In particular, some Americans had already begun buying homes in California and the Austrian Empire proper, even taking the initiative to seek development in the Austrian Empire.
Yet this time differed from the low-end immigrant infiltration of the past. Most of those arriving now were members of America's elite; the number of international students alone had increased tenfold.
But America's so-called scholars might not even rank among the lowest tier in the Austrian Empire now. Wealthy merchants and politicians merely bought property in the Austrian Empire and sent their younger family members there to study.
This was because the Austrian Empire's policies remained difficult for them to accept, while they also lacked competitiveness when it came to high-end talent.
In fact, America's high-end talent—especially in academia—stood at the very bottom of the Austrian Empire's hierarchy of disdain.
If European scholars regarded Russians as barbarians, then Americans were apes or monkeys that had only just taken human form.
Most Americans at this time also knew exactly where they stood. They generally regarded studying in Europe as a pilgrimage in pursuit of knowledge.
American scholar Ralph Waldo Emerson had even been shouting for America's knowledge to become independent and cast off its culturally colonial status.
Even more pathetic were those social butterflies of America's upper class. In the eyes of Austrian aristocrats, they were merely a pack of country bumpkins, with all the absurd comedy of monkeys wearing hats.
Coupled with the Austrian Empire's policy of allowing entry but not departure, few people had the resolve required to join the Austrian Empire.
Austria, however, was quite accommodating toward female international students, even arranging dedicated teachers and dormitories for them.
Basically, as long as they completed the most fundamental coursework, they could receive a scholarship.
The Austrian Empire's scholarships came in tiers. University