> This is especially important in US because the cost of living is high Cost of living in the US expensive? Have you traveled to Europe or Japan? Life is way

> This is especially important in US because the cost of living is high Cost of living in the US expensive? Have you traveled to Europe or Japan? Life is way more expensive in Europe, and in some European countries salaries are way lower than in the US. It's raising kids what is more expensive in the US than in Europe: * ‘Why Middle Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke’ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3079221/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3079221/ * The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A * The Two-income Trap By Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=_IFTf-_9fSsC&dq=two-income+trap&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=ssAIIrsz4K&sig=UuaimBU4LAu3bAbTI5pZQpPCTzQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=_IFTf-_9fSsC&... Solution: Move to Europe. I did the opposite. I moved from Europe to the US, but that's because I don't have kids.