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what Europe also doesn't have is a true single market. It has fractured markets, each with a different language, different legal requirements and so on. For al
by eldaisfish 5y ago
what Europe also doesn't have is a true single market. It has fractured markets, each with a different language, different legal requirements and so on.
For all the disagreements here, look at where people move. Only around 5% of EU citizens live and work in an [edit: EU] country other than their own and a large slice of that is people from the east moving west. Only a sliver is highly skilled work and the majority is semi-skilled or low-skilled. The EU loves to boast about how freedom of movement of people is an important pillar but getting it to work over the long term is still a bureaucratic nightmare.
Meanwhile, the US continues to vacuum up talent from across the world despite an utterly broken immigration system. Heck, even Canada is a top destination for talent due to its proximity to the US.
- jopsen 5y agoSpot on! Even with EU making travel easier, the language barriers, etc are really strong reasons why people prefer not to move far away. When I lived in SF, people were from all over the US / world. There were very few native SF'ers to be found anywhere in tech.