Which one is better for living? Europe or US?

[Anonymous]

According to All criteria, working life, health, happiness, getting pleasure from life, human rights, social rights... etc. Which one is better? United States or Europe?

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For example Germany or UK or France. Developed country of Europe. Compare that.

[Sunnysunny123]

I haven't lived in USA but i have friends that live there. It really depends where in Europe you want to live, more developed countries are very good actually if we compare to the US.
Some of the countries have 50 weeks of parental leave which is compensated by the country depending on the previous salary.
Since they are born kids get money every month from the country.
Health care is mostly free or very cheap, if you have a condition where you have to take pills every day, you pay a selected amount and the rest is payed by the country.
It is very clean.
In school if they notice a kid having anxiety or trouble concentrating they have a room next to the classroom with sofas and stuff where is quiet and kids can read.
If a kid is having a hard time learning somethibg they don't skip it, they find different ways to teach it.
People and especially kids have a lot of rights. And so on.

But every country is different and non developed countries are very different.

[Anonymous]

I think it depends on where you go. I’ve been to almost half of the United States traveling. So depending where you live that forms your opinion on what you think. I’ve been to Baltimore, which I thought was a complete disaster, mainly black peoples living there. But I talked to someone who told me if you go to the other side of Baltimore, very nice. A lot of the neighborhoods that I’ve experienced that are bad have been black communities. White areas weren’t too bad. Maybe some hicks, trailer parks, etc. Hispanic communities which I’m predominantly in are good, but some aren’t so good. I wouldn’t say as bad as the black communities. Now out of all those races I’m neither. So I don’t favor one over the other. But there’s a lot of differences that play into one’s opinion. If you’re like me, you get what you put in, things pay out. If you’re always of the victim mentality no matter where you go you’re always going to find a way to play that victim card. I spent 10 years in the military, been to a lot of countries. A lot of people in the US have never been outside of the states so they think this is the worst place to live. I’ve seen a lot worse than the states. I think life is what you make it. Yes I’ve been pulled over by cops numerous times especially when I was younger for being stupid. Never had an issue as a minority.

[buzzword]

The United States. All the freedom aside which is the most important thing, you will just make more money in America. At face value, cost of living will appear to be lower in a place like Berlin Germany if you compare it to a city like Miami, FL but when comparing America to Europe you have to consider taxation. For example if you earn 66,760 euros per year in Berlin, you pay 42% of it just in income tax. In you lived in a State in the USA that has no state income tax you're paying 22% income tax, putting 20% of your earning right back in your pocket just for avoiding socialism. Unless you are terminally ill, you'll never take that sort of money out of the system every year. As a result in the USA you will have a lot more disposable income to enjoy life with your family and plan for retirement.

[jjj101010]

I think the argument for freedom isn’t a strong one, the US is the least free by percentage of population, they have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens. If you are referencing freedom of speech, this is true, most of Europe has laws preventing hate speech on the grounds of race, sexual orientation and disability etc but u have to ask yourself, what kind of person wants to verbally abuse people on those basis. All the European countries allow people to criticise the government without fear of being prosecuted, all have the right to trial by a jury of their peers, none (other than Belarus) have the right to execute its citizens or extradite them to a country that will execute them.

The right to bear arms varies depending on the country but none are as relaxed as the US, but that also reflects the lack of gun related deaths in those countries.

Yes tax is generally higher in Europe but free healthcare comes as standard in most of those countries. Also the cost of fresh food is generally lower in Europe than in the US so you need less disposable income as a result.

Let’s not pretend that the US does not have socialist systems, they have socialised systems for police, fire, most roads, education, military, the coast guard etc all are funded by tax regardless of how often u use them or if u want to use them, it is only healthcare that people seem to have a problem with.

[buzzword]

@jjj101010 You know why people get incarcerated? It because they are so fucking free they think they are above the law. They forget that they aren't invincible and that they have to work with other people in society. It's a byproduct of individualism. Some people become too fucking bold. In other countries you're so fucking oppressed you know better than to even have your own opinion. You wait for someone else to tell you what to think so that you don't get in trouble. You can't even have freedom over your own mind.

You sure do talk out of both sides of your mouth. In the same sentence you admit you pay high taxes and in the very next breath you're talking about how things are free. Nothing is free. You are part of a welfare state control system which takes away all your freedom and doles out your rations while keeping the rest for the aristocracy. The more you give to government, the less control over your own life you process. You're a debt slave that has to continue to work to finance the plans of the aristocracy while keeping nothing for yourself. When they fail to meet their promises of common welfare, they send you to war or bring in migrants to provoke a civil war so that they can reduce the population and never have to pay out on all that tax they collected.

[buzzword]

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[jjj101010]

Talking out of both sides or my mouth? It’s called having a balanced opinion, the point is that neither is perfect and both have their draw backs

[buzzword]

@jjj101010 Either you pay or you don't pay. Which one is it liar? Do you pay taxes in hopes that you will receive health care or is the health care free? You really are slow in the head. You don't even understand that you pay for healthcare.

[buzzword]

@jjj101010 According to the Office of National Statistics you spend roughly $8,875.80 per year on your health insurance if you include all working age adults in the UK (no unemployment). That works out to $739.65 per month for health care. That is what you pay. American go their entire life paying far less than that for health insurance until they are older than 50 years old. At 50 rates are relatively equivalent to that. At 65 Americans can use Medicare in old age. So really there is only a 15 year period in American's lives where we have to pay anywhere near what you pay in the UK every single year you work. Sound real free.

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[jjj101010]

Never said it was free, it is free at the point of service, u can break ur leg, call for an ambulance, they will pick u up take u to hospital, fix ur leg and give u any medication u need and u walk (limp) out and no one hands u a bill. Some people rarely use it and pay a lot in, I am in that category, others don’t pay a lot in and use it a lot. But billionaire or tramp, if u get hit by a car, u get the same treatment and people here generally think that is a good thing. U can pay for insurance on top and that gets u quicker treatment for none emergencies. This system is no different from the education system in the US, u can choose not to use it, u can homeschool ur kids but u pay in the same regardless and poor kids and rich kids can all get an education and there is no bill at the point of access, it definitely isn’t free though.

[buzzword]

@jjj101010 You are a compulsive liar. In your very first comment you made the following statement and I quote "free healthcare comes as standard". You're wasting everyone's time with your lies. Get out of here kid.

[FreyaRed]

If you're brown got to US. In Europe is right wing shift unavoidable and mass deportation will happen to those who don't work.

[Razp_Sorbet]

Europe isn't a country... It would depend on where.

[Asker]

For example , UK or germany

[Razp_Sorbet]

Well Germany is ranked 7th in the world for those things... UK 15th.
The USA is 20th...
Switzerland is ranked 1st.

[Razp_Sorbet]

So you're better off living in Switzerland, Germany, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, UK, Ireland, Netherlands etc. than The USA based on those things.

But better off in the USA than France, Spain, Austria, Italy.

Equally as better off as Luxembourg 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Asker]

Thanks where did you get these statistics?

[KostasKouvalis]

Little bit of a silly comparison because the U. S. is a country, Europe is an entire continent. Every country in Europe is different

[Asker]

Us is bigger than whole Europe continent. I meant developed Europe countries for example germany, uk, france, italy spain