Euros would kill to be in a cosmopolitan US city, but absolutely detest the rural/exurban Rust Belt life.
True, but how many US cities are truly "cosmopolitan"? NYC, Boston, Chicago, SF, Philadelphia? Maybe DC, but...too transitory and too many lawyers. LA lacks culture and it really just sort of a large blob of people by the ocean. Maybe Seattle?
What does less known mean then?
especially some of the less known nordic places.That you don't know those places doesn't mean they are "less known"
he's saying you don't know the places not because they are 'less known' but because you're are ignorant or uncultured, basically
Fresh phd this year. Checking the webpages of some euro schools. Shocking to see so many ppl with top-5 (sometimes more than one) stuck in europe lrm, especially some of the less known nordic places.
Why don't they choose to go to the US? Mainly family reason? I think with one top 5 and a couple of field tops, it won't be difficult to generate tenured offers from top 100-150s.
Many of them especially in Nordic have access to administrative data and couple with top people in their field in the us. Moving means no access to those data
Fresh phd this year. Checking the webpages of some euro schools. Shocking to see so many ppl with top-5 (sometimes more than one) stuck in europe lrm, especially some of the less known nordic places.
Why don't they choose to go to the US? Mainly family reason? I think with one top 5 and a couple of field tops, it won't be difficult to generate tenured offers from top 100-150s.
For starters: the absence of regular mass shooting, lack of hypocrisy over s*x, not having to tip everyone or assume people only are nice for the tips, and having people around you who have an interest in what's happening outside their borders ...
Judging by the amount of votes in a thread created 4 hours ago I have to conclude that there's some eurotard with a lot of free time in his hands around here.
There's good and bad things to europe and US, most comments here are stupid and were they true the center of academia would be europe cause there would be where everyone would like to be. Some people have strong pref's though, most euros prefer to stay there. Most americans and most third worlders prefer to be in the US (i.e., basically only euros prefer to be in europe).
Euros would kill to be in a cosmopolitan US city, but absolutely detest the rural/exurban Rust Belt life.True, but how many US cities are truly "cosmopolitan"? NYC, Boston, Chicago, SF, Philadelphia? Maybe DC, but...too transitory and too many lawyers. LA lacks culture and it really just sort of a large blob of people by the ocean. Maybe Seattle?
I'm always confused as to what people mean by culture. LA is more ethnically diverse than any city you mentioned except maybe NYC, and produces more culture than any except NYC. Is culture a philaharmonic society?
Yeah, it really sucks to be stuck here in Copenhagen with a top 5. Maybe if I hit another top 5 I can move to Columbus, Ohio, or Des Moines, Iowa.
Copenhagen is cool but be honest with yourself, the food is probably better in both those cities you trashed.
Bonus is that you can avoid that brother of yours who got the farm.
It simply means they don't care to go to the US. Why is it so difficult for you guys to understand this? I did my PhD in the US and work in Europe (I am a European). I would never work in the US, even if the money is better. Life is simply much more balanced in Europe and there is less stress.
Many of them especially in Nordic have access to administrative data and couple with top people in their field in the us. Moving means no access to those data
Yeah, it really sucks to be stuck here in Copenhagen with a top 5. Maybe if I hit another top 5 I can move to Columbus, Ohio, or Des Moines, Iowa.Copenhagen is cool but be honest with yourself, the food is probably better in both those cities you trashed.
Bonus is that you can avoid that brother of yours who got the farm.
Well, I was about to post that there are a bunch of insane posts by people who have only lived in Europe and then you post this you idiot. If you are talking about Copenhagen v. those two the food in Copenhagen wins. Unlike you, I have actually eaten at "top" restaurants in all three. Now if you control for price Columbus gets closer. That said, as an example of what people who have not worked in all three might not know, the casual racism I saw in Copenhagen astounded me. If you don't think so, you might just might be racist. Try some real introspection. Also, outside of CBS the pay sucks there. People talking about Norway obviously do not drink alcohol or have their own stills and wealth, and don't care about sun light. By the way, Norwegians think that Danes are all drug lords (if you watch TV there).
I would say the biggest problem is that there are smaller towns in the US that are really nice and others that suck the life out of you. For a european trying to figure which is which is basically impossible.
I'm always confused as to what people mean by culture. LA is more ethnically diverse than any city you mentioned except maybe NYC, and produces more culture than any except NYC. Is culture a philaharmonic society?
I am always confused by what people mean by culture because they never take advantage of the fantastic culture available to them in Europe. Art galleries? opera? Plays? nope, nope nope. They never go. Maybe value of just knowing it is there? I think when they say culture = hanging out with people like you.
I'm always confused as to what people mean by culture. LA is more ethnically diverse than any city you mentioned except maybe NYC, and produces more culture than any except NYC. Is culture a philaharmonic society?I am always confused by what people mean by culture because they never take advantage of the fantastic culture available to them in Europe. Art galleries? opera? Plays? nope, nope nope. They never go. Maybe value of just knowing it is there? I think when they say culture = hanging out with people like you.
This. Europeans believe there is something called culture that only an authorized club of individuals produces. It's tautological: as culture is only in Europe, therefore it's only in Europe.
Culture is being able to walk (not uber) to nice a public park (that is not occupied by homeless people) and have a slice of non-orange cheese and drink a bottle of wine (without having to cover it in a plastic cup).
yeah there's basically no homeless people in Europe, 100% true
The cheese and wine are fine in the US. But I miss the nudist beaches. The Little Beach in Maui is the only decent spot.
Culture is being able to walk (not uber) to nice a public park (that is not occupied by homeless people) and have a slice of non-orange cheese and drink a bottle of wine (without having to cover it in a plastic cup).
100% this.
OP, you would benefit from traveling a bit to Europe. The quality of life is much higher in most European cities than in most American cities.
Cities like Copenhagen, Vienna, or Zurich strictly dominate cities like Ithaca, Columbus, or Rochester. Even though Cornell, OSU and Rochester are probably higher in some “rankings”.