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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We should establish a new forum for people to solicit advice and brainstorm ideas about leaving the country. I feel like there is a lot of good info out there but it is difficult to get concrete guidance. [/quote]

Here is another perspective if anyone is weighing pros and cons... From Colleges Forum about going to UK/Europe university:

02/06/25:
"I’m british and I met my American husband when we were both on vacation in Spain. I would never ever advise my kid to start their career in the UK. It is so so so hard to financially get ahead there no matter how hard you work. it’s really a country to be mediocre in. I sometimes think Americans are blind to all the opportunity and wealth we have here and are really living in some fantasy about what real daily life is like in Europe. There is not a single day that goes by that I’m not grateful for the opportunity i’ve had in the US and the incredible education my kids get here."
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NP.  Here's my perspective on her comments - there is indeed the greatest global opportunities to be found in the USA. Full stop.  Culturally, realistically and economically speaking, the number one quality that is par excellence in the US that cannot be found per SS in any other country in the world is both the propensity to leverage opportunity and the desire to create and maximize opportunity.  Full stop.  Sales is what we do best as Americans.

Now here's the part to consider - while I believe her about UK moving slower and even maybe more mediocre as she puts it - culturally speaking, its strengths are exactly in holistic living - much like in many progressive and developed countries.  In other words, my interest and attraction for wanting to be in Europe may be to exactly experience a life that isn't all about opportunity.  It to about my interest to take 6-8 wk vacations, to not worry about health insurance coverage, to not need 50 choices of any one packaged food item and to really just enjoy being an average human being.

So it depends on what you are seeking I suppose that will determine your feeling of home in any given country.

I tend to disagree with her on education I must say however.  I sincerely feel public education in the US is severely lackluster v most of peer countries incl UK.  I would go as far as to suggest that London School of Econ has stronger talent on finance majors these days than top American universities because my company regularly prefers college recruiting grads from there over American schools in recent years.  I would also suggest that as an average middle class person, that life full of amazing opportunities in the US will be also be amazingly harder to live with respect to feeling more stress, financial pressures and mental health challenges than countries without amazing opportunities.

It's just a choice everyone makes for the kind of life they want.[/quote]

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