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3. My Great-Grandfather emigrated from there...

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Fri Jan 10, 2025, 12:23 AM

Jan 2025

I really wished he would have just stayed there...have felt that way for a long time.

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This is Denmark. [View all] Swede Jan 2025 OP

Healthy, Educated People. WOW BOSSHOG Jan 2025 #1

Disguised Racism: Denmark's discriminatory, punitive and counterproductive Ghetto Package Celerity Jan 2025 #57

They've avoided many immigration issues that many other European countries are experiencing... Mark.b2 Jan 2025 #2

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I've gone down a Denmark immigration rabbit hole this evening thanks to DU! Mark.b2 Jan 2025 #6

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I think I would prefer somewhere else. HUAJIAO Jan 2025 #14

NOt everyone is made for COLD Weather... Cha Jan 2025 #23

"But now I'm on Kauai..." Mark.b2 Jan 2025 #30

Hey I did that for many many Winters in Little Falls, New York Cha Jan 2025 #48

I am 81 and live in Up-State NY It is 15 degrees as I type brrrr. HUAJIAO Jan 2025 #32

Hi... I just mentioned upthread that Cha Jan 2025 #52

Actuality got to go for a walk along Canandaigua lake today HUAJIAO Jan 2025 #74

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Gotcha...cha! HUAJIAO Jan 2025 #87

I grew up in Saranac Lake - frequently cited as the coldest spot in the US erronis Jan 2025 #53

I spent 3 weeks in Leningrad in January 1985 at 20 F below zero! Loved the city.. HUAJIAO Jan 2025 #75

Hardy Folks! Good times.. and Snow memories Cha Jan 2025 #79

Right back at cha, Cha. erronis Jan 2025 #86

lol... TY.. you did it, you got 'er done! Cha Jan 2025 #90

i spent 3 weeks in Tahiti,, Moorea and Bora Bora years ago. HUAJIAO Jan 2025 #76

You're over-thinking this. Yavin4 Jan 2025 #17

Or marry into the right one. Prairie_Seagull Jan 2025 #35

Wouldn't we all move there if it was easy? LeftInTX Jan 2025 #58

Our social safety net is gofundme Horse with no Name Jan 2025 #66

Also the fallback position is to elect Dems like Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden FakeNoose Jan 2025 #67

Harder? I fear that's no longer an option at all...... AZ8theist Jan 2025 #73

I guess "happiness" has a price? LeftInTX Jan 2025 #55

Trumpers who think Greenlanders woul like to become Americans MadameButterfly Jan 2025 #22

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From the classic musical "North Atlantic" Pinback Jan 2025 #51

LOL!!! /nt sdfernando Jan 2025 #69

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i visited denmark twice as a visiting artist. i met several foreigners that now lived there. including a native american pansypoo53219 Jan 2025 #81

My Great-Grandfather emigrated from there... blue sky at night Jan 2025 #3

Family legends and old letters might give you a clue as to why he emigrated. Usually... Hekate Jan 2025 #24

But then I doubt you would be you - and writing this post. erronis Jan 2025 #44

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It's called a social contract. Yavin4 Jan 2025 #19

There's a ton of unneeded bureaucracy in many European countries. Elessar Zappa Jan 2025 #38

There's a gigantic difference between making bureaucracies more efficient and tearing up the social contract entirely Yavin4 Jan 2025 #72

As always, thanks for the reality check. Perhaps some need to cash it! Hekate Jan 2025 #26

Maybe they make big bucks here Meowmee Jan 2025 #27

The grass is always greener. Elessar Zappa Jan 2025 #37

Exactly. All places need to be adaptred to if coming from outside, and are never praised as utopia by those born there. DFW Jan 2025 #39

39. Exactly. All places need to be adaptred to if coming from outside, and are never praised as utopia by those born the EU Sozial Demokrat Jan 2025 #49

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60. For some reason I don't picture Europe as being very friendly. EU Sozial Demokrat Jan 2025 #83

still, re those $25 per hour workers in Denmark, after taxes they still take home roughly $16.13 Stargleamer Jan 2025 #42

They provide better services for their citizens by being more exclusive of immigration. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #61

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I was in Denmark three months ago PlanetBev Jan 2025 #16

Recommended. H2O Man Jan 2025 #18

Boy, I wish I had relatives there Butterflylady Jan 2025 #71

We lived there 2 summers going to and from UK- my father was working there then Meowmee Jan 2025 #21

I want to move to Sweden. Denmark would be fine too. Clouds Passing Jan 2025 #33

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my great grandfather markie Jan 2025 #46

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