| This thread proves to me that every discussion on US/Europe comparison is the same. There are people from USA who always bash on it (Reddit Bernie Sanders socialist brigades) and Europeans who never visited and feel they have to explain/rationalize widening gap between US and Europe. I know it all anecdata, but my experience is completely different. I am from Croatia, I lived there until my late twenties when I got a job in Munich. For the next 6 years I lived (with wife and three children) and worked in Germany, Austria and Netherlands until we moved to USA. Almost everything is better here. Healthcare, while expensive, is much better. Houses are huge and luxurious, cars are cheaper and more comfortable. Eating out and groceries are also cheaper, even if you buy higher quality items. And of course, salaries are higher even if you don't work in tech like my wife.
If you are in tech difference is huge, in Germany i was paid 80k € and here in States my first job was 190k $ and to add insult to injury taxes are lowar so my take home is higher.
And I'm not in Bay area, this was in Nebraska. Later we moved to Colorado. People are very polite and always ready to help. I don't see if we would ever return to Europe. |