When Ron Visser and his American wife were weighing where to settle down—the U.S. or the Netherlands—they calculated that though Visser made about $40,000 less in the Netherlands than his wife did in the U.S., the difference in salaries was erased by an equivalent gap in standard of living.
12 Comments
finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 56 pts · 36d
Lmao. "Splendor" is certainly a word that only a conservative-owned paper like WSJ would use to describe the suburbs.
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz · 24 pts · 36d
yeah, been to both the US and Europe. I know where I'd prefer to be.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 36d
That's noted in the article as well though
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 36d
As a European who has visited US suburbs, "splendor" is certainly not a word I'd use for them.
one_old_coder@piefed.social · 25 pts · 36d
Hilarious article, but not something you should be proud of.
9point6@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 36d
Is a wild way to completely miss the tone that was almost certainly attached to a Dutch guy saying
Which I'm guessing is kinda the slightly bemused bewilderment tone you get when remarking on something ridiculous
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 36d
Carbrain recognise carbrain.
crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 35d
Vast and bountiful? What bounty are you seeing? Wal-Mart?
Lumisal@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 35d
They're dutch, so I'm guessing just land
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 36d
Archive link https://archive.is/deHiy
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 35d
Of course a dude from Europe's very own protestant hellscape is impressed by the Protestant Hellscape Prime that is the US
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 35d
Splendor?