And I disagree that the quality of life is the same for someone who lives in a nice house vs small apartment, has to use public transport vs personal luxury vehicle and so on.
I feel I need to consume less in general whenever I’m outside the U.S. It might be the lack of stress that pervades everything in the U.S.
I don’t need material things to comfort me when my spiritual needs are taken care of.
Why not be properly compensated, spend less and enjoy life with extra vacations or early retirement?
Do most Europeans need an early retirement or are they living a relaxed, fulfilling life and have no need for an escape?
Looks horrible. I'm sure it's much better to be packed like in a can of sardines with all kinds of random people.
You’re probably not right about which one is actually better.
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/cities-depression-lower-rate...
And this is in the U.S. which has among the worst cities but the best suburbs in the developed world.