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Interesting work? A love for liberty? Less crab mentality? Sorry, as a somewhat disgruntled European I couldn’t resist.
by bjornsing 4y ago
Interesting work? A love for liberty? Less crab mentality?
Sorry, as a somewhat disgruntled European I couldn’t resist.
- sdfjkl 4y agoThat'd be France you're describing. Plus, the food is better there :)
- jules 4y agoIs 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 agoI 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 agoJust 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 agoWhat does "love for liberty" mean to you?
- bjornsing 4y agoI 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 agoAs a Swede I don't get the pissing analogy