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It's reaching a point where the US dollar isn't as strong anymore.
Its the only thing holding me back from moving out of the US is that my pay would take a nosedive in another country. And I'm hoarding like a raccoon.
your pay would take a nosedive but your quality of life would improve significantly… nobody ever denies that US wages are higher than europe, canada, australia, etc… but money is a means to an end. people are far happier with less money throughout similarly developed countries
As a French citizen it drives me nuts. Yes, my take-home pay looks low from a US perspective. But my 6 years at college/university were free, my monthly hospital stay for a chronic illness costs me exactly nothing, having a kid cost me around 100€, the way-too-expensive daycare was 400€ a month, Internet is like 15 a month...
afaik just health care costs alone explain the entire difference… sure you can choose to go without health insurance… i guess that’s a kind of freedom
personally i prefer to make good choices that prevent future expense of all kinds without worrying about cost