For those who’ve lived in both Europe and the USA, I would like to hear your take. What do you love about each place, and what drawbacks have you noticed? Whether it’s the Old World charm of Europe or the dynamic lifestyle in the USA, spill the beans. In the end, what was the game-changer that made you pick one over the other and if you could share the decision-making behind your preferred choice.
I miss the salaries and the vastness of the US, as well as the cold and snow. In the UK, I enjoy the general appreciation for and value placed on nature, the landscape, and history as well as the work-life balance. Not sure it makes the bad salaries worth it though as my partner and I earn 3-4x our current salaries in the US.
One thing I detest is the façade of safety people like to flaunt here. I could say “I don’t have to worry about gun crime” here in the UK but that’s simply not true. Guns are here, just less “loud”. Shootings are less prevalent, of course, but that doesn’t mean I’m safer in my town here than in the US. 4 men were just convicted for killing Ashley Dale in Liverpool with a fucking Skorpion. Shouldn’t be possible here should it? But then you also have to consider the stabbings and random assaults on the street. My partner was in Belgium in October, a day before a man decided to shoot two guys for no fucking reason. Children getting stabbed in a playground in the French Alps by a Syrian refugee residing in Sweden. North African gang in Crépol who declared “We are here to stab white people” and proceeded to stab & injure 17 and kill a 16 y/o boy. Yeah piss off with the safety.