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Can you make a test move for just a few months and see if you like it? Employment aside, there are other things that matters when you change countries / contin

Can you make a test move for just a few months and see if you like it? Employment aside, there are other things that matters when you change countries / continents. As an European, I wouldn't like to move permanently to the US. If you are making enough money in Europe, I don't see much incentives to move to US.

bjornsing 4y ago
Interesting work? A love for liberty? Less crab mentality? Sorry, as a somewhat disgruntled European I couldn’t resist.
- sdfjkl 4y ago
  That'd be France you're describing. Plus, the food is better there :)
  - jules 4y ago
    Is it? This may be heresy, but I found the food in the US to be better than in France. If you're willing to spend a lot of money it may be better in France, but for ordinary eating out I've found the US to be better. Patisserie is better in France, though.
    - sdfjkl 4y ago
      I think so. But we mostly cook, so ingredient availability/price is more important than restaurants, which however I also found much better in France. Of course it probably depends on the areas you visit and how you select restaurants. Paris is full of tourist traps. In the US regional differences were enourmous.
  - bjornsing 4y ago
    Just the fact that you’re focused on the food makes me think you’re totally wrong. ;) France has one of the highest tax-to-gdp ratios in the world (46%). If you like government constraints it’s not the place to be.
- okamiueru 4y ago
  What does "love for liberty" mean to you?
  - bjornsing 4y ago
    I guess it could be summarized as the feelings expressed by Thomas Jefferson et al in the US Declaration of Independence. Few people understand and value those feelings today, but I’m one of those few. I’m not naive enough to think that the US is full of people like me, but there are more of us over there, and it’s not socially acceptable to piss on us endlessly (as it is in Sweden I’d say).
    - 2rsf 4y ago
      As a Swede I don't get the pissing analogy
koevet 4y ago
We don't plan to move permanently to the US, we are thinking between 2 and 5 years. If we would be very, very unhappy I guess we could pack and leave, but that would be a worst case scenario that I'd like to avoid for the enormous stress that it would cause.
Markoff 4y ago
few months will hardly cover honeymoon period, so it can help if he can realize things quickly but some things take at least 1-2 years to start coming to you

bjornsing 4y ago

Interesting work? A love for liberty? Less crab mentality? Sorry, as a somewhat disgruntled European I couldn’t resist.

sdfjkl 4y ago
That'd be France you're describing. Plus, the food is better there :)
- jules 4y ago
  Is it? This may be heresy, but I found the food in the US to be better than in France. If you're willing to spend a lot of money it may be better in France, but for ordinary eating out I've found the US to be better. Patisserie is better in France, though.
  - sdfjkl 4y ago
    I think so. But we mostly cook, so ingredient availability/price is more important than restaurants, which however I also found much better in France. Of course it probably depends on the areas you visit and how you select restaurants. Paris is full of tourist traps. In the US regional differences were enourmous.
- bjornsing 4y ago
  Just the fact that you’re focused on the food makes me think you’re totally wrong. ;) France has one of the highest tax-to-gdp ratios in the world (46%). If you like government constraints it’s not the place to be.
okamiueru 4y ago
What does "love for liberty" mean to you?
- bjornsing 4y ago
  I guess it could be summarized as the feelings expressed by Thomas Jefferson et al in the US Declaration of Independence. Few people understand and value those feelings today, but I’m one of those few. I’m not naive enough to think that the US is full of people like me, but there are more of us over there, and it’s not socially acceptable to piss on us endlessly (as it is in Sweden I’d say).
  - 2rsf 4y ago
    As a Swede I don't get the pissing analogy

koevet 4y ago

We don't plan to move permanently to the US, we are thinking between 2 and 5 years. If we would be very, very unhappy I guess we could pack and leave, but that would be a worst case scenario that I'd like to avoid for the enormous stress that it would cause.

Markoff 4y ago

few months will hardly cover honeymoon period, so it can help if he can realize things quickly but some things take at least 1-2 years to start coming to you