That's not different in Europe. Especially housing is a problem. Education is a problem, at much lower prices than in the US, in most places, e.g. Germany. Tha

That's not different in Europe. Especially housing is a problem. Education is a problem, at much lower prices than in the US, in most places, e.g. Germany. Thankfully not in Belgium, although quality is an issue. I don't know about insurance, but most types of insurance in the US aren't a problem ... because they don't exist except for expats (which means mostly EU employees/politicians). In .be you do not get to go outside of the normal insurance if you're a normal person. Treatments outside of what the country insures are generally not accessible at any price. There was a very famous example of that in the "baby Pia" case. And housing is shooting up. Both rent and prices. From a lower base, sure, but still shooting up and you have to finance it from a much lower salary.