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"story_excerpt": "I’m looking for people who have moved from California to Belgium and are open to sharing their experiences. \n For context; I am a dual citizen of Belgium and the USA. Same goes for my toddler son. My wife is a US citizen. I grew up in Belgium and moved to the US as an adult. I’m bilingual Dutch-English, so is my son, and my wife has been taking dutch classes for two years. I love living in California but now that we have a young child, sometimes we wonder out loud if moving to Belgium would be a better choice.\n Mostly because of the reduced costs of childcare, healthcare, education, and housing (we could live very cheaply there because of a family property). I feel like this would significantly reduce our stress levels and get off the hamster wheel just a little bit. I also have very fond ",
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