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I gush about Slovenia all the time. During my 3 years living in Europe, it was probably my favorite place to travel to . . . absolutely gorgeous country and great people . . . also really darn innovative, smart and open (as illustrated by this project).

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Wish that last part was really the case. If you want to succeed here you best back your bags and move out to somewhere else. It's just the way it is here communism is still deeply rooted in our society and successful people are frowned upon by vast majority (envy) and you'll have no luck finding any decent business ethics here.

Downvoter, why? I speak from personal experience living&working in Slovenia ...

I upvoted you back sinc I don't like the meaningless downvoting nither. But I must say that Slovenia, while still having a number of traits you have described, is in no way worse than similar Central European countries like Austria. If you really want to see a medieval mindset, just cross the border to Croatia... :)

Yeah I'm not saying that it's all that bad, and I know you guys have it worst but still ... it's no paradise :)

The "tycoons" are looked down upon, right?

Yep. Although to be fair ... some deserve to be called that.

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