>It's also not the most attractive destination for skilled foreigners to immigrate to given that wages are much better elsewhere. This isn't true in my experie

>It's also not the most attractive destination for skilled foreigners to immigrate to given that wages are much better elsewhere. This isn't true in my experience. The wages for IT work are much better in the US, but that's it. Tech salaries in Europe are just as bad as in Japan, AFAICT, but housing costs in Europe are worse. >Aside from the language issue, it is also difficult to integrate socially if you are a foreigner. This is true everywhere. Talk to anyone about their experiences of emigrating to Germany, for instance. Or someplace in middle America like Iowa. From my experiences with immigrant friends in the US, their social circles are mostly other immigrants or expats from their home countries.