I think NHR has greatly contributed to the number of nomads who set their tax base there.
Although it's no longer available for new residents, it still works for everyone who came before.
Plus, general conditions people mentioned: great climate, more/less developed infrastructure, it was cheap before, many great cities to live in, safe, good medicine, coast, and surf.
The "it was cheap before" break my heart because attracting foreigners actually created a bigger gap in the economy between native Portuguese and everyone else. I am a foreigner myself, and having an in-law portuguese family and being in the rural area of Portugal, I get to see a lot of people work very hard for little, and as the prices rise, their wage doesn't.
We definitively can't blame foreigners, because they are doing nothing wrong other than using their money, the issue is that the government has enticed people to come because the country needs it, but they somewhat forgot (or dismissed) the economical impact on native portuguese.
I think NHR has greatly contributed to the number of nomads who set their tax base there.
Although it's no longer available for new residents, it still works for everyone who came before.
Plus, general conditions people mentioned: great climate, more/less developed infrastructure, it was cheap before, many great cities to live in, safe, good medicine, coast, and surf.
The "it was cheap before" break my heart because attracting foreigners actually created a bigger gap in the economy between native Portuguese and everyone else. I am a foreigner myself, and having an in-law portuguese family and being in the rural area of Portugal, I get to see a lot of people work very hard for little, and as the prices rise, their wage doesn't.
That's terrible, and it's a huge question for the Portuguese government. But it's definitely not foreigners' fault.
We definitively can't blame foreigners, because they are doing nothing wrong other than using their money, the issue is that the government has enticed people to come because the country needs it, but they somewhat forgot (or dismissed) the economical impact on native portuguese.