Comment by grandma@sh.itjust.works on Anon rides a bike

> be me

> live in a relatively new part of town in the Netherlands

> bike 20 minutes to the city center

> no hills or mountains because netherlands

> See almost no cars because most bike routes are completely seperated and shorter than car routes

> Park my bike in a surveilled parking area funded by the city

> Do all my shopping for the day and return

> MFW my friends and family don’t even realize how good we have it

So how easy is it for an American to move to the Netherlands? Asking for myself

If you are skilled labor, yes: https://www.expatica.com/nl/finance/taxes/the-dutch-30-ruling-explained-101641/

But what @abbadon420 said is equally true. Housing market’s fucked beyond belief. Now, if you want to WFH and live out in the sticks, you’d be set.

Or you’ll need to bring like 500k. No, that’s not a joke.

For a small flat in an older building, surely not for a single house or even semi…

The average house, including the shitty apartments in the middle of nowhere, is 440k

You can drive though the Netherlands in 3h, for Americant’s that means there are no sticks.

Drive though the Netherlands in 3h

It takes 1 hour to get from Germany in the east to Belgium in the west.

If I can get from Dortmund in Germany to Calais in France in 4,5 - 5 hours (including stopping to fill up), I sure as hell don’t need 3 hours to go across the Netherlands.

I used to drive regularly to Antwerp from Dortmund in a truck and it took between 3,5 and 4 hours.

The Netherlands is less than half the size of my state. There is nowhere in the Netherlands that is more rural than where I live right now, lol.

Eh, there are a few spots that it certainly feels like it, especially the Frisian islands.

I guess it’s easy enough, but good luck finding a house.

Scooby-Doo and the Case of the Missing Houses

No hills or mountains is great for biking, but bad for beautiful nature experiences (BNE)

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