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All the rest, as far as I can tell, really love their respective new lands. I think they all have worked to become American-Germans or American-Swedes rather than simply Americans in Germany or Sweden.

I guess "The Internet" wasn't available for comment.

I’m just here for the ratio

If we aren't in Europe then why do we keep being invited back to Eurovision despite being shit at it Joe

Oh WE voted for Meloni. I thought that was Italy. Silly me!

UK is part of Europe but isn't Europe, like trumpistan isn't America. This article says Europe when in fact it's mainly UK.

Everything is overpriced because billionaires own the country, Farage is still part of the landscape, your "left" prime minister is a joke, etc. I said on its way to, not yet, there is still hope.

"Loathed" is almost an understatement. The Trump baby balloon he had such a tantrum about during his first term is in the Museum of London now, isn't it? And the British people's view of him has only got worse since then. Even Nigel Farage is desperately trying to distance himself from him now. 😆

You forgot to mention the appalling racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, transphobia, and suppression of free speech

WTF are you talking about???

Joe Penis

Get bent

Oh pipe down you wet seppo fanny.

Yeah, and Im so sick of the ragebait. It really fucks their credibility. I would be pissed if I was a real journalist there.

😂 OK sure. 😂

I don’t expect a paradise I expect a country that doesn’t actively want to kill me or use me as a product.

What an awful, and wholly misleading headline. They moved to fucking England

Trains are awful in the UK. German, Swiss, French, Spanish trains are fabulous. Dunno why you’d emigrate to the UK if you’re going for a European move. Seems like a skill issue.

and ps trains in many countries are fine. sigh.

Gosh, things are different overseas, what a shock. It truly astonishes me that many americans expect UK and Europe to be just like US, without the disadvantages.

Meanwhile, continental Europeans are leaving the U.K. (especially london). What does that tell you? 🤷‍♂️ Americans: don’t diss our shitty trains & imperfect NHS-as we are not debating live-streaming the execution of a man in a wheelchair (just saying)

Everything you've listed is significantly worse in the US. Bellends.

Trains are horrible, far worse. Healthcare is for the rich. Attitudes vary. America is built for the wealthy.

Depends on where you are. Like Europe, America is a very big place.

I moved to Japan years ago. When George W got re-elected I kinda felt America had no hope of being a decent place anymore. Can't say it's a paradise here, but I absolutely do not regret moving here one bit. Can't speak for Europe, but my neighbors aren't getting kidnapped.

Should have stayed in the US where we don't have trains or healthcare.

You guys used to have serious journalism, but about 18 months ago you quit that, just when we needed it most. Pathetic

Each to their own. I would never consider moving to the US.

Spoiled Americans regretting what they lost. Oh the irony.

Shocking! Major revelations! The UK is not actually a social paradise! Train service in Britain leaves something to be desired! The health care system has complications and is dealing with cuts! And British people often "take the piss"? Why are these details kept 🙊secret?

The claim that dishwashers are a luxury item here defined this nonsense from the start. Of course nowhere is perfect but don’t be ridiculous 🤣

"Europe"(London*) lmao

Bollock.

You mean like all the people who moved to Florida? Wired=MAGA

Between this and the "Long COVID is all in your head" article, I'm done. Thanks for the reminder to cancel my subscription!

You think you can just blow in here and instantly start getting your healthcare provided for free, courtesy of British people who have been paying in National Insurance contributions all their working lives? That is not how it works.

Yorkshire folk are well known for being ‘outspoken’ which is just code for being fucking rude. Sorry about that; please come back someday and try again on the other side of the Pennines.

Also in Settle specifically they get plenty of international tourists for the Dales and don't always want to interact with them. A month is waaay too short a time to make proper connections.

Just to be clear I had a great time in the UK, did a month in London, month in Edinburgh (a place I would LOVE to live), month in Settle. My kid was three at the time and people wouldn’t smile at him in Settle? Like wouldn’t acknowledge him smiling at them? It did have a great Booths!

I got on well enough with my southern English accent and Norman surname when I lived and worked in West Yorkshire. That was Todmorden, though, which is it's own place. Settle's a bit posher.

I haven’t owned a car in four years. There are like three places in America I could reasonably do this.

I would kill for the TMV, which I've had people tell me is terrible, but it's better than what we have in the states

Settle mentioned! I think you possibly don't understand the dynamic of dealing with rural Yorkshire folk. I moved to Yorkshire from another part of England about 20 years ago, and I'm still treated like an outsider in some situations.

