回複：Our property tax is about 1% and the school (and region) is v

safe.

I've been to Europe a few times, and hosted many visitors from Europe.  The hotels, restaurants, clothing etc. are lot more expensive in Europe (on top of almost 20%! sales tax).  Salary is much lower (My British counterpart is at least 30% in salary and my Portugal colleague makes less than half what I make, yet pay much higher tax rate).  

I like traveling (do a lot associated w/ work) and take family vacation every yr., with the money saved from relatively low tax rates here.

Europeans have longer vacations, for sure.  You choose what's the best for you, just not fair to brand US as a third-rate country, w/o any facts to support your claim (My feeling is that you actually know US well, having lived in New Jersey, but somehow, are very anti-America; bad experiences here?).

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• 很明顯你從來沒在歐洲生活過 -dreameratuq- ♂ (67 bytes) () 03/18/2012 postreply 23:25:20

• 回複：True, only traveling a few times. Euro is facing difficultie -QinJin- ♂ (47 bytes) () 03/19/2012 postreply 03:46:11

• Anyidea why US lose "AAA" ranking event it do not provide benefi -dreameratuq- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2012 postreply 07:19:02

• 我到其他地方旅遊都覺得便宜 估計你和我是不同的感覺 嗬嗬 -dreameratuq- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/18/2012 postreply 23:50:06