Quora Question For People Who Have Lived In The US And Europe: "Which Do You Prefer?"

Alguien que ha vivido tanto en Europa como en Estados Unidos, ¿cuál prefiere?

Santiago Gonzalez, Ingeniero Electrónico, Digital Marketer

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Bruce Epstein, Born in the US, lived 20 years in another country

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Esta respuesta podría no ser una traducción exacta de la respuesta de Bruce Epstein en Quora en inglés: 

As someone who has lived in both Europe and the United States, which do you prefer?

He vivido la mitad de mi vida adulta en cada continente, y solo para aclarar, NO viví en el Reino Unido. Dame Europa, sin duda. La única ventaja que tiene el siglo XXI de EE. UU. sobre Europa es que es mucho más fácil hacerse rico obscenamente en EE. UU. que en Europa, pero para el 99.9% de nosotros que nunca lograremos tales logros, la vida en Europa es mucho mejor:

• Atención médica gratuita en el momento del parto (o casi gratis en el momento del parto)
• Educación superior gratuita al momento de la entrega (o casi)
• Estilo de vida más sostenible: menos dependencia de los combustibles fósiles (sí, lo sé, distancias más cortas, terreno diferente, yada yada)
• Significativamente menos tribalismo (pero perdóname las anécdotas, sé que tampoco es perfecto en Europa)
• Solidaridad: el reconocimiento de que cada uno de nosotros contribuye hoy para ayudar a los necesitados porque mañana podríamos ser los necesitados
• Anti-intelectualismo menos desenfrenado
• Mejor equilibrio trabajo-vida, menos horas trabajadas por día (con excepciones, por supuesto) y menos días trabajados por año.
• Atención a la calidad de los alimentos y no solo a la cantidad.

Y para responder a la inevitable pregunta, mi esposa y yo tomamos la dolorosa y desgarradora decisión de abandonar Europa y mudarnos nuevamente a los EE. UU. solo porque nuestros seres queridos no podían o no viajarían a Europa y el viaje frecuente para nosotros era otro teniendo su costo físico y emocional.

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