Should We Move To Monaco?🇲🇨

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Today we’re checking out the world’s second smallest and the world’s richest nation of Monaco! Is this the place we should call home? Could we even move here if we’re not multi-millionaires? What is life like here for more “normal” people, and what is the reality of Monaco beyond the glitz and glamour?🇲🇨

Today we’re finding that out!

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Monaco was our 16th country (first visited in 2016)🌍

Today we’re checking out ALL of Monaco, from the world-famous Monte Carlo casino, the prince’s palace, Fontvieille, the harbor filled with yachts, the Fairmont Hairpin, and more.

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0:00 Intro
0:50 Arriving in Nice comma France
2:47 First impressions of Monaco
4:55 How did Monaco get so RICH?
7:20 The most expensive real estate in the WORLD
9:33 How to move to Monaco?
11:16 What is living in Monaco ACTUALLY like? (local interview)
13:13 The four “types” of Monaco residents
14:35 What is it like to grow up in Monaco as a kid?
16:17 Monaco’s languages
18:35 Jumping between Monaco and France
19:39 Monaco’s LGBTQ situation
20:58 More on life in Monaco (healthcare, drugs, etc.)
23:23 Major throwback
24:10 Beach time
25:09 Walking from end to end of Monaco
26:16 Grocery stores
27:42 Moment of appreciation and reflection
29:18 Is Monaco real?
30:16 Taking public transport
30:52 Final scores

I’m Oscar. And I’m Dan. And today we’re in Monaco. Monaco, the richest country in the world, where one in three people is a millionaire. It has the highest real estate prices on Earth, 0% income tax, world famous events like the Formula 1 Grand Prix, and practically no crime. Oh, and it’s smaller than Central Park. So, that begs the question, should we, two completely normal guys from Sweden, move here? Well, today we’re doing our best to take that question seriously because while the image of Monaco is all luxury yachts, tax evasion, and gambling, we wanted to find out what actually living here is like for more ordinary people. Is it even possible to move here if you’re not a multi-millionaire? And if so, is there more to this luxurious bubble than first meets the eye? Today, we’re meeting locals and digging deeper into the reality of Monaco beyond the glitz. Our visit, just like most visits to Monaco, begins with flying into Nice. Guys, we made it to Nice, not to Tunis. Tunis, Ka Africa, period. Please tell us. I think we’re in Nice, France. Now, this would have been a mind flight to be on. Tunis to Nice. Wait, are you going to Nice or Tunis? Tunis. I’m going Tunis to Tunis. I’m going Tunis. There is a very tangible focus on luxury here, but we didn’t notice this last time when we were here in 2016 cuz we weren’t very luxury. But now we’re taking a boat to Monte Carlo. It’s €55, which to be fair, that’s very expensive, but only €15 more than the bus. It’s not worth it. We were here during our interail trip right after high school in 2016. So, it’s been a while. And we had a short stint of going to Monaco that time as well. So, we have been before, but yeah, we’ll tell you more about why we don’t necessarily consider it like the most legit visit and how it’s kind of emblematic of how, you know, we’ve come a long way since we were two boys straight out of high school on a very limited budget. If this is your first time here, let us quickly introduce ourselves. Our names are Oscar and Dan, and since meeting in high school 11 years ago, we’ve been traveling together and living abroad nearly non-stop. After traveling to over a 100 countries, we are on the lookout for the perfect place to settle down and start the next phase of our lives. So far, we’ve rated these places, and today, we’ll be using our score sheet to rank Monaco in the same way. and we’ll give our final scores at the end of the video. Oscar, should we move to Monaco? Just judging from this view alone? Yeah, let’s do it. Just to give you some perspective on how absolutely tiny this country is. Right now, we’re in Monte Carlo, which is in the very center of the sort of stretcher along the coast that is Monaco. And what we see over there, all of this is like well into France. It’s not even just like the borders right there. But yeah, it’s somewhere behind all these buildings. These mountain tops are in France, too. And actually, I think if you look beyond sort of Wait, let me zoom a little bit to make it clear. I think this Cape is in France. And I’m pretty sure that this one behind it is Italy. You could say that Monaco is like the luxurious armpit of Southern Europe. Does that make sense? I think that’s a pretty good nickname actually. But luxurious armpit, the good smelling armpit of southern Europe. That’s Monaco. So right here is the world famous hairin, which is like the most famous part of the Monaco F1 Grand Prix racetrack. The whole country turns into the racetrack pretty much. It is crazy to think that they are like supposed to drive fast and race in this part, but it’s so funny. There’s so many tourists right here. I can’t even imagine what it’s like here during the Grand Prix. It must be crazy because we we know what it’s like. I mean, even being in