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We have a good life at low cost in our "mediocre" home, and travel to London/New York to do all that economically productive stuff that no sane person actually

• dmix 8y ago
  > all that economically productive stuff that no sane person actually enjoys If that's the culture of modern greece then that explains a lot in itself. I guess the tentacles of socialism are still strangling Greece and it's legacy has been embedded in their culture [1]. > We have a good life at low cost Not to make this political but that lifestyle clearly hasn't exactly been sustainable and has been heavily subsidized externally AND internally. Which will cripple future growth for years to pay for yesterdays misteps. The fact all economically productive people leave to other places says as much about the anti-business enviornment present in Greece as much as it does about people's lifestyle choices there. No one wants to leave their hometown to make a living or do great things. It's always a consequence of trade-offs (ie, taxation, regulatory sanity, access to talented, hardworking, and educated people, excitement/apathy towards the future of the country, etc). [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/01/greek-disaster-is-all-about-socialism.html https://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/01/greek-disaster-is-all-about-...