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Originally posted by Snowman
Forty-six percent of the "poor" in the United States have more living space than the average person in Paris, London or Vienna. In the U.S. 73 percent have their own car, 30 percent own two or more cars, and 76 percent have air conditioning.
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1. You can not compare a spacial trailer in Arkansas to the price of a even a flat in a city like London - doubt a good number middle class Americans could afford to own a home IN London. Also, European countries are smaller hence less space and what space there is becomes more valuable.
2. Well, who needs a car when you have a good public transport system and you live in a city. Those outside the cities need them but depending on the country they may add up to less than those in the cities that don't.
4. WHy should you invest in airconditioning when your country only gets hot enough to need it maybe one day a year. This past year was abnormal. Do it on how many people have heating - it would be different.
5. 'Europe' is made up of a lot of countries some of which are former soviet states, etc. Count Mexico and Central America in the statistics for the 'average' American and then maybe it is fair.