Re:Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move ...
by VictorPath on Saturday June 25, 2022 @01:33PM
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> Europe...a government and social safety net that is rapidly becoming unaffordable
Germany has had national health for 140 years, and people have said it is "rapidly becoming unaffordable" for 140 years.
I talk to older people who get US health care. It is incredibly expensive compared to other countries (which few deny), and nowadays they can barely get ahold of their doctor.
> a business climate that has produced essentially zero large companies in decade
Cisco hoovers up many network companies, FAANG hoover up startups, US mobile and land is basically either Verizon or AT&T, the ad agencies, accounting firms, media firms and on and on are all consolidating into a small oligopoly, I can't think of any major sector around a few decades where this has not happened. Europe is not much different.
Germany has had national health for 140 years, and people have said it is "rapidly becoming unaffordable" for 140 years.
I talk to older people who get US health care. It is incredibly expensive compared to other countries (which few deny), and nowadays they can barely get ahold of their doctor.
> a business climate that has produced essentially zero large companies in decade
Cisco hoovers up many network companies, FAANG hoover up startups, US mobile and land is basically either Verizon or AT&T, the ad agencies, accounting firms, media firms and on and on are all consolidating into a small oligopoly, I can't think of any major sector around a few decades where this has not happened. Europe is not much different.