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Re:Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would... by bb101 on Monday January 02, 2017 @11:52AM (#13302273)
Yes, but any new arrivals would benefit from the same advantages as long as they were willing to learn Hungarian and behave in a fashion compatible with Christian/secular cultural values.

I think Hungarians are quite a bit more world-savvy these days. Chances are your child wouldn't be the only minority in their class, and even if they were, it wouldn't raise many eyebrows.

From an external perspective, the primary disadvantages of Budapest/Hungary are the small size of its domestic market (~10M people), a language seen as difficult to learn, and the occasional decrepitude that we in the West aren't accustomed to seeing, such as cracked sidewalks, missing cobblestones and crumbling plaster.

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Re:Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would... by ido on Monday January 02, 2017 @12:03PM (#13302394)
Are you talking from experience? From anecdotal evidence of several acquaintants Budapest is not as progressive as you describe, especially to non-whites.
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Re:Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would... by bb101 on Monday January 02, 2017 @12:16PM (#13302532)
Yes, I am speaking from experience. Budapest is not as multicultural as London, Paris or Berlin (make of that what you will), but it is nowhere near as ethnically or culturally homogenous as Japan or China.
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