Odesa Mama I'm here and you know in my videos on youtube I quite often refer to
the city even if I love it so much and I have an emotional attachment to Odesa I call it scam
central because of the amount of scams that go on particularly the romance scams that are focused
here in Odesa even though they plague other parts of the former Soviet Union and Ukraine in particular
so since I am one of the first people to say that it is scam central why the hell should you come
to Odesa and what kind of guy from the West is going to enjoy maybe even moving here never mind
just coming on a short trip that is the topic of today's Tip Thursday with me Conor Clyne I'm going
to outline five reasons to move to Odesa Mama in spite of the scammer culture here поехали!
First big reason to come to Odesa over the other cities in Ukraine is if you love the sea
looking out over the Black Sea we're here on the Odesa port it's taking a stroll late September
and you can see the weather and you know Ш have a participant in my high level constitution group
for guys who want to move to Ukraine from three to 12 months per year and for him he told me it
could only be Odesa for that reason he loves to be by the sea and here in Ukraine there's only one
big city by the seaside since Crimea is under Russian de facto control that is Odesa Mama
so I too I grew up by the seaside in on the west coast of Ireland and I have to say I
also have this attachment to being by the seaside to be able to look out over the sea
and that is what you have here in Odesa you know it's hard to top a day at the beach with some
friends and just having a blast by the seaside at a beach club or somewhere else so that is a huge
plus for Odesa and if that's your scene if that rocks your boat then I guess a moment it has to be
This is called Серце закохоних so it's kind of like the heart of love it's obviously these padlocks that
used to actually have in the bridge just in front of me here kind of lovers bridge and you know you
probably might be surprised if you watch my other videos but I'm actually going to say that one
of the other reasons to move to Odesa is for the dating options now I know this is scam central as
I like to point out I know there are lots of scams romance scams are infamous in this city but if you
actually move to Odesa as opposed to coming in on a two-week slash and grab kind of campaign here
then you will do a lot better than at home with the right strategy obviously
and using common sense and developing a strong mindset now that seems like a lot of
work but it will be worth it there will be great dating options for you here I have to say that
you know when I have clients I never tell them if they say my priority is to meet a woman or meet women
in a short amount of time that they should come to Odesa it's basically going to be almost certainly
a waste of your time if that is the purpose of your trip to Eastern Europe and that might seem
a little bit strange since this market since the city is marketed you know for internet
brides paid dates and whatnot and desperate women wanting to flee to the West but that's of course
not the case if you watch the plethora videos on my channel you'll know why another thing if
you come to Odesa and you have never gone on a date with a beautiful woman and one walks
up to you in the street and suddenly seems very available asks you to join her in a restaurant
that you don't know and then starts ordering lobster and champagne and you haven't even
looked the menu to see what the price of all this is and suddenly you are stuck with a bill for a
thousand euros don't be surprised if that happens right so use common sense be assertive I have all
my other videos and also my online programs for training you or you know training with you in
person or remotely whatever happens to be just don't be naive when you come to Odesa please
So the next big reason I think to consider Odesa is for its architectural heritage
even though this is a city in the former Russian empire built during the Tsarist times you've got
a statues actually of Empress Catherine the Great up there it actually feels you might
be surprised but it's more of a Mediterranean city I think than really a Russian-built city
that's because a lot of the early founders here in Odesa were in fact from the Mediterranean they're
actually lots of French and Italians an example of that is just behind me we've got the
Richelieu statue and Richelieu obviously a very famous French name and on top of that then you
got the Potemkin steps they were designed by an Italian named Boffo and you know other Europeans
nationalities have influenced the city a lot you have of course the beautiful opera house in Odesa
same architects from Austria as the Vienna opera house also had a good few Brits actually down the
early development of the port here in Odesa so you had all these influences and as a result you
have architectural styles like art nouveau renaissance classicist not normally what you
associate in this part of Eastern Europe at least and in Ukraine this is the city to find the best
examples of those types of architecture and for me it's definitely got a really interesting
and beautiful historic center full of very interesting buildings so I think
number two has to be for the unique architecture you could say it's a bit similar to St Petersburg
but obviously a lot further south without the well the weather of St Petersburg
so whether you happen to be looking for a villa with that seaside view
maybe a historic a beautiful historic building in the city center an apartment gonna renovate it
there or you're looking for a new building there's so much construction just looking out over the
skyline there going on in Odesa especially down along the coast where the beaches are maybe near
Arcadia for example amazing plethora of options in terms of getting you know an apartment here
building a house here for a fraction of the cost of doing it by the seaside in other parts of
Europe and of course living here as you probably know is a fraction of the West in any case
the last and fifth reason that I'm going to give you for a move to Odesa as opposed to another
city in Ukraine is the unique charm of its locals unique I have to say Odesite and they're Odesky
humor and you really only get to appreciate that I think if you spend you know time here
off season it's really when you build most of your connections in the city because there's so much
going on during the summer so many people coming in it's a huge tourist mecca here in Ukraine that
well you don't really get to be considered kind of like a local unless you're hanging out here a
bit also during the winter months off season you know we're just about to go into autumn here and
then you really get to know the people and I think you get more appreciated because you're you know
known in the city or the places that you're going to and you build up that social circle in Odesa
and I think off season is the time to do that it is sleepy you know in the winter and the offseason
is not you don't get as much snow here as other parts of Eastern Europe but with the humidity
off the sea it does feel really really chilly so be prepared if you obviously want to live in the
sun 365 days a year then Odesa off season is not going to be the place for you for sure and you
know I appreciate that not everybody wants to be in Eastern Europe during the winter they'd rather
split up their time like many of my clients actually do is that they go to Latin America maybe
Brazil maybe Colombia for a large part of those mid-winter months and then they come back here so
I think it is something to consider in terms of the ambiance I think it is
unique in Eastern Europe I think Odesa it's to me never really felt like necessarily a Russian city
or a Ukrainian city just feels like Odesa Mama something a little bit special
So there you have my basic outline for the type of Western guy who is going to revel in a move
or even a visit to Odesa Mama now if you are considering moving to Ukraine then you're going
to need to get yourself set up for a successful move you're going to need things like a visa
and temporary residence or permanent residency because the visa free for most of us is 90 days
every 180 so if you want to spend you know an extended summer stay and enjoy the summer like we
have right now this is like almost mid-September we have this beautiful beautiful weather here in
Odesa you are going to need to get that set up I cover all of this and a lot more including
obviously the huge opportunities in the local real estate market also the local healthcare system on
top of that we have like business opportunities how to network correctly how you don't end up
Billy no-mates I have a vodka vodkast about that as well but you need a plan
in place as well to overcome the language barrier here in Odesa and in Ukraine in general and the
way to do that is to get in on my high level consultation group that is Slavic Utopia Secrets:
Ukraine and there is a link down below in the description to this video and there you
go and you can enroll in the program it's on demand and every year or so I open it up as well for
live interaction with me on live streams in a series of live streams super super group of
guys there it's great to see the camaraderie and the community effect that's been built up because
you don't want to end up Billy no-mates as I said if you come to Odesa Mama so that is all I've
got to say today the sun is setting here you can see probably well you can actually the sailor statue
the I guess the wife of the sailor statue maybe the name of it bidding farewell to
the sailors who disappear over the horizon out of Odesa port it's my moment to disappear
out of this video see you very soon in the next one до побачення до свидания from Odesa Mama, Ukraine!