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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have relatives in both northern and Southern Europe and none of them are complaining about their standard of living, even the ones whose incomes your would consider extremely low.

[b]If you measure success or a good standard of living by large homes, large cars, and large portion sizes when eating out[/b], then yes, Europeans are "poorer." But most Europeans don't have 4-5 bedroom houses filled with endless stuff from Costco and Target "runs" or big-ass fuel-guzzling cars. They take (much) longer vacations, can retire earlier in some countries, don't go into debt for higher education, and don't have to declare bankruptcy due to medical debt. They all take vacations, even those with lower incomes, and have full lives--except with a lot less of the store-bought crap that Americans spend their lives working for.
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[b]Living in a nice, large home and driving a large, comfortable car IS something most people want, including Europeans. They buy the nicest home they can, just like we do.

sounds like you think all Americans care about is buying stuff at Target, which is so sad. It’s a big country out there and you should get out there and discover it.

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I’m an American and I hate having huge cars. It’s something that’s a necessity to live in the US and is an expensive externality that I do not want.

Unfortunately, walkable neighborhoods and adequate public transportation are a pipe dream. I HATE having to spend tens of thousands of stupid cats simply because there’s no other way to transport kids. [/quote]

I think it depends on where you live in europe- it's a continent with separate countries. like Swiss women who are UMC do stay home with the kids and their partners make enough money for them to do so an they are all married b/c its a conservative country.  Swedish people also have giant people movers, same with germans and the DCUM equivelants- professionals with kids have single family homes or large townhomes. Uk people buy a lot of stuff and have cramped homes but they live on an island, people living in Malmo are not living with overflowing closets. also in most euro cultures outside of the Dach group, people look down on women who don't have careers and a woman will only refrain from  working her own career if she was ill or incapacitated or Muslim. [/quote]

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