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Re:Productivity has grown faster in Western Europe than in A... by throw_pm23 on Friday October 06, 2023 @08:40AM (#37789977)
Yes, I elaborated in a side-comment, your feeling is likely correct, but still Europe may be able to better translate wealth into quality of life.
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Re:Productivity has grown faster in Western Europe than in A... by J_Shelby_J on Friday October 06, 2023 @08:49AM (#37790076)
Car dependency is awfully expensive for the average American (30% of average salary), awful for your health (walking is the gold standard), and can tends to create isolated societies lacking 3rd places (suburbs).

Americans like to measure quality of life is square foot, but I think that’s more a measure of wealth than happiness.

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