Comments on: Differences between the United States and Europe mapped

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:29:21 +0000

In reply to Jos.

As a person born and raised in Europe and educated in Europe as well as US, I agree with the statement that Europe is very tribal, so no it’s not the American education system.
This tribal aspect would be hard to notice /realize if you are an American living in Europe.
In general US and EU are very different, even though they appear to be similar, therefore, it is hard to make any definitive statements on which one is better, it all depends.
If I would be pressed for summarization I would say, America is like an ocean, you can go far but also drown easily, while Europe is like bunch of lakes, harder to go far as well as drown. Also, material things are easier to acquire in US, while “social” aspects of life are more accessible in EU. It all depends on someone’s preference

By: Jorge

Jorge — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:56:33 +0000

In reply to Confuzzled.

Which article did you read? Or by “better”, do you mean “higher”? As in higher obesity and homicide?
Then yes, the US is certainly better at getting morbidly obese and killing people.

By: Jorge Beckles

Jorge Beckles — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:54:35 +0000

In reply to LDiz. *Earth like this.

By: Jos

Jos — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 06:57:54 +0000

In reply to New England Man.

… People treat eachother better in Europe…. and there’s no ‘tribalist little countries’… US education system?

By: Denny Smith

Denny Smith — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:53:05 +0000

I always thought it strange to compare Europe and the United States, constantly ignoring Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa–all countries with which America shares borders or values or demographics or economic relationships. The assumption seems to be that those other countries just don’t count, even though what happens in Mexico or Canada means much more to us than the same day in Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Belgium or Moldova!
Australia has much more in common with America on any average topic than America does with Hungary or Sweden. Such relationships matter, especially if you consider who will be around when the next earthquake rumbles under San Francisco, or a Hurricane crashes into the Carolinas. We need our neighbors as much as we need our allies, and truthfully, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic are all allies, friends and neighbors! How about we treat them at least like we regard Finland, Portugal, Slovakia, The Netherlands and Greece–as though they exist?

By: New England Man

New England Man — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 22:50:59 +0000

In reply to Confuzzled. I agree, it is unclear. However, it seems to me that the particular data are skewed against the US, not making it look superior. The opening lines are very telling: "Moreover, in Europe, crime is much lower; the average life is longer; schools are free or have low costs, and health care is universal. Most European countries have highly developed social organizations, and quality of life is higher (when measured in words, such as hours worked per week and income distribution)." It fails to mention peoples' treatment of each other in Europe and how one must fear which of these tribalist little countries is going to be the next one to decide to kill everyone.

By: This dataissus

This dataissus — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 19:35:38 +0000

Minimum age tobacco products in the US is 18, not 21. In ALL states.

By: An american

An american — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:33:55 +0000

In reply to Confuzzled. The hell you meanUS look superior it makes it look quite worse

By: Confuzzled

Confuzzled — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 14:37:27 +0000

So, are you discussing “Europe”, or “The European Union”? Because you seem to keep swapping back-and-forth depending on which you think makes the USA look superior…

By: Jip

Jip — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:55:37 +0000

In reply to hello.

The maps that are used are just created from data, so that doesn’t really matter.
But jet, a Part of Turkey/Türkiye lays in Europe and the country as a “EU Candidate” where it can become a real “candidate” (i dont think this will happen very soon)

Moskow is also located in Europe, But this country but is just like Turkey/Türkiye also particularly located in Asia.
Many other countries have territory in other countries (France, Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands, UK, enz….)

The maps also shows other countries like Georgia, Armenia and other countries.
This counties doesn’t a a part of Europe at all, but are historic and cultural connected to Europe.