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In this video, we have a sit-down conversation with a fellow Fil-Am hailing from Las Vegas, Corin Lujan. I had the chance to briefly interview Corin during her vacation in the Philippines as she shares about her thoughts on the pitfalls of living in the U.S, Filipino-Americans leaving seeking a new life back in the homeland, and her personal life as a realtor and journalist. Enjoy!
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0:00 Is The American Dream Dead? Filipino-Americans Leaving The U.S For The Philippines…
0:14 Interview Begins
35:49 God Bless
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“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
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In this video, we have a sit-down conversation with a fellow Fil-Am hailing from Las Vegas, Corin Lujan. I had the chance to briefly interview Corin during her vacation in the Philippines as she shares about her thoughts on the pitfalls of living in the U.S, Filipino-Americans leaving seeking a new life back in the homeland, and her personal life as a realtor and journalist. Enjoy!
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This resonates so much in our current situation. I, too grew up from Las Vegas and things have changed for the worst. So thinking of moving back to Cebu full time and I want my daughter who’s only 6 to experience and immerse herself to the Filipino culture. The quality of life exponentially way better in the Philippines. Thanks for this great episode!!
Good video Evan! As a half-Filipino myself, I plan on exploring my roots in retirement and more importantly contributing back to the country which is responsible for my being here. The weight of history goes back through my mother's family in the PI and resulted in me and my accomplishments. Listening to your interview, I'm struck by how frenetic she is given her ancestry. You can see the effect of her time in the USA and I'm sure she would go through a decompression phase in the Philippines. I look forward to future videos!
Quick update – your interviewee mentioned the weight of obligation to one's family (the Social Contract), but she did not really give you the reasons for why it differs so greatly in the US compared to the PI. In the end, it becomes a question of resources. Families are smaller in the US (lower cost of resources); family members all need to work, especially if they in lower paying professions (heck, even higher paying professions require both parents to work); every resource in the US is multiple orders of magnitude more expensive than in the PI. It's not that families don't want to take care of their parents…it's that they can't do it. They lack both the resources and the necessary skillset to take care of them. As you might guess, this results in a fair amount of guilt, especially if those family members came from a country like the Philippines.
Not only that…..they are getting older and they would rather be home to handle issues. Plus, they must really miss the home (Philippines)
America is still a great place. It's not for everyone. Just like the Philippines is not for everyone. I hear lots of expats are leaving the Philippines because of many factors.
Seems like these folks lost a lot of their culture living so long in the US. Also I didn’t hear anything about a husband? Or did she take on the American/western way of divorcing as a come up?
u r 100 percent right.american nightmare
This is a good and timely topic for those who’s interested to retire early and living in the Philippines.
Life is better in The Philippines!!! 🌞
Everything she said is true, that living here in the U.S. is a rat race, because most people like to keep up with the Joneses. To live a simple life is possible, but most people like enslave themselves with material things so they live a rat race.
USA will always be a part of my life: so fortunate to joined the military at 19 and at 45 after 25 years of service; I have a descent amount of pension in addition to a paid off property that will be rented for additional passive income; without the American opportunity life would be a total 180 degrees different. US and PI has its pros and cons without a doubt, life is about making the best of where you're at given the circumstances. All the best everyone!
leaving the US is not only on the minds of FilAms. everyone wants to leave, even local born Americans want to move abroad. … the US these days is a shit show and a half if you’re not rich.
My family encouraged me to study nursing, but all reason that was discuss here are same reason I don’t want to move to US.
My late Filipina wife and I retired to the Philippines in 2016 after 41 years in the States. She was from Isabella, and I was from northern Indiana. We married in 1976 in the Philippines and planned our retirement for the last twenty years of our careers. In our last twenty years, we lived in Honolulu, Hawaii, put our six children through school there, and watched our grandchildren start their lives there. I still live in the Philippines and love it very much. It's the culture and the people that make it so warm and welcoming here. I recently remarried a younger Filipina who worked for me as my caregiver. I was so surprised that she cared for me and did everything my late wife would do. Even the way she cooked my favorite dishes. I feel that God has blessed me and given me a special time with another beautiful Filipina in my life.
Corin seems wonderful! Another great segment Evan 👍💯
I watched everything you have publish on youtube. We are also thinking of moving back to the Philippines and work remotely from there. Also, I am from suburb of Chicago like you. Keep up the good works.
Philippines is way better than any paradise in the world!
If all Americans only took the good without the ugly America 🇺🇸 wouldn't exist. I love other countries and Italy 🇮🇹 but I'm American first my Nonny that raised me was Italian and when I was young I would say let's go home Nonny but I'm American.
ειστε ολοι ευπροσδεκτοι εδω στις Φιλιππινες
yes. nawawala na ang american dream not like the 70s and 80s.ok na lng mag bakasyun sa tate.
