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Originally posted by Superman
Yeah, well you Canucks and DownUnder types are like those silly Europeans. It's just a inexplicable twist of luck that has you riding high on the standard of living scale, with all the society-based crap you guys invest in. Trains and busses and parks and with your tax rates and your misguided belief that people are more important than corporations, it's just a wonder that you're at the top of the heap in terms of health and living standards. Which of course don't mean anything when we're out-earning you over here in the good ol' get-what-you-can-pay-for United States of Amerika.
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Sorry Supe, but it isn't quite that utopia. In Auckland the buses are crap, the trains worse (although they're trying with both), and the bike lanes are sporadic.
We're spread out like LA (actually worse) and now we're paying for it. We do have lots of nice parks though
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Originally posted by tobster1911
I do not buy into your love of the European lifestyle. If they like it fine, but to say it is SO much better is completely untrue. Everything is extremely expensive over there. It is almost impossible to purchase a house there. Almost everyone lives in a flat. All the buildings are cramped together. Vehicles are expensive to own/opperate. How many people over there have more than one or two vehicles per family?
I agree there are some things they do well, but your position that they have better living standards I do not buy. America has a lot of benefits to offer that other countries do not have. I guess that I appreciate these and others do not......
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Ummm, population density is virtually the entire explanation for the above. Be glad you have a lot of room and a lot of resources.