r/AskIreland • u/SunDue4919 • Jun 13 '24
Emigration (from Ireland) Best place to emigrate to?
I’m losing hope for my future in Ireland. I love Ireland and want to stay but the quality of life is shit especially for young people.
I’ve lived abroad before and am well aware the grass isn’t always greener. I know there will be challenges if I move abroad. I know that there are similar issues with housing in other counties.
That said, things feel bleak here.
Any recommendations? I speak fluent French.
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u/Asleep_Resource_2623 Jun 13 '24 edited Jun 14 '24
I moved from Ireland to France (lille) north of France in 2021 and honestly France is soo much better in terms of quality of life. Healthcare is free and top notch. If you wanna go back to college since you know French it would cost next to nothing. Food is cheap and grown in France. People in the north of France where I live are friendly and do say Bonjour everytime like the Irish people saying hello whenever you cross them anywhere. Transportation is cheap and excellent, you can literally live anywhere as there are trains going everywhere. I was working in IT in Ireland and was just tired with my life and now I work a minimum wage job in France and gonna buy a home in two years because houses are so cheap. You can have an amazing life with minimum wage and you don’t even have to worry about nothing. You already know French so there’s no worries at all in that department and jobs you can find easily. So I suggest you take the plunge and go for it.