Oh, I was definitely planning on having a discussion with you — it's just that other things intervened. Now the post made it to HN (again, I think), which is wh

Oh, I was definitely planning on having a discussion with you — it's just that other things intervened. Now the post made it to HN (again, I think), which is why I responded here. I posted a reply, because I wanted people to see that there is another viewpoint — and one quite different from yours. I will only pick up two things to discuss here: * "Purchasing power parity" is something everybody understands differently. Even reading the reples in this thread, people talk of things like "weaker economy". Economy doesn't matter. What matters is how you (the reader, personally) will be able to live. And most people reading HN would be able to live here very well indeed. It is not very likely that you'll become a millionaire by founding a startup (though it's not unheard of), but it is quite likely that you will live in a nice, clean and safe city with lots of green around you, you will be able to afford good education for your kids, if you have a medical problem it will be taken care of without you going bankrupt, and that you'll be able to work on interesting problems. * I specifically avoided mentioning the word "patriotism", but yes, that does play a part. And I do agree about the allegiance to your children. But even if you only think about the children — will you be raising them as Americans or Poles? Will you try to teach them Polish? I'm not saying you should, just pointing out that these are things to carefully consider. I certainly did. I am looking forward to discussing this in the future — for now, Dear Deaders, please just remember that opinions are quite different on the subject!