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People who moved to Europe's priciest cities say it's worth it for a relaxed life with shorter work days and cheap childcare
Business insider ^ | 11/29/2023 | Jordan Pandy

Posted on 12/03/2023 11:11:01 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Ellie Owens, her husband, and three young children left Connecticut for Copenhagen in 2022.

They moved for work, but have stayed partly because they've found that the experience of raising young children is superior, and cheaper, in Denmark's capital.

"Daycare is astronomically cheaper here," Owens told Business Insider in October. "We were paying for my oldest to go three mornings a week to daycare in the US, and we were paying $2,600 a month. And here, I pay around $850 — maybe — for two children to get full-time care."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: cities; europe; priciest; relaxed
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If it's so great renounce your US citizenship today. 🙄
1 posted on 12/03/2023 11:11:01 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Let’s see how much longer the good times last over there when they have to pay 5x more for energy.


2 posted on 12/03/2023 11:13:35 AM PST by jimwatx
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“If it’s so great renounce your US citizenship today.”

Can’t say I’d blame them if they did, particularly if the Democrats complete their Fascist takeover in 2024.

But Europe is no panacea either, as they’re dead men walking due to cutting off their super-cheap energy from Russia, due to the Neocon War in Ukraine.


3 posted on 12/03/2023 11:15:07 AM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

You seem to really have it out for people who moved to Europe, like it there and complain about the USA. That’s twice in two days. It’s weird that “Business Insider” is pushing these articles.

I always wonder how these stories come about. Did the editor tell the reporter “Go find me a human interest story about people who moved to Europe, love it there, and now hate the USA”? How does the reporter dig up these people? Looking for complainers on social media? What’s the ulterior motive of Business Insider? Why are they even publishing these hit pieces? Pushing for fully socialized medicine in the USA? Pushing to ban automobiles here?


4 posted on 12/03/2023 11:15:55 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: jimwatx

For some reason, “Gilded Cage” comes to mind.


5 posted on 12/03/2023 11:19:25 AM PST by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Copenhagen, Denmark:

One-bedroom apartment size: 554.34 square feet

One-bedroom average price per month: $1,518.47

Price per square foot: $2.74

Raising 3 kids in a 554.34 square foot apartment sounds like it could be a lot of fun!

6 posted on 12/03/2023 11:20:10 AM PST by Sooth2222 (“Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite.” /"Every nation has the government it deserves.” )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“We were paying for my oldest to go three mornings a week to daycare in the US, and we were paying $2,600 a month.”

there’s one born every minute...


7 posted on 12/03/2023 11:22:58 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

What at my job like to talk about moving to Europe? I’m trying to get ammo to shut them up


8 posted on 12/03/2023 11:24:15 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Are the kids being taken care of by third-world nannies?


9 posted on 12/03/2023 11:25:00 AM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There is no free lunch. If daycare in Copenhagen is so cheap, someone else must be helping to pay the bill. Could it be the Danish taxpayers?

1967: Denmark’s value-added tax was 10%.
1992: Denmark’s value-added tax was 25%.


10 posted on 12/03/2023 11:25:44 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I hate the speaker on my phone. People at my job and talk about moving to Europe. Trying to get ammo to shut them up


11 posted on 12/03/2023 11:26:19 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Indeed, Democrats have not built a “Berlin Wall” in the USA - not yet anyway.

If you want to live in Denmark - please go.


12 posted on 12/03/2023 11:26:35 AM PST by PGR88
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Our neighbors were all hot on buying a gorgeous estate in Tuscany and raising olives and grapes. They had a short list with beautiful properties. Their daughter stayed in Florence to attend a culinary school and she got absolutely fed up with all the Italian machismo, catcalls, fanny pats, pinches, etc that she said there was NO WAY she was going to move to Italy. So the family cancelled their Italian plans.

Sometimes there’s a poor cultural fit.


13 posted on 12/03/2023 11:26:42 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

LOL...maybe the third time will be a charm? I think you meant to type “I hate the KEYPAD on my phone.”

I know what you mean, My fingertips are bigger than the tiny keys and it’s just about impossible to type on the phone.


14 posted on 12/03/2023 11:28:21 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If any Democrat wants to move to their socialist heaven in Europe, please do. Those of you that need a few dollars for the mover should ask for help. I’m sure someone that works for a living will.


15 posted on 12/03/2023 11:29:04 AM PST by Cen-Tejas
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Screw Europe! It has brought such greats as Mussolini,Stalin, and Hitler to the world stage.


16 posted on 12/03/2023 11:32:54 AM PST by 3ZZZ
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To: Ge0ffrey

This is what I don’t understand about “universal child care”.

There is (approximately) one adult female per adult male. If every adult female needs free or “affordable” child care from another woman, are there not women who must do without?


17 posted on 12/03/2023 11:34:48 AM PST by Jim Noble (The future belongs to those who show up)
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To: Sooth2222

“One-bedroom apartment size: 554.34 square feet”

Lol.

A few years back we had someone from Madrid visit our house.

It is a small house by US standards and nothing fancy—but we do have many acres of land and are totally isolated from neighbors.

They were in a state of shock.

“You are rich” they said.

“Nope” we said.

They didn’t believe us.


18 posted on 12/03/2023 11:34:59 AM PST by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Pretty cool until Dhimmi-hood is no longer just a choice.


19 posted on 12/03/2023 11:36:18 AM PST by Quentin Quarantino
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sure its a great place,,,,if you think the world owes you a living, are lazy and wait for others to help you with life, its magical....


20 posted on 12/03/2023 11:37:30 AM PST by basalt (qb's)
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