Re:Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move ...
by baisq on Saturday June 25, 2022 @05:39AM
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That's not a problem if you have money.
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Re:Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move ...
by hans1729 on Saturday June 25, 2022 @06:04AM
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If you don't want kids.
If you do, it's always a factor. Do you want your kids to grow up in a stable culture, or in a declining one? Surrounded by polarization, extremes of all kinds, instability? I consider moving to the US for a couple of years for the money, but the second that kids are on the horizon, I would book a plane ticket to Europe.
Re:Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move ...
by jules on Saturday June 25, 2022 @11:40AM
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I get that you may want to move here if you want to have kids, but isn't Europe declining at least as fast as the US?
Re:Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move ...
by mensetmanusman on Saturday June 25, 2022 @05:50PM
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European fertility levels are lower than the US, so they are declining faster.
Re:Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move ...
by heavyset_go on Saturday June 25, 2022 @06:10PM
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Fertility rates are not the only factor in a declining society.
Re:Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move ...
by grey-area on Saturday June 25, 2022 @12:50PM
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No
Re:Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move ...
by heavyset_go on Saturday June 25, 2022 @06:08AM
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Depends what you mean by "have money". Plenty of small business owners with a few million dollars in savings and assets have had to liquidate them to pay for healthcare for themselves or their family members. It can cost over $1 million to survive a heart attack in the US, and the disability of oneself or family members can easily cost millions of dollars in healthcare expenses over a lifetime.