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> But she decided that life really wasn’t very exciting and she had no opportunity for growth whatsoever Dirty little secret in the US is that for very many pe
by genocidicbunny 3y ago
> But she decided that life really wasn’t very exciting and she had no opportunity for growth whatsoever
Dirty little secret in the US is that for very many people, there's no opportunity for growth whatsoever either. It's a relatively small section of society that even gets access to that opportunity. A lot of people in the US would trade their 'exciting' life of working 80+ hours a day to barely be able to pay the bills for the boring job your sister left.
> But hey she could take double the vacation that an average US employee gets!
Uh, if she could take vacation _at all_ she was already head and shoulders above a huge chunk of the workforce in the US.
- qeternity 3y agoAh yes, spoken like someone who has never lived outside the US. I’m American but I’ve been an expat most of my adult life. I love the rest of the world. But Americans simply do not realize how good they have it.
- genocidicbunny 3y ago> Ah yes, spoken like someone who has never lived outside the US. Remember assumptions make an ass out of you and I. I've lived a big chunk of my life outside the US. I have plenty of experience with life outside the US. I also have plenty of experience with life in the US, including that outside the wealthy insula of the major cities.
- RoyalHenOil 3y agoAs an American who immigrated to Australia, but still travels back home a lot to visit friends and family, this is not my take at all. Moving overseas revealed to me how much lower income Americans are getting a raw deal. Yes, it could be a lot worse, but it could also be a lot better (especially considering that the US could handily afford it). I don't think Australia is the nicest country to live in by any means, but it's far better to be middle class or lower class here than in the US.