Ask HN: Who has moved from the U.S. to Europe?

Re:Ask HN: Who has moved from the U.S. to Europe? by boffinAudio on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @11:26AM (#30073757)

I absolutely love taking trips around the Balkans, and have been very lucky to have gotten quite familiar with Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Kosovo in my recent travels. In a matter of hours, the universal constants (language, food, culture) have been replaced, and there are just so, so many beautiful things to discover in these countries. Words to blow ones minds, history that brings tears with a few simple footsteps...

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Re:Ask HN: Who has moved from the U.S. to Europe? by boc on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @12:11PM (#30074468)

My favorite thing about those countries is how American taxpayers sent American soldiers to stop violent wars and an actual genocide there within your lifetime.

Did you go visit Srebrenica when you were there?

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Re:Ask HN: Who has moved from the U.S. to Europe? by teakettle42 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @11:33AM (#30073852)

> Words to blow ones minds, history that brings tears with a few simple footsteps...

These are exactly the kinds of faux profundities I used to hear — and say! — traveling in youth hostels in my late teens.

It’s jarring to see them coming from someone ostensibly past forty.

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Re:Ask HN: Who has moved from the U.S. to Europe? by boffinAudio on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @11:48AM (#30074101)

You probably shouldn't have stopped travelling.

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Re:Ask HN: Who has moved from the U.S. to Europe? by teakettle42 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @11:56AM (#30074238)

I didn’t. My traveling companions are just a little wiser and more mature, now.

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