This resonated with me. Even though I grew up here in the U.S. since the young age of 8, the Filipino culture has been instilled in me. I too will soon be a “Lola” and plan to retire early in a couple of years. For now my husband I I try to go back to the Philippines when possible. 🇵🇭🇺🇸
Snippet: Nice to hear more and more Philippinnians (Pinoy) are headed home from the states nowadays, and for a good reason and some have already been stated on this video. But the very best decision for sure, is that there's really **no place like home** where to live permanently than your very own land and be with your own civilization — customs & tradition, and in this case, the Philippines. It's high tide now to Return to motherland, mga kabaryo — and to also Return USA back and their Gov't created economy to their own kindred. America was and still is being ambushed by people from across the sea — looking for a much improved or a better situation. The truth is, you could also do pretty much the same thing back in your own society and together work towards having a sustainable nationwide Economy, so that there's plenty for everybody to earn an income from — to support life apart from starvation or **taking Jobs away from others across the sea.** Who do you see in the workforce right now in the USA and in much of Europe? Please ask if you need further clarifications and specifics by clicking the Reply button and will read it carefully and respond promptly on building your own land's economy. Stop being the victim, but be doer of success! Reject the whispers you hear inside you head — he is the 666 guy and certainly NOT God! You are smart and capable. In Christ we trust! God bless. Aug2023
I listened to all the factors you guys discussed in the VLOG; and I heard you; I guess it is a matter of lifestyle preference that you guys want to have in your retirement years; TRUE the US is expensive and depending on the lifestyle you guys had prior to retirement ; this would greatly determine your area of preference be it in US or the Philippines ; BIG winners for me for the Philippines is the food; the cost of living and people that you surround yourself with; I know there will be lots of family around ; but as to everything there will be pluses and minuses ; at this time; the BIG(++) to stay in the US is prevalent for our family; but you never know what it will be in the next few years; THE BIGGEST (- -) for me is the political landscape in the PHILPPINES which I feel is not conducive to safety and security and the HEALTHCARE system would also be a MAJOR factor once you retire to insure one could maintain a healthy lifestyle on your retirement; there are ONLY a handful of really reputable hospitals with adequate modern equipment to give you the assurance of excellent healthcare. We might re-examine our priorities in several years but for NOW it is still NORTH AMERICA FOR US !!
Brain "Drain" not "Train"… I was a in a government scholarship in high school back in the 1980's, majority of highschool classmates went to the US. In some ways the Philippines did lost its investment on the best Filipino minds to the so called American dream.
Biden and woke leftist destroy USA
The most sensible interview/conversation and honest to goodness outlook of life as it is… ❤❤❤
American Dream is alive and well to those who consistently work hard, save, and invest wisely. Most do not save for their future and would rather spend on wants, material things that depreciate and then blame the govt or country for their bad financial decisions in life. There is no personal responsibility. If people would only be more financially responsible and self-reliant, they will be in a better situation. I retired at 38 after working doubly hard 12 hours a day, 6-7 days a week for 20 years. It can be done in USA. I retired in California, I have a paid off house/cars and debt-free I can travel with my family anywhere in the world but home will always be California as I planned ahead and can afford to retire here. American Dream is still alive because people can work here, save, invest, earn a pension/solid monthly income streams and retire in the Philippines, Mexico or in any country with cheaper cost of living. People in poorer countries do not have that option. Reason why Filipinos leave Philippines for greener pastures elsewhere. USA is not a perfect country but it still has many opportunitues compared to other countries. Work hard, save and invest while still young and then retire early wherever you want to retire in, many have retired early because of opportunities in USA. Financial freedom should be everyone's goal but sadly, financial literacy is not taught to kids in school and there are many material distractions along the way that trap people in debt. Americans are able to retire comfortably in the Philippines or Mexico because they have income stream(s) in USD that they established in USA first and foremost.
OmG your voice chnaged. I love it.
FYI, $1,500 not $15,000 🙂
Asian Americans are moving back to Asia in record numbers….the American dream has now evolved into an American nightmare. America is going down.
Great to listen to you as always. I am a Seychelles Citizen born and raise. I have travelled to many countries and studied in Europe. I watched a lot of vlogs about the Philippines as I love the Philipinos hospitality. One thing that touched me in your interview is the sandwich that my generation are face with today. I am 54 years old now and I think even in our small Island state we are the last generation that will take care of our parents, for those that still around. My parents are resting in peace since many years ago. I remembered when I started work, I will give half ofy salary to my mother. We all simblings contributed to her wellbeing when she retired. We take care of my mother until death. My dad passed young so he was a different. Today both my child are working living their own life. Not one of them have ever give me a cents or care to visit me regularly. I am not in perfect health conditions and on invalidity pension early. That is that sad part of it even I have gave them both my heritage land given to me by my father to keep the family property instead of selling it. I would be happy maybe to retire in the Philippines, but I need a full pension retirement for me to do it.
This is a very nice interview, full of insights.
Great job, but you can drop the music, or have something more relaxing!!
Sa daming mass shooting sa US kahit sa mga high school lang punyeta nagpapatayan, ang taas din nang HATE CRIME tapos american dream pa?! Amerika ka 5050 na buhay mo jan… 😂😂😂
Those half Filipino kuno na sa US na lumaki at pinanganak punyeta wag na kayo sumiksik dito.. buong buhay nyo Us lifestyle na kayo wag nyong Dungisan ang mga matitinong pinoy dito.. pa pinoy pinoy pa kayong nalalaman hindi naman marunong mag Tagalog tapos panlaban nyo ung likas papaya ng mga lola nyo wahahaha jan nalang kayo.. 😂😂😜
As a Tagalog teacher to expats, this is interesting and insightful for me. Thank you for this. 🙂
Like 👍 Number 666. No 👎, I do not plan on doing something evil! L 🤣 L
A number of native Filipinas prefer Filipino men who grew up or lived in Western nations especially Filipino-Americans.
Warning. ⚠️ Not every Filipino Western man 😒 will want to stay in The Philippines 🇵🇭. I know a number of Filipino Canadians 🇨🇦 who will never move there because they love 💘 snow ❄, which is never in The Philippines 🇵🇭.