New York when there’s a big event like the menu. Yeah. Or like the Met Gala. That’s a tiny event in comparison city. Yeah. Exactly. So, I can’t Yeah. Like I feel like all the residents here must be like gh we travel all around the world but relatively speaking we don’t spend that much time in the Mediterranean and being here in a very manicured version of the Mediterranean where there’s very intentionally planted plants. The plants are so stunning and actually so exotic for you know our version of Europe. [Music] So Monaco originally had a lot more land than it does today. In order to retain its independence from France and in order to strike a deal with France so that they could stay independent, they basically had to give France like 90% of their territory, which is where they had all their agriculture. So they ended up being really really poor after that deal was struck. So then in an effort to attract a lot of highincome people, the first step was building the Monte Carlo Casino. And to this day, it stands here as probably the most iconic thing to exist in all of Monaco. And it was originally the thing that put Monaco on the map. And that’s how Monaco’s reputation as a hot spot for wealth and luxury began, eventually attracting many of the world’s multi-millionaires and billionaires to set up residency here. And although that’s far from the only side of Monaco, as we’ll get into later when we meet someone who grew up here, it’s impossible not to notice how in your face this focus on luxury is. I don’t think in any other place ever around the world have I ever seen like a public advertisement for private jets or for a private jet company. That says a lot about the clientele here. So, we have come to scout our yacht. So, which one do you think we’re going to buy? Yeah. Yeah. It’s like included when you move here. So, personally, I like the Lion Heart a lot. It’s a bit small. I don’t know if it could fit our huge egos. Like, we’re not even here for the yacht show yet. It feels like a yacht show probably goes on here every single day just by the nature of this place. The thing is that even when you’re in a place that is like very high-end or that attracts a lot of rich people like say Dubai or even places like London obviously or Paris or New York, you always get the feeling that luxury and that world like the sort of billionaire or multi-millionaire world is very hidden. So, I think what’s really interesting about being here is that everything feels so out in the open. Like, it feels like it’s part of everyday life. Like, you see all these ads clearly targeting the like top 1%. The fact that a business can invest that much into like a public ad for it to be worth it that just like by people seeing that ad, they’ll have like enough conversions on something like that. I think that’s just that says so much about what Monaco is all about and how it’s so different from even many other places that we would consider similar. [Music] As you know, if you watch our videos regularly, we always love checking out the real estate listings when we travel, but nothing could have prepared us for the listings in Monaco. So, allegedly, Monaco has the highest real estate prices in the world. So, we’re just passing by a real estate agent now, guys. The way I screamed. Monthly rent. And this is So, this is purchasing. Oh, and look at this. Casual. Okay, we found another agency. And this is just This is worse. 52 million for a fourbedroom. Show this. This is €190,000 per month. I mean, yeah, that’s honestly insane that anyone pays that. So, I think that decides it, guys. We’re not moving to Monaco. Thanks for watching this video and see you around the world. I actually don’t think I’ve ever felt this poor in my life where everything just feels so out of reach. You think you feel that way in London or New York, but no, those seem cheap in comparison. If someone told me it’s €7 million for an apartment in this, I would literally laugh in their face. The thing is that like the calculation really has to be so extreme, I feel, because obviously for some people it is worth it to live here and pay zero tax and especially if you want to live by the Mediterranean somewhere, but then for you to actually spend that money on real estate and it still works out to be like more worth it. Okay, we found some significantly more affordable options, much much cheaper. Still not like cheap, but these are like studios. This is insane. 1 million for an 18 square meter apartment. Okay, this is 3.3,000 a month for 42 m plus charges. We’ll talk more about the public transport later, but fascinating they have it. Yeah, who takes it? So, they do have city bikes. [Music] Okay, our food arrived. Looks amazing. Look at this watermelon tuna. I mean, wow. And I have some uh tofu tacos. Monaco also has one of the world’s lowest crime rates. Crime is practically non-existent. Yet, they have the highest number of policemen per capita, which I think is so funny. They have one police officer per 80 people in the country, which is wild. There’s around 35,000 people living here, but out of those people, only 8,000ish are actual Monagas citizens. Becoming a Monas citizen is not a very easy process. There’s three ways to get