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Can't recommend this more. I moved out of Sweden and worked in UK tech for 7 years, earned a filthy amount of money, and are now moving back to Sweden to settle down.

I stayed in Sweden but moved away from the towns and my effective income almost doubled as well.

What country did you move to?

Probably Spain. You're destroying their property market, but at least you're on the winning side this time.

I wouldn't consider Spain low tax. Perhaps lower than Sweden but it's not low. UAE

UAE

So instead of contributing back to the Swedish welfare state that raised and educated you, you decide to move to a petrodollar country so you spend less on taxes. I get it. Sounds sustainable and not the least egocentric.

Unless he was an orphan and raised in a state orphanage, his parents already paid a lot of taxes, which presumably covered the education of their children?