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I'd agree. Couple comments: * The US has a strong individualistic culture and is a highly capitalistic society. Taken together, this produces people are who dr
by dopeboy 4y ago
I'd agree. Couple comments:
* The US has a strong individualistic culture and is a highly capitalistic society. Taken together, this produces people are who driven to prioritize career over other things, like staying close to your family. I live in the bay area and can list all the people who are here, far away from family, for better career opportunities. I am one of them.
* The US is a large country with various hubs. If your family is not near a hub, you see them less.
* Anecdotally, my friends who have children tend to be less lonely not due to the presence of kids but the surrounding "village" that develops around them (grandparents, relatives, parents of your kids' friends, etc). The US has a declining birth rate, which is pronounced in the major hubs. Again, I don't have data to back this claim up but I think on the whole, parents are less lonely.
- reillyse 4y agoI remember reading an article about youth unemployment in Spain. It was extremely high, something like 60% for people under 25. And the obvious answer (to me an Irishman) was why don't you emigrate. Lots of other parts of the EU have healthy job markets. But the reason given was that the young people didn't want to move out of their local town and move away from family life. I thought that was very interesting and I think it's just an example of what the opposite orientation looks like.