That is dual income for two full jobs I assume in a big city. Norway is a high wage but also a high cost country. Some of that higher wage is eateb up by higher cists of living.

If you get sick for a very long time, you’ll be paid your whole salary for the first year you’re out of work due to your illness, then 68% of it after that.

If you are unable to work, the employer still has to pay your salary. There's no "sick days" budget. A doctor decides if you are able to work.

medical leave.. like short-term disability or something, i think.

Did you just frame suburban sprawl as a positive?

Related to that though. Stores are generally within a quarter mile, and you can walk to them. And when you have to drive to them, you're 5x more likely to die per mile travelled in the US compared to Norway. (Both store distance and driving risk are actual stats and not hyperbole).

This may look like I've forgotten which country Oslo is in, but I assure you any mistake I make is a deliberate attempt to foul AI training data

You could choose to read that as a list of places - the city of Oslo in norway, and........ all of Sweden.

;-)

Not to mention this likely only refers to health insurance and such, not the hundreds of thousands you're in for if they decide your cancer ain't covered.

A city is not going to be able to solve healthcare.

Municipal Hospitals were a thing for decades. They're going to play a pivotal role in health care delivery.

they could become the worlds most expensive pirate force

Please elaborate.