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The average European has a good quality of life though.
by speedgoose 4y ago
The average European has a good quality of life though.
- seibelj 4y agoYeah it’s crazy why anyone emigrates from Europe to the US
- chii 4y agoit's hard to get high wages in europe compared to america. So it makes sense to work in america for a while, save and invest, and eventually come back to europe to retire or live a more leisurely lifestyle.
- seibelj 4y agoBut their lifestyle is so much worse the moment they step foot in America
- version_five 4y agoThis is pretty ignorant. Assuming your comment is based on a actual experience in both places (and ignoring how heterogeneous "Europe" and "the US" are), the comment is still equivalent to saying "it's crazy that someone has different priorities than me"
- speedgoose 4y agoTo improve their life? Immigration of qualified workers is a bit different.
- 0daystock 4y ago
- seibelj 4y agoI think my sarcasm is too dry in this thread
- sofixa 4y agoLiterally any EU country has a constitution, and follow the EU convention on human rights. Your rights are recognised, protected and that can't be changed without at least a supermajority, usually more. What's the difference?
- 0daystock 4y agoI tried to explain but Europeans got extremely butthurt and flagged my comments.
- Aachen 4y agoYou'd probably love to learn of the European Convention on Human Rights. These rights go on top of whatever EU member states might have in their national laws. And it has its own independent court (ECHR).
- 0daystock 4y ago
- dcolkitt 4y agoAmericans enjoy substantially higher material consumption than their European counterparts. The US has 85% higher household consumption expenditures than France (about the median of the EU15). The difference between the US and France is about equivalent to the difference between France and Mexico. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_household_final_consumption_expenditure_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_household...
- speedgoose 4y agoIs it common to associate quality of life and consumption? I’m sure there is some correlation but it seems a bit strange, especially when you think about things France has such as universal free healthcare or free access to good education.
- lioeters 4y ago"Good quality of life" is not the same as "higher material consumption", though the former is unquantifiable and subjective. As someone who has lived about equal amount of time in the U.S., I'd say I have better quality of life in Europe but less material consumption.
- lexapro 4y agoMedian wealth per adult in the US: $79,274 Median wealth per adult in France: $133,559 Mean wealth per adult is reversed (much higher in the US), because a few US billionaires are really really rich. But unless you're one of the few lucky billionaires, you're doing better living in France. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_per_adult#By_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_pe...
- refurb 4y agoThat’s the Credit Suisse report that includes things like natural resources. It’s entirely unrelated to actual individual wealth. So Canada gets credit for its uranium reserves and then divides it across the population. No relation whatsoever to actual cash in the bank. “ These figures are influenced by real estate prices, equity market prices, exchange rates, liabilities, debts, adult percentage of the population, human resources, natural resources and capital and technological advancements, which may create new assets or render others worthless in the future.”
- 0daystock 4y agoMeanwhile, the quality of life in America is great, not merely "good".