and now this - from Sweden

[GuyGene]

Sweden, another place I've been. My best expat friends in Japan are Swedes. They do have a good lifestyle, and I am convinced it's mainly due to being such a homogeneous country, like Norway, Denmark, Japan, etc. My home state, Georgia, has about 2 million more people than Sweden. It's also very controlled and taxed highly, about 67% I think it is. University for all is "free." Good health care, all in all, a nice place, but too many restrictions for my tastes, even though I love living in Japan, which is also controlled a lot. I ain't right boys, ain't right a'tall. I do like that garbage burning though.

[freeradical]

Abba and Swedish Meatballs...

[M A V I C]

billb wrote:
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[quote=steve...]
I can't vouch for the accuracy: Groceries Prices in Sweden are 11.12% lower than in United States

Apartment rent is less.

I can. That's all not true. We stayed there for a few weeks in 2013. We had a house, planned to buy our own groceries. They were MUCH more expensive than in the US and had much less of a selection, even in July. This was for stores in the city and the suburbs.

And rent was also not less, at least not compared to Seattle.

billb wrote:
It's a dark gloomy frozen version of Seattle.

Not really, not Stockholm and the southern part of the country at least. Maybe farther north.

billb wrote:
75% of women are overweight here in the states
50% in Sweden.

Obesity is on the rise there. It was a noticeable difference between 2007 and 2013.


https://weatherspark.com/averages/28951/...olm-Sweden
https://weatherspark.com/averages/31576/...ted-States

Nights are longer and colder in Winter than Seattle.
It's not that much different. Plus, I prefer 31° to 36°.

August West wrote:

I can. That's all not true. We stayed there for a few weeks in 2013. We had a house, planned to buy our own groceries. They were MUCH more expensive than in the US and had much less of a selection, even in July. This was for stores in the city and the suburbs.

And rent was also not less, at least not compared to Seattle.

I'd venture a guess that a few week stay is a significantly different comparison to residency.

We've been there a few times and have friends there, who have also stayed here with us for significant portions of time. It's one of the things we've talked about quite a bit. We stayed in a friend's family home for a while, as well as their apartment in the city.

Clothes are also a lot more expensive there. Our friend comes with very little luggage, and leaves with a lot.