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European Soccer Fans Marvel at the Splendor of America’s Suburbs (www.wsj.com)
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[–] 54 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Lmao. "Splendor" is certainly a word that only a conservative-owned paper like WSJ would use to describe the suburbs.

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  • [–] 23 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    yeah, been to both the US and Europe. I know where I'd prefer to be.

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  • [–] 27 points 4 months ago

    That's noted in the article as well though

    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.

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    • [–] 25 points 4 months ago

    One 2024 study showed that American portion sizes are 42% larger than those in France

    Hilarious article, but not something you should be proud of.

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    [–] 17 points 4 months ago

    Vast and bountiful

    Is a wild way to completely miss the tone that was almost certainly attached to a Dutch guy saying

    Everything is three times the size

    Which I'm guessing is kinda the slightly bemused bewilderment tone you get when remarking on something ridiculous

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    [–] 8 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Vast and bountiful? What bounty are you seeing? Wal-Mart?

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    • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Archive link https://archive.is/deHiy

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    [–] 11 points 4 months ago

    Carbrain recognise carbrain.

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    [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Of course a dude from Europe's very own protestant hellscape is impressed by the Protestant Hellscape Prime that is the US

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    [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Splendor?

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