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steve  ·  2901 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Daydreams of leaving

ask mike about Norway...





mike  ·  2901 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Norway is wonderful. But it will be difficult to move here without a job offer. Everything is frighteningly expensive, but pay is commensurate with costs and the social services are extremely generous.

steve  ·  2901 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Norway is wonderful.

Yes it is!

    difficult to move here without a job offer.

that has been the hiccup with every place where I've looked into immigration.

    Everything is frighteningly expensive

I can second this. I remember watching mk spend like $6 or $8 for a single can of beer at a grocery store. A cheeseburger at a sit-down restaurant was $35. A really tasty vegetarian lunch was somewhere in the neighborhood of $20.

    but pay is commensurate with costs and the social services are extremely generous.

I don't remember the figure... but I think one of your friends mentioned to me that part of the reason for the high costs had to do with the person working at Burger King gets paid a living wage. Go figure.

mk  ·  2900 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Just made me rewatch. So good.