I was talking to my Lyft driver the other day. He was from Eritrea and I asked him, out of all the countries on earth to emigrate to, why did he pick the US, and not one of the emirate states, Europe, South America, etc?
He said he knows people who’ve gone to work in those countries, and at best, you earn enough to survive and that’s it. He said in America, even the lowest wage jobs (gig work driving) pays so much better - he can afford to live and send money home.
US salaries are significantly higher then most other places, the dollar is strong (which benefits sending money back home), and the education is very well respected across the globe.
Why would they? The US is a third world country too at this point.
I was talking to my Lyft driver the other day. He was from Eritrea and I asked him, out of all the countries on earth to emigrate to, why did he pick the US, and not one of the emirate states, Europe, South America, etc?
He said he knows people who’ve gone to work in those countries, and at best, you earn enough to survive and that’s it. He said in America, even the lowest wage jobs (gig work driving) pays so much better - he can afford to live and send money home.
US salaries are significantly higher then most other places, the dollar is strong (which benefits sending money back home), and the education is very well respected across the globe.