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Re:The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than M... by pbreit on Monday August 26, 2019 @03:07PM (#20802718)
If you've spent much time at all in pretty much any European country you would know how much better the general quality of life is than in USA, even/especially amongst the poor.

I'm not sure consumption is the best metric.

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Re:The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than M... by wil421 on Monday August 26, 2019 @03:32PM (#20802911)
If Europe has such a better quality of life than the US then why are the immigration stats so skewed in the US’s favor?

About 3x as many Europeans immigrate to the US than the other way around.[1] These numbers only look at Western Europe, if you added the whole continent it would be a much larger gap. It would be 2 million more if you add Eastern Europe.

[1]https://mises.org/wire/3-times-many-europeans-move-us-other-...

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Re:The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than M... by TheCoelacanth on Monday August 26, 2019 @04:26PM (#20803412)
1. Western Europeans mostly speak the language in the US, so they have an easy time living there, while most Americans only speak English so would have a harder time living in most of Europe.

2. The US is great for people in upper income brackets who can actually manage to migrate, not so much for the lower income people who can't.

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Re:The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than M... by pbreit on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @02:52PM (#20813200)
More immigration-friendly and better marketing.
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Re:The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than M... by adventured on Monday August 26, 2019 @03:45PM (#20803015)
That premise only holds water if you ignore the bottom 50% of Europe, which includes Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Belarus, etc.

Between Russia and Ukraine there are 190 million people. The bottom half of those people are living in third world conditions. Russia is Europe's largest nation.

In the villages of Western Russia, you've got a lack of access to even basic medical supplies. Doctors are earning $200-$300 per month, they're aging out of the system, and they can't find nurses period -

"Putin’s Health-Care Cuts Spark Protests in Russian Heartland"

"The country has 100 billionaires, and yet more than a third of Russians can’t afford to buy two pairs of shoes a year."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-05-07/putin-s-h...

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Re:The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than M... by pbreit on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @02:55PM (#20813231)
I was referring mainly to the EU countries.
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Re:The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than M... by gingabriska on Monday August 26, 2019 @03:17PM (#20802807)
It's not my experience. Which countries specifically are you talking about?

Countries in East Europe can have lower quality of life, mostly depends on your income.

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Re:The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than M... by pbreit on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @02:53PM (#20813212)
Western & Northern, for sure.
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Re:The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than M... by allworknoplay on Monday August 26, 2019 @03:21PM (#20802841)
No, it's a crazy metric. We consume vastly more healthcare, for example. Is that wealth? This article is insane, and the site has an extraordinarily clear (and manifest) right-wing bias.
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Re:The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than M... by goatlover on Monday August 26, 2019 @03:13PM (#20802782)
But Europe doesn't represent most of the world's population or land area.
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