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aeneid I certainly agree with you on the reverse brain drain. It is very pronounced in my field. EE is very closely connected to commercial applications, and I think it is one of the first field to see this kind of reverse brain drain. Back in the 80s, almost everyone stayed after...

mompi That is very interesting. I am wondering if the law applies to people who have dual citizenship all along. For green card, I think it will be rather strange and difficult to enforce. In any case, this is my point initially that why would any rich person want to obtain GC/citizenship...

Hi, Roo As far as I know, yes, you will have to pay tax in the US even if you move back to your home country (if you have a GC). There are several things to keep in mind though, there is a 75k exemption on foreign income. You only have to pay tax for any amount over 75K if the entire amount...

blue That will be true for both Green card/H1B folks. They have to pay for SSI also (but they don't qualify for the benefit unless they become citizens sometime in the future). I think requiring GC holder to pay global tax is something fundamentally wrong (although as a citizen, I am all up...

awgee It does not relieve one from post liability, but it does release one from future ones since one is no longer American. For me, it is a difficult question, and it is not just about money. US gave my wife and I a lot of chances, especially in terms of education (Even after our repeated...

I believe it is 50% from the peak. I don't think in general homes appreciated 50% beyond their 2005 prices.

As many of you know I will move overseas soon, so I invested a great deal of my time investigating my future tax liability to the US government. It appears that US government wants a percentage of my money no matter where I am. There is really no way around it (not legally of course). This...

I know how you feel, My wife got a bag from Paris that was supposely French only, and all the girls in South Coast went crazy when they saw it. I honestly can't tell, but evidently girls can

For high end name brand, you may find more selections in Paris, but in terms of exterior, South Coast is better (not to mention cleanness)

reason Subway is the best mode of transportation in Paris. If you take Taxi, sometime it will take you 20 minutes just to go from one end of the street to another. Subway will take you everywhere and one usually comes every two to three minutes.

Take the Madeleine metro exist if you take the metro or Opera or Concorde, then go to Rue Saint-Honore. Truth be told, I thought South Coast Plaza looked better.

haha, reason You don't want to know. Especially if you are traveling with GF/wife.

Aeneid I do research in control systems and signal processing. I also did some research as part of my PhD study in biomedical materials and bio-informatics. For my new job, it won't be a researcher position though. I will be working for a investment firm. I will evaluate new technologies...

aeneid I don't know if you have ever been to Shanghai, but I found Shanghainese is remarkably similar to Parisian. They treat outsider in almost the exact same rude manner. My wife often common once you lived in one giant city like Shanghai/Paris, you can pretty much apply the same thing...

almon 3x is for after tax income (I cheated a little bit) Basically, they only pay me 4K euro a month in salary, but the rest amount (around 200K Euro) is paid through stock and stock option from HK/Singapore branch. Since there is no capital gain tax in HK/Singapore, I get that amount tax...

The best time to go I think is around October. No no in summer.

aeneid Sorry about the confusion, I think I did not state myself quite clearly. 7th is pretty big area, and I think price varies quite a bit depends on where in 7th exactly. The place I am intend to buy is behind Hilton in front of the subway, it does not look all that fancy (has more of a...

Rocker I know how you feel, although it is a very sad story about how the original poor people in Paris was simply throw out of their home in one night to make way for all the nice buildings. In addition, in you live in a nice 19th century apartment (like we are going to) you will have to...

Hey guys I do speak fluent Chinese (in four different dialects no less), I can also speak pretty good German and French (since I was educated in Switzerland from 1st grade to 7th grade). In any case, because many of today's organizations are very international, English is the default...

After much thought, I finally decided to accept an offer from a company in Europe/Asia. I will be spending half of my time in Paris, and the other half in Asia (mostly Shanghai/Taipei). So in a month or so, I will be leaving US. My wife got a job near Paris in La Defence and we are getting a...