A decade ago, Bradley Krae left the United States to teach English in Shenzhen, China. He spends less money and says the has found his own version of the American Dream there.
Finland is tricky to get into though, if you don’t already have family or a similar connection. Haven’t looked at China, any idea what would be involved with emigrating there? I’m curious how much they’re paving the way for new talent to come in.
Finland is tricky to get into though, if you don’t already have family or a similar connection.
That statement just isn’t true. Anybody can go to Finland. Staying permanently might be trickier; if you’re not an EU citizen it’s largely about getting work I guess.
But I’ve been saying for years the EU should be granting political asylum to people from USA; at first half-jokingly, then increasingly less so.
Right, the conversation was about emigrating to other countries. My understanding is that the job market in Finland is particularly tight, especially if you’re not already there.
He apparently can’t drive an electric scooter if he wanted to. You know, that one form of transportation that poor working people can actually afford. This is done so city governments can extract money from poor people since they can’t get money from rich people.
Oh, and also like, democracy.
People, if you want to leave the USA there are better options than China
There’s not a single mention of politics in the whole article 😐
His enthusiasm is a bit obnoxious if you ask me:
As far as the facts go, it’s unclear if he gets a US salary or a chinese:
Groceries would probably be more expensive in Finland, but otherwise these numbers are very comparable, incl. urban rent.
And you get real democracy and freedom.
Finland is tricky to get into though, if you don’t already have family or a similar connection. Haven’t looked at China, any idea what would be involved with emigrating there? I’m curious how much they’re paving the way for new talent to come in.
That statement just isn’t true. Anybody can go to Finland. Staying permanently might be trickier; if you’re not an EU citizen it’s largely about getting work I guess.
But I’ve been saying for years the EU should be granting political asylum to people from USA; at first half-jokingly, then increasingly less so.
Right, the conversation was about emigrating to other countries. My understanding is that the job market in Finland is particularly tight, especially if you’re not already there.
What freedom isn’t he getting?
You got downvoted because you didn’t try to answer your own obvious question first before asking others to answer it for you.
He apparently can’t drive an electric scooter if he wanted to. You know, that one form of transportation that poor working people can actually afford. This is done so city governments can extract money from poor people since they can’t get money from rich people.
Oh, and also like, democracy.
Other countries have functional public transport. Who the fuck needs an electric scooter?
Something something 1989.
My question was what freedom the guy in the article is missing at present. It was a genuine question, not a bad faith/troll comment.
Certain residents of the Hundred Acre Wood.
very much like the US then ?
Ehhhhhhhhhhh
Look, it’s a scale. Probably not 100% even in Finland. But we’re definitely on opposite ends compared to USA and China.