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In the discussion thread: After Living in Norway, America Feels Backward. Here’s Why. [View all]

Sat Jan 30, 2016, 09:18 PM

hifiguy (33,688 posts)

4. Indeed.

I grew up in the 1960s in a working class family.

We always had a 2-3 year old car and went to the lake most summers. My parents owned a decent house and could save some money. My mom did work, which was a bit unusual.

Try that these days as an ordinary working person.

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35 replies	Author	Time	Post
After Living in Norway, America Feels Backward. Here’s Why. [View all]	OxQQme	Jan 2016	OP
My Goodness!	riverbendviewgal	Jan 2016	#1
Given the choice of living anywhere in the English-speaking world	hifiguy	Jan 2016	#8
Well don't expect any replies from the Clinton supporters,	elias49	Jan 2016	#9
Norway has a sovereign wealth fund from oil	Yavin4	Jan 2016	#2
U.S.A. doesn't have oil and other similar resources?	hunter	Jan 2016	#10
We don't rely on oil, Norway is heavily dependent on it	LittleBlue	Jan 2016	#13
Well, then, shouldn't we have a higher standard of living than Norway???	hunter	Jan 2016	#22
Which should lead to a better standard of liviung	nadinbrzezinski	Jan 2016	#25
We do have oil, but until recently we didn't allow it to be exported.	Yavin4	Jan 2016	#33
And all this time I thought it was because they weren't afraid of socialism...	hunter	Jan 2016	#35
they would seem to have some inequality as well	hfojvt	Jan 2016	#26
The way the economy works right now, absolutely	nadinbrzezinski	Jan 2016	#27
I sorta read with the official CPI	hfojvt	Jan 2016	#28
Trust me, poverty is a complex issue	nadinbrzezinski	Jan 2016	#29
Well America is a paid for plutocracy, only the dullest dullard would not have noticed by now.	Rex	Jan 2016	#3
Indeed.	hifiguy	Jan 2016	#4
You probably had a 2-3 year old car because cars were crap back then	Travis_0004	Jan 2016	#6
Bingo.	hifiguy	Jan 2016	#7
The thought of driving 15,000-20,000 miles a year was also unheard of	NickB79	Jan 2016	#32
Doesn't feel backwards, IS backwards.	hunter	Jan 2016	#5
Norway, a capitalist country that is very big on free trade,	Nye Bevan	Jan 2016	#11
A gallon of milk in Norway averages $6.88	LittleBlue	Jan 2016	#12
Yep.	moondust	Jan 2016	#14
"What is it, though, that makes the Scandinavians so different? ... a deep commitment to equality	pampango	Jan 2016	#15
Excellent Read	malaise	Jan 2016	#16
A country the size of Montana, with a smaller population than 22 states	The2ndWheel	Jan 2016	#17
Because, as everyone knows...	ret5hd	Jan 2016	#19
It can get tougher as the scale increases in size	The2ndWheel	Jan 2016	#23
You're implying Norway's smaller population	ronnie624	Jan 2016	#21
Like China or India	The2ndWheel	Jan 2016	#24
Norway and the US are rich Western countries	ronnie624	Jan 2016	#34
I met a pair of Norwegian women on holiday in Chicago	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Jan 2016	#18
Sitting upon a giant lake of oil helps.	AngryAmish	Jan 2016	#20
I love Norway	LeftishBrit	Jan 2016	#30
kick . . .n/t	annabanana	Jan 2016	#31

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