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Re: Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move at 50?

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Post by _-david-_ »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #216
_-david-_ wrote: post #215

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Complaining about polarization and people not wanting solutions is fine, but saying "A SCOTUS Justice motivated purely by hate." isn't helping matters. It is just continuing the very thing you are complaining about.

If you are doing something out of malice for decades to a group of people, that is hate, and I will call it out as such. Your false equivalency holds no water, and while I provided receipts in my original comment, I’ll let Rep. Jeffries do some lifting here. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3485737-hakeem-jeffries-t... > Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) this week blasted Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for his sta…

I'm pretty sure quoting somebody who is calling somebody a hater is not proof they are a hater. Even if Thomas is a hater calling him out is just leading to more polarization.

Re: Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move at 50?

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Post by [deleted] »

_-david-_ wrote: post #221
toomuchtodo wrote: post #216

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are doing something out of malice for decades to a group of people, that is hate, and I will call it out as such. Your false equivalency holds no water, and while I provided receipts in my original comment, I’ll let Rep. Jeffries do some lifting here. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3485737-hakeem-jeffries-t... > Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) this week blasted Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for his sta…

I'm pretty sure quoting somebody who is calling somebody a hater is not proof they are a hater. Even if Thomas is a hater calling him out is just leading to more polarization.

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Re: Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move at 50?

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Post by berndi »

wreath wrote: post #129
bshepard wrote: post #95

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There's a lot of alcohol and drug use in Berlin, but there are not vast open air drug markets like Kensington in Philadelphia or Skid Row in San Francisco. The issue is, indeed, "over the top."

Check Moritzplatz and Schonleinstrasse and come back here..

Thats not even close.

Re: Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move at 50?

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Post by martinald »

bshepard wrote: post #95
martinald wrote: post #40

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Yes, because there are no alcohol or drug issues in Berlin! What an over the top comment. The US regardless of these issues is an enormously successful country, with some of the friendlist people when you visit (I'm from the UK originally but travel a lot).

There's a lot of alcohol and drug use in Berlin, but there are not vast open air drug markets like Kensington in Philadelphia or Skid Row in San Francisco. The issue is, indeed, "over the top."

Is this the same Berlin I've been to? Many of the parks are literally open air drug markets?!

Re: Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move at 50?

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Post by ipaddr »

feet wrote: post #200
kongolongo wrote: post #195

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Every time this stat is brought up I always think it doesn't convey the full context. Even though its in terms of per capita, it's still an absolute amount, I think a better data point to illustrate if the US was overspending compared to outcomes would be what % of disposable income is spent on healthcare vs outcomes. For example, let's say the US spent 2x on healthcare as some country, but had 4x the disposable inco…

Why would that even matter?

Things cost more in some places so you need to account for that variation. A million could pay for 3 / 4 doctors in the US or 30 / 40 in Africa.

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Post by [deleted] »

guerrilla wrote: post #39
binarymax wrote: post #21

Lots of anti American comments in this thread, so I’ll attempt to actually answer your question. Background - I’m an American who moved abroad for 12 years (UK) and returned after Brexit. Salaries are much higher than the EU. But in some cities cost of living is high. Coming from Berlin, you’ll have an easier time finding an apartment, but it will be expensive. I’d expect to pay $2000 to $2500 per month for a decent…

> anti American comments in this thread It's weird that describing things accurately is considered "anti-American." The question was answered multiple times though: If he does get a higher salary, much is going to be wasted on making up for deficiencies of the US that may be invisible to a German (especially wrt. health, food quality, security, social services, etc.)

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Re: Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move at 50?

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Post by kongolongo »

feet wrote: post #200
kongolongo wrote: post #195

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Every time this stat is brought up I always think it doesn't convey the full context. Even though its in terms of per capita, it's still an absolute amount, I think a better data point to illustrate if the US was overspending compared to outcomes would be what % of disposable income is spent on healthcare vs outcomes. For example, let's say the US spent 2x on healthcare as some country, but had 4x the disposable inco…

Why would that even matter?

Let's say the US spent 2x on healthcare as some country, but had 4x the disposable income, would this still be overspending or would it be more efficient given the amount relative to income?

Healthcare spending in $ per capita doesn't capture how much people earn in that country or how much of a burden it is relative to their income so its kinda meaningless without more context. It's like saying the US economy is better than 85% of the OECD because its in the top 5 gdp per capita.

Re: Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move at 50?

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Post by ipaddr »

guerrilla wrote: post #202
seibelj wrote: post #183

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Norway has 5 million people, insane gas reserves, is a monoculture of ethnically similar people, has basically no immigration to speak of, and owns 2% of every publicly traded country worth a damn. I can’t believe anyone would point to this country smaller than a single metro area of the USA as something that is replicable.

> is a monoculture of ethnically similar people, has basically no immigration to speak This isn't even true (immigration accounts for half of Norway's population growth) but let's take a more extreme example: Sweden, the country with 7th highest quality of life on planet Earth yet every 1 in 11 people is an immigrant. This single case proves your generalization wrong. Every 16th person is a first generation immigrant…

Norway's population grew under 50,000 which means they welcomed 20,000.. Cities like Toronto are welcoming 10 - 15 times more people from a much wider variety of places.

The ethnicities in Norway are recorded as Norwegian 83.2%, other European 8.3%, other 8.5%

Your vision of Norway and the numbers don't lineup. 92.9% of people are white..

Re: Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move at 50?

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Post by csomar »

wozer wrote: post #30
bshepard wrote: post #7

Hello there, I live in Berlin now and used to live in the United States. My family is there, and I go back to the east coast of the US often. The degenerating and dystopian quality of the United States is difficult to overstate, but almost impossible to capture verbally. Whatever one cause attributes to the systematic breakdown of the US, it is difficult to deny the realities of the decline -- massive alcohol and nar…

Is it really that bad in the US? Makes me wonder if I should continue to invest in the US stock market...

No. The US is more stable than Europe will ever be. However, the US makes lots of drama (both TV series and politics-wise, heck even in its industries). The average US-person can't shut up. Also the OP seems to be a white guy, which is cool for Europe as it's a place with unrecognized racism and discrimination.

The US on the other hand is very welcoming to foreigners (socially). Your neighbor, the barman and people on the street will talk to you. I think it's part of the reason why the US managed the integration of new people easily. It's easier to leave your way of doing things back when you are welcomed. Foreign societies in European are segregated (culturally) even though they live door to door with other Europeans.

Re: Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move at 50?

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Post by ipaddr »

Daishiman wrote: post #191
seibelj wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Norway has 5 million people, insane gas reserves, is a monoculture of ethnically similar people, has basically no immigration to speak of, and owns 2% of every publicly traded country worth a damn. I can’t believe anyone would point to this country smaller than a single metro area of the USA as something that is replicable.

Ok, take Spain. Quality of life there is just substantially better than pretty much all of the US.

In what way? Do people live on huge ranches / estates, walk through large redwood trees, ski down a glacier, watch professional football/hockey/basketball live? Can they hunt, fish, shoot or run into hollywood celebrities?

Can they even buy a house or do they have to settle for an apartment?

Quality of live might be great in Barcelona if you like to drink and eat and want to work less. But Spain is so small comoared to the US. The US has so much more variety.. deserts, tundra, forests, palm trees, rocky mountains, cities..

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