Looking for the perspective of anyone that has lived anywhere in the USA and moved to Puerto Rico. What’s it like, what’s different, what’s nicer, what was unexpected, and would you recommend the move?

  • @[email protected]
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    51 day ago

    Why not change countries? I think about doing so all of the time because fuck the USA. Goddamn shithole country. But I, too, have million reasons not to. -_-

    • @[email protected]
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      419 hours ago

      In short, money. My career is taking off and I might be in a difficult place to match my current income in the EU for example. When I’ve looked at listings for jobs similar to and a step above where I’m at and adjusted the income for the exchange rate it would be half or even less than I could expect to make in the States. It’s not a good place to live if you’re poor, but it’s a great place to live if you’re in the upper-middle class which my current career trajectory might well put us into by the end of the decade.

      If there’s a sudden boom in prison construction in the next few years I’ll reconsider of course

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        15 hours ago

        If there’s a sudden boom in prison construction in the next few years I’ll reconsider of course

        You work in what now 🤨

        Sarcasm aside, I am genuinely curious why you would leave this here. Is your work related to something with prisons?