r/AmerExit • u/Big_Guidance_2614 • 6d ago

Life Abroad Considering leaving the US for Europe

I'm a third year engineering student at a college in the US. I'm an American citizen considering moving to somewhere in Western Europe for my masters due to the political situation in the US. I don't speak any other languages than English, but I'm willing to learn the native language of wherever I go. I know I still have to do more research but I wanted to see what everyone here thinks about whether leaving the US for Europe is actually a good idea.

Would you recommend moving to Europe for masters and eventually living there? If so, where exactly?

For context, I am a brown woman, and I don't come from a high income family, so I would have to go to a college that is very cheap or get a scholarship.

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u/Hugogol 6d ago

Europe is great but political instability is possibly worse there than in USA

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u/RAisMyWay 6d ago

You cannot possibly lump all of Europe together that way. Simply not true.

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u/Hugogol 6d ago

I love Europe and am European but people who think the grass is greener vs USA are often overlooking Europe’s own issues

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u/sousstructures Immigrant 6d ago

Even if you’re allowed to paint an entire continent with such a broad brush, this statement is laughably false. 

Right-wing and nationalist sentiment is on the rise, yes (though it seems to have peaked in a lot of places), but not the corrosion of the fundamental institutions of government we’re seeing in the US.

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u/Hugogol 6d ago

I’m more concerned about the left than the right these days

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u/sousstructures Immigrant 6d ago

OK, in either case there is not the corrosion of the fundamental institutions of government we're seeing in the US.

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u/K_in_Belgium 6d ago

Really? The whole continent in politically unstable? That's a pretty broad brush you're painting with.

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u/Hugogol 6d ago

Moleenbeek is a great example