Quote: (07-25-2014 12:31 AM)worldwidetraveler Wrote:
The main thing I didn't like about living overseas was the feeling that it was temporary. Like I as living out of a suitcase. Let's face it, with visa's only being for set time limits, it can be temporary.
But if you were doing it that way, you weren't really an 'expat.' Country-hopping is more of a nomad or permanent tourist lifestyle, and for most people, it isn't comfortable to do that long-term.
Eventually ones aim should be to find a country (or a couple of them) which they are comfortable enough to live in. At that point one begins to determine how they will stay in that country legally. There are usually many options, especially outside of the OECD nations.