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[Brooski]

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Difficult question to answer. Really depends on your life situation, I suspect. If you’re young with no kids, I think it could be a financially very sensible decision - that was certainly the consensus back at the time when I went to University (at the turn of the century). Once you start adding permanent housing, dependents (family - free daycare, education, healthcare) and especially as you get older (with the mostly inevitably risk of higher healthcare costs), the equation becomes a lot more blurry. I suspect you’d still come out ahead in the US in terms of disposable income, but you’d have a much higher risk of unexpected costs wiping out your advantage.

I think at some point there is a ceiling in Europe, though- I don’t think you have as much likelihood of making the top-end salaries that you find in the US. At that point you are way ahead.

Also, with kids, a double-room with a fantastic rent quickly becomes very cramped. When I think back to how we lived in Poland, with the living room being a master bedroom at the same time …