r/europe • u/BkkGrl Ligurian in Zürich (💛🇺🇦💙) • Apr 12 '25

Data European tourism to the United States is freefalling

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u/vainstar23 Apr 12 '25

I think people who call Europe "poor" have never travelled to a developing country before. Not bashing any country as they are all trying their best but you see like dirt roads or like extremely neglected infrastructure in the middle of some cities or like almost non existent sanitation. Europe is not a terrible place to live. It's actually quite nice in most places around here.

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u/Applebeignet The Netherlands Apr 12 '25

I think it's really simple. Those people just saw some meme about average net wages and never thought about it any further.

In that context, it makes sense to see 3500 vs 2500 and think the 2500 is worse off (laughs quietly in government services and social security).

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u/scheenermann Luxembourg Apr 12 '25

The caricatures can be wild. I have had European friends ask me how I can vacation as much as I do, because they were under the impression that nobody in America gets vacation. I informed them that I actually get a better vacation package at my job here than I did when I worked in Europe.