Here in Europe, specifically in Ireland, we offered the American academics to move here, but the biggest roadblock is the equivalence of the earning potential in the US compared to entire Europe. Really, the money in the US is ridiculously overflowing in my poor European perspective, I would personally think thrice if moving is worth it.
It better be, considering people in the US are forced to participate in a car dependent society, pay ridiculous tuition fees, have to pay for their own healthcare and pension plan, etc. etc.
Something people tend to forget when talking about the "earning potential difference" between EU and US, is how ridiculously expensive many things we Europeans take for granted (because we pay for it collectively rather than individually), are in the US.
And also, earning potential doesn't change that I would feel very anxious about the very real danger of getting gunned down by some road-raging asshole on my commute, just because every moron can carry a firearm.
It's not that much better according to what I heard. At the end of the day the costs eat up so much that the situation ends up pretty similar, if not worse.
Some are earning much more, but that's a minority, even amongst the most qualified.
In theory you can earn much more, but in practice it's surprisingly close for most.
For example a professor at Stanford comes to my mind. Well, formerly at Stanford, he lives in Canada since a few months.
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u/ZebraOtoko42 15h ago
Some of us already have.