Re:The Fed now owns nearly 1/3 of all U.S. mortgages
by epicureanideal on Thursday September 10, 2020 @03:36AM
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It would be great if people would make more videos about this and spread them around so Americans (I'm one, this is not a put-down) would know more about how life actually is in the rest of the world. (I don't know that much about the rest of the world either and would watch.)
I mean, actual honest comparisons of health care systems, police, judicial system, politics, and so on.
For example, most Americans who don't have friends from other countries might not be aware how absolutely insane the prices for cars are in some countries.
In western europe: Real estate is more expensive than the US, public health care is a bad joke at the expense of the taxpayers and whenever you need something more than "I have a stomach ache", you go private. The main difference with the US is that our government doesn't intervene in the health care market (too much) which means our private health care is quite affordable.
Taxes are generally on par with the USA in most countries. Fuel costs more but few over-expensive cities (eg London, Paris) have barely decent public transport (not that cheap though).
Some countries have it better than the US but the jobs pay significantly less. I would say the UK is a good compromise in terms of costs of living, low taxes, high salary and weather. Even though tax-wise things may change for the worse, given the cost of covid's lockdown.
Another approach would be to look into some poor islands or places with special tax regimen and being able to command a high salary remotely because of your experience. I'm not sure how much more this strategy is going to work in the future, though: if everyone is remote, wages should go down / be linked to where you live.
Overall, I'd say a few countries are better than the USA, but most of Europe has several disadvantages.
I have some friends who found happiness in South Asia, but that's a completely different mentality.