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Originally Posted by dbotsfordtat
What brought you to America?
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long story. I came over here as part of an exchange program in August 2006. I went to college in Southwest KS for one semester, then worked as an intern at a company in Miami, FL for six months. A few weeks before I was supposed to go back to Germany in July 2007, the company I was working for offered me a job, coincidentally my gf in Germany broke up with me the same week (i'm not making this up!), so that made my decision to stay and get some more international work-experience a lot easier. I then worked another 1,5 years in Miami before I was offered a different position in our office here in NJ a couple weeks ago.
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Originally Posted by Emher
Great topic! I've thought about moving to the US ever since I visited a few years ago (almost did back then but that's another story). As a fellow Norther European I want as some things.
What would you say is the biggest difference with living in the US vs Europe?
I got impressions that it's a bit harder to find healthy food alternatives (i'm talking stuff like butter and margarine, not meals), do you agree or did I just not look hard enough?
And finally, do you think the move is worth it? Asking because I'm becoming increasingly tired with some of the attitudes in my country.
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There's definitely a difference in lifestyles! Over here it's a lot more "learning by doing" whereas in Germany you have to study and practice a lot before you can get started in a job. It has its advantages and disadvantages. It certainly makes work a lot more interesting over here, because if you're interested and willing to take on new things there's a lot to learn.
The food is definitely different. Healthy food is expensive. Over here I pay about $7 or so for three red peppers. In Germany I used to pay maybe 2eur or so. That's pretty much the case for all vegetables etc. On the other side you get two huge bags of chips for like $3
I don't know what kind of bread you guys have in Sweden, but it's nothing like the
bread we have in Germany. It might be called bread, but it's almost always more like toast. occasionaly you can find "my" kinf of bread at the bakery, but it's more expensive.
people also don't cook as much as what I'm used to from Germany and go out a lot more for lunch/dinner.