Some young American workers are moving to Europe in hopes of a healthier and happier life.
And only the poor and/or uneducated will stay behind. The USA is going down fast.
Bad take. There aren’t droves of people leaving the U.S.
High skilled immigration to the U.S is still big. Hell, its a problem for European tech companies, as their best engineers get poached by the U.S.
Might be a surprising take for some, but Europeans still move to the U.S today. Not in the droves of the 20th century, but still an amount. 12% of all immigrants to the U.S are from Europe in 2021.
That’s not immigration, those Europeans generally don’t move to the US to stay. The US are a place to make lots of money while your’re young, who the hell would want to fund a family or grow old there: The wages might be high, but to get an equivalent level of social security and general quality of life none of it would be left.
Can confirm. Made the painful decision to move back to Europe because we wouldn’t have been able to afford the kid’s studies, growing old and sick with no retirement and so on
I don’t think that’s really true. The US is still the largest economy and attracts many educated and highly skilled people in the tech sector.
Certain parts are declining for sure, but I don’t think that applies to the whole country.
The educated are paid way more in the US. Americans buy houses and stuff. Unimaginable for most Europeans who don’t get to inherit one. Also Europe is on the decline. Due to terrible demographics mostly.
Buying a house in a soulless suburb and living on the driver’s seat of a car staring at nothing but other cars and concrete? No, thanks. I believe in the inherent superiority of urbanity.
Not everyone wants to live in a dystopian country. Yes you earn more but everything is also more expensive and things like decent public transport and not to see misery everyday are also nice
You’re being downvoted, but the salary argument is completely true.
I did some calculations before when I was talking to my friend. I live in the U.S now. I’m Romanian. If I were to move back to Romania I’d be taking something like a 70% salary cut. If I were to move somewhere Americans are more familiar with like the Netherlands, I would be taking something like a 40% salary cut.
You guys in here are patting each other on the back, but I’ve talked to some miserable engineers from Europe who feel like they have no way out. They are making a pittance what their peers are making elsewhere.
