@tiagodias4752
I believe that Portugal's problems go far beyond emigration. I’m Portuguese and I know my country’s reality very well. Lisbon and Porto have become cities where it’s practically impossible to live alone. The government has never truly invested in the interior of the country. Most people who come from abroad only hear about the big cities, and that’s where they go. But there are 16 other districts in Portugal. The lack of investment, and the almost exclusive focus on Lisbon and Porto, have completely killed the rest of the country. Cities that really need investment — like Aveiro, Leiria, Viseu, Castelo Branco, Vila Real — simply don’t exist in the eyes of our leaders. Portugal is also very divided in terms of job sectors. For example, there’s a lot of industry in the central region of the country, unlike the coast and the south (the Algarve), where tourism dominates. And then there’s one of the most important issues: land use planning. Fifty years ago, people built their homes on their own land, which led to very scattered villages. Today, there are many abandoned houses at much lower prices than in the cities, but there’s no appeal. The government focuses mostly on Lisbon. It’s always been like that, and sadly, it seems like it always will be. It’s a real shame.
@leloupdessteppes3228
I’m from France. I lived in Lisbon from September 2022 to April 2023. I love the city. I love the people and the culture but housing is so expensive and salaries way too low! Even if you work in tech you’re paid basically around 1300€/months as an entry level engineer which is literally minimum wage in France.. it’s crazy. All the Portuguese friends I have either live with their parents or inherited their house or live 1 to 2 hours away from downtown. So sad. The city basically became an open air Airbnb Disney Land. Only the landlords and politicians are profiting from this. The youth is being entirely sacrificed for pump and dump schemes.
@andreia.salsinha
I'm Portuguese, born and bred, I left in July 2011 when I was 28 precisely because of how young people were getting f'ed over. Nearly 14 years later and clearly nothing changed, if anything it's even worse. I love my home, I miss it, but you can't live there unless you inherit a home. I'm glad I didn't stay or have kids there, the Portuguese state doesn't deserve its workers then, and it doesn't deserve them now.
@lordepl
Dude, you did a better job explaining the situation happening right now in my country than any newspaper or news channel here. You are spot on and all your points are indeed what led to the situation we are in right now...
@LailandiAdventures
I call this phenomena "theme park tourism". When you go to a city centre and absolutely no one is local and swimming with tourists.
@johnatyoutube
This is basically the Hawaiian syndrome. If it's not stopped, there will be no Portuguese in Portugal. Look to Hawaii which is 50 years ahead of Portugal. The native working class is dwindling and impoverished. Most are leaving. The rich tourists and investors will soon be left all by themselves. With no workforce, it will inevitably collapse. People should not be forced out of their homeland. Real estate costs needs to be corrected around the world. A home should not be allowed to be a target for predatory banks and venture capital investment companies - especially foreign ones.
@SUNNYSTARSCOUT365
I think that living in everywhere has become impossible 😅
@luisfradique2031
I'm Portuguese and this video is not only accurate, but highly informative, even for locals.
@davidbowie5023
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@vmga08
The city of Lisbon, where I was born and raised, is now unbearable. Nothing to do with what I knew - traditional commerce has disappeared, more and more hotels, a multitude of tourists and new businesses that have nothing to do with the Portuguese gastronomic tradition. House prices are not controlled and getting married and/or starting a family is difficult for younger people, without jobs and with a high cost of living.
@markdowding5737
The population of Portugal is actually growing, thanks to immigration. The number of immigrants in Portugal more than quadrupled in the last 7 years. The government has essentially given up any idea of trying to increase the birth rate or give conditions for the young people to leave their parents' house and stay in the country. Now they just import people who don't mind living in extremely precarious conditions and sharing a house with 12 more people.
@afdiego2193
I'm a portuguese citizen born in the Algarve Region and with a masters degree, I am 28 years old and my girlfriend is the same age as myself (also with a degree and living in Porto), we can't afford a house, we live more than 650 km away from each other (7 hours away by car in the highway). We live in our parents homes and we will probably live there for many years because it's impossible to buy a house in a Portuguese city with the money we gain. In the future we are planning to move to the interior because it's more affordable, but still it is very difficult to buy one house with good access there to work and with the increase in migrants from India (more than 1 million Indians in Portugal) who receive support from the Portuguese state for housing, they are "suffocating" my generation, so yes, we are screwed!
@AdamWebdesign
I considered moving there. You hear about how beneficial it is - the Portuguese government has/had incentives to bring in people like myself who can work from anywhere. However, when I went there on holiday last year and enjoyed it thoroughly, I looked into the cost of places to live and I was shocked that despite paying 10 euros for an hour long taxi drive, a euro for a cup of coffee, the apartments anywhere around the city where in the 2000/month range. Their government is sending messages to people outside the country saying to come over, but the local people can't afford to live there anymore. How come pandering to people other than your own citizens has become the norm in recent years? The very reason I wanted to go was because my own country feels the same way.
@joaomartins3367
We literally had the director of our migration institute, Pedro Gois, go on radio say that the portuguese natives should live longer with their parents (average is 30 years old) and sacrifice their healthcare so that migrants could have better life conditions, you cant make this up. 1/3 of the portuguese born in Portugal between the ages of 20 and 50 (working age) live abroad. This is war torn levels of failing your youth while we get 3% of our resident population in poor migrants every year, and our politicians dont care because they make money off of the neo slaves through housing or cheap labour, and the population is too poor and desperate so people either give up on having kids or a life with dignity, emigrate, or get immediately labelled as far right wingers. Go visit Portugal and meet the Portuguese people and culture while you can, every year it dies a little bit more.
@alpinaCD
Thank you for not using ai to tell your story, it's really enjoyable to hear a real voice. ❤
@kenyetta-v9m
It's a tragedy to see such a beautiful country become unaffordable for its own people, driven by short-sighted policies and a focus on tourism over long-term sustainability. Hopefully, voices like yours can spark a real change before it's too late.
@simonleloup4209
Third sentence of the video is wrong. 1000€/M to 2500€/M is a 150% increase.
@rogerhardy6306
I live in a fishing village in the Algarve. The historic centre is full of derelict buildings, owned by Portuguese who aren't interested in doing anything about them. The inheritance laws make this a common occurrence. When they are sold it's usually to Northern Europeans who see the chance for an investment. When they're finished, they become tourists homes or Airbnb. The Portuguese who were born here cannot afford to live here any more. There are no children in the historic centre. The average age is over 60. In ten years, I don't think there will be any Portuguese living in the centre. In addition to all this, I've never seen so much alcoholism and drug use anywhere...and that's amongst the locals. Gorgeous on the outside, rotten on the inside...modern Portugal.
@lelouch2364
Ok somehow you missed the 1 million immigrants since 2020.
@TheInvisibleHandCo