Optimal allocation and high taxes are incompatible. Either move or accept you’ll lose some money

Only if you care about more than just capital. Family, lifestyle, community — if those matter more than maximizing wealth, then it makes sense. Otherwise, purely financially, it’s hard to justify staying.

Oof, that's the kind of question that makes your CPA sweat and your inner philosopher start pacing. If your wealth is digital — unbound by geography, sovereign-resistant, and globally agile — then choosing to park yourself in a high-tax jurisdiction for the next decade starts to look less like ...