On the other hand when you get unemployment in the US you are still taking home more than a European.
As some one in the US, I'd rather have the EU safety nets compared to the US unemployment rate.
One thing people, and it seems this is a problem among the higher paid HN espcially but not exclusively, is tgat money is not everything. And comparing life quality based on how much money someone has is quite frankly pretty sad. And something the truely rich couldn't care less about.
Oh, and I forgot, us poor underpaid Europeans tend not to have student debt in any shape or form. Also something to consider.