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View Poll Results: EU vs NA
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European Union
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87 |
46.28% |
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North America
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101 |
53.72% |
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05-18-2012, 10:19 AM
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Location: Germany
422 posts, read 221,491 times
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Quote:
Originally Posted by yowps3
Living in America is much better if your the type of person who (...) is interested in working hard & long hours...
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I doubt anybody wants to work long hours. |
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05-18-2012, 11:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Geggo
I doubt anybody wants to work long hours.
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Sounds like hell to me. 12-14 hours Monday to Friday and 2 weeks vacation but I guess it makes sense if you are well paid (+$150,000 per year per person).
The American corporate culture does not sound very appealing to me. Too much hierarchy, long hours with no overtime pay and low job security.
Having a "large" house (+250 m² / 2,700 ft²) in a sleepy suburb outside a boring metro is not my kind of dream. Neither is driving a leased Camry. |
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05-18-2012, 12:11 PM
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Location: A Texan living in the St. Louis area
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Cities - EU. I love European cities because of the mixture of old and new. Closest US cities that are similar are places in the Southwest USA (San Antonio, Tucson, Santa Fe). Although, Montreal has a bit itself. But North American history doesn't go back as far as Europe's, so it's not much of a contest.
Weather - I love the weather in the Mediterranean. North America has a more varied perhaps - but I hate humidity. Slight edge to EU.
People - People are people no matter what culture or language. Tie
Sports - I love the NFL, but I also like soccer. This really isn't a big deal for me as I never go to a stadium to watch a game live. Tie.
Economy - I think North America has this one.
Scenery - Slightest of edge to North America, only because of the tropics of Southern Florida. I don't count European commonwealth islands as they are not in Europe.
Education - EU
Nightlife - EU
Other - I would prefer to live in the US. I own firearms and enjoy them. I like my truck and the cheaper gas. But, I would love to visit Europe every year and stay for at least a month 
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05-18-2012, 12:34 PM
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342 posts, read 237,390 times
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cmptrwlt
Sounds like hell to me. 12-14 hours Monday to Friday and 2 weeks vacation but I guess it makes sense if you are well paid (+$150,000 per year per person).
The American corporate culture does not sound very appealing to me. Too much hierarchy, long hours with no overtime pay and low job security.
Having a "large" house (+250 m² / 2,700 ft²) in a sleepy suburb outside a boring metro is not my kind of dream. Neither is driving a leased Camry.
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Yes, exactly. We hope to move into the city sooner rather later. We're sick of the boring 'burbs. |
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05-18-2012, 12:38 PM
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342 posts, read 237,390 times
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Where do you prefer to live and why?
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Cities - Europe (by far)
Weather - Tie, both have good variety
People - ?
Sports - North America (NHL is my game)
Economy - Depends on exactly where you are
Scenery - Europe
Education - Not sure
Nightlife - Not sure
Other - Politics - Europe - Much prefer the European type social democracies
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05-18-2012, 01:27 PM
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Location: Sweden
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I don't want to live in either of them.
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05-19-2012, 03:22 AM
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Yes, I guess that most Europeans would rather live in some third world country than in the U.S, all things equal.
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05-19-2012, 04:01 PM
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Location: Minnesota, USA
6,175 posts, read 4,642,138 times
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Where do you prefer to live and why?
Criteria:
Cities - EU
Weather - EU
People - US
Sports - Don't care
Economy - US
Scenery - EU
Education - US
Nightlife - Don't care.
Other - Religion - US
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05-20-2012, 11:32 AM
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Location: Toronto, ON
188 posts, read 231,752 times
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Criteria:
Cities - EU. Most Canadian cities are great but i'm not a fan of any U.S. city at all. Only exceptions are NYC, San Francisco, Chicago and Boston.
Weather - tie. For a Canadian, the weather doesn't play a role. 
People - hmm not sure. tie.
Sports - EU because i like soccer/football. Ice hockey is as popular in Eastern/Central Europe as in Canada.
Economy - Northern EU and Northern States/Canada. The South on both continents sucks economically.
Scenery - tie.
Education - As other users already have mentioned, it has to be:
primary&secondary education-EU
tertiary education-North America
Nightlife - Europe has Berlin, Barcelona, Amsterdam, London etc. NYC is one of the only places in NA with great and extraordinary nightlife. EU. |
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05-20-2012, 12:10 PM
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Location: The Present
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Just to clarify, when mentioning North America we're including Canada and Mexico right?
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