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Yes, obviously it is not a 1:1 comparison, but even with additional costs for getting private healthcare etc. you are better of by far in the US. Also, i'd pref

• Fnoord 8y ago
  Perhaps, for me it just means that the comparisons are inaccurate. I'd like to see an in-depth comparison which includes things such as taxation. I often see rent being mentioned in these comparisons. Cost of living is just one minor aspect. QoL is yet another, and more subjective. If you knew what my healthcare costs are and what I get out of it (or well, in the past), I am pretty confident that a lot of Americans would prefer that, except for a rich happy few. It isn't as if private healthcare doesn't have any incentive, or is always high quality. Example [1] And even cost of living is difficult to compare. If you go to a US shop, pretty much always the price doesn't include sales tax. If you go to a EU shop, if the product is targeted for consumers the default price has to include the sales tax. I find the former -like the imperial system- not practical at best, and deceiving at worst. The latter is just a matter of seeing it from the customer's PoV though yeah it might lead to lower sales on the long run it leads to more happy customers. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17753294 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17753294