I lived in the US for one year.

As an European, I found many things to be very strange. Not least, “no firearms” signs when entering buildings.

But the strangest thing, was learning about credit scores. Basically, if you leave a parsimonious life, earning you salary, spending less than what you earn and save what you can, you will have very low chances of getting a loan or a credit card.

However, if you spend a lot, create a lot of debt, have tens of credit cards and so on, you can get whatever you want and you can actually have a good credit score.

I know, I know, it’s not that simple.

But it’s really strange.

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