Ask HN: What is your story of immigrating to another country?
I married an Austrian while living with her in Texas. I made exactly zero plans before moving. She had the better degree by far so it only made sense to move to Austria.<p>Getting a job was easy by local standards due to a tight local market for programmers. Getting through German classes to earn the permanent residency was the toughest part.<p>I would never consider moving back to the USA. I was always a sceptic of the &#x27;Greatest country on Earth&#x27; rhetoric. But now that I&#x27;ve lived in a functioning society for 10 years, it&#x27;s clear to me that the USA is basically a &quot;3rd world&quot; country.<p>EDIT: I&#x27;m using &quot;3rd world&quot; here for lack of a better term indicating general decline and emmiseration.