[quote=FlyerInHi]To be fair, asking spdrun to love it or leave it is lame. He grew up in here and is familiar with the real estate environment. That’s his home and he’s entitled to his opinions.
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Well, again. That’s where I think we have a disconnect. I’m not asking him to do anything. I’m merely asking has he considered living in europe instead of the u.s. because from the previous couple of posts, seemed to imply he would a lot happier if he lived in Europe and from his perspective, Europe seems like it would be much better for the average person. If that was a case, I was curious what are the reasons for not moving.

I think what’s really missing from the context is often when one compares how the U.S. is run to other countries, it’s not exactly the same thing. The U.S. is a 316million people country. Germany is around 81 million. You can’t run a 316million people country the same way you run something 1/4 that size (fairly) in the same way you can run a 10,000+ company the same way you run a startup….

I included “fairly” in the sense that it means you try to take into account as many people as possible. You can of course have a very large country more efficiently run if you throw out democracy completely out the window AND if the ruler(s) that have absolute control have their heads pointed in the correct direction(like 21st century china), but you end up screwing over the majority of the people who aren’t capable enough to be part of the decision making process…

So in many ways, it’s like asking yourself: do you prefer to work in a bigger company (with all the + and -), or do you prefer to work in a startup (with all the + and -)..If you really like the startup company, chances are you’re going to be miserable in that 10k employed company, and vice versa.