> I’m in the UK, intending to move out for obvious reasons
I thought you meant pay by this, but then you include Berlin in your list of potential places... Is there other reasons I'm missing out on? Genuinely curious
> If you add up random costs you are confronted with during the whole process of flying with them they aren't even that much cheaper.
I'm sorry but that is nonsense. I live abroad so am a frequent flyer back (say 5 or 6 times a year at regular intervals) home, for the past 5 years. I always compare the prices, never once have a rival airline beaten Ryanair. I've never had a bad issue either.
Personally as a 6ft 2 guy I love that they don't have seats which can recline :) the bane of my life on other airlines.
It's the Guardian. They have a serious axe to grind with SV/tech in general. Their bias in this area is laughable but gotta play to the home crowd I guess.
There's some interesting reading around this that essentially the Saudi's financed Pakistan's nukes in a deal where they can effectively get them under their control in no time should Iran develop one. Contracted out the development in a way :)
> see, those are the exact sort of questions, and answers, that you are prepared to provide. and you're probably pretty good at it!
Thank you, but it really has been a recent thing for me. It's only in the past year that I actually worked out what this all means, passive versus active investments, pensions etc.
> i am going to pay an actual human being to give me a list of options
It was accidentally stumbling across that which led to me getting my stuff together. At the very least it should give you a grounding in what to read up so as not to be blindsighted by any financial advice you may get in the future from a professional.
> instead of shrinking. if that's too much to ask, i'll just keep my money under a mattress, thanks.
Inflation is always eating away at your money there, no matter how thick your mattress is ;)
The Guardian and tax avoidence goes hand in hand. The Guardian Media Group is based in the Cayman Islands and notably used the tax haven to avoid paying any tax on the £302 million in profit it realised from the sale of Auto Trader in 2008.
It's funny. Years ago I wanted to move to the US, but I hadn't a chance. I have a degree and masters and years work but beyond getting an American company to sponsor me, no joy. I've moved on now. But I have a friend (again degree and masters) who enters for the Green Card lottery every year, he has no chance. I keep hearing yanks saying that immigration is a problem and I'm wondering why it's so hard for us!