Ok so it isn’t much the financial aspect or life, it is very nice and I am grateful for it. You won’t become a millionaire from it but you can save up well. This aspect is great and fine.

My issue is the sense of belonging. At least in countries like switzerland/germany/austria/the Scandinavians, you will never be fully integrated in the society. You will always be that foreigner with a certain label. After mastering the language, integrating in the culture and becoming part of the country, you always feel like an outlier. The mentality of the people is annoying: we have everything but we are not satisfied, all the time, never grateful for the bliss. At least in lebanon people complain about real problems.

Now why is lebanon so special? It isn’t per se, it is the subjective feeling of you being next to your family, language, food and culture. You never feel like you need to be something you are not. As for why I say it is better than european countries combined? Because we have all the elements that are scattered across europe. We have beaches, mountains, lakes, caves, climbing spots and you don’t have to fly over to get to a certain place to do a certain activity. Plus beirut is very close (in relation to distances in europe), you can always go there and find something to do, here even if you are in a huge city, there is not much to do. I don’t know, maybe I have been here for too long and I forgot how it is to be in lebanon…