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Apart from higher salaries in California Paris is way better for the quality of living. They have public transportation, good food and so far one of the emergin
by xvilka 8y ago
Apart from higher salaries in California Paris is way better for the quality of living. They have public transportation, good food and so far one of the emerging "mega/gigacities" of the future. They even have a "Grand Paris" [1] project which aims to integrate suburbs and surrounding cities in one huge melted conurbation. So opening a business here may be a good strategy in the long term.
[1] http://www.grand-paris.jll.fr/en/paris/ http://www.grand-paris.jll.fr/en/paris/
- jrs95 8y agoFrom what I can tell the startup ecosystem is even weaker there than in areas like the Midwest in the U.S., which even after expenses related to transportation and healthcare makes a lot more economic sense in my opinion. Cost of living is very low but the salaries are much higher. Regardless of infrastructure, France and Europe in general needs higher salaries to be competitive. Sure some of the quality of living things are nice but ultimately I'm going to choose a job primarily for work I enjoy and how much money I'll have left over expenses.
- Joky 8y ago"quality of living" is all relative, I'm from France and one of the reason I don't want to go back is that I don't want to live in Paris (and outside of Paris the job opportunities aren't really there). With my family, we are feeling that we're very much better off in a suburb (like Mountain View) with quick access to hike trail and some nature. On top of this, I also have 10min commute by bike. My friends in Paris commonly have 2h commute daily.