it's relatively easy to live in certain Schengen countries right now but ETIAS might change that

Gotcha much appreciated

look into Georgia and Armenia

Georgia offers one year visa-free stays for Americans

with no rollover period

so you can leave, come back and get another year

Wow that’s nifty

Armenia offers 180-day stays per calendar year and they're also likely going to liberalize their visa laws to compete with Georgia

Armenia sounds cool as well and I’m already passable in it.

It’s rusty but passable

And nice

I'm going to Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey over the summer to see what things are like in each

Yeah my therapist has been supportive of me to visit the Caucasian mountains so this means a lot

Albania also allows year-long stays for Americans but I have no idea what the quality of life is like there

if it's like Serbia it probably sucks

And yeah turkey is like Russia I want to learn about it but the sources are so skewed it’s hard what to trust

friend of mine says they're actually quite welcoming to Americans

at least in Istanbul

@mattforney Albania I heard isn’t as bad as Bosnia

the Turks who end up in Europe are shitbags, the ones who stay behind are more on the ball

which makes sense

But it’s predominantly Muslim so who knows how me as a Christian will be treated

people generally don't emigrate under shitty gasterbeiter programs if they have a good life back home

@mattforney really how come? On the Turks in Europe

Turks in Istanbul are largely secular

Ahh ok

you're not going to run into serious Muslims unless you go to rural areas

And I meant Albania

And gotcha

Albania isn't very Muslim

only about 50 percent or so

the remainder are Catholic or Orthodox

Ahh ok thought it was more 70

And 30 Christian

according to another friend of mine the Muslims in Albania aren't observant

the Catholics are more devout

Ahh

Bosnia isn't a real country

Lol oh I know

it's becoming an open-air refugee camp

That’s why you mentioned Serbia lol