Amazing.

batting a thousand today!

Yep. Crowd sourcing a fortune for your cancer care and medical bankruptcies are a distinctly American thing.

The UK should give advice to Trump about killing migrants in boats.

'The internet told them Europe was a social paradise. Turns out the trains are awful, the health care isn’t free, and people can be really mean.' And then they moved to Europe.

When did Wired become a bunch of fucking Narcs???

“Boo hoo, as a pregnant new arrival I had to pay into the healthcare system that residents have been funding with taxes all their adult lives”? Do come on.

Utter bullshit

I mean, yes it is, but also there are some pretty bad things happening in other countries too. An example of how moving won't solve all your problems

You think way wrong. I lived in the is until a little over a year ago and now live in the UK and I can assure you that you are wrong.

Lol they went to America 2

like this but standard of living instead of NIN

No worries, we don't want any of you here anyway. You can stay in gunland.

What a dumb article.

Damn wired, you really came on to post the dumbest article of all time.

Do you even have trains in the US? And you charge people for the ambulance that takes them to hospital, massacre kids with machine guns at school and .. oh let me think … re-elect Trump and burn the fucking planet. Your country is allied with Russia, take a seat.

I moved to France and it has been pretty awesome. Where is my article?

Leave then

You moved to Germany and are surprised and annoyed by slow moving bureaucracy? Are you a character in a 1970s sitcom?

Nice ratio you have there 🤣 .

Not really as crazy as people were reacting to it. It's basically three points: 1) Some people relocated and found it not what they expected and hard to adjust and are unhappy. 2) Americans' image of Europe is a bit wrong. 3) People on social media, particularly Reddit, are unkind and over the top.

I remember going to London and being like "oh right. All the shit that I would've said before now made me an anglophile told me that everyone here is a persnickitty little busy body and I would be miserable"

Headline itself feels like Bari Weiss style MAGA propaganda

🙄

Oh fuck right off with this utter bollocks.

It would be really great if we could have a couple of decades of silence from Americans

The other thing, like yes train delays exist but have you ever tried Amtrak?? Hours and hours of delays

Perhaps someone could explain that Europe consists of 50+ different countries with a lot of good things and some bad. Nowhere is paradise but living here and having lived in US. The pros here far outweigh the cons there

disgusting yank pig in EU europe for 10 yrs: there is good & bad to it, much like moving anywhere. don't regret it. YMMV but I will never dissuade someone getting the fuck out of somewhere where they don't want to be. I have a dryer & dishwasher. could get AC easily but not worth it at this point.

Maybe, but on the plus side our kids don't have to do active shooter drills at school.

Well, yeah.

No one anywhere on the Internet told anyone that the UK was a social paradise. Why does Wired suck so much lately??

Do better Wired.

In a crowded field of ridiculous articles this is right up there with the worst. Someone got paid for this?

I know an American who always complained about how "unfriendly" Brits were, and I kept telling her it's wasn't a British thing it was a big international city thing. Years later her work sent her to New York for 6 months and she told me I was right!

No. They do good work.

I mean, just FO back to Wyoming, you'll never have to complain about how lousy the trains are, unless you're a discerning hobo. Seriously.

And at least we actually have healthcare.

Cope

This seems like something to think about.

I read a couple stories about Americans moving to Russia. I guarantee the Americans in Europe are happier.

You should be embarrassed to have commissioned this

This is the sort of tabloid journalism that makes me regret my subscription.

Lol. Lmao.

this politico pivot is destined to fail

skill issue

Then please stay in your dicatatorship over the waters and never come back (especially in summer). Thanks Europe

You missed the…. ‘Freedom of speech?’. Ludicrous.

It has a higher standard of journalism....

Today in yet another episode of "Why are Americans so fucking stupid and want us to hate them?"

Wired, I think you might want to retract this article.

I'm old enough to remember when Wired was cool.

“I pay huge amounts of taxes and an immigration surcharge to access the NHS services—so no, the health care is not free here.” I can see why she didn't want to use her real name...

I can’t even click to read this one to see if the post is just rage bait. Bad take at a bad time that also happens to be wrong. Signed, American who lived in Europe for years.

This is a good article. It’s not easy to leave one’s country and live in another. I would note that Greece does not have a right wing government as your piece implies. Its center right and is far less right wing than today’s extremist GOP.

it's all true, don't come. Specially To spain, awful, horrible place.

But the internet is now flooded with "Did you know I had to ask for iced water?" posts from entitled Americans, so we're all winners if you really think about it.

Skill issue