what are your top 3 issues with berlin? germany and berlin always seemed to offer great quality of life. i’m from europe too. how can you not afford a house in germany with a 200k/year salary? for less than 500k you should be able to find something nice? even if you pay 50% tax. and you have 2 incomes.
in the US real estate on the east and west coast is insanely expensive and 1.5MM plus for a very basic house. nothing fancy and lower quality than in europe.
so the cheaper real estate is in the midwest where there is little infrastructure and very little access to the cultural systems like exist in europe.
i am on the west coast and love it here. but it has been extremely stressful and i will probably not be able to afford a house until i win the lottery or the startup game or maybe a very high up FAANG position. europe is just a different pace and stress level.
i will add to this that professional discrimination of women in europe is much less than in the US IMHO. important if your wife is working.
in the US real estate on the east and west coast is insanely expensive and 1.5MM plus for a very basic house. nothing fancy and lower quality than in europe.
so the cheaper real estate is in the midwest where there is little infrastructure and very little access to the cultural systems like exist in europe.
i am on the west coast and love it here. but it has been extremely stressful and i will probably not be able to afford a house until i win the lottery or the startup game or maybe a very high up FAANG position. europe is just a different pace and stress level.
i will add to this that professional discrimination of women in europe is much less than in the US IMHO. important if your wife is working.