I mean, I don’t think there is anyone who posts about their lived experience around here more than @SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml, and quite a lot of it is about what total shit-holes Belgium and The Netherlands are like to live in. Given their posts, I get the impression it’s just as bad, if not worse, than most places in the US.

So idk where you’re getting the impression that the EU is some magic utopia, maybe you’re just lucky enough to live in a more privileged class of your society? I know from personal acquaintances that they often never came into contact with less fortunate people due to how in Europe it’s much more provincial, and not quite as Urban, so you’re not always going to be made to confront the poverty and exploitation as viscerally as in other parts of the world.