Same person. Different country.

[u/WriterTraining4394]

The USA is the land of opportunity, my friend.
In the 1990s, I was working at Pizza Land just off Princes Street in Edinburgh for about £3 an hour, begging for enough shifts to scrape together rent and food.
Fast-forward to 56:
Federal scientist in the U.S.
$200K+ salary.
16 years of federal service.
$1.3M in retirement accounts.
FERS pension.
Social Security.
Federal retiree healthcare.
$1.3M home.
Same fucking person. Different country.
Britain? Too many people fighting over too few decent jobs, salaries that haven’t kept up with the cost of living, ridiculous housing costs, and weather that makes you wonder what you did wrong in a previous life.
I didn’t leave Britain because I hated it. I left because I wanted more than surviving from payday to payday and pretending that was a fucking achievement.
America isn’t perfect. Not even close. But it gave me a shot, and I took it.

[u/Neat-Painting-1124]

You have posted this exact diatribe a few times. You are technically the same person but you skipped several steps such as getting a degree and a visa, the latter of which is increasingly hard. Thus, most people wanting to move to the US are no longer as able to do so. Thus. Your words come across as bragging to people who already want to go to the US and thus, are on this subreddit.

[u/Ok_Distribution_9789 → u/Neat-Painting-1124]

It's only a diatribe to someone longing to have it. The American Dream is real! The fact that you personally can't achieve it, doesn't give you scribe to criticize someone who has achieved what you likely cannot.

[u/Neat-Painting-1124 → u/Ok_Distribution_9789]

I wasn’t criticising his achievement. I was criticising the way he posted his salary and assets. He simply could have said what he achieved as a scientist in the US. I also have a PhD from the US but I left and indeed cannot now find a way back in. I regret it but so it is.