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Yeah compare the GDP per capita of Mississippi to Germany and then tell me which has a better quality of life.

Germany, not even comparable lol. Affordable healthcare, clean living spaces, decent wages for the majority of people. Also, Mississippi has the highest gun death rate in the US.. Not sure how much feeling safe should factor into QoL for you but that's a pretty significant one in my book

Clean living spaces? Have you lived in Germany? How about petty crime? Government bureaucracy? Employment opportunities? Cost of housing?

Have you been to Mississippi? Have you seen the middle class suburbs?

Most gun crime is limited to a small geographic area either the rest have no having low gun crime.

I'll have what he's having.

Let's disregard all negatives and compare to some made up boogeyman of Germany.

Tell me you’ve never lived in Germany without telling me you’ve never lived in Germany.

I’m not saying it’s terrible but to pretend it doesn’t have problems is pure fantasy

I have lived in Germany for five years and your parent poster is right. Scandinavian countries and The Netherlands are generally better. But Germany is a great country to live in with high living standards.

I've lived in Germany and all the problems are listed are real. Pretending otherwise is silly

You can literally ask any llm on objective living standards and not one will suggest Mississippi.

This answer is 2 seconds away from you yet you still stand by American exceptionalism.

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