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Is Europe as poor as it seems?

Is America as dumb as it seems?

Comments

[apokalypsetest.livejournal.com]

Food - especially eating out - is significantly more expensive in Europe on the low price end. Meaning we don't have that really cheap 5-6$ Fastfood category. Even McDonalds and BK are more expensive. Thsi is mostly due to the fact that people earn more money there then they do here. BUT the calculations in this article represent $ values - completely oblivious of the fact that the Euro at the moment is at about 1.5$ and has a similar buying power then the dollar.
I am not experienced with Norway or Sweden - but at least in germany I can not say that I felt a significant difference in live standards. PLUS

"They are driving wrecks"?? I have never seen a comparable amount of junk on four wheels in such a bad shape as here in the states. Even in the mid nineties in Croatia and Serbia cars where in a better shape then here.

[mindstalk.livejournal.com]

"people earn more money" -- you mean that the McDonald's workers are getting paid more than $5/hour? That seems to support my "no cheap labor/no one has to be the cheap labor" explanation.

Thanks for commenting! I want to like the European model.