Great perspective and thanks for sharing. We did a similar evaluation. What made the decision to proceed for us based on the following:
- access to PT, as well as a Eurozone passport in general was important to us. We love PT and the option to potentially live in the Eurozone as well is terrific.
- a big consideration was the ability to get a non-US passport for our children. Yes Trump is gone for now but who knows what will happen in their lifetime?! The ability to have options is a great gift to offer them.
- The cost was a secondary consideration, tbh. We just hope to not lose our shirt. If you over-analyze the costs, you will likely decide against the move. There are definitely better financial investments.