Seems like it’s a well known fact that being poor or even middle class (if that will even exist anymore) in the US disposes one to a very low quality of life (e.g., living in areas with higher crime rates, bad healthcare, the most obvious being cost of living, …etc)

On the flip side, what are some reasons why the top 1-5% percentile would also want to leave the US? (e.g., taxes/financial benefits, no longer aligning with the culture? I would assume mainly the former)

If you are in the top 1-5%, is living in the US still the best place to live? (as many people would like to suggest)

    • MaryPaku@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      The only country I visitted in Europe was France and I felt pretty unsafe there… maybe I did a bad choicing.

      Any East Asian country beat it easily, by far ahead.

      • FailFastandDieYoung@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Yeah one of my fav questions on AskEurope was “can a 10 year old girl walk alone to school in your city?”

        There are hundreds of cities around the world where people would say “of course. How else do they get to school?”

        I cannot think of one single city in the US that is both walkable and safe enough for this.

        Maybe Palo Alto, as long as it’s in the same neighborhood so they don’t have to cross a 45mph (70kph) road.

        • DepthVarious@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          This is possible in every state. The real question is what parent would allow that anywhere in the world?

          • FailFastandDieYoung@alien.topBEnglish
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            10 months ago

            From the answers just from Europeans, parents in the following capitals (not even including smaller cities and towns):

            1. Vienna (Austria)
            2. Warsaw (Poland)
            3. Berlin (Germany)
            4. Prague (Czechia)
            5. Talinn (Estonia)
            6. Ljubliana (Slovenia)
            7. Amsterdam (Netherlands)
            8. Helsinki (Finland)
            9. Dublin (Ireland)
            10. Bern (Switzerland)
            11. Lisbon (Portugal)
            12. Madrid (Spain)
            13. Reykjavík (Iceland)
            14. Moscow (Russia)
            15. Zagreb (Croatia)
            16. Copenhagen (Denmark)
            17. Baku (Azerbaijan)

            And from personal experience this is also perfectly normal for children to explore the city alone in Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, and Taipei.

            And again, I’m just listing the capitals where it’s safe. A comprehensive list would be way too long.

      • Hypewillims23@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I’ve been to France many times & have felt both safe and unsafe there. The tourist areas will often have sketchy sections. Particularly some parts of Paris late at night are exactly where you don’t want to be (Was chased by a group seemingly looking to rob me). Outside of the tourist areas, everyone is much nicer to tourists and overall these places feel much more safe. Probably because there’s no massive influx of clueless tourists to rob. The criminals are put out of business in these places.