Seems like it’s a well known fact that being poor or even middle class (if that will even exist anymore) in the US disposes one to a very low quality of life (e.g., living in areas with higher crime rates, bad healthcare, the most obvious being cost of living, …etc)
On the flip side, what are some reasons why the top 1-5% percentile would also want to leave the US? (e.g., taxes/financial benefits, no longer aligning with the culture? I would assume mainly the former)
If you are in the top 1-5%, is living in the US still the best place to live? (as many people would like to suggest)
I am a Phillips alum and am moving my family to Europe for many of the reasons you outline. My daughter is in kindergarten and I see at 5 the materialism, irrelevant competitiveness amongst kids and parents alike from birth, and general deviation from the education I received as a child (both public and private) in MA. It makes me laugh, yet feel incredibly sad, when parents put their kids in hyper competitive, all-encompassing sports or activities from age 3+ and totally rob them of the experience of being a child. We’re hoping for less of that in Europe and more quality time, less social media influence on kids (we never see kids looking at phones in public in Spain), and a realignment of what is preached as “important” in raising children
The quality of life for children in most of Europe is so much higher than for the US. Children are prioritized.