You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to Europe
I move from Australia to Iceland. Icelanders always go &quot;what the hell man? why would you do that?&quot; when they find out.<p>It&#x27;s complicated. Broadly speaking, it&#x27;s an even split between:<p>1. Icelands software industry being considerably more vibrant than Australias, which is really sad for Aus.<p>2. Australias government increasingly intervening directly in it&#x27;s citizens lives whether they like it or not. The Icelandic government is pretty hands off, þetta reddast etc.<p>3. Icelanders have <i>no</i> idea what the word &quot;heat&quot; really means. They&#x27;ve never under-clocked their computers to keep them stable during summer. I&#x27;ll take Icelandic winter over Australia summer any day of the week.<p>It&#x27;s been hard, but I wouldn&#x27;t take back my decision, no way. Any one of those reasons is good enough for me.<p>We&#x27;re living in the first age in human history where you can really just pick up all your shit and straight up move to the opposite side of the planet, no dramas. I paid ~$8,000AUD to some dudes, they rocked up at my place with a truck full of boxes and paper and wrapped up literally the entire house and drove off. Three months later some other dudes showed up at my new place in Reykjavik and unboxed everything for me. 8k isn&#x27;t nothing, but it&#x27;s not unreachable either, and I also paid for the full service move. Easiest move I ever did, but you could probably do it for half the price if you packed yourself.<p>Out of the whole planet, what&#x27;re the odds that you were born in the place that suits you best? It&#x27;s definitely worth shopping around.