residency. Number one is you can be employed by a company in Monaco, which is probably the easiest way, but even then I don’t know how easy it is to actually get employed. The second way is by starting a company in Monaco and bringing your business here basically. But then usually you have to employ like at least 10 people in Monaco for that to even be a viable route. And then the third way is by investment. And this is where the real barriers to entry or the barriers to moving to Monaco really come in because first of all you have to invest at least half a million in a bank account. But usually in practice it’s actually€1 million. No banks are going to accept you if you don’t have at least 1 million to invest. And then outside of that you also have to invest in property and actually buy something here. And as we saw the real estate prices are not exactly low. So but then once you actually live here obviously you have 0% income tax all those things. And most things are taxree. There’s just some taxes like VAT. You know, Monaco is great for the type of person that it wants to attract. So then in order to be actually become a citizen and get a Monagas passport, you have to live here for at least 10 years. And then once you’ve done that, you have to submit like a formal application. And the prince of Monaco is the one who finally either gives you a stamp of approval or rejects you. So it definitely is a very exclusive and intimate club. All right, so moving to Monaco today comes with a lot of hurdles, but if you manage to actually get in or you were lucky that your parents or grandparents moved here many decades ago, what is it like to actually grow up here? We asked on Instagram if we have any followers in Monaco. And to our surprise, out of the less than 40,000 people who live here, some include you guys who watch this channel. One of them is Liam. So, we are here with Liam, who is French Italian, but grew up in Monaco. We have probably a million questions. Like I don’t really know where to start. But like the stereotype about Monaco is that it’s just rich people. Like it’s all just like people invading tax like that kind of thing. How much of that is true and how much of that is just like a stereotype and not actually part of reality? I mean if you want to go to a tax heaven, you don’t have to go to Monaco which is like on the more expensive side. I mean you have to buy other places, but I think they also choose it more for the safety, the proximity to the sea. I mean you can you’re in Europe of course and even like an hour and a half drive from ski resorts you can yeah you have to be that’s I mean just such a good reason for me true good weather all year round I think it’s just really great do you get the feeling that like everyone who lives here is rich or are there clear like class divides between the people who live here well when you go to high school you don’t really realize as much cuz you would be mixed up with a lot of different people I mean the Monagas people who have a sometimes a more normal background and then some really like international kids. Of course, it’s a it’s a great mixup, but I I didn’t see that divide that much, but still we don’t we’re still in the bubble and we’re not confronted to like the real world. Some people would say it’s still a great luck, I think, to to be able to live here. Yeah. Is there like a lot of divide though between like the Monagas and the people who are not Monagas? I mean for government of course but then uh in the normal life you could be friends with Monagas people and not even realize. I mean I had friends friends then I just found out later on and uh I don’t think it’s what defines us or our relationships for sure. We also had another kind viewer Gabrielle reach out who was part of the less than 10,000 Monagas who actually hold a Monaco passport. According to Gabrielle there are essentially four factions of Monaco society. First you have the mega rich residents who moved here for tax purposes. These are the billionaires or multi-millionaires who make the most noise, own the luxury yachts, and skip traffic by flying in a helicopter. Second, you have the French and Italian families who moved here generations ago when Monaco was cheaper and didn’t have the same crazy requirements to obtain residency. These families are usually well off as well, but definitely not to the same extent. Then you have the native Monagas, who can also be divided into two categories. First, you have the rich and powerful families who control a huge part of the economy and Monaco’s government. And finally, there are the quote unquote normal Monagas. They typically live in government-owned apartments called the Domains, which are subsidized and much cheaper than the normal real estate, but only accessible to those with a Monagas passport. They typically work normal jobs in Monaco, but often have second homes across the border in France where prices are a lot cheaper. Well, how did your family end up here? Uh, my dad moved here for uh to work actually in the resorts when he was 17. Then my mom, she was just born here and the family has been here forever. They didn’t really come for the tax evasion or other kind of stuff and they just like grew their