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by oppositelock 3437 days ago
Europe's natural population growth is largely negative too, so it's no utopia over there either.

I grew up in eastern Europe, and work in the US, so I've got perspective on both cultures. The biggest difference that I can see is that families in Europe tend to stay closer together, and grandparents, aunts and uncles help with child rearing, which is a huge help! Here, in the SF Bay Area, we're a society of immigrants who have severed those links. I've been working in tech in and around SF for 20+ years, and it's rare to meet someone with family in the area. All the growth here has been from immigration, foreign and domestic. People in the US really do seem to move a lot for work.