Sorry, but you couldn't pay me to live in hurricane territory.
this post was submitted on 29 Dec 2025
256 points (99.6% liked)
Mildly Interesting
24349 readers
460 users here now
This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.
This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?
Just post some stuff and don't spam.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
For many folks the possibility of a hurricane will be less terrifying than the consequences of staying in the U.S. if it continues down its current path.
Then there are floridians who have both!
Between the ecological, sociological, ecosystemic, and political dangers, I am quite literally dumbfounded whenever I hear that someone is willingly moving to Florida.
same. some of us are just stuck here though.
The Keys seem chill once you get past the whole hurricane thing, but that may be because I've watched the show Bad Monkey one too many times. I've never actually been to Florida (or most places in the US for that matter, since I'm not American)
load more comments
(1 replies)
There are islands with 0-day residency requirements. You buy property, you never have to live there, and you still get a passport. You can AirBnB it.
So all I'd need to do is sell out my morals and exploit my fellow citizens...
Nah I'm good.
Is it the Airbnb part that compromises your morals? If so there are also options to make donations and start businesses
Yeah. A big part of the housing crisis in my area is rich assholes buying up homes and air bnb-ing them.
What if you buy the house and rent it to a local for less than other houses in the area?
load more comments
(16 replies)
Most people aren't even living there, they're just buying into citizenship and a tax haven.
How is it a tax haven? Even when becoming a citizen in another country the US still requires you to pay taxes.
If "capital gains not taxed" didn't leap off the page at you, you are a poor slob who must actually have w-2 income? Keep up the good work while the wealthy sleep soundly on the tax code they bought and wrote.
load more comments
(6 replies)
Check out the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion…
"Earned income" means W2 wages not capital gains or any of the other avenues rich people make their money.
load more comments
(1 replies)
load more comments
(1 replies)
This reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer kept insisting that companies "write it off" and Jerry asks if he even knows what that means.
Right now it seems better than living under this administration.
Well, unlike tornados or earthquakes....hurricanes have a 3 to 5 day warning for you to prep.
load more comments
(2 replies)
Im more concerned with the US conquest of central and South America. Puerto rico is having a buildup of military presence, as are other US outposts around the world. I would love to live in the Caribbean, and it's surprisingly affordable, but nah. I dont want to be in Europe for similar reasons relating to Russia.
Five of the region's island nations – Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Lucia – offer such citizenship by investment (CBI) from as little as $200,000 (£145,000).
"as little as"
Fuuuuck off. 🥲
Almost any other citizenship by investment program costs millions. So, it is very cheap.
In my area, houses are like 1 mil USD so in comparison, it is cheap
Haha this is where people go, "Oh you must live in like a expensive city" and like damn bro, every city is god damn expensive now!
Even in cheap cities, burger is $12+, rent is +$1000 per person, and good luck saving for that cheap housing that will be bought by companies to hopefully make a profit out of you when you borrow a 50-year loan.
I mean that house is cheap compared to the ones near me but I wouldn't be able to afford the air fare to visit it regularly
Visit it regularly? You visit the house once and live there. It's called moving.
I highly doubt the majority of the people buying are making it their primary residence but it would nice if I'm wrong.
It doesn't really matter what everyone else is doing if we're talking about our own individual situations though it would be a good idea to check the local job market before comitting.
load more comments
(3 replies)
I do wonder what the point of this is? It says visa free visits to parts of Europe. How long can those visits be? You couldn't easily relocate anywhere outside the islands on a permanent basis?
The article isn't helpful for most of the target audience.
Citizens of the Carribbean nations in the article can currently enjoy up to 180 days in the EU visa-free. The same exact visa-free window as citizens of the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, and New Zealand are granted.
Citizenship to one of these Carribbean island nations can certainly help you leave North America, but it doesn't help you get any more access to the EU than you currently have. It just helps you move to...the Carribbean.
Some nationalities can’t enter Europe without a visa, so this would be an upgrade for them. But, for nationalities that already have visa free entry, it isn’t that helpful.
Unless the situation with the US and access for its citizens, which is the main driver being mentioned.
Can you do 180 days as a US-ian, and another 180 days as a Caribbean-ian?
Hey...wait a sec now.
Arrive in EU, go through customs with US passport, 180 days later go to the airport, walk straight to customs and go through with your Carribbean passport. Rinse and repeat every 180 days? Hmmm...
It's easier to move to italy spain or portugal. a lot of small towns there are becoming ghost towns and they have incentive programs for that. Why move to hurricane land to have an EU visa if you can mode to the EU
Definitely an edge case, but my wife is a legal permanent resident and from the tiny bit of “just out of curiosity” research I’ve done, it seems like she would be eligible for and able to benefit from the expanded travel opportunities these programs offer.
Sounds great tbh. I am actually tempted at those prices
view more: next ›