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Re:Ask HN: Earning 100k EUR in Berlin? by EdwinLarkin on Sunday December 20, 2020 @11:32AM (#25487395)
None of those are useful to you when you are young and driven by ambitions.

These perks are nice when you are old or have a family.

Re:Ask HN: Earning 100k EUR in Berlin? by user568439 on Sunday December 20, 2020 @01:35PM (#25488427)
That’s the whole point. I, as a young and healthy European, prefer to earn half or less than I would make in the USA, but live in a society where almost nobody is left behind. The benefits of living in a place where you earn enough to have a decent live even with the minimum wage, are above my personal profit to me.
Re:Ask HN: Earning 100k EUR in Berlin? by EdwinLarkin on Monday December 21, 2020 @02:06AM (#25492748)
I am a young not so healthy European and would very much prefer a better wage than these perks.
Re:Ask HN: Earning 100k EUR in Berlin? by acdha on Sunday December 20, 2020 @03:54PM (#25489412)
That’s a pretty sweeping dismissal: many millions of people need healthcare even when young, and it’s not having a family is something you start in your 50s. Having a more democratic political system is also important when you’re young since you’ll have many decades to live with the impact of decisions about things like climate change or racking up debt irresponsibly.
Re:Ask HN: Earning 100k EUR in Berlin? by halilc on Monday December 21, 2020 @05:47AM (#25493741)
If one is ambitious I would advise to run away from Europe.