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Realistically I think the guy is centering on the experience of the poor only and using that as the quality of life index. In another comment he talks about ca
by naming_the_user 2y ago
Realistically I think the guy is centering on the experience of the poor only and using that as the quality of life index.
In another comment he talks about car insurance and food costs as if those are even major expenditures?
For a European moving to the US the only actual difference is health insurance, and even then, at low income you probably end up paying about the same or slightly more as European taxes, at a higher income you come out significantly ahead.
I also don't know a single person in the entirety of Europe/UK who doesn't own a car outside of the megacities like London, Paris etc, so it seems like a daft comparison given that car insurance rates are fairly similar in UK and US.
- amrocha 2y agoI only have 1 friend that has a car where I live. It’s pretty great.
- 71bw 2y agoYou either don't know a lot of people or surround yourself with a very particular crowd...
- amrocha 2y agoNope, I have tons of friends from all different walks of life. Cars are seen as a burden, so only people that need one buy one.
- 71bw 2y ago>Cars are seen as a burden, so only people that need one buy one. I don't know where exactly you are located but it sounds like a delusional place. Can't name one first-world country where getting a car is seen as 'a burden' and not 'a massive improvement of one's life'