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Does this question even make sense in EU? I just walk across the border as usual and get an apartment there.
If someone says "the country" on a global forum, you kinda know which country they're from
The question is about escaping debt. I think crossing between EU member states is disqualified.
I cringe for the day Lenny is banned in THE COUNTRY. I may even join tik tok after the ban.
Generic disappear
Go to the library and study about the country you want to run to. I would pick someplace with a coast. Don't use your home computer or phone, you don't want anyone to find these searches.
Go buy a cheap laptop from a pawnshop and get a small Linux distro like Puppy or Tiny Core. Load Tor and find yourself a dark market. Buy a new identity. When your transaction is complete trash the laptop burn the USB stick you ran your Linux distro off of.
Buy a boat. Post all over social media about your boat and how you love sailing or fishing or whatever you do in your boat.
This is the hard part, go on a boat trip and at some point call in an emergency then abandon the boat. Make it look good drag out all the life vests and or sink the boat. Swim/row to shore and never ever ever ever go back to your old life.
You could do it for about $30k.
Pulling out all your money or selling your home and possessions would give you away. And a pauper with a boat would be a red flag for any investigator. You'd have to be willing to give it all up. Your family would have to believe you died.
A better option would be to slowly siphon off money and be seen frequenting a casino, or become known as a drug addict. Once you've liquidated everything and racked up tons of debt, fake a suicide. Become aberrant or hyper-religious/political. Tell everyone that you're going on a hike to "find yourself" or that you're volunteering to fight in Ukraine. Never come back.
Yeah, I said generic not do this exactly. It's a rough idea, not a game plan. You would need a lot of logistical things like cash on hand without using a bank to cash out. I know guys with boats that can't pay their rent so I am not so sure about the pauper with a boat angle but you could easily do it by disappearing in a national park if that's your jam. The main thing though no matter how you do it is you never ever ever ever ever ever go back to your old life in any way. Money in the bank, or long lost girlfriend, mom dies nothing.
My local library requires you sign in, and your own device would need MAC address spoofing.
Then you could use the Linux distro with a VPN from a public wifi.
I like the way you think.
How 'official' are fake identities from the darknet? Is it just like a fake ID or are there corrupt countries that'd hand out genuine documents with which you could travel, withstand a check by authorities, get an insurance etc.?
There are some African countries that will give you a driving licence with a photo and a few details.
Good for presenting in Europe and making it too difficult for the police to bother with to issue a simple speeding fine… or so I hear.
It's exceedingly hard to emigrate anywhere legally.
People generally travel and overstay their visas, hoping for the best. It'll be a rough life, though. The question is whether or not it'll be rougher than what you're leaving behind.
Hard to emigrate legally??? I moved to Australia and they're they're thirsty for any kind of graduate diploma for the people wondering about student debt. And many more places to go if you're not a sticker for 1st world, but also many that pay you while you're studying in North Europe.
Hard to emigrate legally???
On a permanent basis, yes, and OP seems to indicate that they're wanting to leave the US permanently. Lots of countries will let people enter on a temporary basis, hence my comment about overstaying one's visa.
if you're not a stickler for 1st world
That's an important distinction.
I covered all basis. Try studying in Sweden, most courses are in English. With a diploma in hands it opens the door for many countries and permanent migration.
scholarship programmes that cover tuition and living costs are available for a number of non-EU countries.
Too many variables, what do you consider fleeing?
I have a passport and could make it over a border for a couple hundred. Staying there, (not getting deported), and supporting myself would be the issue.
I already have a ticket for regional public transport in all of Germany. Some trains going to train stations just over the border in neighbouring countries are covered as well. So I'll just take one of them. 0€.
If you count the ticket it's 49€.
I'd leave over nothing, if I could I'd get on a plane right fucking now without even saying goodbye to anyone, but I'd also be willing to flee over my $35000 and rising student loans.
Oof, sounds like you might be looking up what countries you can get to with low cost of living soon.
Or home steading.
you might be looking up what countries you can get to with low cost of living soon.
Literally years and years ago.
$0
Source: I did
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Nope. Not for a billion.
I live a modest life (no car, no real estate, no luxury) and my most valuable possessions are a laptop, a bicycle and the firewood in my shed, each worth around 500€. But I'm living in a nice little house at the edge of a forest in cycling range to the city and my unionized job, which sustains me and my family, working 33 hours/week with 40 vacation days (plus 12 holidays and unlimited sick days).
I have a support network, a non-profit I volunteer at, free healthcare, secure pension, disability insurance and enough saved up to deal with most emergencies. I know that my friends are actually friends, not freeloaders.
Moving to a different country and receiving a load of money would literally destroy my life.
Maybe two tanks of gas worth if I flee to either Canada or Mexico since I can drive to either and don't need anything extra to cross the border.
I guess zero dollars if you just walk over the border
Fleeing the country? Like going on vacation? I guess the cost of the vacay.
Yeah, you'd have to pick a country that wouldn't deport you though... that your country's passport will get you into easily.
Owed to who? Legit lenders ? If it got that bad, I’d just declare bankruptcy (inb4 Michael Scott memes). Some shady dude who is going to murder my family if I don’t repay them? Idk, they’d probably get me or my loved ones either way
I mean the example I gave was a guy who fled over student loans, which can't be discharged through bankruptcy and the US government can not be stopped from coming for you!
Whatever the flight ticket is to a cool country(most countries).
I'm down to take that and jet.
As far as debt? Also mot much. 30k? I would live somewhere else to erase that debt overnight.
$0, I already have the means I am just experiencing a moral issue
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