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  • Harvey656
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    3 days ago

    Random side note: how is Belgium to live in and what would it look like to live there right now? Asking for a friend.

    Edit: thanks for al the information. I’ll move onto learning more about the country and it’s people’s history.

    • @utopiah@lemmy.world
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      how is Belgium to live in and what would it look like to live there right now?

      It’s literally between France, Germany and the Netherlands, I mean geographically yes but roughly culturally too. Arguably Brussels is a mix of all that and other cities again match where they are.

      So… it’s a Western European country with good quality of life despite thanks to having one of the very highest taxes rate. You don’t have to be a socialist to be here but if you want to become a rich entrepreneur it’s going to be challenging.

      Source : immigrated there from France ~10 years ago.

      Edit: s/despite/thanks to/