> What about quality of life and career prospects in Germany? Anyone living there have any insights? I am not a parent. So I can't say much about that. But eco

> What about quality of life and career prospects in Germany? Anyone living there have any insights? I am not a parent. So I can't say much about that. But economically you will be better off in CA than in Germany anywhere. Yes those kind of jobs exist in Germany but they are very rare. Also lot of money goes out of the pocket towards taxes, health and social security. German housing, especially in big cities like Berlin, Munich etc isn't any cheap either. I suppose since you both are working, you will jointly make enough to afford housing. Finding apartment to rent is hard and expensive. On the other hand, yes you get good WLB in Germany with vacations ~25-30 days/year range. But I see more and more companies in US are stressing on WLB with unlimited PTO. So you have the possibility of not sacrificing your income at the expense of better benefits/WLB in US. You do have better public transportation in most of the bigger German cities. If you decide to buy a house you will most probably live outside of any big German city. So the benefit of having good public transportation is also minimized since you will have to own a car. There are buses which connect German suburbs to the city but not often. Still further you move away from the city to suburbs, lesser the frequency of such public transportation. Based on where you decide to live the appointments with specialist doctors can take quite a long time - like 3-4 months isn't uncommon in bigger cities. It might be faster if you are living in smaller towns. Finally it's hard to integrate in German society whether it's the difficulty of language or how close knit Germans are. I think this holds for even Netherlands and even large part of Europe. I have never lived in USA but from what I have heard it's bit easier to fit in America than Europe.