career here. So your dad didn’t need to have like half a million? No, not at the time. Yeah. When you’re a kid, you don’t realize how lucky you are to live here. Of course, you get to be around so many different nationalities, so so many international people that you really get to have an open mind. Just the quality of life is great. You can walk in anywhere and as a kid, it’s great to be outside. You have those beautiful gardens. Would your parents let you walk everywhere alone cuz it’s so safe? I think I started going to school. I walking to school really soon. You can take the bus. It’s really easy. In a lot of wealthy places, obviously things tend to be like very superficial, which is maybe even worse in school, right? When you’re a kid, do you feel that there was like a lot of focus on, oh, my family has a yacht or my family I wear the these branded clothes? It was the worst in middle school, I guess. You know, you would see people wearing like uh high f fashion brands and all that kind of stuff. No, I think my my parents for them it was really important to make me travel as early as possible going all over the world seeing that here is not uh real life. Yeah, I remember those words really being imprinted in my brains like this is not real life. Yeah. What would you do with your friends after school and stuff? Go on a yacht and like go jet skiis and all that. I mean some people have boats so it’s yeah always nice to go for a boat day and uh apart from that we would just I don’t know go to Starbucks afterwards it’s still normal and uh I think Starbucks after after school was the ritual Starbucks after school yeah what would people get like a really sugary for me was the cookies and cream frappuccino very Good. One thing I find really fascinating as a language nerd about Monaco and its languages is that there’s actually a Monagasp language. I wasn’t really aware of this. 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And if you’ve been putting off learning a new language for a long time or if you’re just interested in trying a new approach, I highly recommend you to make use of this opportunity today to get started right now. video. This whole time we’ve been like, “Wow, Monaco is smaller than Central Park. Wow, Monaco is smaller than Central Park. That’s tiny.” But now as we’re walking around, I’m more leaning toward feeling like actually Central Park is pretty massive. We both have walked the length of Central Park before. It takes a long time, but like the fact that you can walk through all of Monaco technically quicker than that is pretty wild. So, we have Monaco Asset Management. We have Dan in Monaco. I’m in Monaco, but that building is in France. Monaco. France. Monaco. I think it’s technically the other side of the road. I just don’t want to die. But now we’re actually in France. And it feels so different. All of a sudden, I want to have a baguette. Okay. Shout loudly at people in French. So, this is the village of Bosle. It’s literally a continuation of uh Monaco. So, the buildings never stopped. Something even crazier almost is that the building behind me is in Monaco, but their doors exit onto a street that’s in France. This is how you know you’re in France. You’d never see this in Monaco. Never. Actually, the point isn’t entirely moot because the Catholic Church holds a very firm grip on Monaco and its politics even to this day. There is a gorgeous tree right next to us. stuff to say. Speaking of, we were reading up a little bit on the LGBTQ+ situation here because we honestly hadn’t even thought about it and we realized so according to Wikipedia, Monaco, although it’s very safe. So, of course, that’s a benefit. But in terms of legal protections for LGBTQ plus people, it ranks 45th out of 49 in all of Europe. There’s no marriage here. They don’t allow transgender people to legally change their gender. There’s no pride events. That’s quite crazy and a sad realization. This is the first place where we’ve been considered moving to where we haven’t even thought about looking it up. Of course, it should be the same as France. You just think that it’s integrated with the French legal system. No, of course it’s not. Not at all. So, and religion is apparently very a very big thing here. They have a lot of Catholic festivals and rituals that are very important to the sort of monagas identity. Speaking of church in the background. So, I guess it’s maybe more similar to Italy in that way. And maybe this is where like Italy Italy proximity is felt more. Yeah. [Music] And what about drugs and alcohol? Do people is there a lot of that for teenagers or is it quite strict? There’s actually two like high schools in Monaco. There’s the public one and then there’s a an international private one where I’ve heard some stories about it but uh in my high school actually I’ve never heard of seen any of that stuff. Like drugs at all or I don’t think so. No, I think you don’t want to be caught in Monaco with drugs. Okay, that’s good. Yeah, the police is quite but like if someone is caught with drugs, they wouldn’t just be like deported and Oh, no. No, I don’t think so. Not that bad. It might be a nice a night in prison, but a night in prison, which is Hotel Par. Yeah, exactly. It’s