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>stay poor Have californians started thinking of Europe as poor?

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• _dain_ 3y ago
  the poorest american state is still richer in per capita terms than france or germany. europe is poor and getting poorer, relative to america.
  • wasmitnetzen 3y ago
    Yet the life expectancy in most EU countries is much higher than in America. Wealth isn't the only relevant metric. [1]: https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy#differences-in-life-expectancy-across-the-world https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy#differences-in-li...
    • _dain_ 3y ago
      they're dying sooner because of diseases of ... affluence. and we can expect the new weight loss drugs to make a noticeable dent in that (at the cost of who-knows-what side effects, but they can't be as big a killer as obesity)
      • biggoodwolf 3y ago
        I have a bridge to sell you... Unfortunately, it is likely those medicines will drive the next wave of chronic disease.
    • xyzzyz 3y ago
      Yes, the Americans are not as effective at war on drugs as Europeans, which is why we have very high rates of death from overdoes, which is the main driver of low life expectancy.