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Nonsense.

Mississippi: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPCPI

Belgium: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?location...

And that is not counting the substantial safety net that your average European has. I would MUCH rather live in Belgium than Mississippi, and I say this as an American.

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I think he meant mixed Europe with Canada, which would have made the statement true.

Have you lived in Mississippi? How about Belgium?

Or are you basing that on what you see on social media?

Not GP, but: Belgium and Louisiana. And I’d pick Belgium again in a heartbeat, even if you removed all of the non-political (e.g. climate) differences.

Different stroke for different folks but looking at immigration flows between countries on a per capita basis, average preferences are clear

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