Tom Sixkiller wrote:


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Martin Hotze wrote:



proof it.
give me some examples where or why people suffer (materially) more in
Austria,
Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, UK, Australia than in the USA.

Well, let's look at houses:

When I was in college, as a bachelor, I had a bigger apartment than most
people in Wuopre had for raising a family.

A 2000 square foot, three bedrom house on a nice 1/4 acre lot is common
here; in Europe, that's a palace mostly for the aristocracy. Our
aristocracy is based on merit, not bloodlines.

You may want to be a little careful here. That house you describe is no
longer affordable unless you have 2 wage earners. When I started college
the norm was to have one parent stay home to raise the children. Today,
most are farmed out to surrogates.

Also, Europe does not have vast tracts of unused land next to cities to
parcel off into 1/4 acre lots.

Space is not the only criteria in judging quality of home life.

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Frank....H