Do you think that life can be better elsewhere than in the U.S. where everything is just so expensive?

Question

I mean there are much cheaper places with good standards of living too.... unlike the U.S. where everything is so expensive and you may not even get what it's worth...

Answer 1

Expensive is relative. In third world countries, a meal can be expensive for so many people that they skip lunch, dinner or even breakfast.

However, I do agree with the first statement, that "life can be better elsewhere than in the U.S.".

If you find prices so expensive in the US that's because you have an income problem. Ask other people, and they might be better off. In any case, you need to work harder and pursue your dreams to finally attain the quality of life you deserve.

Answer 2

Wow, if you think prices in the US are high, don't ever go to Europe, you'll have a heart attack.

Yeah there are places where many things are cheaper than in the US (and Europe) -- but so is the labor, and so you'll make less money there and not benefit from lower prices. The US does give the most beneficial combination of wages and prices to allow for maximum consumption (especially when you get away from certain high cost areas like New York) -- the result of the fact that the US has the most productive per capita economy.

As to whether life can be better -- well that's subjective and it depends on you and what you're looking for. By some strange coincidence most people prefer the very countries where they happened to be born and raised.

Answer 3

I lived on Guam for two years and altho it is laid back it is a place of party party party,drugs and expensive which is not my way of living, I lived in Colombia for two years and it had alot going for it then but has become more expensive, what I liked was the way family's stuck together and always there to help, I did enjoy it there except I missed the openness and freedom of the U.S., as there are alot of robberies there, a way of life, even in the stores you don't have the freedom to look around like in the U.S. I have visited central American country's and some Caribbean, but it is to much of a change, I did live in a small town in Belen NM for awhile and it was very low cost but high in gangs, but I still feel like a small town in the U.S., one that is to far to commute to from a big city is the best, like where Iam now..but true you need to have a job that will support you...try a comparison website, put in your salary and then pick a small town and compare to give you an idea..good luck..

Answer 4

She's right. By the time you get through the government bureaucracies of even the most progressive nations in western Europe, where it's not so cheap to live, either, you'll wish you were back here.

There are parts of the US that are not as costly to live as others, of course. Our northern high plains, much of the South, and many of the rural areas that lie away from the largest cities have inexpensive real estate. The trick, of course, is to find work in these places.

Answer 5

I depends on what you define as "better." I mean I hate living in the States because everything is so money driven. You are alway thinking about money and get a promotion or a better job or how to afford the "best" things in life.
Places that I've lived in, China, Thailand and India are so much more laid back. I mean yes they worry about putting food on the table but they also like to apprecite life so much more.

Answer 6

To answer this question is similar to do the following:

We must compare the percentage of my income one spends in the US to get a basket of goods that provide us with some fixed utility or the percentage of my income one spends in another country to get a basket of goods that provides us with that same fixed utility. If the percentage of income spent is lower in another country, then, yes, life can be better in those countries.

But, important variables are overlooked within the question. As important as nominal price is, what really matters is real price. In the US, higher prices come with the higher wages. If we adjust prices according to income, the US really beats almost all the world. Few exceptions would be Belgium, Netherlands, Australia, Sweden, Iceland and Norway.

Answer 7

Try living in Geneva or Paris for a year; then get back to me about how expensive you think the US is....

Even Prague, which was cheap when I lived there in 2002, is getting very expensive.

Answer 8

I still call Australia home.

Answer 9

oh, there are places cheaper, but no freedom

Answer 10

life anywhere else looks good to me.