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>The biggest insight I am gaining from this thread is how many misconceptions about the US are rampant.

Most of those spreading the nonsense here know that what they are spreading is false. It's mostly (not entirely) massive copium, because they have tried to get a US job and for whatever reason haven't been able to.

They know very well that European salaries don't compensate for the "guaranteed leave" that is, along with "free healthcare", the favorite citation for why it's ackshually more expensive to live in the US than in Europe.

That's not to say that there are those who sincerely prefer life in Europe for family, cultural, linguistic, or other reasons. But 90% of people here denying the naked truth about US paychecks and cost of living versus those of other advanced countries aren't coming from such perspectives.