just right underneath here. And they have the beautiful view. The prison is under. It’s just on the left. Yeah. That’s amazing. So, what about like when you grow up? Do you think that Monaco is still a good place when you like get into your 20s or does it like kind of diminish how good it is at that point? I think it’s nice to have an experience abroad and to see other stuff. I mean to to go out of this bubble and uh live a different lifestyle. Also get used to the bigger city life cuz still I mean it looks like a big city but it’s quite tiny and there’s not that much stuff to do. Uh so when I think it’s best to not live here in your 20s and come back with your family life. Yeah. [Music] [Applause] Okay. So maybe crime isn’t so nonexistent. That’s crazy. It seems like someone tried to break in to get these handbags. So, I keep seeing all these signs for the Monaco Post, which I just find so funny. Like, delivering mail in Monaco. Literally, just walk and leave it. Literally, like you don’t have to outsource that to someone else, even if it’s worldwide. It’s funny they don’t just use the French mail because surely they have much better logistics. Yeah. I don’t know. When you’re independent, you got to stay independent, I guess. Is healthc care free here? Uh, yeah. It’s similar to the French system but you get uh I think higher expenses and school is free for all residents. Is that then if you go I mean to the private school of course not but the public school is really renowned when you just show that you went to school here it’s a a great thing on your resume I think we stumbled upon the place where it all began. Yes. Where it all began when we arrived with our backpacks 9 years ago. Also, it’s funny cuz like in Monaco like stumbling upon something is like basically inevitable whatever it is in the country cuz you will eventually stumble upon it. The tracks are literally right here. Oh my gosh. It just goes right through the city. I remember this. I remember this like elevated part. We went on that. Oh my gosh. They have Amazon here. Amazon locker. Things have changed in 9 years, y’all. If I had known, we would have ordered. Yeah. Isn’t that cute? Breathtaking, right? It’s actually stunning. That is the entrance right there. And here’s the track. Yeah. Yeah. [Music] Okay. Pretty amazing beach to have in basically the center of well the center of the city. I mean it’s just one tiny city basically. So anything is the center of the city. But yeah. Okay. You can stop looking at him then. Looks like Charlotte Cloud. [Music] Yeah, Oscar has waterproof shoes, so he actually doesn’t have to be worried. And also, side note, I just have to say this is the perfect type of beach. It’s not like a big pebble beach, but it’s also not a sandy beach. You get these like small rocks, which is perfect cuz it doesn’t stick all over your body yet. So nice. It’s like not uncomfortable to walk on. Just perfect. [Music] Look, I kind of want it. Oak Fairy if you like if you’ve been here for a long time so long ago that you watch our Brazil videos and you know how obsessed we became with asai and how happy it makes us to see Oakberry anywhere around the world. We did it officially. We walked from end to end in Monaco. That’s where it ends right by that sign. That’s crazy. So this is France. But this is equally stunning. France is serving [Music] So we’re on the opposite end of Monaco now and this is Fier behind us and all of this is just reclaimed land. Like none of this existed. How when was this built? Do you know? In the 1970s. In the 1970s. So before then this didn’t exist. [Music] Another [Music] heat. [Music] As always, you know us, we of course have to check out some grocery stores. We first went to one in the very center of the city, right by the finishing stretch of the F1 track, which felt kind of geared towards tourists. But then we found an organic store in Lacondamin, a much more residential and familyfriendly area. Oh my gosh, look all this bulk stuff. And then some frozen veggies, frozen other random stuff. The kombucha is like almost €7. So almost like New York, I guess. Look at these vegetables. It’s quite empty. I guess people have done their shopping in the morning. This is so wrong. We have to walk into the other part. Yeah, they’re so trusting. They like you leave the store. I feel like I’m stealing them. Yeah, you’re not. Wow. Loose blueberries. Tons of different types of tofu here. There’s black forest. Yeah, I have no idea what that looks. Like black forest cake tofu rosa. Wait, there’s tofu pizza pizza. What? Seat tin grill seat tin. This like nightmare. Dan’s nightmare. He hates that flavor. The prices are not that bad considering we’re in a niche health food store. Baby food. Buy a baby food. Yeah. Wow. Oh my gosh. [Music] You know, life is really so crazy because 9 years ago, just over 9 years ago, we were in Monaco. We were passing through on an interrail trip backpacking. We had a nightly stay budget of like €50 probably maximum. Yeah, maybe 30. So, we were struggle busing it a lot and we wanted to see Monaco. We couldn’t find anywhere to actually we couldn’t find anywhere to leave our backpacks in the whole country backpacks in the whole country of Monaco. So