A Different Perspective
A practical view from years of firsthand experience.
There is a version of “move abroad” content written for backpackers and another written for people fleeing something. This is neither. This is for someone who has built a real career, has standards and capital, and is quietly wondering whether a more deliberate life might be available somewhere with a longer memory than the one they’re in.
I’m not a relocation agency and I’m not selling a dream. I lived in Romania from 2003 to 2006, I have friendships across the country — in Bucharest, Iași, and Galați — some now past twenty years, and I go back several times a year. What follows is the honest lay of the land — cities, residency, money, healthcare, safety — assessed the way I’d assess it for myself.
