keccers
@keccers.eth
All that work, stress, and money just to get the same life expectancy as a European in poverty https://www.euronews.com/health/2025/04/03/why-do-poor-people-in-western-europe-live-longer-than-wealthy-americans
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matthewb
@matthewb
yeah I guess it boils down to whether you want to live a few extra years in a miserable rent controlled apartment or roll the dice for the chance at owning property with few safety nets in place
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keccers
@keccers.eth
You aren’t a Euro though? I genuinely don’t understand why you haven’t immigrated. You openly hate everything about your country yet stay there and why
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matthewb
@matthewb
I think both of those options are totally valid fwiw. canada is sort of a mix of both EU and U.S. imo.
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keccers
@keccers.eth
The descriptor “miserable” on the apartment suggests otherwise America is so rich there is no reason for what we see here, would be my argument. I really think you have to leave Canada.
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keccers
@keccers.eth
I hated where I lived for the past year. I step over needles and passed out fent addicts every single time I go to the gym. I am in the final weeks and the relief is palpable
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matthewb
@matthewb
oh I totally agree re: america the basic tradeoff of the EU model is that you give up some upside, can’t earn more than 60k, but in turn you don’t have medical or tuition debt. probably don’t work more than 40hr/week. suits the majority of people, I think, but maybe less appealing to ambitious people. tradeoffs all around, no easy way out.
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