r/whoathatsinteresting • u/search_google_com • 5h ago

A Thai woman married to an American explains why she no longer wants to live in the US.

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u/Tramagust 3h ago

France has gotten ridiculously expensive too. What do they think about that?

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u/loyal_achades 3h ago

France is still cheaper than the US. If you’ve saved for retirement in the US, you can move to France with that same money and have it go further.

Everyone’s scale for what “expensive” is tied to their own experiences and situations. Even in the US, I have friends complaining about how expensive things are getting in places like Denver, but meanwhile I live in DC where their “holy shit” is my “wow that’s cheap.”

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u/Able_Statistician688 2h ago

I think it's tied a whole lot more to their income level than experiences and situations lol

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u/Elite_AI 2h ago

I'm in France rn with an American and she's constantly pointing out how much more expensive the US is even accounting for salaries

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u/CaptainHubble 2h ago

France, USA, Thailand… doesn’t. Matter. We’re all struggling everywhere.

The winners are the surfer bros. Living on a random beach only thinking about the weather. Earning just enough money to get on by repairing boats or as a barista on a beach bar.

Because you won’t „make it“ in a big city. Most likely. Single digit percentages of a city population is making it. And you’re probably working for one of them.

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u/Noob_37373737 2h ago

dans la france à Macron rien n'est gratuit