> is seen as a mythical place where everyone is happy, wealthy and that the lifestyles are cozy If you're a (non-wealthy) student from the US, it's easy to see

> is seen as a mythical place where everyone is happy, wealthy and that the lifestyles are cozy If you're a (non-wealthy) student from the US, it's easy to see how you'd get that impression based on what its like to be that person in both countries. In Sweden, you study full time, live decently and optionally have one job that you do spare time to reduce your future debt that most likely won't be a problem given that it's a (compared the US) small amount of money and you're able to pay it back relatively easily. What I've heard from a total of 3 students from different parts of that states are some variation of: "Outside of my (full time) studies I juggle 2-3 part time jobs, barely making rent and the mountain of debt that awaits me is giving me crippling anxiety". Of course living here is not without its struggles. We, just like the rest of the world, struggle with insane housing costs, stagnant wages for working class people, our food prices are several times higher than in the US despite us making way less etc.