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Portugal vs USA Cost of Living
Comparing Income taxes, Property taxes, Cost of Living and Healthcare
The Unretirees
October 20, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes
Are the higher tax rates in Europe keeping you from fulfilling your dream of living abroad?
Recently Matt and I did a comparison video on the estimated cost of living in California (where we lived for most of our lives) and Portugal (where we live now).
For this comparison, we considered four things:
Income tax
Property tax
Cost of living
Healthcare
At the risk of sounding overly dramatic, the results really were shocking.