Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city center in Italy

Re:Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city... by kmlx on Monday August 31, 2020 @05:10PM (#24336005)

two issues with that list: most of those cities are poor, or at least not as affluent as others. and except glasgow, none accept english speakers.

and since we're doing lists, these are the most expensive cities i lived in (coincidentally some of them are the best cities in the world to live in, bar none):

- sydney

- tokyo

- singapore

- hong kong

- london

all top notch, all extremely expensive.

moral of the story is: you get what you pay for.

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Re:Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city... by ric2b on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @06:07AM (#24340107)

> and except glasgow, none accept english speakers.

What do you mean by don't accept?

Porto and Lisbon are quite easy to get around as an English speaker, most young people are very decent at speaking English.

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Re:Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city... by kmlx on Friday September 04, 2020 @04:40AM (#24373004)

there is a huge difference between "getting around" and "moving to, paying taxes, establishing a company, having locals as friends, selling your product to locals". none of these can be achieved with english since they do not have it as an official language. sure, there are ways around it, but it is a huge downside, especially when things get hairy.

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