Re:How do you build a healthy city? Copenhagen reveals its s...
by callumprentice on Sunday February 11, 2018 @07:33PM
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This really strikes a chord with me. For as long as I have lived in the US I’ve strived for a bigger, fancier house, better car, more toys etc. and now that I’ve gotten to a comfortable level of all of that, I realize I’d give it all up for the benefits you mention. The grass is always greener as they say but it’s awfully tempting.
Re:How do you build a healthy city? Copenhagen reveals its s...
by nine_k on Sunday February 11, 2018 @10:11PM
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Just ask how long are you going to wait until a doctor is available to see you, particularly if it's a specialist. Or how long are you going to wait for a surgery.
Re:How do you build a healthy city? Copenhagen reveals its s...
by Barrin92 on Monday February 12, 2018 @12:24AM
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Denmark has some of the lowest waiting times among OECD countries
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016885101...
and some of the highest physician density in the developed world. I'm German and have worked in Denmark, and have never experienced waiting times.
Your Danish home is going to be smaller, you're not going to drive a giant car, but in return you have excellent access to public transport, years of income guarantee should you lose your job, your kids and you have universal access to healthcare and education regardless where you are on the social strata and so forth. If that's a definition of comfort you like, then Denmark is for you. If you don't, you're better off somewhere else. Rest assured, nobody in Denmark is living in a hut.