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Re:Barbados introduces plan to allow visitors to work remote... by seanmcdirmid on Sunday August 30, 2020 @12:19PM (#24323806)
> Maybe, but the cost of living in Europe is already considerably higher than in the US (barring of course the popular but disingenuous comparisons between SF/NYC and rural Europe).

Living costs in Europe are incredibly uneven, like they are in the states. Denmark is much more expensive than next door Netherlands, for example, which is actually quite reasonable (and perhaps Americans might even find it cheap outside of Amsterdam).

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Re:Barbados introduces plan to allow visitors to work remote... by throwaway894345 on Sunday August 30, 2020 @02:10PM (#24324659)
It does vary a lot, but it’s still more expensive on average than the US. https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?cou...

Note that they say cost of living excluding rent is 8% higher but that rents are lower—I don’t think their rent analysis is by area but rather by number of bedrooms. Typically rent per sq foot/meter/etc is much cheaper in the US than in European countries, and I would wager that it’s the same with Netherlands specifically.

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