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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Interesting all the love Norway is getting…one of the whitest countries on the planet. Hmm…[/quote]

Also one of the wealthiest. North Sea oil helps.[/quote]

Diversity isn’t all it’s made out to be. Most people want to live near people who are like them. Places with the most satisfied citizens are usually the most homogeneous.[/quote]

It’s the difference between a nation state and a country.  This is a country and I far prefer our diversity and I am as white and Northern European as it gets. [/quote]

Out of cities, Norway’s not an easy place if you don’t blend in. It’s not easy in the cities either. It’s probably better than it was, but you feel the lack of diversity on many levels.

The appeal is the natural beauty combined with basic comforts. For visitors the prices can knock you unconscious. For Norwegians, you can lead a middle class life in good health, surrounded by exquisite nature and a simple home with all creature comforts.

There’s health care for everyone, with the caveat that the  “ambulance may not arrive so fast if you’re over 80.”  The family farm is hard to hold onto and maintain, if you’re lucky enough to inherit one. Less skilled work makes for lower standard of living. It only seems that everyone goes to Spain in the winter. Taxes are high. The weather calls the shots.

When the snow glistens, the sun shines, the mountains embrace, kids ski between their parents when they can stand, crazy snow board boys knit, and you know you’ll be warm and have food at the end of the day, there’s a lot to like.

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