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by barry-cotter
2425 days ago
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The Thirteen Colonies were the richest group of states under the British and as the US grew it continued to be land rich and labour poor. Americans were noticeably taller than Europeans until week after WWII. The rest of the world has caught up some but the US is without a doubt in the top ten by GDP per capita though competing with city states and what would be individual states there. Measured by average individual consumption it’s probably number 1. The US may not be a good place to be in the bottom 10%, possibly even the bottom 20% but by standards of living for normal people nowhere else compares. |
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Arguably, not even the bottom 50%. Even a minor medical issue can tank middle-class families.
OTOH, you're in the top 30% of the bell curve there is nowhere else better than the US.