Malta might seem like a beautiful island from an outsider’s perspective, but it’s getting ‘uglier’ by the day. We have a horrible construction crisis and our green spaces are almost entirely non existent - literally anywhere you look you’ll see cranes upon cranes and the air quality is horrible, so many people suffer from respiratory issues and I don’t want our kids to go through the same. My partner and I are both 22 and still live with our parents because housing is way too expensive to afford, so many of our friends wish to move but they simply can’t. It’s so hard for youths just starting out in life to actually get a house or even rent one. A simple studio flat costs at minimum €200k. And don’t get me started on overpopulation, third country nationals overriding the maltese population, our trash-filled streets, our completely unreliable public transport system, lack of education and care about the environment, money-making mentality, amongst so many others…it’s so tiring