we spent about an hour here and then we were dead from walking around in the heat with our backpacks. So we had to keep going and we couldn’t stay because of that. To think that 9 years later thanks to Only Fans money. Yep. Purely. Purely thanks to Only Fans. I mean it changes people’s lives. By the way, in case any neighbors are listening and in case you think we’re serious, that is a joke. Okay. But to think we’re here in Fairmont eating no food dinner. Like we were just sitting here like Yeah. That time we stayed in a a girl’s apartment in like a tiny room in her apartment in Nice. In Nice. Exactly. And we had to like act uh like emotional support for her because like her boyfriend broke up with her while we were staying with her. It was the craziest experience. And then like she was so nice like drove us to the airport and stuff. A wild trip. But see, they don’t drive you to the airport here. No, true. Anyway, good night. [Music] We were just talking about how this is one of those small, unique, rare places like Singapore where there’s no grime, no dirt, no graffiti. Everything is so manicured and perfect and immaculate. And there’s no like people that make you feel threatened or uncomfortable. It has that very polished vibe which is so nice. I feel like it’s very nice and then at the same time sometimes you want a place to feel real too. Yeah. But a lot of people say that about the Gulf or about Singapore that like I don’t feel that it’s very alive. I personally don’t feel that things have to be dirty and like chaotic. It’s an interesting balance cuz like you want it to feel manicured and super safe but also not entirely shut off from the rest of the of the world in like a bubble. I guess Monaco is a bit better in that sense because it’s still so so like you can literally walk into France to Italy or whatever. There you can see dirt and grime and Griffy if you want to. Yeah, I guess. So the plot twist here is that Uber and Bolt are not available in Monaco. So although we could order a Bolt to come here, we can’t order one to go. So now we are taking the bus and the train to get back to the airport. Yeah, because we’re not spending €100 for a taxi. That is that’s where our limits are drawn. Yeah. Okay, let’s give you our Monaco scores. We are going to talk very quiet cuz we’re in an awkwardly quiet ammo in Nice. So the thing is obviously we’re not moving to Monaco. I think that’s pretty clear and we knew that coming here that it was more going to be like a fun thing like a fun video like a travel vlog from Monaco but through the lens of trying to search for a home because that’s what we’re doing right now. So but we still wanted to score it but kind of tongue and cheek. Most of the other places we’ve scored we know a lot more intimately. But we still wanted to do it because why skip the fun. So honestly I didn’t think what Oscar thought. I thought we could be moving to Monaco. I guess I was like uneducated, but I was like, why not? I mean, this is not one of the places we’ve seriously discussed, but I was like, I’m always open to new options, especially in Europe. So, I was super excited. We have made this score and we’ll give you some like disclaimers ahead of some of them because we feel like we don’t really know that well to be able to judge them. And if you’re from Monaco, Monaco, if you’re Yeah, Monaco. If you’re Monagas or a resident, I mean, please don’t be offended. we’re seeing. Now, disclaimer, we are ignorant buffoons who don’t know Monaco that well. So, without further ado, there’s a lot of highs and lows. We’re starting quite high with weather, which gets a nine. Amazing weather. Obviously, the winters are super short as well, and it doesn’t get dreary like it does where we’re from in Sweden. So, that’s great. Connectivity appropriate for me to cover. This is like airline connections and train connections and all this stuff. A 7 out of 10. The problem is of course that you have to get to Nice airport or you can also fly from Milan if there’s a good deal but it’s a bit more of a pain. So 7 I think is fair for connectivity cuz you have to go very far although Milan is very well connected. Nice is slightly less wellconed but also great and also quite expensive. So maybe seven is a bit generous but you can take a helicopter anywhere if you can afford to live in Monaco. a big deal with all of these scores. It’s like if you have a lot of money, they would be tens out of tens like in many cases. But if you don’t, then they’re not. But moving on to two categories that are tens out of 10 for us, safety and proximity to nature both get tens because I mean, what else can we say? Safety, super safe. The most police officers per capita in the world. And the nature is right there and gorgeous. Cost of living, we have put a one, which is Is this our first one? I’m not sure. It might be. I think it’s our first one. Obviously, you don’t pay tax in Monaco, which is great. You know, we’re rating this for us, not just for on average or for the general person or people who live in Monaco. For them, it might be a 10 out of 10 cuz they don’t pay tax. And when you make a h 100red million a year, then that’s a great deal. But to us, the rent especially, but other costs as