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.
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.