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Planning to move to the Netherlands. Which city would be a great place to live: Amsterdam or Utrecht? (lemmy.world)

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I'm an American and I'm thinking about moving to the Netherlands sometime in the future especially if a "certain presidential candidate" gets elected. Now, I've never been to the Netherlands or anywhere in Europe for that matter. Everything I "know" about the country comes from Youtube videos/channels that brag about how great it is. One of the things that gets that touted the most is the cycling infrastructure and walkability. As someone trying to move away from car dependency this seems to be a no-brainer. Amsterdam seems like the obvious choice but I've been told that Utrecht has a better cycling infrastructure. What do you think?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Still in progress. I'm working on getting some usable skills like coding and PC repair so I can land employment. I'll probably choose Amsterdam since it's the "default" option. I'm going to visit it first, of course, before I make a decision.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Makes sense. I would guess Amsterdam has better English support (because more touristy) and slightly more jobs, but it's also... touristy :p. I don't like that because it's so fake and often about weed but things keep drawing me there, like open days (is that what they're called in English?) or a study or an internship or the two best book stores in the country (Waterstones and ABC are located on the same square, how could I not go there? I don't know of any other book store in NL with as much original-language content as either one of them!).

I've done PC repair before as an internship. I'm not sure if that's big enough here to find much work in. Perhaps at a warranty department, but I'd assume many stores ship the units to a low-income country. Basic skills picking hardware and putting machines together doesn't hurt though! I use that at my infosec job as well. And coding should definitely be a good idea

Good luck and let me know if I can help in some way :)