I love Denmark, and can easily imagine that living there is better than California, for many people. For me, the language difference would weigh pretty heavily after awhile, but that’s less important for some. More importantly, my work and career likely would take a bit of a hit outside of US coastal cities—that’ll be worth it at some point, but it’s real.
And most importantly, I do have social and family connections that matter, and living abroad made that enough harder to maintain that the other differences in location weren’t worth it.
I love Denmark, and can easily imagine that living there is better than California, for many people. For me, the language difference would weigh pretty heavily after awhile, but that’s less important for some. More importantly, my work and career likely would take a bit of a hit outside of US coastal cities—that’ll be worth it at some point, but it’s real.
And most importantly, I do have social and family connections that matter, and living abroad made that enough harder to maintain that the other differences in location weren’t worth it.