well, make it a one because we wouldn’t really benefit from living there just by saving a bit on tax. And something we have to clarify here because we get so many comments about this every time. Oh, but you earn so much more when you live in Switzerland or you earn so much more when you live in Monaco. So that cancels it out. You have greater purchasing purchasing power. But the thing is for us and if you’re self-employed in general, you don’t benefit from that. We earn the same amount of money whenever wherever we live. So really what it comes down to is the cost of living in each place and not relative to wages. So 100%. Next, we have availability, convenience, and entertainment, which covers things like store opening hours, delivery, uh different events happening. We gave this five out of 10. And to be fair, we’re not like super wellversed in this category in Monaco, but we noticed stores are open on Sundays. Nice. Of course, they have things like I mean, the freaking F1, the most iconic races in Monaco, but we saw there’s a bunch of musicals that come there. Oh, you do have Amazon lockers like we saw in the train station, so you can get Amazon delivered. So maybe maybe this is a bit too low. We’re going to change our six I would say to a seven honestly because if you have Amazon and you have all those shows coming there and it’s quite like a happening place. Wow. Five to seven. Pretty good. And again if you have tons of money this is obviously a 10 because you can get literally I mean you can fly helicopters anywhere you want to go. So like if Coldplay isn’t coming to perform in Monaco you can just pay them personally to come and perform for you in Monaco. food scene. We gave this a four. And you know, as the resident foodie, I’ll say that we struggled a bit in Monaco. It’s not as international and cosmopolitan in terms of food as I had expected. Um, it’s very sort of local cuisine for the south of France, which for vegans is a bit tough. Yeah. And I think in general, like one of our pet peeves, I guess, or like least favorite type of restaurant is like a restaurant that doesn’t have a thing. They just serve they serve steak and they serve salads and they serve fries. We’re kind of like pick a lane and stick to it and do that really well. You know, like we want a specific cuisine at a restaurant. Yeah, we need to categorize and put labels on things. Um, next we have culture and values. Again, disclaimer, we obviously don’t know that much about this, but we spoke to maybe a handful of people during our time there and asked them questions. And I would say that this score of four sounds a bit harsh, but when you consider the LGBTQ plus situation, when you consider that it is very superficial, you know, even if some people might disagree, it is obviously extremely, you know, appearances matter, money matters a lot, then that’s what we rate it. East integration, we put five. This is also a difficult one to score cuz obviously we don’t fully know what it would be like to move there. English is widely spoken in Monaco because there’s a lot of expats. So that would make it easier to integrate. At the same time, I think for us it’s harder to integrate in Monaco if you’re not a multi-millionaire. That’s just the truth. So let’s end on a high note, which I mean this is like extremely generous, but also we’re just like why not? It seems like it could be the case. family environment. So, schools, medical services, we have given this a 10 out of 10 because if you can get into Monaco and actually be a residents there, resident there, you get free school, free healthcare, and all both of those things, at least according to Liam, are supposed to be amazing. And not to mention how safe it is. Like Liam talking about being able to walk or bike or take the bus to school from like a super super young age. like it’s just not it’s like a non-issue having to like worry about your kids getting into stuff. And he even said that drugs, alcohol, that kind of stuff is not even that like prevalent in school, which is amazing. At least in his school. All right, so that means in total, Monaco tallies a score of 68 out of 100. Again, take this with many, many grains of salt because we obviously don’t know uh what it would actually be like to move to Monaco. But this is just a fun little addition to the video. And by the way, that is still very close to the scores of a lot of other places. Our top scoring place, Bangkok, is 76. So, not exactly a huge difference. But on that note, thank you for joining us on Monaco. We had so much fun. We look forward to coming to visit again for sure. Who knows, one day in like 20 years, we’ll actually be able to move here and enjoy all the benefits of it. So, yeah, you know, I’m a big believer in saying, you know, what you want and what you strive for. So, you know, maybe when our bank account starts with multiple millions, like in the 10 plus million, then we might actually move to Monaco. But then we could buy like a studio facing a brick wall. So, I think in that sense, not really worth it. But anyway, guys, thank you so much for joining us in this video today. We appreciate you as always for tuning in and until we see you in the next video, see you around the