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Yet there are many places in Europe I would rather live in than Mississippi. That’s America in hard mode.

The best thing about living in Mississippi is that you have absolute freedom to move to another State where the benefits of living in the US are much easier to realize.

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Still people live in Missisippi. Starting a new life somewhere else is easy when you are a rich well-off employee in tech.

My point was that many of the oft-argued benefits of living in the US are relatively difficult to access in Mississippi. But if one finds themselves in that position it is relatively easy to improve their lot even if they are poor and don’t work in tech.

Been there, done that, and know many others that have.

Did you miss the bit about freedom of movement in the EU

The “freedom of movement” in the EU is considerably more difficult and limited in practice than what exists in the US.

40-50% of US citizens live in a different State than the one they are native to. 4-5% of EU citizens live in a different country than the one they are native to. That is a very large disparity.

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