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utopiah@lemmy.world 3 days agohow is Belgium to live in and what would it look like to live there right now?
It’s literally between France, Germany and the Netherlands, I mean geographically yes but roughly culturally too. Arguably Brussels is a mix of all that and other cities again match where they are.
So… it’s a Western European country with good quality of life despite having one of the very highest taxes rate. You don’t have to be a socialist to be here but if you want to become a rich entrepreneur it’s going to be challenging.
Source : immigrated there from France ~10 years ago.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
“Despite”? Try, “because of”
doctorschlotkin@lemm.ee 3 days ago
I think they’re actually right about this one, taxes tend to cover things that give you high standard of living more than quality of life.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Curious what the distinction between “standard of living” and “quality of life” here is… I’m sure there are subtle differences, but surely taxes contribute to both (which themselves are interrelated).
doctorschlotkin@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Actually they’re very well defined economic terms. Standard of living measures how well your basic needs as a member of a given society are filled by that sociey. Quality of life measures how nice your shit is.
Pretty simple.
utopiah@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You’re right obviously, you dirty community! /$