the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the US is now nearly 2X

Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by bjornasm on Monday July 17, 2023 @10:19PM (#36767003)

>There’s a reason millions more people from the EU live in the USA than the other way. Or why there’s a line 100s of millions long to come to the USA.

That the EU has 100million more inhabitants, a history of relocating to the US or american culture and language being extremely present all over western society?

>Nowhere is perfect but as a world traveler I’d say the USA is pretty great.

"Nothing is like home" - news at 11.

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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by nonethewiser on Monday July 17, 2023 @11:48PM (#36767587)

> a history of relocating to the US or american culture and language being extremely present all over western society?

Well these just reinforce his point

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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by Dylan16807 on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @12:03AM (#36767659)

This history suggests there was opportunity at one point, at least.

The culture/language being widespread doesn't say anything about the USA being better. How does that reinforce his point?

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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by ikekkdcjkfke on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @02:07AM (#36768471)

The startup culture started there

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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by ffhhttt on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @04:06AM (#36769304)

People still move there because it offers significantly better opportunities for most high-skilled people?

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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by Dylan16807 on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @04:15AM (#36769360)

You're adding new reasons. That's not relevant to what I'm saying.

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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by nemo44x on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @07:19AM (#36770583)

I think the history isn’t relative today. It’s skilled Euros moving to the USA. Not the “poor and tired”.

If you’re skilled/smart then the USA will offer a much higher quality of life. This is why these types of people move to the USA and Europe suffers from brain drain. (Hint - high taxes chase people away to better places!)

There are exceptions though! More Americans move to Norway than the other way. It’s a richer country so that makes sense.

But check out this article from today:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/europeans-poorer-inflation-econ...

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