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>To me (and to most Europeans!), the economic stuff just doesn't matter as much Then why did you move to make more money in the US? Why are many young Europe
by FirmwareBurner 1y ago
>To me (and to most Europeans!), the economic stuff just doesn't matter as much
Then why did you move to make more money in the US? Why are many young Europeans moving to work abroad?
People who gaslight others for chasing money, are those who already have enough money and can't empathize with those wo do not.
>I had excellent cheap pasta on a beautiful plaza in Italy yesterday, I got there via 30 euro Ryanair flight
Cherry picking personal holiday travels isn't representative of anything in this topic. Also 30 Euro flights are not the norm everywhere. You need to live in the right country/city and get lucky.
- saubeidl 1y agoIt's just to illustrate a point regarding quality of life. Experiences like these are just straight up impossible in the US. Believe me, I've tried. There's no nice Italian plazas anywhere and in most places in the country you wouldn't even wanna be sitting outside.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoTouristic spots are taste dependent subjective, not indicative of objective quality of life metrics.
- saubeidl 1y agoBut Florence is a real city, where real people live. As is the city I live in and it, too, has plenty such spots. There is very few places in the US where I would like to sit outside on a plaza and have my dinner - and that is indicative of social decay and a lack of focus on building pleasant public spaces.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoA lot of people don't care about having Italian plazas on daily basis, like my German ex-boss who just moved to the US, and probably also Italians who move abroad for jobs. You keep harping on about one point that matters to you personally but even you don't live in Italy. Why is that? Europe also doesn't have grand canyons. I don't need to see a grand canyon every month though. >- and that is indicative of social decay and a lack of focus on building pleasant public spaces. Go to Frankfurt train station.
- saubeidl 1y agoIt is not I who keeps harping on about this point. I listed a whole number of points in the post you cherry-picked this one from. Feel free to address the others instead!
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- saubeidl 1y agoAh I see, you edited your comment post-discussion to disingenuously distort the conversation. That's foul play.
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- saubeidl 1y agoYou add new points after I addressed your only point, only to then accuse me of harping on about said point. I do not appreciate the dishonesty or the tone. Please do better.
- nec4b 1y agoIs it possible for you drive over the border to Mexico and have best Mexican food costing almost nothing. Can you fly to Caribbean or Hawaii over the weekend? Can you camp in Grand Canyon, Yosemite or Yellowstone? Your view is in no way representative of a typical European who cares a lot more about money then you. Money, which you ironically made in the states.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoExactly He was being such a hypocrite with that pov.