think that's common sense if you move abroad.
Interesting video, I am Maltese and I understand Malta became really expensive. However, I live abroad in Germany and the language issue and the exclusion happen to every expat that move to a foreign country, you just have to accept the fact that you will never be a local where ever you live unless you learn the language. Therefore, I am learning German because I feel the same way here people start talking in English, and then they switch unintentionally which is normal. I am pretty sure if someone will move to Lativa will say the same about your language and behaviour. I think to be honest that you were not open enough for culture difference, being priorly you lived in an English-speaking country also going back home must be the best option for you. Good luck guys!!
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You can't really be invested in a place without kids. At the very least, your family needs to be nearby. As for working, everybody is working harder with less fun on the side due to globalization. The gap between the top 1% and everybody else is getting bigger. Banks are buying up property and it is getting harder everywhere. This couple also saved, but of course, you can't save if you are having fun. I approve of saving, but it always dampens any fun you may want. They needed a child and a pet dog. It didn't sound possible where they were.
If you come to Malta for a week or so as a tourist then it would be fun especially if it is the first time. However, if you settle here things can be seen different. Malta is too noisy, construction everywhere you go and very over crowded. People are becoming frustrated, due to cost of living, heavy traffic and it's becoming worse every year. Green areas where one could enjoy some peace and away from all the hastle is becoming more difficult to find.
I live in malta from last November and I know by now that I will already leave by next year. There are just some things that are unacceptable.
1. It is too loud – unnecessary fireworks that are not even nice to look at and only serve the purpose of noise pollution. The apartments next to you can be rented as airbnb any time and you can listen to drunk tourists all night long.
2. Tanents have no rights but are fined for everything – If your bathroom develops mould it’s your fsult because you take the showers 😂. The maltese government threatens to fine you with 4000€ for putting your trash outside on the wrong day, but thinks it’s totally fine to practice construction works at 11:30 pm on a sunday.
3. The police is a joke. They drive like gypsies on the streets of Mumbai and they never help. Literally Never! Each form of complaint is ignored.
4. The appartements are becoming unreasonably expensive. The people who build the buildings are not skilled or educated – you can tell by the way everything is breaking apart easily. Instead of building even more overpriced apartments, why not make some place for dumpsters in each neighborhood, so that the people don’t have to throw their trash bags on the streets like in medieval europe?
5. Maltese people are racist and see the fault always in the foreigners coming here, while it is they themselves who let the island rotten. They put profit over culture and nature – this is godless. They celebrate several independence days a year but are not even capable of keeping their streets clean and functional.
6. Too many Indians – no hate, but if i want to relax on the beach with 1 mio Indians, I would have moved to India.😅
i feel like malta is more of a you have money option. if your reliant on working a job there are lots of cheaper eu nations. if i was a remote worker being paid in euros or dollars and wanted to live abroad I'd lean more toward Poland, Romania, or Bulgaria (where you could live of 1/5 of your income and in a few years start a real nice project). but Malta is more for I already own several investments across eastern Europe (where the economies and currency are gaining more strength each year, meaning property values are far cheaper but will be 3-4x over the next decade or so if trends continue) and I'm going to buy a house in a warm centralized location with zero property tax on the less populated island. its more like where you buy the bigger nicer dream house and accept its expensive asf but you'll pay your self back after a decade or two of not property taxes (a million dollar house anywhere in the is 30-120k a year in taxes).
It's nice you shared your experience , even if you hated Malta , people have to understand when you don't like the land It's not them you don't like and they have to accept that the people are not the land, also different and separate the system of the country , the people and the land these things are separate ,sometimes people dont get it , this is not excluded to any other country . I am Maltese and thank you ,People are not the same even as many comments suggest things against your experiences , the rich and the poor are also different , what is expensive if I earn 3000 a month and what is expensive if I earn 720 a month , what if I like to live close to nature and hate buildings and what if I dont mind to live in block buildings , this is your experience and thank you for sharing .I am Maltese and I think like you in many things especially when 25 years ago near my mum was all farmland now I'm surrounded by buildings only (I know how Malta was, I liked it but not now ) . Im sorry that they didnt explain to you the jokes instead of just saying its a Maltese thing , as you were interested to know they should explain to you not just saying its a Maltese thing and thats it , Im sorry you met the wrong People around you as well and you felt excluded , the prices of rent and food are insanely high many Maltese admit it as well .
Did you even try to make a connection with the Maltese ? They are very wonderful kind people.
Maltese people are born crooks and they will rob you. True rent is expensive but the population has increased due to illegal immigration and legal immigration encouraged by industry and the government from third world countries.
The Maltese are also loud and nosey always sticking their noses into other people's business. They are also obsessed with politics and it is a very hot island city which makes tempers short.
Many of them also speak a kind of English called Mal-English because they believe they are superior to the rest.
Good leave
Did you get overtime pay for working over 40 hours? May be people worked more hours to get premium pay. Do they take a lot of taxes out of your pay? Paying a lot for rent or housing would be a real deal breaker for moving to any area.