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Nothing in life is "free". Europeans pay way higher taxes than Americans. "would spend it all on rent and cars" Excuses. If you don't want to make it work that
by toephu2 9y ago
Nothing in life is "free". Europeans pay way higher taxes than Americans.
"would spend it all on rent and cars"
Excuses. If you don't want to make it work that's fine. But there are tens of thousands of people making it work in the Bay Area.
#1 Don't have a car and live in SF, or buy a used cheap Honda or Toyota.
#2 Look at Rooms on craigslist, you can easily find a room or in-law room w/ own private bathroom IN San Francisco for under $1600/mo.
All this for a <30min commute to your tech company of choice in SF.
The media and everyone else likes to talk about how expensive it is to live in SF saying it costs $4k/mo for a 1bed room apartment...except these people are cherrypicking the most expensive and nicest places to live in SF. You can easily find cheaper on craigslist.
- CalRobert 9y agoExcuses??? Excuses are for when you've done something wrong. Why the hostility? I decided to give europe a try and liked it, so I stayed. sheesh. Anyway I had a good time in the bay, in Berkeley. But at this stage in my life I like it here. Also, even though I could have gotten "unlimited" time off in the US (note the huge scare quotes), my wife couldn't have, and here she gets ample holidays too.
- philipwhiuk 9y agoHealthcare in the US is twice as expensive and outcome significantly worse.
- toephu2 9y agoDo you not have your tech company paying your health insurance? Outcome is significantly worse? Then why do world leaders and rich people from other countries visit the U.S. just for healthcare? I don't hear people from Google/FB complaining about healthcare costs..
- CalRobert 9y agoI'm not who you were responding to, but I like knowing that the poorest person in the country still gets decent care.
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- eeZah7Ux 9y ago> Europeans pay way higher taxes than Americans Plain false.