12 Things Americans Get Wrong About Albania

Is Albania dangerous, poor, deeply religious or connected to Russia? After almost two years living in Albania, Spencer clears up 12 things Americans consistently get wrong about the country. Build your free Escape Plan: https://www.smileabroad.al/build-your... Join the Smile Abroad Club for weekly support: https://www.smileabroad.al/smile-abro... Get help understanding Albanian residency: https://www.smileabroad.al/residency Before moving from Kansas City to Sarandë, we knew very little about Albania. What we discovered was a country that is safer, more modern, more diverse and more complicated than the stereotypes suggest. In this video, Spencer discusses safety in Albania, religion, communism, Albania’s relationship with America, cost of living, infrastructure, the Albanian language, life beyond the Riviera, EU and Schengen membership, Albanian hospitality and the country’s rapid transformation. Albania is not universally poor, universally cheap or universally underdeveloped. It is modern and traditional, welcoming and administratively frustrating, affordable and increasingly expensive. Most importantly, it is completely its own thing. CHAPTERS 00:00 12 Things Americans Get Wrong About Albania 00:27 #1 Not a Dangerous Place 03:15 #2 Not an Islamic State 04:26 #3 Not Russian or Soviet 05:43 #4 Not Uniformly Poor or Primitive 07:07 #5 No Hate for Americans 08:43 #6 Not Dirt Cheap Anymore 11:00 #7 Modern Infrastructure 12:26 #8 Not Slavic or Greek 13:30 #9 Not Just Coastal 14:50 #10 Not in the EU or Schengen 16:25 #11 Hospitality Is Real, Systems Are Stressful 17:36 #12 Not an Undiscovered Paradise 18:41 Conclusion #Albania #LivingInAlbania #MovingAbroad