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How long does it take to stop working? I'm living in Copenhagen, and it seems to have been working here for quite a while now. And it makes the city much nicer

by mjn 14y ago

How long does it take to stop working? I'm living in Copenhagen, and it seems to have been working here for quite a while now. And it makes the city much nicer for everyone. As a middle-class professional, I don't need the social welfare system myself (at least, not currently), but I still do benefit from the quality of life that comes from living in a city with very low crime, relatively low poverty, and reasonably good (though far from perfect) economic equality. Occasionally people do leave, whether for tax reasons or other reasons, but on the whole even the wealthy agree that the quality of life you get from living here is worth the expense paid in taxes, compared to moving somewhere that's more unequal and more violent. If anything I would guess there is a net influx of well-off people, and there would be more of one if immigration rules were loosened, to make it easier for wealthy people to move here from outside Europe.

mseebach 14y ago
> How long does it take to stop working? For Denmark, about another 7 years. Why do you think the government is acting the way it does? (For those not familiar with the situation, pursuing a reform strategy in straight opposition of explicit pre-election promises). By then, the baby-boomers will have retired and the smallest generation in modern history is left to pay for everything. As for crime, there is no evidence that low inequality causes low crime rates, or the opposite. Significantly more inequal Switzerland and Singapore has lower homicide rates.
- cabalamat 14y ago
  > As for crime, there is no evidence that low inequality causes low crime rates, or the opposite. This study disagrees: http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsiteresources.worldbank.org%2FDEC%2FResources%2FCrime%2526Inequality.pdf&ei=84A7UZm8GYrX7AaFuICoBg&usg=AFQjCNG1UWTClbt1zJnVlINofhsZnOtjZQ&sig2=ZrSYH5nrhveZoyr0oNY94Q&bvm=bv.43287494,d.ZGU&cad=rja http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s...
- vacri 14y ago
  That's some nice confirmation bias you've got going on there.

by mjn 14y ago

mseebach 14y ago

> How long does it take to stop working? For Denmark, about another 7 years. Why do you think the government is acting the way it does? (For those not familiar with the situation, pursuing a reform strategy in straight opposition of explicit pre-election promises). By then, the baby-boomers will have retired and the smallest generation in modern history is left to pay for everything. As for crime, there is no evidence that low inequality causes low crime rates, or the opposite. Significantly more inequal Switzerland and Singapore has lower homicide rates.

cabalamat 14y ago
> As for crime, there is no evidence that low inequality causes low crime rates, or the opposite. This study disagrees: http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsiteresources.worldbank.org%2FDEC%2FResources%2FCrime%2526Inequality.pdf&ei=84A7UZm8GYrX7AaFuICoBg&usg=AFQjCNG1UWTClbt1zJnVlINofhsZnOtjZQ&sig2=ZrSYH5nrhveZoyr0oNY94Q&bvm=bv.43287494,d.ZGU&cad=rja http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s...
vacri 14y ago
That's some nice confirmation bias you've got going on there.