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You misunderstood my comment. Perhaps global average was not the right term. I mean to say top of the list of countrywide averages. As in best on Earth. Americ
by allovernow 7y ago
You misunderstood my comment. Perhaps global average was not the right term. I mean to say top of the list of countrywide averages. As in best on Earth.
America gets a ton of shit online, but the shitty areas that drive averages down are a tiny percentage of total population/land. They're outliers. For example, Houston is rated as one of the most dangerous cities in the country - but only a handful of neighborhoods/areas are actually bad.
- pbourke 7y agoWell unfortunately we don’t live in a spreadsheet where you can just drop the rows that pull your average down, but rather a real country. Somehow the other countries have done better despite facing their own challenges.
- allovernow 7y agoThey consist of entirely different majority and minority cultures. And the point is that random city, USA is statistically likely to compare favorably to random city, Nordic country you're probably referring to.
- grecy 7y ago> And the point is that random city, USA is statistically likely to compare favorably to random city, Nordic country you're probably referring to I take it you've never been to "random Nordic city" then. In stark contrast to "random town USA", not a single person is without healthcare without paying directly for it, everyone can have unemployment money if they need it, everyone has had (or can have) free university education, etc. etc.