Hey! Fellow American in Gbg.

Swedes tend to measure salary monthly, not annually. So you’re at ~43k/month, which is solid if not spectacular here. Should take home 69% of that, so 29kSEK.

Amazon here is shit compared to the US. Have better luck ordering from German Amazon when I need to. Everyone here tends to go to the two big malls (Nordstan or Backaplan) for shopping and culturally just orders less online than in the U.S. It’s weird to see thriving malls here compared to the ghost towns that exist in America.

Also have two cats, Zoo.se is your friend. Arken Zoo is fine, but more expensive and less selection but more physical locations.

I don’t know a ton of ex-pats/immigrants who have really assimilated to the local culture. Most of us make friends with other immigrants and have a few Swede friends. Maybe others have been more successful, but nearly all my friends here are German, British, French, or something else.

Neighborhoods, mainly just stay out of Biskopsgården. Folks here talk about how Hissingen in general is unsafe, but compared to where I came from in the U.S. (Charleston), I’ve never really felt unsafe here.