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minus-squareabbotsbury@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoOn my phone so I can’t do tons of research, but if you want the long short then just go here and check how many countries ranked higher than America that have lower GDP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report#2023_report Of course you can nitpick certain stats to no end, so I’ll primarily focus on the disparity of -Annual vacation days -Public healthcare -Public transportation, and -Public education that the average American has compared to other developed nations
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoHappiness and QOL are not directly related, and happiness is much more of a cultural thing than a cost of living thing. I’m all for the bullets you list but that doesn’t make these concepts shared ideas.
On my phone so I can’t do tons of research, but if you want the long short then just go here and check how many countries ranked higher than America that have lower GDP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report#2023_report
Of course you can nitpick certain stats to no end, so I’ll primarily focus on the disparity of
-Annual vacation days
-Public healthcare
-Public transportation, and
-Public education
that the average American has compared to other developed nations
Happiness and QOL are not directly related, and happiness is much more of a cultural thing than a cost of living thing.
I’m all for the bullets you list but that doesn’t make these concepts shared ideas.