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Is Life Better in the USA or Europe? A Comprehensive Comparison
Discover the impact of environment on personal well-being and cultural differences between the USA and Europe. Explore the trade-offs and benefits of living in each continent through a dynamic perspective.
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It turns out, humans are not the same everywhere.
Who you are is at least partially influenced by where you are.
Your environment literally has an impact on you.
And if you don't believe me, studies show this.
And this is a dynamic that's influencing all of us,
including me as I've moved from one continent to another.
The tug of war between the US and Europe
is just so intriguing to me.
It just feels like this endless battle
between the new and the old world and the West.
There's no right and wrong, obviously.
when it comes to a discussion like this of cultural comparison.
There's just trade-offs.
It turns out that you can't have it all.
I think the human race really benefits as a species from our differences.
Plus, it's really fun to articulate the things that I'm seeing take place in the world.
And so that's the inspiration behind this piece.
Comparing the life that I've lived for 19 years in the US
to the one that I've lived for five years here in Europe.
And how my view of things continues to evolve.
Now, national stereotypes are nothing new, right?
One of the easiest ones to point to is the idea that there's more interversion in Asia, for example.
Generally speaking, massive generalization and more extroversion in other places like Brazil.
There are exceptions to all generalizations, right?
But there's also a grain of truth.
You know, the jokes that we make about these sorts of things wouldn't be funny if they were completely inaccurate.
If I were to say, oh, the US is a quiet country that is very respectful to all other nations
and doesn't make a lot of noise.
I lose all credibility, right?
You just don't believe me,
because there's not really a lot of truth to that.
Now, while I've already made a few pieces
exploring cultural comparisons
between different parts of the world,
different countries and different regions,
I wanna dig a little bit deeper this time.
Beyond superficial comparisons like,
oh, Europeans use air conditioning a lot less than Americans.
Yes, produce is a lot cheaper
and a lot higher quality in Europe
than in the United States,
because the government's subsidized that sort of thing,
because people care about it a lot more.
And yes, technologies a lot more affordable in the United States,
partially because of taxation on imports,
but also because as a society,
there's more of an orientation towards innovation.
And one of the ways that keeping up with the Jones
is manifest itself in the US is having the latest shiny thing.
But I want to dig deeper into the character of these two continents,