Out and about is the column where we chat to people who live or have lived and worked abroad. This week we are talking to Dirk Scheepers, currently living in America.
Where do you live and why exactly there?
I live in New York and would really like to move further south, to Texas, for better weather and no federal state tax. But alas, I work in finance and need to live close to Wall Street.
In what line of work are you?
I work as an institutional broker and trade corporate stocks of companies such as Amazon and Apple.
Do you still speak Afrikaans?
My entire family is still in South Africa, but I speak/listen/read Afrikaans on a daily basis, especially on my podcast, the DS Program. More links are available at the end of this article.
What do you like most about your life there?
I like the shortage of electric fences, very few smash and grab, the relative low murder rate and the fact tha