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I picked France at random from the set of rich Western European countries. It was just the first one that popped into my head. /shrug/ I would predict the same
by harryh 13y ago
I picked France at random from the set of rich Western European countries. It was just the first one that popped into my head. /shrug/
I would predict the same outcome for England, Germany, Switzerland or Sweden.
Too your second point we were talking about where people would prefer to live not how happy they were or how free they were. Perhaps people would prefer to live someplace where they are less happy or free if it came with other benefits. Who knows.
Looking at net immigration rates is, I think, the best way to determine where people prefer to live.
- thirsteh 13y ago> Looking at net immigration rates is, I think, the best way to determine where people prefer to live. I don't think it is. I would prefer to live in the U.S. because my family lives here, but it has been tremendously difficult for me to get here, and has taken many years. Similarly, it's quite hard to just move to Germany or Sweden if you have no connection to those countries.
- harryh 13y agoConsidering that it's generally harder (legally speaking) to migrate to a rich country than to a poor country only strengthens my point.
- thirsteh 13y agoNo it doesn't. And it's quite laughable that you seem to be calling Germany and Sweden poor countries.
- harryh 13y agoI wasn't calling Sweden or Germany poor. That would quite obviously be a silly thing to say. The US, Sweden & Germany are all pretty rich and they all fairly restrictive in terms of how difficult it is to legally migrate to them. I thought that was what you means when you said "it has been tremendously difficult for me to get here" and "it's quite hard to just move to Germany or Sweden if you have no connection to those countries."